David Tran
Long miles and empty highways have a way of sharpening your ears. With nothing but ribboned asphalt ahead and the sun sliding across the windshield, what you queue up can turn a drive into a mood, a memory, or a full-blown cinematic sequence. Cool Streams is our rolling soundtrack for the season—an ever-evolving mix of podcasts that make the miles disappear, audiobooks built for marathon stretches, albums meant to be played straight through, and a timely Valentine’s-ready playlist of long-distance love songs for when the road and your heart are doing their own separate traveling. Plug in, point the hood toward somewhere new, and let the listening lead the way.
Podcasts
CAMP SWAMP ROAD
Sept/Oct 2025
An intense, old-school true-crime investigation, coproduced by the Wall Street Journal, pulses with intrigue and South Carolina atmosphere.
SWITCHYARD
May 2024
A Tulsa podcast sits down with Sterlin Harjo, creator of TV shows The Lowdown and Reservation Dogs, to talk local lore.
TRAVELS WITH DELANEY
Ongoing
A sprightly RV show talks through tech issues, gear, vehicle upgrades, winterization and other topics of the moment every week.
Audiobooks
AIN'T NOBODY'S FOOL
by Martha Ackmann
This biography of Dolly Parton coincides with the icon's 80th birthday. Wide-angle context and deep detail on a pathbreaking career.
LOST LAMBS
by Madeline Cash
A writer noted for her sharp wit and tender heart spins a story of family dynamics in a small coastal town, with lots of absurdity, but earnest emotion, too.
THE ROAD THAT MADE AMERICA
by James Dodson
Before Route 66, before the Erie Canal, the Great Wagon Road linked Pennsylvania and Georgia and helped shape the nation. Explore it in this first-person account of the author's journey tracing the historic path.
Albums
UNHINGED
Sophie Gault
A Nashville songwriter brings both sweet melody and old-school grit to songs that seem bound for honky-tonk jukeboxes.
CELESTUN
Tyler Ramsey & Carl Broemel
An artist (Tyler) and My Morning Jacket guitarist (Carl) collaborate on a quiet, lovely album of chiming, thoughtful songs.
THEIR GREATEST HITS
The Eagles
Consider: These long-haul companions released this first "greatest hits" compilation 55 years ago ...and they re booked for eight nights at The Sphere in Vegas this winter.
Seasonal Playlist
Long-distance love songs for Valentine's Day on the road.
SO FAR AWAY
Carole King
"One more song about movin' along the highway"—a 1971 lament for a love that's always roamin'.
CARRYING YOUR LOVE WITH ME
George Strait
A dusty-highway 1997 classic dear to many hearts: fave of moms, dads, grandfolks and spouses longing for home.
WICHITA LINEMAN
Glen Campbell
Smooth, easy, poetic, odd. What is it about? Long-lost passion, somewhere down the line.
OLYMPIA, WA
Rancid
It was punk in 1995. Thirty years later, we can call it classic rock: A love letter to a faraway sweetheart.
DISTANT LOVER
Marvin Gaye
We've all been there, "so many miles away." A contemplative wander down lonelyhearted lanes.
PORTLAND, MAINE
Donovan Woods
For anyone who's ever asked, "Wait, what time is it there?" Gentle but tough, like all the good ones.
