Jon Fasman
speaker
158 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 27 Aug
Jon Fasman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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From all over Europe?
Yes.
Everybody likes a happy ending, so I guess that's where I'll leave you.
But I hope this series has made clear that Route 66 isn't just any decommissioned highway.
The story of its ambition, its construction, its centrality to moving troops and munitions during the Second World War, and to the car culture that sprung up afterward in the 1950s and 60s, all of that is the story of America's emergence as a world power.
That story is not without contradictions and pitfalls, as Mr. Threat's family business and Miss Stone's tales of Shamrock's decline testify, but it's worth celebrating all the same.
What's the weirdest museum you've ever been to?
A few months back, I went to a sparkling water museum in Brooklyn.
A couple of decades ago, I lived across the street from a musical instruments museum in Moscow.
All I remember is dozens of goofy banjos under bad lighting.
I'm still kicking myself for missing the Spam Museum the last time I was in southeastern Minnesota.
But the American Giants Museum has them all beat.
These are huge fiberglass figures that businesses along Route 66 use to advertise.
The museum is in a former Texaco station, restored to gleaming white.
On one side is a giant policeman, with his hand raised either in friendly greeting or about to absolutely wallop someone with a karate chop.
On the other, a giant Viking, cowboy, astronaut, mechanic, and Native American stand in a loose circle.
Across the street, another giant in blue jeans and work boots is either offering, or preparing to club passersby to death with, a huge hot dog.
It's all charming, but a little creepy.
It kind of feels like the bucolic pre-Mayhem opening scene of a horror film before they come to life.
Do you have a favorite one here?
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