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New Books in American StudiesRolando Pujol, "The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana" (Artisan Publishers, 2025)Rolando Pujol's The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana (Artisan, 2025) celebrates the nostalgic pleasures of America's vintage signs, quirky roadside attractions, and offbeat fast food relics in this irresistible retro road trip across the country. The Great American Retro Road TripThe Great American Retro Road Trip is a coast-to-coast journey chronicling retro roadside America. Discover classic giant roadside attractions, from The Coffee Pot and The Big Duck to the World's Largest Paint Can and the Haines Shoe House. Or iconic signage, like the dazzling Yoken's neon sign, and the classic Moon Motel sign. Still-standing vintage loca...
2026-01-3158 min
New Books in Popular CultureRolando Pujol, "The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana" (Artisan Publishers, 2025)Rolando Pujol's The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana (Artisan, 2025) celebrates the nostalgic pleasures of America's vintage signs, quirky roadside attractions, and offbeat fast food relics in this irresistible retro road trip across the country. The Great American Retro Road TripThe Great American Retro Road Trip is a coast-to-coast journey chronicling retro roadside America. Discover classic giant roadside attractions, from The Coffee Pot and The Big Duck to the World's Largest Paint Can and the Haines Shoe House. Or iconic signage, like the dazzling Yoken's neon sign, and the classic Moon Motel sign. Still-standing vintage loca...
2026-01-2958 min
New Books NetworkRolando Pujol, "The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana" (Artisan Publishers, 2025)Rolando Pujol's The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana (Artisan, 2025) celebrates the nostalgic pleasures of America's vintage signs, quirky roadside attractions, and offbeat fast food relics in this irresistible retro road trip across the country. The Great American Retro Road TripThe Great American Retro Road Trip is a coast-to-coast journey chronicling retro roadside America. Discover classic giant roadside attractions, from The Coffee Pot and The Big Duck to the World's Largest Paint Can and the Haines Shoe House. Or iconic signage, like the dazzling Yoken's neon sign, and the classic Moon Motel sign. Still-standing vintage loca...
2026-01-2958 min
RadioNemo Guest InterviewsRolando Pujol: American Roadside Stories & the Towns That Inspired Our Favorite Haunts | Road Gang RadioOn this special Road Gang Radio episode, hosts Jimmy Mac and Lindsay Lawler welcome journalist, storyteller, and “Retrologist” Rolando Pujol — a man whose love for the American roadside has taken him from the streets of New York City to the heart of small-town America.Born and raised in Sleepy Hollow, Rolando has always had an eye for the places where history, folklore, and pop culture collide. In this Halloween-inspired chat, he takes us on a nostalgic road trip through some of the most legendary American locales:Sleepy Hollow, NY — Home of the Headless...
2025-10-2928 min
American Miles: A Roadtrip PodcastRetro Roadtrip: Rolando Pujol InterviewIn this episode American Miles host Josh Colvin talks with journalist and "retrologist," Rolando Pujol. They discuss favorite roadside attractions, the difference between retro cool and just old, what nostalgia means, and how we used to share more of the same culture. Later for the Small Town Talk segment Josh calls Floyd, Virginia to talk to Floyd Country Store owner, Dylan Locke. The show closes with a song from Bella White. 02:22 Trucker Andy05:44 Storytelling: Junior Olympians Catching Fire08:30 Interview with journalist and author Rolando Pujol15:01 Exploring Retro Roadside Stops and Attractions
2025-09-211h 08
The 21st ShowJournalist explores all facets of roadside Americana in new bookJournalist Rolando Pujol chronicles all the sights, sounds, and experiences of road trips in his new book: "The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana."
The 21st Show is Illinois' statewide weekday public radio talk show, connecting Illinois and bringing you the news, culture, and stories that matter to the 21st state. Have thoughts on the show or one of our episodes, or want to share an idea for something we should talk about? Send us an email: talk@21stshow.org. If you'd like to have your say as we're planning conversations, join our texting group! Just sen...
2025-09-0500 min
Arroe Collins: Unplugged & Totally UncutExperience The Great American Retro Road Trip From Author And Historian Rolando PujolWhat is more nostalgic than the memory of an American road trip: the sense of freedom and exploration, adventure and an open road, connection and memories, simplicity and escape? In The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana (Artisan; hardcover; June 24, 2025), join journalist Rolando Pujol on a coast-to-coast celebration of the nostalgic pleasures of America's vintage signs, quirky roadside attractions, and offbeat fast-food relics.A taste of the 1000 iconic locations listed includes:The 21-foot Buck Atom, a Muffler Man space cowboy deposited by aliens at an old gas station on Route 66 near Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 13-foot ...
2025-09-0309 min
Arroe Collins Like Its Live Unplugged And Totally UncutExperience The Great American Retro Road Trip From Author And Historian Rolando PujolWhat is more nostalgic than the memory of an American road trip: the sense of freedom and exploration, adventure and an open road, connection and memories, simplicity and escape? In The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana (Artisan; hardcover; June 24, 2025), join journalist Rolando Pujol on a coast-to-coast celebration of the nostalgic pleasures of America's vintage signs, quirky roadside attractions, and offbeat fast-food relics.A taste of the 1000 iconic locations listed includes:The 21-foot Buck Atom, a Muffler Man space cowboy deposited by aliens at an old gas station on Route 66 near Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 13...
2025-09-0309 min
Arroe Collins View From The Writing InstrumentExperience The Great American Retro Road Trip From Author And Historian Rolando PujolWhat is more nostalgic than the memory of an American road trip: the sense of freedom and exploration, adventure and an open road, connection and memories, simplicity and escape? In The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana (Artisan; hardcover; June 24, 2025), join journalist Rolando Pujol on a coast-to-coast celebration of the nostalgic pleasures of America's vintage signs, quirky roadside attractions, and offbeat fast-food relics.A taste of the 1000 iconic locations listed includes:The 21-foot Buck Atom, a Muffler Man space cowboy deposited by aliens at an old gas station on Route 66 near Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 13-foot ...
2025-09-0309 min
Road Gang RadioRoad Gang Radio | August 19th, 2025Welcome to RadioNemo -- Your Destination for All Things Trucking & Transportation MediaRadioNemo is a leading audio & video content platform serving the #trucking, logistics, & transportation industries. Known for innovative programming & high-quality live event coverage, RadioNemo connects professional drivers, industry leaders, & fans with compelling stories, up-to-date trucking news, & engaging on-air personalities.With decades of experience & a loyal audience, RadioNemo delivers trusted content through shows that inform, entertain, & inspire. From in-depth interviews with transportation experts to real-time updates from the road, we cover everything drivers care about: freight, regulations, industry trends...
2025-08-193h 58
The Frommer's Travel ShowRetro Roadtrips, Brimming with AmericanaRolando Pujol, author of the just released book "The Great American Retro Roadtrip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana" was our guest, and he discussed the history of the motel (turning 100 in 2025), roadside "Giants" you must see, Googie architecture, and more.
2025-08-1732 min
The Atlas Obscura PodcastRolando Pujol and the Great American Retro Road TripRolando Pujol is an executive producer at ABC, but his true passion is for roadside attractions. And he’s got a new book all about it titled The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana. He and Dylan nerd out about Muffler Men, mimetic architecture, and Pizza Hut Classics. Plus: If you have a favorite roadside attraction, give us a call at (315) 992-7902 and leave us a message telling us your name and story. Or email us a voice memo at hello@atlasobscura.com. Tell us what it is. Where is i? What memo...
2025-08-0728 min
Live The Dream MediaInside Track Ep. 11 - Rolando Pujol & Robert WellsBruce and Eb sit down with author Rolando Pujol — “The Great American Retro Road Trip" and retired US Navy Captain Robert Wells.
2025-07-2359 min
ChatterbingeChatterbinge Episode 16Hour 1 – Ed and Caryn talk with actor William Shatner comedian Nate Jackson about his new Netflix special: “Nate Jackson: Super Funny" and actor Wilson Bethel about his role in the new Netflix series: “Untamed.” Plus, Last month, Caryn was stopped for speeding in Alabama and was sent to traffic school. Ed wonders why she wasn’t sent to a chain-gang.
Hour 2 – Ed talks with Mark Long about the 30th anniversary celebration of the MTV series “Road Rules” and Rolando Pujol about his new book: “The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana.” Plus, Caryn recently got stuck in...
2025-07-181h 19
Arroe Collins Like It's LiveExperience The Great American Retro Road Trip From Author And Historian Rolando PujolWhat is more nostalgic than the memory of an American road trip: the sense of freedom and exploration, adventure and an open road, connection and memories, simplicity and escape? In The Great American Retro Road Trip: A Celebration of Roadside Americana (Artisan; hardcover; June 24, 2025), join journalist Rolando Pujol on a coast-to-coast celebration of the nostalgic pleasures of America's vintage signs, quirky roadside attractions, and offbeat fast-food relics.A taste of the 1000 iconic locations listed includes:The 21-foot Buck Atom, a Muffler Man space cowboy deposited by aliens at an old gas station on Route 66 near Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 13-foot ...
2025-07-1009 minRoad Gang RadioRoad Gang Radio | July 1st, 2025Welcome to RadioNemo -- Your Destination for All Things Trucking & Transportation MediaRadioNemo is a leading audio & video content platform serving the #trucking, logistics, & transportation industries. Known for innovative programming & high-quality live event coverage, RadioNemo connects professional drivers, industry leaders, & fans with compelling stories, up-to-date trucking news, & engaging on-air personalities.With decades of experience & a loyal audience, RadioNemo delivers trusted content through shows that inform, entertain, & inspire. From in-depth interviews with transportation experts to real-time updates from the road, we cover everything drivers care about: freight, regulations, industry trends...
2025-07-014h 12
Stacking Adventures: Every Traveler Has a StoryDiscovering America's Vintage Roadside AttractionsReady to time-travel without the flux capacitor? In this nostalgia-packed episode of Stacking Adventures, hosts Joe Saul-Sehy and Crystal Hammond hit the open road—metaphorically speaking—to explore some of America's most iconic roadside landmarks, unforgettable signage, and quirky attractions that make every road trip an adventure worth taking. Joining them is Americana enthusiast and Instagram-fueled author Rolando Pujol, who's turned his childhood fascination with vintage neon and roadside kitsch into a full-fledged love letter to U.S. travel history. From giant peaches to lobsters as big as your car, from architectural oddities to places that scream "you...
2025-06-2556 min
The Amanda ExclusivoRolando Pujol talks new book 'The Great American Retro Road Trip' | Amanda ExclusivoSend a textMy friend, retrologist, and new author, Rolando Pujol, is here today on the exclusivo. Rolando is here to talk about his book "The Great American Retro Road Trip," which is officially out NOW! Rolando has taken over thousands of photos of vintage America that will blow your mind. CHECK OUT ROLANDO'S WEBSITE: https://retrologist.comTO PURCHASE HIS BOOK, CLICK HERE: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rolando-pujol/the-great-american-retro-road-trip/9781648293719/?lens=artisan&fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaecEGdTqlFaRSGpl75CybBGO915WmVbw5WQzRiS8-K3eo8WFH4SpGpVl3PBog_aem_ymc88jBu9Lyto7a_WcNy9w
2025-06-2430 min
WtFritzcastWtFritzcast #7Trigger warning! If you have a hard time being excited, this Fritzcast might be too much for you. Taped while riding their bicycles in the dark, Karen and Brådley discuss cool new stuff like Spoutwater, Ariadna AI, a Spotify Coverter, Rolando Pujol’s upcoming book ‘The Great American Retro Road Trip and the music of Roberto Fonseca, while being totally safe and 200% visible thanks to their innovative Ziemi bike lights. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit whatthinksfritz.substack.com
2025-02-2303 min
Everything is a Primary SourcePart-2-Palooza I: Hojo's/Holiday InnPart II "Hojo's/ Holiday Inn" posted on December 15, 2022.With Rolando Pujol, The RetrologistPart II explores even more about how the the two motel chains, as well as other familiar franchised companies from America’s highways and byways, adjusted as the 20th century, which created them, came to an end.
2023-06-1441 min
Park DateS3E6 Why are old Pizza Huts so compelling? With Rolando PujolLocation: Central ParkNew York, NYGuest: Rolando PujolWell this one was a joy. The wonderful Rolando Pujol from ABC 7 TV talks to me as we stroll through Central Park in New York City. We chat about the mom n pop shops, diners, drive-thru, dives, malls, motels and mid century design that inspired him to create his Retrologist newsletter and website. Oh and how the media and news landscape has changed!Rolando, we gotta make a movie where we drive across America looking at Pizza Huts, Arby's, Arthur...
2023-03-1458 min
Everything is a Primary Source"Hojo's Motel/ Holiday Inn" with the Retrologist, Rolando PujolI was delighted to be joined recently by the Rolando Pujol, to discuss and dissect two 20th century documents of American road culture , Howard Johnson’s and Holiday Inn. And while I promote listening to the Everything is a Primary Source Podcast in any setting, I have to say that this episode is absolutely perfect listening for driving down the highway. The United States has always had a road culture; we are a society constantly on the move. As such there has always been an inn-keeping industry. In some ways road hospitality has gone unchanged since...
2022-12-1537 min
Um defeito de corOficinas literárias virtuaisComo estão rolando as oficinas e cursos de escrita neste momento de pandemia. Que vantagens e desvantagens os formatos virtuais das oficinas oferecem em relação ao formato presencial. Júlia Dantas, Reginaldo Pujol Filho e Gabriel Pardal comentam suas experiências e contam um pouco sobre os bastidores de suas oficinas e cursos.
2020-10-0500 min
Cocina de AutorCocina de autor 21 : Juan Saraco - Buenos Aires / ArgentinaEn el capítulo 21 de Cocina de autor Rolando De Marco entrevistó a Juan Saraco, integrante del grupo Duratierra.
Menú radial: durante la entrevista se escuchan los temas: 1ro. de enero y Chance (Enobra - 2013), Perro negro (Cría - 2017) y Amigx (2019)
El Segmento Selección de bodega estuvo dedicado a Don Ata (Argentina 1908 / Francia 1992)
Se escuchan los temas: El payador perseguido, El arriero, Luna tucumana, Danza de la luna, Chacarera de las piedras.
Testimonios de Atahualpa extraídos de A fondo, programa de televisión conducido por Joaquín Soler Serrano - España 1977) Sergio Pujol y Eliana Abdala extraídos...
2019-09-0656 min
Cocina de AutorCocina de autor 19 Luis Longhi ArgentinaEn el capítulo19 de Cocina de autor Rolando De Marco entrevistó al multifacético Luis Longhi: escritor, actor, dramaturgo, bandoneonista, autor de canciones y peronista Luis Longhi.
Menú radial: durante la entrevista se escuchan los temas de su autoría: Lejos de vos por Sandra Márquez (Revelaciones de una ilusión : Eva canta Gardel / 2019), Payada Gardel Razzano por Guillermo Fernández (De criollos y tangueros - 2013), Confusión y Gente rara los artistas (El tango es puro cuento - 2011), Virola -tango para Néstor Kirchner- 2011
El Segmento Selección de bodega estuvo dedicado a Enrique Santos Disc?polo (Buenos Aire...
2019-08-1059 min