August 2, 1915. The poem appears in print for the first time this week, from Kentucky to Pennsylvania to Vermont. Every reader is transported to that same leafy path: "two roads diverged in a yellow wood." The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost becomes an immediate hit and will go on to become one of the most popular and well-known poems in American history. For many, it's about a spirit of individualism -- forging one's own path. And yet... Robert Frost may have had a completely different meaning in mind. What-or who-inspired Frost to write this iconic poem? And what is it really telling us about how to make a choice? [Podcast: 26:00] (Aired August 2, 2021)