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.
Josh Clark discussed Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins. Also mentioned: Carsick by John Waters.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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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
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is an absurdist comedic novel by Tom Robbins that follows the unconventional life of Sissy Hankshaw, a woman born with abnormally large thumbs who becomes a legendary hitchhiker.
Discussed“or uh Tom Robbins even cowg girls get the blues uh the Gus fans ant movie um the man character was born with a um an abnormally large thumb so you know she obviously had a talent as a hitchhiker and that's kind of one of the um subplots of the of the book and film”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“can we shout out that great book that a lot of this is called from The Hitchhiker Guide to the Galaxy”
“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?”
Passing On the Road
“whether it's uh obviously Jack carox on the road is a big one”
Passing On the Road
“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?”
Passing Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
“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?”