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

Joliet is not a small town, but it's it's smallish. voice-verified

The two things that struck me is that the towns along the route, many of them had Route 66 sort of signage and attractions, and they're trying to milk their association with the road for very good reasons, which is that when the road was designed, voice-verified

there were businesses that sprung up around it. voice-verified

And when the interstate system was devised, those businesses started dying. voice-verified

So these towns are trying to milk their associations for travelers who are deliberately taking Route sixty six rather than doing it out of necessity. voice-verified

For the next week, I'm going to take you with me on the mother road and introduce you to some of the people I met along the way. voice-verified

What are you excited about this particular trip? voice-verified

Why do you keep coming back to this to this trip? voice-verified

years. voice-verified

Tell me how business is good this year as opposed to other years. voice-verified

Oh, that's interesting. voice-verified

So you often see people from other countries more than America. voice-verified

What do you think brings people here from overseas? voice-verified

I heard that over and over again. voice-verified

There's something uniquely deeply American about this highway, and it has a lot to do, I think, with the romance of the American West, which we'll discuss tomorrow. voice-verified

The Intelligence from The Economist · The 250-year experiment: America’s birthday · 3 Jul 2026 podcast

Sinclair Lewis won the Nobel Prize for Literature in nineteen thirty. voice-verified

The first American to do so. voice-verified

He writes the new language, American, said the Swedish Academy's secretary in presenting the award. voice-verified

He asks us to consider that this nation is not yet finished or melted down. voice-verified

It is still in its turbulent adolescence. voice-verified

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