Hunter S. Thompson is an American journalist and writer. He’s famed for spawning gonzo journalism and for riding with the notorious California motorcycle club, the Hell’s Angels. In the ‘60s Thompson spent a year with the Angles and published Hell’s Angels: A Strange and Terrible Sage (1967). Version II and Jonah review Thompson’s book and have a broader discussion about their encounters with full-patch members.

The Enlightened Dirtbags are on Instagram @enlightened_dirtbag and @jonahkondro. They want to know what you’re reading and if their octane rating of Thompson’s books is fair.

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Ted Simon is a British journalist and writer. In 1973 he left on his first motorcycle trip around the world on a Triumph Tiger 100, and in 2001 he left on his second motorcycle trip around the world on a BMW R80GS. He published Jupiter’s Travels (1979) about his first circumnavigation of the globe and Dreaming of Jupiter (2007) after his second. The Enlightened Dirtbags read both books and in this episode talk and compare Simon’s motorcycle trips. Were their octane ratings accurate?

You can chat with @enlightened_dirtbag and @jonahkondro on Instagram. They want to hear what you think of the podcast and want to hear what you’ve been reading.

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In the early ‘80s Elspeth Beard, an architecture student, set out on a BMW R60/6 for a two-year motorcycle trip. She published her tape recordings and travel journals as Lone Rider: The First British Woman to Motorcycle Around the World (2018). In this episode of the podcast, Version II and Jonah discuss their thoughts on Beard’s written account of her trip around the world and give the book their octane rating.

The Enlightened Dirtbags are easily found on Instagram @enlightened_dirtbag and @jonahkondro. And they would love to hear your opinion on their podcast and would love to hear what you’re reading.

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Robert Edison Fulton, Jr. is an American inventor, photographer, and adventurer. One Man Caravan (1937) is Fulton, Jr.’s account of riding a Douglas Twin motorcycle around the world during the interwar years. Throughout the trip he filmed and photographed his travels and, after publishing a book, released a film about riding around the world. In this episode, Version II and Jonah talk about Fulton, Jr.'s book and share their octane rating for One Man Caravan.

Both of the podcast hosts can be found on Instagram @enlightened_dirtbag and @jonahkondro. What did you think of the episode and Fulton, Jr.’s book?

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In 1952 Alberto Granado and Ernesto “Che” Guevara set out on a motorcycle adventure. Sharing the seat of Alberto’s Norton 500, the two medical students rode throughout South America. Che Guevara’s travel journals would later become published as The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey (1993). In this episode of the podcast, Version II and Jonah talk about Che’s Diaries and share the octane rating they’ve given the book.

The Enlightened Dirtbags are on Instagram @enlightened_dirtbag and @jonahkondro.. Let ‘em know what you’ve read and what you think about Che and The Motorcycle Diaries.

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Richard Hammond is a TV host, writer, and motorcyclist. You’ll likely know him from the infamous trio of car guys from the shows Top Gear and The Grand Tour. Hammond is a well-known motorcyclist and motorcycle enthusiast, and he wrote A Short History of the Motorcycle (2016). In this episode of the podcast the Enlightened Dirtbags review Hammond’s motorcycle book and give it their octane rating.

Find the Enlightened Dirtbags on Instagram @enlightened_dirtbag and @jonahkondro. They want to know your thoughts on Hammond’s book.

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This is the Enlightened Dirtbags Podcast. In the first episode Version II (Dylan Knapp) and Jonah Kondro introduce themselves and their reading list for the first season of their new book podcast. Each episode features a different book, and the co-hosts discuss what they’ve read. Version II and Jonah have a passion for riding motorcycles. So it only made sense that the books they read for the first season are all about motorcycles.