When twenty-six-year-olds Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn quit their Hollywood jobs, packed up a borrowed car and hit the road, it was with the deeply felt conviction that somewhere, shrouded in the din of talk shows and tabloid headlines, they'd discover the real America, alive and well in all of its regions and demographics.

• Hunter S. Thompson
• Michael Stipe
• Willie Nelson
• Studs Terkel
• Rita Dove
• Winona LaDuke
• Robert Redford
• George McGovern