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The Documentary Podcast

Can Route 66 towns survive on nostalgia?

28 September 2026

Available for over a year

We head west along America's famed Route 66. As the road celebrates its 100th birthday, Victoria Craig finds out whether the pull of neon-drenched nostalgia is still attracting visitors and whether new investment can secure the future of the towns that depend on it.