Searching for America with Robyn Curnow
Hosted by Robyn Curnow · Robyn Curnow, Bleav
5.0from 21 ratings
- 84
- Episodes
- 68
- Transcribed
- 21
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 17M
- YouTube views
About Searching for America with Robyn Curnow
From global correspondent to local observer. Understanding America from the inside, as an outsider. Short, sharp dispatches on power, culture, and politics from a South African living in the American South. Sign up for Robyn’s take on sororities, Southern manners and insults, Costco, Dolly Parton, Elvis and much more at robyncurnow.substack.com More on Robyn Curnow and her unique perspective on the USA at www.robyncurnow.net.
- Publisher
- Robyn Curnow, Bleav
- Category
- news · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 Sept 2024
- Latest episode
- 19 May 2026
Latest episodes
68 of 84 episodes have a transcript.
19 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Willie Nelson Is Still Alive. Somehow.
11 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Remembering Ted Turner: Bathrobes, Lions and Pirate Journalism
4 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
60 000 fans. One Boy Band. What's Going On?
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Willie Nelson Is Still Alive. Somehow.
Published 19 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] It's a gift from the past. It's like a time traveler said, slow down, slow down. Stop. There's zero urgency, yes, at a Willie Nelson concert, probably because there's a faint smell of marijuana everywhere, but it's more than that. He plays to play. He sings to sing. He breathes to breathe. He opened, his opening song was a classic called Still is Still Moving to Me. It's kind of an elegy to that cowboy Zen vibe that he puts out. But it basically means that you can find peace and motion in stillness. Always the rebel. I mean, Willie is now not protesting the draft. He's protesting hurry. Somewhere in that refusal, I think, is something very profound about modern-day America. […]
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- YouTube views
- 16,751,226
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 12 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 9 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 61 / 100
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- Quality
- 64
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 51
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