Bullseye with I'm Jesse Thorne.

Look, I don't want to stereotype or anything, but research suggests that you a public radio

listener are probably not 19 years old. But I'm also willing to guess that you

remember when you were 19 and the adult that you are today is a very different person from the

from the adult we're gonna we're gonna put quotes around that that you were way back then

maybe you were fortunate enough to get to travel with friends. And that's

weird, right? You're far from home, you're maybe crashing at somebody's house,

eating cheap pizza or veggie burgers. If there's a plan it's

probably something along the lines of hang out and see the sights. You don't have

any real grown-ups to watch over you to tell you where everybody's going. Instead you have friends. Friends

you might know great but also friends with whom you probably haven't spent 24 or

48 or 72 straight hours. And like you, those friends are also barely

adults still trying to figure out who they are and how to be on their own in the world.

So the dynamics are strange.

You navigate some awkwardness, a lot of awkwardness.

Maybe you fall in love with someone,

someone you met on the trip or someone with whom you are

traveling.

And no matter what, you make memories that you will remember forever.

Anyway, there's a new graphic novel called

Roaming that is about exactly that.

It follows three 19 year olds on their first trip to New York City.

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