Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why subways are secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
LINKS FOR KATIE GOLDIN:
- Katie Goldin on Bluesky
- @ProBirdRights on Bluesky
- ‘Creature Feature’ podcast (iHeartRadio)
- When Is a Bird a ‘Birb’? An Extremely Important Guide (Audubon)
RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
- native-land.ca
- U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
- The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
- “Finding Lenapehoking” (YouTube / Hudson River Maritime Museum)
- Why Do They Call It Beacon? (The Highlands Current)
- Dutch & Native American Heritage In The Hudson River Valley (National Park Service)
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- The world’s first Underground (London Transport Museum)
- Farringdon Station (National Transport Trust UK)
- A history of the London Underground (BBC Newsround)
- Tünel — Istanbul, Turkey (Atlas Obscura)
- World’s Second Oldest Metro: Istanbul’s Historic Tunnel (Visit.Istanbul)
- ‘Funiculì, Funiculà’: what are the original and English lyrics to the Neapolitan song? (ClassicFM)
- Metro line 1: a line and its history (Paris Metro)
- Budapest M1: Inside continental Europe’s oldest metro network (CNN Travel)
- 14 December 1896: the Glasgow Subway opens to passengers (MoneyWeek.com)
- Boston Subway (American Society Of Civil Engineers)
- History: Uncovering Philly’s First Big Dig (HiddenCityPhila.org)
- Under Your Feet: Chicago’s Water, Freight, Subway and Storm Tunnels (University Of Chicago Library)
- Planning: The Decision to Build, 1946-1965 (George Mason University)
- Collection: All about Metro (Greater Greater Washington)
- Celebrating BART at 50: A Critical Link for San Francisco (SFMTA)
- 90 Years Underground: The Story of Moscow’s First Metro Line (Liden & Denz)
- From state secret to city staple: China opens its first subway (TheChinaProject.com)
- Flying without wings: The world’s fastest trains (CNN Travel)
- Shanghai Maglev Train (TravelChinaGuide.com)
- Manhattan’s subterranean Lowline park flatlines (ArchPaper.com)
- The High Line Opened 15 Years Ago. What Lessons Has It Taught Us? (The New York Times)
- ‘Underground’ Digs Up The Secrets Of Hidden Communities Around The World (NPR)
- Street Art Way Below the Street (The New York Times)
- Safety in the subway: Life inside Kyiv’s citywide bomb shelter (Reuters)
- As Thousands Shelter in Stations, Kyiv’s Metro Is Still Running Trains (Bloomberg CityLab)
- Building Flood Resilience into the NYC Subway (NYU Wagner School)
- Why the Subway Still Floods in New York After Billions in Renovations (The New York Times)
- NYC’s Subway Flooding Isn’t A Fluke. It’s The Reality For Cities In A Warming World (CapRadio.org)
- Harry Beck’s Tube map (Transport For London)
- The Truth About Harry Beck review – the tortuous journey behind the tube map (The Guardian)
- The Truth About Harry Beck play – extension to 5 January 2025 (London Transport Museum)
- Deciphering Mexico City’s Metro Icons (Bloomberg CityLab)
- Mexico City’s Metro map uses a different icon for each station. Ours almost did too. (Greater Greater Washington)
- Decoding the Symbolism of Mexico City’s Metro Iconography (GeekVibes.Agency)
- How the Thames Tunnel Revealed London’s Class Divide (JStor Daily)
- The Epic Struggle to Tunnel Under the Thames (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Brunel’s Thames tunnel (and accidental brothel) becomes new arts space (The Guardian)
- Prostitutes, corpses and ‘vampire shopkeepers’ – the sordid history of Brunel’s tunnel (SouthwarkNews.co.uk)
- Letter From Turkey: The Big Dig (The New Yorker)
- New York Underground: The Secret Subway (PBS American Experience)
- New York City’s first subway was secretive, bold, brief – here’s Alfred Beach’s story (American Society Of Civil Engineers)
- biography of Alfred Beach (Lemelson-MIT)
- The Hyperloop: A 200-Year History of Hype and Failure (The MIT Press Reader)
- The lost train line that used to run to Crystal Palace Park (MyLondon.news)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Escalators
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A weekly podcast about the history, science, lore and surprises that make everyday things secretly incredibly fascinating. Hosted by comedy writer, emoji creator, and ‘Jeopardy!‘ champion Alex Schmidt. Join Alex & his co-host Katie Goldin for a joyful deep dive into seeing the world a whole new way!
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