Hitchhiking Highway 61: A Bob Dylan Inspired Podcast

<p>In this episode of Hitchhiking Highway 61, host Kevin Fallon explores Bob Dylan’s haunting ballad “Boots of Spanish Leather” from The Times They Are A-Changin’, weaving together lyrical analysis, music history, and a...

<p>In this episode of Hitchhiking Highway 61, host Kevin Fallon examines Bob Dylan’s 1964 protest song “Only a Pawn in Their Game” from The Times They Are A-Changin’, written in the aftermath of Medgar Evers’s...

<p>In this episode of Hitchhiking Highway 61, we take a deep dive into Bob Dylan’s “North Country Blues,” a haunting narrative about life in a failing mining town and the quiet weight of staying put. From its roots in...

<p>On this episode of Hitchhiking Highway 61, Kevin Fallon explores Bob Dylan’sOne Too Many Mornings from The Times They Are A-Changin’. Dive into Dylan’s imagery of distance, choices, and reflection as he captures the...

<p>Join host Kevin Fallon on Hitchhiking Highway 61 as he dives into Bob Dylan's 1964 classic With God On Our Side. In this episode we explore Dylan's take on history, morality, and the heavy intersection of religion...

<p>What happens when “The Times They Are A-Changin’” meets a world where nothing changes at all? In this episode of Hitchhiking Highway 61, we leave behind Bob Dylan’s anthem of progress and step into the bleak...

<p>On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, marking a cultural turning point that shattered America’s postwar optimism and ushered in the turbulence of the 1960s. In this episode of...

<p>In I Shall Be Free, the last song on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Dylan embraces the chaos-becoming both the hero and the joker, unmasking himself as he trades his serious folk image for surrealist absurdity, sharp...

<p>We live in wild times—and Bob Dylan knew something about that even back in 1963. In this episode of Hitchhiking Highway 61, we explore Dylan’s surreal, funny, and eerily relevant “Talkin’ World War III Blues,” a song...

<p>In this episode of Hitchhiking Highway 61, host Kevin Fallon explores Bob Dylan’s hauntingly restrained protest song “Oxford Town,” written in response to the 1962 Ole Miss riots. Kevin unpacks the historical context...

<p>In this episode of Hitchhiking Highway 61, we dive into Bob Dylan's Dream, one of Dylan's most nostalgic songs. It's a heartfelt look back at old friends, simpler times, and the bittersweet ache of growing...

<p>In this episode, we dive into Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, one of Bob Dylan's most iconic breakup songs- and one of his most emotionally complex. Is it a calm farewell or a bitter self-defense? Along the way, I...

<p>In this episode of Hitchhiking Highway 61 we're diving into Bob Dylan's haunting anthem "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall," a song that echoes with Cold War dread, nuclear shadows, and apocalyptic visions. </p><p>This...

<p>In this episode of Hitchhiking Highway 61, Kevin Fallon explores how Bob Dylan's Blues echoes the restless spirit of Jack Kerouac's On the Road. Set against the backdrop of postwar conformity, the episode traces a...

<p>In this episode host Kevin Fallon uses the classic novel On the Road by Jack Kerouac as a lens to explore the themes of longing, connection, and the search for meaning in the Bob Dylan song Down the Highway. He'll...