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 i will also talk to the people who jack kerouac called the mad ones in his book on the road that is one of my favorite books he wrote

The host mentions Jack Kerouac's book 'On the Road' and quotes a line from it, stating it is one of his favorite books.

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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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it's it's another myth like the tortured artist the it's a myth like the you know caroak sat down and wrote on the road in 24 hours on a bender and it's like no almost everything that is impressive yeah was methodically and gradually built yeah and painstakingly

The speaker mentions Jack Kerouac's book 'On the Road' as an example of a myth about spontaneous creation.

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you could read on the road in a week

The speaker mentions "on the road" as another example of a book that could potentially be read in a week, linking it to Jack Kerouac.

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Joe I read Jack Kerouac on the road okay so I wanted to beat Jack Kerouac and I want to be a writer so I did everything that Kerouac did except rights you know I was living in YMCAs and drinking the wine and the whole thing but it was a whole different country then

Steve Sweeney mentions reading Jack Kerouac's book 'On the Road' and how it influenced him to want to be a writer and live a similar lifestyle.

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you remember the Truman Capote quote about on the road Jack Kerouac Capote said that's not writing that's typing

The guest quotes Truman Capote's comment about Jack Kerouac's book 'On the Road'.

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Well they said when Jack Kerouac rode on the road they were a lot of Benzedrine or like this

Joe Rogan mentions Jack Kerouac and his book 'On the Road' in the context of writers using stimulants.

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I actually reenacted Jack Kerouac's 'On the Road' with considerable fidelity to the original.

Niall Ferguson mentions reenacting the journey described in Jack Kerouac's book 'On the Road' when he was young.

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