#406 - Rob Pope - The Man Who Ran 15,000 Miles Across America
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#406 - Rob Pope - The Man Who Ran 15,000 Miles Across America mentions The Becoming Forest and Forrest Gump with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
And this is The Becoming Forest, the book.
I sent him this email in 2006. And it was entitled Forrest Gump 2.
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The host mentions 'The Becoming Forest' as a love letter to America, emphasizing its potential and the need for a pos…
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“It's out in all your shops. It's out in Australia and New Zealand, I think, on January 5th. And out in America on February 8th.”
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Forrest Gump
“The speaker references the film 'Forrest Gump' while discussing the fictional town of Greenbow, Alabama, which was made up for the film.”
They Ask Forrest
“In the film, They Ask Forrest, he's running across the Mississippi, such a central feature for my run and the film.”
Dunkirk
“And the patron of Peace Direct is Mark Rylance. And so he was in Dunkirk, Bridgespies.”
Bridgespies
“And the patron of Peace Direct is Mark Rylance. And so he was in Dunkirk, Bridgespies.”