Jon Fasman

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573 appearances 15 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 17 Jul

Jon Fasman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 15 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 7.

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The Intelligence from The Economist · The mourning show: the politics of Khamenei’s funeral · 6 Jul 2026 podcast

And what that popularity meant is that businesses, mostly mom and pop shops, competed for customers' eyeballs and wallets. voice-verified

There was this huge flourishing of commercial activity. voice-verified

You had giant fiberglass statues, advertising roadside hot dog stands. voice-verified

You had motels made up of concrete teepees because it was unusual looking and would get travelers to stop. voice-verified

66 popularized motels, service stations, and arguably the road trip, in which the journey is not just a way to get from one place to another. voice-verified

It's the whole point of the trip. voice-verified

Well, Route sixty-six is picturesque and fascinating. voice-verified

It's also small. voice-verified

It's often just one lane in either direction. voice-verified

And starting in the nineteen fifties, America built the interstate highway system, which really overtook it. voice-verified

It's a much more efficient way to get from one place to another. voice-verified

Route sixty six was decommissioned as a highway in the mid nineteen eighties, just before its 60th birthday. voice-verified

And a lot of the small towns it went through died. voice-verified

But they didn't disappear. voice-verified

At least most of them didn't. voice-verified

Can see a few ghost towns on the way if you want. voice-verified

And Route 66 didn't disappear either. voice-verified

It has endured as an iconic American highway that people spend weeks traveling on just to see their country up close and personal. voice-verified

So we're standing in downtown Joliet, and a couple of things have struck me. voice-verified

The road went out of Chicago through some fairly small towns. voice-verified

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