“The Last American Road Trip: A Memoir” with Sarah Kendzior
Coming From Left Field podcast published April 22, 2025
Warm Greetings All,
In this podcast, our guest is Sarah Kendzior, the best-selling author of “The View From Fly Over Country,” “Hiding In Plain Sight,” and “They Knew.” Her latest book, “The Last American Road Trip: A Memoir,” was published just three weeks ago and is also on the bestseller list.
The book is part political history and part memoir/travelogue about her family exploring America amid our political and environmental turmoil.
Sarah earned her PhD in Anthropology and is an expert on authoritarian states and politics of the internet and digital disinformation. This background informs her critiques of neoliberalism, surveillance, and authoritarianism.
Sarah was a great guest. As I mentioned in the podcast, two weeks ago, I was lucky to get tickets to her book reading at Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle, and she owned the room, blending dark humor, urgency, and Midwest pragmatism. She has a rapier wit and snarky side-eye sarcasm.
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Sarah is one of my favorite authors and bloggers. I encourage you to subscribe to her Sarah Kendzior Substack Newsletter. She does not hide her posts behind a paywall so you can check out her posts for free, but choosing to pay $5 a month will help support her journalism. She often writes about my old stomping grounds, the Midwest, and it makes me feel good about how proud she is of her hometown, St. Louis.
Peace,
Pat