In this second of hopefully many roundtable discussions hosted by Voice Of GO(r)D, I am joined by veteran riders of rails and thumbers of rides, Andy, Joseph, and James.
We had a very lengthy discussion on this seemingly lost form of travel, of what drives young men to undertake such journeys, the meaning to be found while on them and within the traveler himself, and a little look into the particularly American crust punk culture that overlaps with hitch-hiking and train jumping.
The legendary underground book 'Evasion' was mentioned and you can find out more about it here - https://evasionbook.com/evasion-book1647373395319
Andy is the author of many twitter threads weighing in on matters of great import, usually meticulously detailed in the way maps of yore were drawn. You will note that Andy is the first repeat guest of Voice Of GO(r)D, having joined the show previously to discuss his love of Upstate New York, and extolling the virtues of the rural aesthetic on the episode titled 'Adirondack Supremacy'.
You can find Andy on Twitter - https://twitter.com/shagbark_hick
Jospeh Keegin is a PhD candidate in Philosophy at Tulane University in New Orleans, a contributor to The Doomer Optimists podcast project, a writer at The Point Magazine and can be found both at his own website and on Twitter https://twitter.com/fxxfy
James Pogue is a writer at many of The Cathedral's most essential organs - Harper's, The New York Times, and Vanity Fair, where you may remember this piece which referenced my friends over at The Good Ol' Boyz podcast.
You can find James' own website here and you can find him on Twitter - https://twitter.com/jhensonpogue
James and Jospeh have both appeared/hosted with friends of the show Doomer Optimism, whose podcast can be found here on Spotify -
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The Vagabond Roundtable - on Train Jumping, Hitch-hiking, and Traveling Rough with James Pogue, Joseph Keegin, and Andy aka The Shagbark Hick