What's up, daddio? Dig this, you cool cats: a podcast, burning with the soul of American individualism and the poetry of the open highway. Kerouac's legendary novel defined the Beat Generation, and it's chock-a-block with hallmarks of the era. Join us for a road trip back to the late 1940s -- an era of sweaty jazz, discarded marriages, and Benzedrine.
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Oct 19
Ep 772 - Butter, by Asako Yuzuki
It's true that we usually try to reserve Spooktober for books that are, how you say, "classically spooky." But isn't societal misogyny and fatphobia just as spooky as any ghost, ghoul, or pieced-together-monster-that-represents-humankind's-hubris? We'd like to think so. And we'd ... Show More
1h 4m
Aug 2025
It's Still Summer. Let's Talk Road Trip Books.
<p>Summer is the season for road trips, and also for road trip stories. Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road” may be the most famous example in American literature — but there are lots of other great road trip books, so this week the Book Review’s staff critics Dwight Garner, Alexandra Ja ... Show More
31m 21s
Sep 2021
S1 Ep99: How Did A 9,000 Mile Road Trip Forge A Revolutionary?
You’ve probably been on a road trip that changed your life. But have you been on a road trip that changed the WORLD? How about 9,000 Miles on a Norton bike, through the treacherous terrain of South America? Today on Past Gas: how did an epic road trip create the mononymous revolu ... Show More
46m 9s
Sep 2024
Our Brushes with Death at Yellowstone | Ear Biscuits Ep. 438
Whatever you do, stay on the path. In this episode, Rhett & Link talk about their annual college friend trip, tell a few cautionary tales about Yellowstone National Park, as well as individual instances of heroism. Well, kind of.Find millions of new and used cars on https://autot ... Show More
1h 4m
Feb 2020
The Catcher in the Rye: Chapters 1-9
And just like that we're on to J.D. Salinger's controversial novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Join David, Heidi, and Tim as they discuss why this book is so loved and yet so hated and why it's taught so often. Plus, they discuss the foul language problem, Holden's cynicism, whether ... Show More
1h 21m