Why Do Americans Love Road Trips? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios

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Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea Tweet us! http://bit.ly/pbsideachanneltwitter Idea Channel Facebook! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelfacebook Talk about this episode on reddit! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelreddit Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelirc Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Planning on going on a road trip across America at some point? Well, you’re not alone, because for some reason AMERICANS LOVE ROAD TRIPS. Planning road trips, going on road trips, going to famous places and calling it the best road trip ever. We’ve got a whole genre of films dedicated to the “road movie,” On The Road was an incredibly famous book from the beat generation. But when does a drive become a road trip? Today on Idea Channel, we dig into the how, why, and what America loves about road trips, all filmed while on the road, of course! Come see us at Phoenix Comicon!! http://www.azpbs.org/nerd/events.php http://www.phoenixcomicon.com/programming/panel/3074 And Camp Imgur! https://imgur.com/camp ~~ASSETS LINKS~~ All assets used are found in this handy Google Doc https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yayo7UfJNKRxOtdsLA74KNU8-Q9pvkXwg5IH_eg33Jc/edit?usp=sharing ~~COMMENTS~~ codydog03170 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nypdg53Zhwc&lc=z13ox5wiuuzjy3qth22lv3lg3sfbfl5q304 iToastNinja: http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsideachannel/comments/353p3o/is_a_thor_by_any_other_name_still_thor/cr0pbkd McDaioh: http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsideachannel/comments/353p3o/is_a_thor_by_any_other_name_still_thor/cr0s9su MrSups: http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsideachannel/comments/353p3o/is_a_thor_by_any_other_name_still_thor/cr0r894 Winter X: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nypdg53Zhwc&lc=z13yfhwhpmrscrnur22ox3mbtzr0h5nmd Daniel Rea: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nypdg53Zhwc&lc=z13ww5xils2ttbr0z23ntxdwpraeenitx muffen jr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nypdg53Zhwc&lc=z122eprbesrwxzctr232efhguvvedd2is04 DJ5un: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nypdg53Zhwc&lc=z130dnhykly0ixtfu234szcwnnjjgrbe5 OfficiallyErling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nypdg53Zhwc&lc=z130xng52obrvderk04cgh0pnzv0zhdpru00k missuscake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nypdg53Zhwc&lc=z131ul5qrl2ncfdok04cij1wszesztaihho JakEnglish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nypdg53Zhwc&lc=z130hz2i5kn5jx4sn23texhw4vbbsfahn04 Tweet of the Week - Matt Blind: https://twitter.com/matt_blind/status/597838847343472640 Additional Reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s_American_automobile_culture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Benz_Memorial_Route Written and hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) (who also has a podcast! Reasonably Sound: http://bit.ly/1sCn0BF) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)