What road trip songs get you pumped for your travels?

Rob Harvilla has been a professional rock critic for 20+ years whose writing has appeared in Pitchfork, Spin, and Rolling Stone. He is also the host of the hugely popular podcast 60 Songs That Explain the ’90s and author of a book by the same name.

In this episode, Rob shares his ultimate 90s road trip playlist along with a fun conversation about the inevitable intersection of music and travel.

Rob shares his thoughts on how music embeds itself into our lives, the lost art of mixtapes, and how road trip playlists define our travels. Plus, we swap stories about the bands that made us fall in love with music in the first place.

What song would you add to this list? Is there an album that instantly transports you back to a specific time and place? I'd love to hear what it is, and I hope you’ll share by sending me an audio message.

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Tune In To Learn:

• Why road trips and music are so deeply connected
• The power of nostalgia and how music imprints on our memories
• How the shift from physical albums to streaming changed the way we experience music
• The role of critics in shaping music culture
• What it was like to live through Brooklyn’s indie rock explosion in the 2000s
• How Rob picked the songs for 60 Songs That Explain the '90s (and why that number quickly expanded)
• If he could time travel to one concert in history, which show Rob would pick and why
• And so much more

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• Best Travel Songs of the 90’s Spotify playlist

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