Road Trips, Twizzlers, The Civil War & College Football | John Banks

<p>John Banks is an author, editor, a journalist, and a Civil War aficionado. </p><p><br></p><p>His latest book, <em>A Civil War Road Trip of a Lifetime</em> is now available for purchase! </p><p><br></p><p>The book is a really fun travelogue-cum-history that you’ll definitely want to add to your shelf. </p><p><br></p><p>In this wide-ranging episode, John and I discuss: </p><p><br></p><p>Being an aficionado v. being an academic; Ernest Hemingway; American Literature; Journalism; History; Writing books; Strategies to improve sleep; Road-tripping; How to fuel up for a road trip; Songs to listen to during a long drive; The Civil War; Obscure battles that we ought to know more about; Some Great Generals; Battlefield relics; Rebels and Yankees; A bunch of hypotheticals; College Football; West Virginia Mountaineers; Alabama Crimson Tide; JFK assassination theories; Lee Harvey Oswald…</p><p><br></p><p>And MUCH more! </p><p><br></p><p>Links to John’s stuff: </p><p><br></p><p>Purchase his book here:</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Civil-War-Road-Trip-Lifetime/dp/1734627670/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VIYEFISNIG5C&amp;keywords=john+banks+civil+war+road+trip&amp;qid=1695753621&amp;sprefix=john+banks+%2Caps%2C94&amp;sr=8-1">https://www.amazon.com/Civil-War-Road-Trip-Lifetime/dp/1734627670/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1VIYEFISNIG5C&amp;keywords=john+banks+civil+war+road+trip&amp;qid=1695753621&amp;sprefix=john+banks+%2Caps%2C94&amp;sr=8-1</a></p><p><br></p><p>Twitter: </p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/johnnybanks">https://twitter.com/johnnybanks</a></p><p><br></p><p>Website: </p><p><a href="http://john-banks.blogspot.com/">http://john-banks.blogspot.com/</a></p><p><br></p><p>*** </p><p><br></p><p>Links to my stuff: </p><p><br></p><p>Check out my Instagram page for shorts from this and prior episodes: @danielethanfinneran <a href="https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/">https://www.instagram.com/danielethanfinneran/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Twitter: @DanielEFinneran</p><p><br></p><p>Website: finneranswake.com</p><p><br></p><p>Ema