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Jad Abumrad

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TED Stage Talk

How Dolly Parton led me to an epiphany

How do you end a story? Host of "Radiolab" Jad Abumrad tells how his search for an answer led him home to the mountains of Tennessee, where he met an unexpected teacher: Dolly Parton.

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