9 episodes
Scenic Byways Ben Sembler
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4.9 • 59 Ratings
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Scenic Byways is a mythic fiction audio drama, told in the form of an episodic road trip. Join us as we follow one truck driver on his journey across a fractured America. We’ll hear tales of struggling communities and risen legends once thought long asleep, all set in the beauty of America’s rugged landscapes and national parks. Be sure to buckle up, though. We could be in for a bumpy ride.
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Conquerors of the Useful
“Commercial trucking prohibited through Yosemite Valley?” Well, there’s no one left to enforce that particular rule, is there.
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Big Rig
To the town of Cold Water drove a stranger one fine day, hardly spoke to folks around him, didn’t have too much to say. No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip, for the stranger there among them drove a Big Rig.
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Echoes in the Canyons
No, no, no, no…. Not now. Not like this. Not after all this time. I've come this far. It can’t end here. I won’t let it.
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Rocky Mountain High
How long have we been drivin’ these roads, Old Stars? Even I’m startin’ to lose track. We’re due a rest, ain’t we? Just a little bit further. I’ll get ya there in one piece.
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Big Rock Candy Mountains
Our driver takes on more than he bargained for after picking up a hitchhiking hobo outside of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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Land of Ten Thousand Lakes
Our driver meets some fascinating folks in a logging camp just outside Voyageurs National Park.
Customer Reviews
Intriguing Storytelling
Scenic Byways is intriguing storytelling with the best character voice trucking us through his adventures. Need more, please
-Susan LeVine
Very charming
I’m really enjoying this podcast.
The narrator is a master storyteller with an easy unassuming cadence that makes you want to listen to him which is great because his speech is peppered with pithy nuggets of wisdom to live by.
I’m intrigued by the repeated references to the “collapse” and the narrator’s past and hope they get developed as season 2 continues but I guess the cryptic nature is part of the mystique.
This great podcast has whet my appetite to see the rest of this great country...while I still can.
A True Hidden Gem
It’s strange how some shows can stay hidden to you for so long! I am definitely glad I found this one buried in the algorithm. Somehow both weird and grounded. Strange and sweet. If it wasn’t apparent by its name, Scenic Byways is the perfect podcast to help cure Highway Hypnosis!