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Quick takeaways
- Expressing emotions in the car is healthy according to anthropologist Renado Rozaldo.
- Using randomly generated music playlists can prevent family fights over music choices and provide a sense of escape.
Deep dives
Invisiblia's Guide to Road Trip Survival
Rule number one for road trip survival is to let out your frustrations in the car. Anthropologist Renado Rozaldo learned from a tribe in the Philippines that expressing emotions is healthy. Rule number two suggests using randomly generated music playlists to avoid family fights over music choices. The episode 'Bubbles' chronicles the story of Max Hawkins, who used music from a playlist sampling all of Spotify to break out of feeling shut in and suffocated. Rule number three involves counting pick-up trucks or Alaska license plates, or even counting backwards, as techniques to stay engaged. In another episode, a hypnotist tells a story about a principal who uses hypnosis to help students succeed. But beware, the actual hypnotism parts may make you sleepy, so crank up the tunes instead.
