Vanishing Postcards
by Evan Stern
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Postcard from Springfield, IL - The Cycles of Shea’s
Postcard from Springfield, IL - The Cycles of Shea’s
About this podcast
Vanishing Postcards is a documentary travelogue that invites listeners on a road trip exploring the hidden dives, traditions, and frequently threatened histories discovered by exiting the interstates. Named one of the Best Podcasts of 2022 by Digital Trends.
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- Postcard from Springfield, IL - The Cycles of Shea’s · 25 minDespite its legend and history, like all roads, Route 66 is transitory and in a constant state of evolution. The small businesses that form its backbone face continuously steep…
- Postcard from Springfield, IL - Decades at The Cozy Dog Drive-In · 25 minOfficially opened in 1949, Springfield's Cozy Dog Drive-In claims to be the home of the first batter-fried hot dog on a stick, and having born witness to over seventy years of…
- 5. Postcard from Laredo - "Two Cities, One People" · 30 min · Season 3 Episode 5The US-Mexico border is a constant fixture in today's 24 hour news cycle. But often lost amidst the noise of talking heads and pundits is any discussion of the rich culture and…
- 4. Postcard from South Texas - "Communion through Cabrito" · 24 min · Season 3 Episode 4The author and folklorist J Frank Dobie once said, "The boundaries of culture and rainfall never follow survey lines." This is certainly true of Dobie's native south Texas, which…
- 3. Postcard from Rockport - "Blessed Egg Rolls by the Bay” · 24 min · Season 3 Episode 3The third most spoken language in Texas behind English and Spanish is Vietnamese. This is especially evident in Houston, a metropolis that's home to more than 120,000 residents…
- 2. Postcard from Galveston - "Spaghetti, Sausage and a Slice of Sicily” · 24 min · Season 3 Episode 2Once perhaps the greatest town of significance between New Orleans and San Francisco, Galveston's fortunes shifted following the Great Storm of 1900, and today its population…
- 1. Postcard from Serbin - "Noodles in a New Nation" · 23 min · Season 3 Episode 1The Central Texas hamlet of Serbin sits off a country road, about an hour past Austin. It was last included in the census over twenty years ago when its population numbered a…
- Introducing - "Travel Tales by Afar" · 30 min · Season 2As a special bonus, we are honored to share our space and introduce you to Travel Tales by Afar. On Travel Tales by AFAR, fascinating people share their stories of life-changing…
- 17. Postcard from Santa Monica - "Passing Time at the Pier's End" · 31 min · Season 2 Episode 17If you're driving East to West, the spiritual end point for Route 66, regardless of the technicalities of history, is The Santa Monica Pier. Considering this, it is no…
- 16. Postcard from Bakersfield - "In Search of The Sound" · 28 min · Season 2 Episode 16Between the years of 1930 and 1940, some 3.5 million Americans fled the Great Plains, with the Dust Bowl blowing roughly 440,000 out of Oklahoma alone. For many, the end…
- 15. Postcards from Diners - "Pride and Pies" · 28 min · Season 2 Episode 15Diners are fundamental to the Route 66 experience- not just for burgers and milkshakes, but because of the connections they help facilitate. In this episode we'll step inside…
- Inroducing - Cerca - Texas & SpaceX: The Doorstep to Mars · 55 minOn the southernmost tip of Texas, where the US and Mexican borders meet the sea, sits the tiny town of Boca Chica. Surrounded by nothing but wild open scrub land, eight miles of…
- 14. Postcard from Williams and the Grand Canyon - "Riding the Rails to the Rim" · 26 min · Season 2 Episode 14In 1903, President Teddy Roosevelt addressed a crowd at The Grand Canyon. When speaking of this natural wonder, he said- “Man cannot improve on it; not a bit. The ages have been…
- 13. Postcards from Haunted Hotels - "Ghosts in Gallup, Santa Fe Spirits, and Phantoms in Flagstaff!" · 25 min · Season 2 Episode 13A cigar chomping nun. A suicidal gambler. A naked property manager. And a wounded bank robber. These are just a few of the spirits whose stories are shared in today's episode…
- Bonus - "In conversation with Will Dailey" · 21 min · Season 2Will Dailey is an acclaimed independent recording and performing artist. His sound has been described as having a rich vintage vibe while having a firm appreciation of AM rock…
- 12. Postcard from Santa Fe - "El Embrujo de El Farol" · 29 min · Season 2 Episode 12Santa Fe has consistently lured free thinkers and intellectuals of different stripes. People like Georgia O’Keefe. DH Lawrence. And Robert Henri who in 1917 said, “Here painters…
- 11. Postcards from Las Vegas, NM and Winslow, AZ - "The Footprints of Fred Harvey" · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 11Michael Wallis has famously said that Route 66 is for travelers, not tourists. As he tells it, "tourists like the familiar, tend to gawk at culture from afar, and generally like…
- 10. Postcards from Motels - "Beds and Benedictions" · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 10When speaking of Tucumcari, New Mexico author Jim Hinckley describes it as "a great example of what Route 66 was. What its bypass did to communities. And the future it holds."…
- 9. Postcard from Amarillo - "Busting Belts at The Big Texan" · 30 min · Season 2 Episode 9Unlike many places visited in this series, The Big Texan Steak Ranch isn’t hidden off some hard to find back road, and isn’t exactly starved for attention. But while it migrated…
- Introducing: "Sound of Our Town" · 33 minAs a special treat, we're honored to introduce and share our space with Sound of Our Town. Brought to you from the guys behind Disgraceland, Sound of our Town is hosted by award…
