Vacation Nation

Now & Then

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Society & Culture, History, News Commentary

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

How have vacations shaped American democracy? What can travel reveal about identity and national culture? And how does the history of tourism reflect the uncertainty of travel today? Heather and Joanne discuss the Grand Tour in early America, the rise of the post-Civil War “See America First” movement, and the efforts by Black motorists to remain safe during the mid-20th century. Join CAFE Insider to listen to “Backstage,” where Heather and Joanne chat each week about the anecdotes and ideas that formed the episode. Head to: cafe.com/history For more historical analysis of current events, sign up for the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter, featuring Time Machine, a weekly article that dives into an historical event inspired by each episode of Now & Then: cafe.com/brief For references & supplemental materials, head to: cafe.com/now-and-then/vacation-nation Now & Then is presented by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for today's show comes from Slack.
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0:47.0	From Cafe and the Box Media Podcast Network, this is now and then.
0:52.0	I'm Heather Cox Richardson.
0:56.0	And I'm Joanne Freeman.
0:58.0	Here we are. We've gotten ourselves to August.
1:01.0	And we are at the time of year when people are taking vacations.
1:06.0	Even our producer David is taking time off and going on vacation.
1:11.0	I salute him for taking a vacation.
1:13.0	But for this reason, we thought that today would be an excellent time for us to talk about
1:18.0	how Americans take and have taken vacations in the past.
1:23.0	And maybe bigger than that, how the idea of travelling for leisure or fun or however else
1:29.0	people have justified vacation time, how that's evolved over time.
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