Primary Tourist
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingMy name is Spike DiMartino, and I've been writing, off and on, ever since my eighth grade English teacher told me that I did it well. In this podcast, I'll be reading from my novel, "Primary Tourist," which is about the link between the New Hampshire Primary and my life, and how mythology permeates the lives of everyone, from Presidential Wannabes to Wannabe Artistic Icons and everybody in between, and how Myth does its damnedest to shape truth, even when, hell, especially when you live in a nursing home which you don't have to be crazy to mistake for an asylum. I hope you enjoy it.
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Primary Tourist chapters 38 and 39
December 06, 2022 23:30 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBThis episode contains chapters 38 and 39 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'. With this episode, 'Primary Tourist' comes to an end.
Primary Tourist chapters 36 and 37
December 06, 2022 04:17 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBThis episode contains chapters 36 and 37 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.
Primary Tourist chapters 34 and 35
October 12, 2021 19:17 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBThis episode contains chapters 34 and 35 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.
Primary Tourist chapters 32 and 33
April 04, 2021 15:58 - 48 minutes - 33.4 MBThis episode contains chapters 32 and 33 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.
Primary Tourist chapters 30 and 31
March 04, 2021 13:18 - 39 minutes - 27.6 MBThis episode contains chapters 30 and 31 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.
Primary Tourist chapters 28 and 29
February 07, 2021 17:08 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBThis episode contains chapters 28 and 29 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.
Primary Tourist chapters 26 and 27
January 21, 2021 00:16 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBThis episode contains chapters 26 and 27 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.
Primary Tourist chapters 24 and 25
April 12, 2020 16:57 - 28 minutes - 20 MBThis episode contains chapters 24 and 25 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'. We recorded this over the phone, so the sound quality's different than usual -- sorry about that!
Primary Tourist chapters 22 and 23
March 21, 2020 13:26 - 39 minutes - 27.4 MBThis episode contains chapters 22 and 23 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.
Primary Tourist chapters 20 and 21
December 24, 2019 17:56 - 45 minutes - 31.1 MBThis episode contains chapters 20 and 21 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.
Primary Tourist chapters 18 and 19
December 09, 2019 04:01 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBThis episode contains chapters 18 and 19 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist', plus a little audio from a real life faceoff between Vermin Supreme and Ron Paul. That audio is taken from a video at https://youtu.be/U5W-Tc1G3_M (taken by Sean Reen) so check that out if you want to see for yourself how it all played out, and maybe even get a glimpse of the author!
Primary Tourist chapters 16 and 17
August 08, 2019 18:28 - 37 minutes - 26 MBThis episode contains chapters 16 and 17 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.
Primary Tourist chapters 14 and 15
June 07, 2019 23:10 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBThis episode contains chapters 14 and 15 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.
Primary Tourist chapters 12 and 13
August 14, 2018 19:35 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBThis episode contains chapters 12 and 13 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'. In chapter 12, Spike talks about cancer, chess, telemarketing, and food. Then, in chapter 13, Spike and his sidekick venture into the wilds of the 2012 Republican primaries in New Hampshire, in which Chinese is spoken, Newt Gingrich looks forward to enjoying the sport with the spherical object, and the Internet comments on everything.
Primary Tourist chapters 10 and 11
March 06, 2017 12:15 - 39 minutes - 27 MBThis episode contains chapters 10 and 11 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'. In chapter 10, Spike talks about living in a nursing home (terrible), gets romantic advice from a friend (run!), and learns that his nephew is in the hospital (cancer). Then, in the next chapter, Spike encounters two presidential candidates: Wesley Clark and Vermin Supreme. We were able to track down a video of Spike's interaction with Wesley Clark, and there's a clip of it at the end of this episode. You...
Primary Tourist chapters 8 and 9
January 10, 2017 21:09 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBOur hero, Spike, is recuperating from a stroke in a nursing home. He recalls a time when he used to go up to New Hampshire during Primary Time, a time when he walked freely, a time when he didn't live in a nursing home. A golden time. Not so long ago.
Primary Tourist chapters 6 and 7
September 10, 2016 13:06 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBThis episode contains chapters 6 and 7 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist', in which he invents a poetic form known as the Spiku, sees Rick Santorum at a gun club, and considers addictions of different types: sugar, drugs, political.
Primary Tourist chapters 4 and 5
July 13, 2016 22:36 - 27 minutes - 63.1 MBThis episode contains chapters 4 and 5 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist', in which he considers the participants in the first Republican debate of 2011, consummates a relationship with a chess-playing friend, and gets a ride from a New Hampshire town hall star.
Primary Tourist Chapter 3
December 17, 2015 23:46 - 20 minutes - 4.75 MBThis episode contains chapter 3 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist', in which he acquires a sidekick, goes to see John Edwards and Howard Dean, and steps on Al Franken.
Primary Tourist Chapters 1 and 2
October 19, 2015 18:31 - 30 minutes - 6.93 MBThis episode contains chapters 1 and 2 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'. The journey begins!