Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2024-04-18
Books mentioned on Hitchhiking: Two thumbs out!
Today we go down the road a bit, thumbs out, to explore the rich history of hitchhiking. See omnystudio.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams is a comedic science fiction classic that follows the misadventures of Arthur Dent across space.
Discussed“By the way, can we shout out that great book that a lot of this is called from, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? No, what great book?”
Where to get it
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Carsick
Discussed“For me, John Waters is a pretty fun one because he hitchhiked and enjoyed it as a kid and then eventually wrote a book. He hitchhiked as a 68-year-old grown man in 2013 from his home in Baltimore to his other home in San Francisco and wrote a book about it called 'John Waters Hitchhikes Across America.'”
Where to get it
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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Discussed“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?”
Where to get it
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On the Road
Why people recommend it: On the Road is a classic novel by Jack Kerouac that captures the spirit of the Beat generation and American travel culture.
Discussed“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?”
Where to get it
