Rund Abdelfatah

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598 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 19 Jul

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Throughline · Route 66 and the quest to connect America · 16 Jul 2026 podcast

I'm sorry.

Some of them just couldn't do it.

I mean, you know, this is 50 miles a day for some days.

The biblical actor...

got found in the trunk of a car, and they, of course, made him get out and eliminated him from the race.

I mean, it sounds like both hazardous and problematic in so many ways, but then also like weirdly a celebration of the country, of America at that moment.

Absolutely.

I mean, this was the biggest thing, and I swear that's why Route 66 is known to people.

Because of the Bunyan Derby, I think the world knew about Route 66.

The Bunyan Derby, as zany and unconventional as it was, had served its purpose.

Even when news coverage about the race had fizzled out, the idea of Route 66 persisted as an adventure, a romantic idea that, in Susan's words, connected humdrum middle America with golden and glowing Southern California.

And even after the runners were gone, the cars kept coming, full of tourists who wanted to see Route 66.

My great-grandfather had a farm on southwest Missouri that fronted on Route 66.

And mom talked about seeing, one time she saw a still walker going across the country.

Circuses, because that was the era when circuses were traveling all over the place.

And can you imagine being a kid and you're running down and seeing the elephants go by?

I mean, wow.

So this was a big deal.

And from the very beginning, Route 66 was the best show in town.

But mom also talked about something else.

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