Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2024-02-15
Books mentioned on Like, here's the episode on "like"
Like is a very divisive word. Purists think it's like, a filler word born in the 80s that's like, destroying the English language.
Josh Clark discussed On the Road by Jack Kerouac.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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On the Road
On the Road by Jack Kerouac is a seminal autobiographical novel that chronicles the cross-country road trips of its protagonist and captures the restless energy of the Beat Generation.
Discussed“like it's it pops up here there and on the road from Jack caroak”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing On the Road
“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.”