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Does anyone still hitchhike?  Cult film director John Waters does.  At the age of 66, he hitchhiked 2,800 miles, from Baltimore to San Francisco.  He tells us about the people who picked him up, along with some who didn't.  And did the America Interstate System pave the way for fear and violence on the highways? Killer on the Road - Ginger Strand; Carsick: Hitchhiking Across America - John Waters; Anywhere - Mishy Harman; PEN World Voices Festival Chairman on Charlie Hebdo Controversy; Colm Toibin on Poet Elizabeth Bishop; BONUS SEGMENT -- Sonic Sidebar: John Waters' Hitchhiking Playlist.