Podcasts that mention 📚 On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Ultimately, I wrote a book about my hitchhiking experience years later. And everyone was like, have you read 'On the Road'? And then, 'On the Road', I probably heard the title of that book every day at least 10 times for two years.

Andrew mentions that after publishing his own book about hitchhiking, he was often asked if he had read 'On the Road'. This constant referencing of the classic travel narrative made him hesitant to explore it, as he did not want to be unduly influenced by comparisons.

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But that was like stuff you're saying here, like I read On the Road when I was 17 and I was like, I gotta leave where I'm at! But that wasn’t stuff I did in high school; that was stuff I did on my own.

Will Arnett shares that reading 'On the Road' at the age of 17 inspired him to seek change and leave his current situation, reflecting on his personal journey outside of his high school experiences.

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Whether it's obviously Jack Kerouac's On the Road is a big one, or Tom Robbins even Cowgirls Get the Blues. The Gus Van Sant movie, the main character was born with an abnormally large thumb, so she obviously had a talent as a hitchhiker, and that's kind of one of the subplots of the book and film, right?

In the podcast, Josh discusses 'On the Road' by Jack Kerouac, highlighting its significance as a renowned narrative about hitchhiking.

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Yeah and if you were into jazz at the time you were probably somewhat familiar of bop talk but um it filtered into the beats um who kind of introduced it to an even wider audience in the United States like it pops up here there and on the road from Jack Kerouac sure.

In this segment, the podcast hosts refer to Jack Kerouac and his famous book 'On the Road' to illustrate how slang, particularly the word 'like', was used in the past among jazz enthusiasts and the Beat Generation.

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