Potatoes on the Moon

I Spent a Week Probing the Alien Landscape of Idaho

By: Jim Goad

Narrated by: Jim Goad

Length: 56 mins

Publisher's summary

What do most people think of Idaho? Well, see, that's the problem - they don't think of Idaho. Despite its breathtaking natural beauty and the fact that it's crammed to the gills with eccentrics and freethinkers, Idaho may as well be the moon as far as the rest of America is concerned.

Jim Goad recently spent a week in Idaho mingling with state troopers, political extremists, collegiate progressives, and heartbreakingly friendly locals. Spending most of the week in the wilderness allowed him to examine one of the most pervasive yet ignored forms of cultural bigotry - the endless disdain that "urban supremacists" have for rural people. In this case, the countryside wins by a landslide.

©2015 The Thought & Expression Co. (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

Someday, I will have to visit Idaho.

Jim Goad has a wonderful way of pointing out how bigoted you probably are about things that you never really cared enough about to give much thought to. In this brief work, he gives us a perspective about Idaho that will probably expose the ignorance that all who have never visited that state and country probably harbor.

Let me pack my bags...

Fantastic author and narrator, you will never be bored !! The story is so very detailed and informative , you can visualize Idaho in your head ! Now I want to visit a place that never before had any interest for me until I came across this book!

Well done

Honestly, it had never crossed my mind to visit Idaho I’m reluctant to say. However, Mr. Goad’s well written missive has peaked my interest. Well done sir.
JT-

Brief but amusing

I enjoyed listening to the paradoxical adventures of this couple in this crazy beautiful state!

good short story

interesting microcosm of American life. not the main stream media version but the true experience of a real person.

He's still just as good as ever.

Would you consider the audio edition of Potatoes on the Moon to be better than the print version?

Proudly been reading JG for 24 years. He's yet to disappoint… it's especially cool to read something by Goad that is- on the surface, anyway- simple and fun. Far from a one note writer, and only dummies would say otherwise, Goad is exceptionally versatile. Social commentary masquerading as light reading, Potatoes on the Moon is as good as anything he's ever done.

excellent

super fun, great perspective on one of the greatest states in the country, Idaho. Truly recognizes and appreciates rural life in a way that is not hokey

got horrible vibes from this audio!

This makes me wanna get rid of audible , guess anyone can just make a audiobook.

yikes

Born and raised in Idaho, love it, and thrilled someone would write about it, but this was like superficial click-bait garbage. Like someone drove through a place and wrote a book on it because they needed a quick project. Didn't even pronounce the places correctly. Couer d'Alene is co-ord-a-lane not kurdle-ain for pete's sake. Did you really even visit? And you missed the point on the white supremacists skinheads. Yes most people in Idaho are not them, but they do exist, not a liberal construct, actually were a scary threat and embarrassment, but thank heavens they were dismantled, which would have been a great thing to put in here because it's an interesting story. Please put more effort into your next project.

Absolutely worthless

I downloaded this book for some thoughtful insights not to hear A juvenile delinquent spitting out the F word over and over I moved to Idaho five years ago to To get away from Falmouth juveniles like This author
Who use the F word to show off their intelligence