This episode contains chapters 34 and 35 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.

Primary Tourist

Primary Tourist chapters 34 and 35

This episode contains chapters 32 and 33 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.

Primary Tourist chapters 32 and 33

This episode contains chapters 30 and 31 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.

Primary Tourist chapters 30 and 31

This episode contains chapters 28 and 29 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.

Primary Tourist chapters 28 and 29

This episode contains chapters 26 and 27 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.

Primary Tourist chapters 26 and 27

This episode contains chapters 24 and 25 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'. We recorded this over the phone, so the sound quality's different than usual -- sorry about that!

Primary Tourist chapters 24 and 25

This episode contains chapters 22 and 23 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.

Primary Tourist chapters 22 and 23

This episode contains chapters 20 and 21 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.

Primary Tourist chapters 20 and 21

This episode contains chapters 18 and 19 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist', plus a little audio from a real life faceoff between Vermin Supreme and Ron Paul. That audio is taken from a video at https://youtu.be/U5W-Tc1G3_M  (taken by Sean Reen) so check that out if you want to see for yourself how it all played out, and maybe even get a glimpse of the author!

Primary Tourist chapters 18 and 19

This episode contains chapters 16 and 17 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.

Primary Tourist chapters 16 and 17

This episode contains chapters 14 and 15 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'.

Primary Tourist chapters 14 and 15

This episode contains chapters 12 and 13 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'. In chapter 12, Spike talks about cancer, chess, telemarketing, and food. Then, in chapter 13, Spike and his sidekick venture into the wilds of the 2012 Republican primaries in New Hampshire, in which Chinese is spoken, Newt Gingrich looks forward to enjoying the sport with the spherical object, and the Internet comments on everything.

Primary Tourist chapters 12 and 13

This episode contains chapters 10 and 11 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist'. In chapter 10, Spike talks about living in a nursing home (terrible), gets romantic advice from a friend (run!), and learns that his nephew is in the hospital (cancer). Then, in the next chapter, Spike encounters two presidential candidates: Wesley Clark and Vermin Supreme. We were able to track down a video of Spike's interaction with Wesley Clark, and there's a clip of it at the end of this episode. You can see the video at https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4658516/spike-asks-wesley-clark-question , or the video of the entire campaign rally that the clip is excerpted from at https://www.c-span.org/video/?180238-1/clark-campaign-rally .

Primary Tourist chapters 10 and 11

Our hero, Spike, is recuperating from a stroke in a nursing home. He recalls a time when he used to go up to New Hampshire during Primary Time, a time when he walked freely, a time when he didn't live in a nursing home. A golden time. Not so long ago.

Primary Tourist chapters 8 and 9

This episode contains chapters 6 and 7 of Spike DiMartino's book 'Primary Tourist', in which he invents a poetic form known as the Spiku, sees Rick Santorum at a gun club, and considers addictions of different types: sugar, drugs, political.

Primary Tourist chapters 6 and 7

My name is Spike DiMartino, and I've been writing, off and on, ever since my eighth grade English teacher told me that I did it well. In this podcast, I'll be reading from my novel, "Primary Tourist," which is about the link between the New Hampshire Primary and my life, and how mythology permeates the lives of everyone, from Presidential Wannabes to Wannabe Artistic Icons and everybody in between, and how Myth does its damnedest to shape truth, even when, hell, especially when you live in a nursing home which you don't have to be crazy to mistake for an asylum. I hope you enjoy it.

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Primary Tourist

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