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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The Intelligence from The Economist · Marine warfare: Le Pen runs for president · 8 Jul 2026 podcast

It kinda feels like the bucolic pre-mayhem opening scene of a horror film before they come to life.

Favorite one here?

They're a reminder that Route sixty six hasn't always been just a quirky little byway.

It was built for commerce.

It connected the Great Lakes in Chicago, with the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers in St.

Louis and Tulsa, and the Pacific Ocean in Santa Monica.

It transported goods as well as people.

But how did people decide where to stop?

Remember, this was before the flourishing of chain restaurants and hotels, and before we could call up reviews on the supercomputer in our pockets.

Owners competed for drivers' attention and wallets with eye-catching displays, like neon signs, painted billboards, and, yes, giant fiberglass statues, all of which blur the line between art and advertising.

But they're not really advertising anything anymore.

Now they're just kitschy art.

And they highlight the extent to which Route 66 has become an incubator of delightful, specific, out-of-the-way weirdness.

I stopped at one old service station in rural Oklahoma and he said, you know, there's a guy you should talk to about 17 miles up the road.

His house has a car coming out of its roof, and there's a big sign for UFO parking.

And if his gate is open, it means he wants to talk about Route 66.

Unfortunately his gate wasn't open and I had a schedule to keep, so I missed him.

But I've done a lot of driving on modern interestates, and not once have I been excited to talk about the highway with strangers.

But Route Sixty Six is different.

I'll give Lee the last word.

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