DISPATCHES FROM THE ROAD

Fidel Castro's cradle is on prominent display at his birthplace in Biran, Cuba. His father's sugar plantation, where Castro grew up, is now a museum.
Fidel Castro’s birthplace, now a museum, is one of the initial stops for Clay and his companions as he leads a cultural tour of Cuba.
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Before setting off for Cuba this week on a cultural tour of the island nation, Clay and his guests stopped in at the Bay of Pigs Museum in Little Havana, Miami.
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Clay details plans for his upcoming cross-country journey following Lewis and Clark’s celebrated 1805 -1806 expedition across the continent.
Shakespeare & Company, the famous English-language bookshop in the heart of Paris.
In Paris, France, this week Clay stops in at Shakespeare and Company, a legendary English-language bookshop in the heart of Paris.
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Clay with a look at what's coming for the 2026 Winter Retreats at beautiful Lochsa Lodge.
Steinbeck House, Salinas
Earlier last summer Clay visited Steinbeck’s childhood home in Salinas, California.
Lochsa Lodge in Idaho's Bitterroot Mountains and site of Clay's annual hummanites retreats.
Clay reports from his annual humanities retreat near the Montana-Idaho border in the Northern Rockies.
Nolan
Nolan Johnson, Listening to America’s intrepid videographer and podcast editor, shares highlights of his adventures with Clay while traversing the country from Long Island, New York, to the source of the Mississippi River to Monterey, California, on LTA’s 2024 Travels with Charley/Steinbeck Tour.
Christmas cookies
Clay and his good friend David Horton share their favorite family cookie recipes in this week’s special Christmas edition of the LTA podcast.
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Clay does a special public reading from the works of his favorite English Novelist, Charles Dickens.
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