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A news, current events and interview podcast hosted by Eric Paul Erickson. Bringing the discovery of the open road into the discourse of modern conversation. Much like the old days when we would sit down at a roadside diner and share a cup of coffee with a fellow traveller, The Open Highway brings conversation back to the world and allows us to learn about interesting topics and people. Host Eric Paul Erickson is a former journalist with the Chicago Tribune‘s City News Bureau, the Roswell Daily Record and other newspapers and media outlets as well as an award-winning writer, performer and filmmaker.
Episodes
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
Wednesday Jul 13, 2022
GUEST- Mental health advocate and author Sonja Wasden joins us to talk about her own struggles with suicide, common sense gun & red flag laws, her book An Impossible Life and her powerful article in The Washington Post chronicling her experience with gun shops and background checks.
In The News:
- Harvard returns an important ceremonial tomahawk pipe but still has work to do
- Wait... Andrew Yang wants Matthew McConaughey for President???
- Attack of the Kangaroos!!
Check out Eric's articles on Substack including his recent piece on Joe Biden and is his age a factor in the election?
Find Eric's books including "Ascension" and "How To Start A Podcast In Less Than a Day" here!
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Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
Wednesday Jul 06, 2022
GUEST- The Python Huntress Amy Siewe drops in to talk snakes, Florida and stalking an apex predator in fashionable shoes! Check Amy out on Instagram!
In The News:
- Will a British millionaire use his newly purchased Air Force base to hunt UFOs?
- Did The FBI steal a cache of legendary Civil War gold?
- Fishermen find a... ahem... special toy in the belly of a catfish
Find Eric's books including "Ascension" and "How To Start A Podcast In Less Than a Day" here!
FOLLOW THE OPEN HIGHWAY ON IG!
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Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
Wednesday Jun 29, 2022
The Open Highway is back! A catch-up episode including a shameless plug of our friend Stacey Roberts' new podcast "I'm Not Allowed To Watch The News!" Listen wherever you get your favorite podcasts!
Also: The Bruce's Beach Story
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Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
Wednesday Jun 01, 2022
GUEST: Richard Anderson is a biochemistry expert and author of The Evolution of Life: Big Bang to Space Colonies. On this episode, Richard and host Eric Erickson discuss the way mankind will need to evolve and change and what to expect from the colonization of space. Everything from long stretches of space travel and how it will affect the human body to missions to Mars and the sort of mental attitude colonists will need to have. Is there life on Mars and will that change things?
READ THE NEW BOOKS FROM THE TORCH UNIVERSE HERE! A shared literary universe of adventure!
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Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
GUEST: OUR GOOD FRIEND STACEY ROBERTS RETURNS FOR PART II! Author of "Trailer Trash with Girl's Name" and host of History's Trainwrecks, Stacey drops in to talk writing, the new Amazon platform Kindle Vella and our favorite literary action characters including Jack Reacher and Spenser! We also dive deep into Eric's literary series, The Torch Universe! Part One of our incredible conversation about all things writing from concept to publishing! You won't want to miss this!
READ THE NEW BOOKS FROM THE TORCH UNIVERSE HERE!
Visit TheVikingDogStore.com for motivational apparel and shirts that raise funds for wolves, veterans and the environment. You can get a "Never Doubt Your Power Shirt" and remind yourself that anything is achievable.
PLUS A SPECIAL OFFER FOR THE OPEN HIGHWAY LISTENERS! USE CODE "HIGHWAY" FOR 20% OFF YOUR ORDER!
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Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
GUEST: OUR GOOD FRIEND STACEY ROBERTS RETURNS! Author of "Trailer Trash with Girl's Name" and host of History's Trainwrecks, Stacey drops in to talk writing, the new Amazon platform Kindle Vella and our favorite literary action characters including Jack Reacher and Spenser! We also dive deep into Eric's literary series, The Torch Universe! Part One of our incredible conversation about all things writing from concept to publishing! You won't want to miss this!
READ THE NEW BOOKS FROM THE TORCH UNIVERSE HERE!
Visit TheVikingDogStore.com for motivational apparel and shirts that raise funds for wolves, veterans and the environment. You can get a "Never Doubt Your Power Shirt" and remind yourself that anything is achievable.
PLUS A SPECIAL OFFER FOR THE OPEN HIGHWAY LISTENERS! USE CODE "HIGHWAY" FOR 20% OFF YOUR ORDER!
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Thursday May 12, 2022
Thursday May 12, 2022
Should we embrace death? Should we celebrate getting older and preparing to shuffle off this mortal coil?
GUEST: DR. INGEMAR PATRICK LINDEN is a philosopher and author of The Case Against Death. In the book, he refutes our culturally embedded acceptance of death, arguing instead for the desirability of anti-aging science and radical life extension. On this episode, he and host Eric Erickson discuss the apologists for death and the embracing of mortality versus fighting the dying of the light.
http://ingemarpatricklinden.com
IG- https://www.instagram.com/patricklinden733/
Twitter- https://twitter.com/DrPatrickLinden
ALSO: Invisible Walls in Space?
Wednesday May 04, 2022
Wednesday May 04, 2022
GUEST: Stephen Pitalo is a video music scholar and managing editor and publisher of Music Video Time Machine. The first issue of this new magazine features an exclusive interview with filmmaker John Landis on directing Michael Jackson’s Thriller, its lasting impact, and his significantly different experience shooting Jackson’s “Black or White." Also, a special Q&A with the late Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quiñones, the godfather of street dance, shines a light on his influence in the music video genre and pays tribute to his legacy.
IG- http://instagram.com/musicvideotimemachine
Twitter- https://twitter.com/mvtimemachine
Visit TheVikingDogStore.com for motivational apparel and shirts that raise funds for wolves, veterans and the environment. You can get a "Never Doubt Your Power Shirt" and remind yourself that anything is achievable.
PLUS A SPECIAL OFFER FOR THE OPEN HIGHWAY LISTENERS! USE CODE "HIGHWAY" FOR 20% OFF YOUR ORDER!
READ THE NEW BOOKS FROM THE TORCH UNIVERSE HERE!
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Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
GUEST: We go looking for Sasquatch! Mike Familant, bigfoot researcher, producer & creator “In the Shadow of Big Red Eye.” Mike also created a docuseries called “Squatchables,” which was created for people who are just getting into bigfooting, sort of a “Bigfooting 101.”
YOUTUBE: In The Shadow of Red Eye
Visit TheVikingDogStore.com for motivational apparel and shirts that raise funds for wolves, veterans and the environment. You can get a "Never Doubt Your Power Shirt" and remind yourself that anything is achievable.
PLUS A SPECIAL OFFER FOR THE OPEN HIGHWAY LISTENERS! USE CODE "HIGHWAY" FOR 20% OFF YOUR ORDER!
LOOK FOR VIRGINIA DARE! NOW AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY FROM KINDLE VELLA!
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Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
GUEST: Kimberly Evering is the host of the "Gal On The Go" podcast. She is a fitness advocate, teacher and adventurer. She served as a U.S. ambassador at Vancouver’s 2010 Winter Paralympic Games for Alpine skiing and the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi for ice hockey. She is also the owner of Rock n Flow Yoga, a small woman-owned biz that blends music from her years as a radio DJ and skills as a certified instructor in power yoga, yoga sculpt, and indoor cycling. She also blogs at "Gal On The Go Unplugged."
IG- gal_onthe_go
And:
CNN has launched their moderately anticipated paid streaming service CNN+... and the result isn't exactly what they were expecting. At all. By like millions. Of viewers. And dollars.
Visit TheVikingDogStore.com for motivational apparel and shirts that raise funds for wolves, veterans and the environment. You can get a "Never Doubt Your Power Shirt" and remind yourself that anything is achievable.
PLUS A SPECIAL OFFER FOR THE OPEN HIGHWAY LISTENERS! USE CODE "HIGHWAY" FOR 20% OFF YOUR ORDER!
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