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On American Highways I: A brief history of family road-trips in the USA
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:57:23
Publish Date: 2018-07-10 00:01:48
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“Once again road trips are becoming more about the journey rather than the destination and I see that as a very encouraging sign that maybe people are realizing the merit of enjoying the journey.” – Richard Ratay

Richard Ratay (@RichRatay) is the author of Don’t Make Me Pull Over!, an informal history of the family road trip.

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf and Richard discuss the history of long-haul automobile travel and the interstate highway system (6:00); the effects of interstate highways on American travel culture (19:00); the station wagon and the evolution of the road trip car (35:00); and the decline of the road trip Golden Age (48:00).

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The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel’s 2017 album Lumber.

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