# Suburban Paradise | The Hitchhiking Summer of '09

An episode of [The Heart](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/595892633), 19 Aug 2026, 23 min.

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SUMMER ADVENTURE THROWBACK SPECIAL FROM ANCIENT HISTORY 2009. Circle K Max protection. Three women hitchhike across NewFoundland. Three soon-to-be-life-long-friends sing the Beatles waiting for a ride to Gros Mourne. Three become one: Two fly home and one slinky red dress wearing 23 yr old waits by the highway. One black cost-co leggings wearing 40 yr old is horrified at the courage and naivity of her former self. Circle KP Max Protection. \[thank you god\]. SEEN IN THIS EPISODE circa 2026 Greg in the carwash. Nancy in the living room. Circa 2009: radio besties Britt and Courtney. Ryan the Viking who dropped us off at Gros Mourne and then came back 3 days later to save us from Gros Mourne. Billy: a friendly relic of pre-air bnb post hostel era: the age of couchcurf.com. Untitled Police Sargeant and CSIS (canadian CIA) officer who gave troubling advice. (Some) Mysteries of the Unemployed Philosopher's Guild are revealed (but never explained). DONATE HERE* *NB: eternal guild leader and president is not affliliated with guild fundraising. Her role is to bestow inspiration and hope via the gift and ethical paradox of her uncopyrighted image**; the breadth of her artistic and political legacy; and the great mystery that is: how she could be so famous while keeping such a big secret*** **(Union dues include one day making pilgrimmage and definitely giving any surplus funds to the family estate or the communist cause of which she was and is a beacon). ***KP is the only current living member of the guild and therefore the sole beneficiary of donations. Thank you eternally. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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