The Road
Type: Book

As of November 2026, The Road has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Stuff You Should Know (Dec 2025).
The Road is a 2006 post-apocalyptic novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. The book details the grueling journey of a father and his young son over several months across a landscape blasted by an unspecified cataclysm that has destroyed industrial civilization and nearly all life. The novel was awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 2006. The book was adapted into a film of the same name in 2009, directed by John Hillcoat, and a comi
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Dec 2025 on Stuff You Should Know |
| Author | Jack Kerouac |
| Published | 1957 |
| Publisher | Anagrama |
| Subjects | Beat generation, Fiction, Autobiographical fiction |
| ISBN | 9780451152633 |
| Genre | Beat generation, Fiction, Autobiographical fiction |
Who talks about The Road on podcasts?
The Road came up; the most recent mention was Dec 2025 on Stuff You Should Know.
What is The Road mentioned alongside?
The Road is most often mentioned alongside Chris Kohler, Verona Strickland and Blockbuster.
Mentioned together: Chris Kohler, Verona Strickland, Blockbuster, Doug Dillard, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Lance Barr, Cormac McCarthy, Joe Pesci, Nintendrew, Fred Savage