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Road Trips, Twizzlers, The Civil War & College Football | John Banks
Finneran's Wake
English - October 03, 2023 01:57 - 1 hour - 104 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMental Health Health & Fitness Arts Books conversations interviews news politics books education classics history philosophy literature Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
John Banks is an author, editor, a journalist, and a Civil War aficionado.
His latest book, A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime is now available for purchase!
The book is a really fun travelogue-cum-history that you’ll definitely want to add to your shelf.
In this wide-ranging episode, John and I discuss:
Being an aficionado v. being an academic; Ernest Hemingway; American Literature; Journalism; History; Writing books; Strategies to improve sleep; Road-tripping; How to fuel up for a road trip; Songs to listen to during a long drive; The Civil War; Obscure battles that we ought to know more about; Some Great Generals; Battlefield relics; Rebels and Yankees; A bunch of hypotheticals; College Football; West Virginia Mountaineers; Alabama Crimson Tide; JFK assassination theories; Lee Harvey Oswald…
And MUCH more!
Links to John’s stuff:
Purchase his book here:
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/johnnybanks
Website:
http://john-banks.blogspot.com/
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Links to my stuff:
Check out my Instagram page for shorts from this and prior episodes: @danielethanfinneran https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/
Twitter: @DanielEFinneran
Website: finneranswake.com
Email me at [email protected]
My sister project, PNEUMA, on which I put out sleep stories, meditations, mindfulness content: Youtube @pneumabydanielfinneran
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