U.S. Route 66, the legendary 3,940-kilometer (2,448-mile) highway in the United States that connects eight states from Chicago to Santa Monica while crossing three time zones, is known as the “Mother Road,” the “Road of Roads,” “The Great Diagonal Way,” and “The Main Street of America.”
In this episode, we hear the stories it carries — stories of the Great Depression, migration, economic growth, war, motels and drive-ins, neon signs, decline and nostalgia, road trippers, adventure, freedom, and untamed spirits.
Produced and presented by Ariadni-Sofia Kouri