Ekiben Podcast

Asia......Minor

Jared talks about his favourite line of his favourite urban rail system in his favourite country. Cara talks about the old junk that makes subways very expensive. Cara's sources: https://www.grunge.com/103340/artifacts-found-building-subway-systems/?utm_campaign=clip https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/underground-transit-projects-reveal-secrets-buried-beneath-cities [https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/underground-transit-projects-reveal-secrets-buried-beneath-cities] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36311156 [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36311156] https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/03/02/second-century-luxurious-commanders-house-found-in-rome-metro-dig [https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/03/02/second-century-luxurious-commanders-house-found-in-rome-metro-dig] https://www.grunge.com/103340/artifacts-found-building-subway-systems/?utm_campaign=clip https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/construction-romes-newest-subway-line-revealing-trove-ancient-treasures-180969729/ [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/construction-romes-newest-subway-line-revealing-trove-ancient-treasures-180969729/] https://www.afar.com/places/the-templo-mayor-ciudad-de-mexico [https://www.afar.com/places/the-templo-mayor-ciudad-de-mexico] https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pyramid-of-ehecatl [https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/pyramid-of-ehecatl] https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1146293.shtml https://www.mic-ro.com/metro/archaeology.html [https://www.mic-ro.com/metro/archaeology.html] https://news.gtp.gr/2019/12/20/greek-decision-to-remove-thessaloniki-metro-station-finds-triggers-uproar/ https://blogs.worldbank.org/latinamerica/trains-future-and-past-history-and-archaeology-underground-transport-systems [https://blogs.worldbank.org/latinamerica/trains-future-and-past-history-and-archaeology-underground-transport-systems] https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/amsterdam-museum-archaeologists-artefacts-river-amstel [https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/amsterdam-museum-archaeologists-artefacts-river-amstel] https://www.inrap.fr/en/going-back-origins-algiers-archaeological-evaluation-place-des-martyrs-12148 [https://www.inrap.fr/en/going-back-origins-algiers-archaeological-evaluation-place-des-martyrs-12148] https://blogs.worldbank.org/latinamerica/trains-future-and-past-history-and-archaeology-underground-transport-systems [https://blogs.worldbank.org/latinamerica/trains-future-and-past-history-and-archaeology-underground-transport-systems] https://globalvoices.org/2020/01/06/byzantine-pompeii-archaeological-discovery-in-greece-will-be-moved-to-make-way-for-the-thessaloniki-subway/ [https://globalvoices.org/2020/01/06/byzantine-pompeii-archaeological-discovery-in-greece-will-be-moved-to-make-way-for-the-thessaloniki-subway/] https://english.alaraby.co.uk/english/society/2017/3/13/algiers-commutes-back-in-time-with-metro-station-museum https://www.francetraveltips.com/remains-of-the-bastille/ [https://www.francetraveltips.com/remains-of-the-bastille/] https://www.inkstonenews.com/china/how-history-blocks-xian-subway-progress/article/3004133 [https://www.inkstonenews.com/china/how-history-blocks-xian-subway-progress/article/3004133] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prague_metro_Mustek_A_station_medieval_bridge_135.jpg

Like a Matrioshka Doll, but with Rabbit Holes

#onafuturepodcast Episode 1 — our first mini MINI train snack! While fact checking some of the more dubious claims made in Episode 5, Cara goes down several rolling stock rabbit holes (the best kind). We only want the best, most up-to-date information on rolling stock that was retired decades ago for our dear listener!!

The Chassis of a Great Dane

Cara introduces us to some four-legged and feathered train riders and stationmasters. Jared takes us for a ride on Toronto's Red Rocket. Cara's cats act like jerks. Cara's sources: https://hatchingcatnyc.com/category/dog-mascots/ [https://hatchingcatnyc.com/category/dog-mascots/] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachiko [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachiko] http://travel.cnn.com/cat-saves-japanese-train-station-586471/ [http://travel.cnn.com/cat-saves-japanese-train-station-586471/] https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/moscows-metro-dogs [https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/moscows-metro-dogs] https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/cute-world-mascots/index.html [https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/cute-world-mascots/index.html] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/4/130424-animals-weird-cats-science-world-trains-buses/ [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/4/130424-animals-weird-cats-science-world-trains-buses/] https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/nyregion/tunnel-vision-waiting-for-the-a-train-the-sophisticated-pigeon.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/05/nyregion/tunnel-vision-waiting-for-the-a-train-the-sophisticated-pigeon.html] https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/23/world/asia/fed-by-indians-monkeys-overwhelm-delhi.html?_r=0 [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/23/world/asia/fed-by-indians-monkeys-overwhelm-delhi.html?_r=0] Jared's sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_streetcar_system [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_streetcar_system] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_streetcar_system_rolling_stock [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_streetcar_system_rolling_stock] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birney_(Toronto_streetcar) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birney_(Toronto_streetcar)] https://transittoronto.ca/streetcar/4509.shtml [https://transittoronto.ca/streetcar/4509.shtml] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/now-40-years-old-the-clrv-streetcar-is-a-piece-of-toronto-history-that-almost-never-came-to-be-1.4460552 [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/now-40-years-old-the-clrv-streetcar-is-a-piece-of-toronto-history-that-almost-never-came-to-be-1.4460552] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ttc-bendy-streetcars-articulated-light-rail-vehicles-end-of-line-labour-day-1.5267535 [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ttc-bendy-streetcars-articulated-light-rail-vehicles-end-of-line-labour-day-1.5267535] https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/commuters-to-endure-botched-pronunciation-of-avenue-on-toronto-transit [https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/commuters-to-endure-botched-pronunciation-of-avenue-on-toronto-transit]

Anarchic Sporing

Jared talks about spores (and other flora and fungi of our underground networks). Cara geeks out on the complicated transportation options in Cold War Berlin. And we both talk about the food at Ikea WAY more than one would expect for a podcast about trains. Cara's sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Berlin_S-Bahn [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Berlin_S-Bahn] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Berlin_U-Bahn [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Berlin_U-Bahn] https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2012-05-21/friedrichstrasse-railway-station-berlin-maphead-ken-jennings [https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2012-05-21/friedrichstrasse-railway-station-berlin-maphead-ken-jennings] https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-18044695 [https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-18044695] https://www.quora.com/How-did-West-Berliners-travel-to-West-Germany [https://www.quora.com/How-did-West-Berliners-travel-to-West-Germany] Jared's sources: https://interestingengineering.com/11-of-the-most-beautiful-metro-stations-across-the-world [https://interestingengineering.com/11-of-the-most-beautiful-metro-stations-across-the-world] http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=180632 [http://www.korea.net/NewsFocus/Society/view?articleId=180632] https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2017/06/05/theres-a-garden-inside-a-tube-station-ticket-office/ [https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2017/06/05/theres-a-garden-inside-a-tube-station-ticket-office/] https://ny.curbed.com/2020/2/19/21143608/lowline-underground-park-lower-east-side-is-dead [https://ny.curbed.com/2020/2/19/21143608/lowline-underground-park-lower-east-side-is-dead] http://thelowline.org/about/project/ [http://thelowline.org/about/project/] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowline_(park) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowline_(park)] https://wamu.org/story/15/10/09/in_damp_metro_tunnels_prehistoric_plants_thrive/ [https://wamu.org/story/15/10/09/in_damp_metro_tunnels_prehistoric_plants_thrive/] https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/please-dont-kill-the-sunflowers-the-phantom-planter-says-metro-destroyed-more-than-100-sunflowers-at-the-dupont-circle-station/2019/06/19/1cf3e5de-929e-11e9-aadb-74e6b2b46f6a_story.html [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/please-dont-kill-the-sunflowers-the-phantom-planter-says-metro-destroyed-more-than-100-sunflowers-at-the-dupont-circle-station/2019/06/19/1cf3e5de-929e-11e9-aadb-74e6b2b46f6a_story.html]

Fish-flavoured Cheese

Even though YOU have known what our podcast is named for some weeks now, we just figured it out! Also, Cara talks a LOT about airports, considering that this is a train podcast. And Jared tells us about 大回り乗車 (that's oomawari jousha), AKA Around Japan for 140 Yen. Cara's sources: https://www.wired.com/2007/12/four-best-airpo/ [https://www.wired.com/2007/12/four-best-airpo/] https://www.wired.com/2007/11/four-worst-airp/ [https://www.wired.com/2007/11/four-worst-airp/] https://www.finavia.fi/en/newsroom/2016/pimp-my-ride-4-facts-about-new-escalators-helsinki-airport-train-station [https://www.finavia.fi/en/newsroom/2016/pimp-my-ride-4-facts-about-new-escalators-helsinki-airport-train-station] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q82CyVlosCg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q82CyVlosCg] (no longer the longest escalator in Finland, that's now Koivusaari Metro in Helsinki. If only there were a way that I could research these things ahead of time...) Jared's sources: https://tokyocheapo.com/travel/tokyo-train-140-yen/ [https://tokyocheapo.com/travel/tokyo-train-140-yen/] https://tripnote.jp/kanto/train-travel-with-omawari-ticket [https://tripnote.jp/kanto/train-travel-with-omawari-ticket] (in Japanese) https://skaoverlander.wordpress.com/2018/02/13/大回り乗車-oomawari-jousha-another-way-to-look-and-explore-tokyo-as-cheap-as-140-yen/ [https://skaoverlander.wordpress.com/2018/02/13/%E5%A4%A7%E5%9B%9E%E3%82%8A%E4%B9%97%E8%BB%8A-oomawari-jousha-another-way-to-look-and-explore-tokyo-as-cheap-as-140-yen/] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koLfWU5SUjw [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koLfWU5SUjw]