Moving at a Human Pace With Isaac Fitzgerald

Under the Influence with Jo Piazza

Jo Piazza, Influence Inc.

Personal Journals, Kids & Family, Technology, Parenting, Society & Culture

4.3 • 833 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 44 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

What does it mean to move through the world at a human pace? To ramble and wander and chat up strangers in real life? This week, we sit down with writer Isaac Fitzgerald to talk about his new book American Rambler and what happens when you decide to walk across America and follow in the footsteps of Johnny Appleseed. These great American yappers get into the idea that midlife is a second coming-of-age, why wandering might be the antidote to our screen-obsessed lives, and how the definition of “adventure” changes when you’re not twenty anymore. Spoiler: It gets better. ORDER AMERICAN RAMBLER TODAY Join our newsletter community here. ORDER The Parisian Heist here. Visit our lovely sponsors here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Inspired by jet engine silences.
0:03.0	The Dyson Hushjet Purify powerfully purifies the entire room, quietly.
0:10.0	Capturing pollen, allergens and pet dander, removing odours and harmful gases such as NO2, day and night.
0:28.6	Hushjet, powerful compact purification, that's quiet. That's quiet.
0:33.6	Hey all, Joe here and you are listening to Under the Influence.
0:40.8	Quick reminder to get your orders of Parisian heist in today.
0:45.6	You won't regret it.
0:46.6	This is the best and most basic of girl math.
0:49.2	Your order today, it comes in July, and it's like it's completely free.
0:57.2	I love that for you. I truly do.
0:59.4	Now on to the episode.
1:05.1	We've spent the last few years living and existing through our screens.
1:13.6	We scroll, we react, and we flatten entire lives and entire stories into just a couple of lines of text.
1:19.1	But today we're talking about what happens when you actually go back out into the world.
1:22.7	When you actually move through it at a human pace.
1:26.4	And I love, love, love those two words together.
1:31.4	A human pace. Today I'm talking to the absolutely wonderful and magnetic Isaac Fitzgerald about his new book American Rambler.
1:37.2	On its face, it's a story about chasing the legend of Johnny Appleseed across the country.
1:43.1	Isaac does discover that he was much less about apple pie and more about hard cider,
1:48.1	which makes me like Johnny a lot more.
1:50.6	But really, this is a book about finding yourself in midlife, about finding a home,
1:55.4	about loneliness, and about the fact that adventure doesn't end in your 20s.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Jo Piazza, Influence Inc., and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Jo Piazza, Influence Inc. and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.