Jon Fasman
speaker
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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They don't need
adventure into towns like Shamrock or Luther, Oklahoma or Atlanta, Illinois anymore.
But some travelers still want to.
From all over Europe, Australia, Finland, I think.
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.
Remember yesterday when Lee was talking about the roots nineteen fifties vibe?
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You see a lot of that in Route Sixty Six themed restaurants and businesses.
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Pastel and neon, giant cars with back fins, white t shirts and leather jackets, that kind of thing.
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And I heard over and over again during the trip how Route sixty-six evokes simpler, better time.
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But it wasn't better for everyone.
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And one thing linked everyone who said that to me.
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They were all white.
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Black travelers had a different experience.
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Before the civil rights legislation of the nineteen sixties.
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Many businesses refuse to serve them.
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And not just in the deep south.
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