"A smart take on the travel documentary concept, refashioned within the modern podcast aesthetic" - Vulture
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"A smart take on the travel documentary concept, refashioned within the modern podcast aesthetic" - Vulture
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Hey folks, been a while. I miss you too. Anyways, here's an episode about driverless cars I made for the Vox Media podcast series 'Land of the Giants.' This season profiled Tesla and this episode tracks Tesla and its competitors' race to crack the code on driverless technology.
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In 2018, I took an important road trip with an old friend that led to the creation of this show. On that trip, the two of us were both experiencing a lot of transition in life.
At this point, it’s been four years since I’ve seen or spoken to that friend and I’ve always wondered what happened in his life after we took that trip… so I caught up with him to ask.
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I just got back from Scandinavia. While I was out there, I decided to record a travel diary of my incredible trip. We had some fun mixing it up stylistically with this one. Enjoy.
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Welcome to Somewhere FM, your favorite road trip radio show. All night long we are taking your calls and hearing your travel stories about getting back out there.
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For our final episode of the season, I'm joined by my friend, collaborator, and engineer Dan Tureck. Together we respond to listener questions and discuss our favorite moments of the season, how 'Greetings from Somewhere' came to be, and reveal what comes next for the show.
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What comes to mind when you think of Joshua Tree? Is it psychedelic drugs, or weird Dr. Seuss looking trees and the wide-open desert landscape? Maybe it's a place for bands like The Eagles and U2 or even influencers with big hats who just wanna escape from LA for the weekend and take selfies. Or maybe, it's a place where people come to heal or to make something, or both.
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From a small San Francisco counterculture beach party to a mega gathering in the Black Rock Desert, Burning Man has become a cultural force. But what exactly is Burning Man? How has it actually changed over the years? And in the midst of a pandemic, what did this utopian gathering look like in 2020?
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What brings people to the most magical place on earth during the weirdest time on earth?
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The pandemic has led to a renewed interest in #Vanlife, but what is it REALLY like living in a van? Longtime VanLifer Laura Edmondson stops by to share details.
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial was built as a tourist trap and a brash tribute to democracy, but if you lean in, it's hard not to notice its faults. Even after they’ve been chiseled away and sanded down.
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How are the pandemic and societal tensions affecting the reality of today's road trip? And what will road trips look like in 50 years? Tariro Mzezewa, Alvin Hall, and Dan Albert help us unpack.
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From Route 66 to roadside diners - what drives America's love affair with the road? Allen Pietrobon, a road trip historian and professor at Trinity Washington University challenges our romanticization of the American road trip and reveals why it's not always like the movie Cars.
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From remote cowboy town to art Mecca; a small community grapples with tourism, development and its future.
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