The 1960s was a decade of individualism, and few individuals from this era are as iconic as Bob Dylan and John F. Kennedy.

For Dylan, the 60s was just the beginning of a half-century career that has included over 2,500 shows, 38 studio albums, 13 Grammys, and the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Kennedy, on the other hand, like so many of the decades giants,

was taken from us too soon, leaving us to wonder what he may have accomplished if not for his

tragic assassination in 1963. Today on the road to now, we talk about the life, times, and

influence of Bob Dylan and John F. Kennedy with award-winning historian Dr. Douglas Brinkley.

Today's Ramser Records album of the week is Samantha Crane's You Had Me a Goodbye.

Drawing on inspiration from her origins as an Oklahomaan and member of the Choctaw Nation,

Crane's third collaboration with producer John Vandersllice is an all-analogue album,

so you can buy a vinyl copy knowing that no computers were harmed in the process.

The album features beautifully written songs such as Red Sky, Blue Mountain,

which Crane sings in the Choctaw language.

To pick up your copy of Samantha Crane's You Had me at Goodbye, please visit ramsarrecords.com today.

I'm Bob Crawford. And I'm Ben Sawyer and this is the road to now. Today's guest, Douglas Brinkley,

who is currently working on a book about Bob

Jellon. The most prolific historian of our generation. He's a presidential historian. He's also

done scholarship with regards to Hunter S. Thompson, Jack Kerouac. Of course, you mentioned

Bob Dylan. Not only presidential history history but American pop culture and this is

something I'm very interested in history and culture inform one another and that's what makes

Douglas Brinkley's work so unique and so important for us absolutely and we had a great

conversation with him he's been spending time with Bob Dylan he's this book. He's also working on a project to commemorate the 100th birthday of John F. Kennedy. And we were able to speak with him about so many things. And this is what's great about someone who has dug this deeply into our history, but also given a lot of appreciation to culture, is that he's so versatile. We talked to him about so many different things and so many of these episodes that's like,

we interview him for 30 minutes and then we're like, oh, but,

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