Recorded Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Evan Stern: The Voices of Route 66

In the fall of 2021, Evan Stern grabbed a microphone and took two months to drive Route 66 from Oklahoma to the Santa Monica Pier. Along the way, he spoke with over 100 people for his podcast Vanishing Postcards. In The Voices of Route 66, Evan combines personal reflections with select footage from a few he met along this journey to explore how The Mother Road’s past, present and future are revealed through the people who live and work along it today.

Evan Stern is the host and creator of the podcast Vanishing Postcards. A documentary travelogue, the series invites listeners on a road trip exploring the hidden dives and frequently threatened histories found by exiting the interstates. Featuring dispatches from the backroads, its second season was entirely centered on Route 66 and named Best Americana Podcast at 2024’s Indie Podcast Awards.