About this episode

The episode reflects on Dolly Parton's life and the reactions to her death, including the exploitation of her passing by anti-vaxxers.

Listen ad-free The irreplaceable Dolly Parton died on August 25 after a brief battle with cancer. Social media was filled with loving tributes to an incredible artist and devoted philanthropist. A minority also felt the need to use her death to platform their own issues, including a cohort common on our beat: the anti-vaxxers. We’re going to cover that. But we’re also going to reflect on Parton’s incredible life, because she spent so much of it uplifting others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

Topics covered

• Dolly Parton
• death
• anti-vaxxers
• philanthropy
• social media
• tribute

Keywords

• Dolly Parton
• death
• anti-vaxxers
• philanthropy
• social media
• tribute
• cancer

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: anti-vaxxers

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