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Pop Literacy


Jul 29, 2019

Summer vacation means heading out on the highway for a lot of travelers, and if you’re a TV fan looking for some primetime inspiration for a New York City road trip, author Marion Miclet has written the perfect road map with her new book Binge Watching New York: A Travel Guide Through the Most Emblematic TV Series.

The book, a beautiful, photo-packed tome filled with NYC sites from and inspired by series like SeinfeldFriendsLaw & OrderWill & GraceBillionsThe AffairThe Mindy ProjectMad MenSex and the CityBrooklyn Nine-NineGothamGossip Girl, and dozens more, is not only a travel guide, but a thoughtful examination of how the city shaped these shows and how the shows made viewers feel like they were right there with the series’ characters. In short, it’s the perfect summer read for the perfect summer road trip.

We also talk about The Vagabonds, a fantastic new book about how Thomas Edison and Henry Ford invented the summer road trip, and the rock ‘n’ roll road trip Chuck Klosterman documented in Killing Yourself to Live. Jennifer and Kim also share their favorite road trip memories.

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