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What happens to a London bus after London is done with it? Journalist Harry Rosehill wrote a whole field guide to find out. In this episode, we trace his path from Londonist intern to National Gallery content manager, and dig into *Routemasters of the Universe* — a birdwatching-style catalogue of 50 retired Routemasters scattered across the world as tea rooms, circus vehicles, food trucks, and one bus in Baghdad. We also unpack the essay that explains why he loves buses at all, the childhood 15H ride to meet his dad, and the statistic that made the book possible: London buses carry roughly twice the passengers of the Tube and get a fraction of the attention. Key sources: • Stanfords Blog — https://blog.stanfords.co.uk/blog/2021/11/22/routemasters-of-the-universe-by-harry-rosehill/ • Safe Haven Books — https://www.safehavenbooks.co.uk/routemasters-of-the-universe • Safe Haven Books — https://www.safehavenbooks.co.uk/news/2021/12/6/routemasters-of-the-universe-launched-on-a-routemaster Episode 5819 — myweirdprompts.com/n/5819 (permanent short link: myweirdprompts.com/799691)