Empty Highway 50 stretches into the Nevada desert on a party cloudy day.

Via Podcast
Episode 1

Drive the Loneliest Road with Richard Moreno

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Episode Description

In this first episode of the new podcast from the editors of AAA's Via magazine, hosts Michelle Donati and Mitti Hicks kick off their exploration of the West on an auditory road trip along Nevada's Highway 50, dubbed the "Loneliest Road in America" in a 1986 Life magazine article. With expert guest Richard Moreno, celebrated author and former publisher of Nevada magazine, they discover there is so much to see and do on this stretch of desert highway, from stopping in Middlegate for a burger the size of your head to hiking along rock walls covered in Indigenous petroglyphs and even surfing on sand dunes.

Follow along as they journey from Ely, Nevada, to Great Basin National Park before continuing on to Eureka, Spencer Hot Springs, Toquima Caves, and Sand Mountain.

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Guest

Via Podcast guest Richard Moreno

Richard Moreno's life and career have wandered along Highway 50 for almost four decades! He is a former newspaper reporter and publisher for Nevada magazine, as well as the author of several books about Nevada, including Roadside History of Nevada, Great Nevada Day Hikes, and Nevada Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. In 2007, he won the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame Silver Pen Award.

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Via Podcast is executive produced by AAA Mountain West Group in cooperation with Sound That Brands. Reproduction or distribution without prior consent of AAA, Inc. and AAA Mountain West Group is prohibited. The AAA logo is a trademark of AAA, Inc. The Via Podcast logo is a trademark of AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah.