A Trucker’s Stories From The Road / Remembering Burt Reynolds

A Trucker’s Stories From The Road / Remembering Burt Reynolds

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Finn Murphy has logged over a million miles hauling people’s belongings across the country. His memoir, ‘The Long Haul,’ is filled with insights about life on the road, and the subculture of truckers. Also, we remember Burt Reynolds, who died on Thursday. He spoke with Terry Gross in 1994. And Geoff Nunberg shares a defense of the word “falsehood,” which he argues isn’t just a decorous synonym for “lie.“