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Ekiben Podcast
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsThe Ekiben Podcast is a cute, compact, lovingly curated lunchbox of nerdy train goodness. Hosts Cara Gerard and Jared Peterson love everything to do with trains and rail travel, and in each episode they regale one another with enthusiastic, shakily-sourced stories about trains, stations, routes, journeys and connections that have sparked their interest.
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Episodes
Asia......Minor
May 02, 2022 02:51 - 1 hour - 98 MBJared 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.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36311156 https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2018/03/02/second-cent...
Like a Matrioshka Doll, but with Rabbit Holes
October 25, 2020 16:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MB#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
October 18, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 44.7 MBCara 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachiko http://travel.cnn.com/cat-saves-japanese-train-station-586471/ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/moscows-metro-dogs https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/cute-world-mascots/index.html https://www.nati...
Anarchic Sporing
October 11, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MBJared 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_U-Bahn https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2012-05-21/friedrichstrasse-railway-station-berlin-maphead...
Fish-flavoured Cheese
October 04, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBEven 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/2007/11/four-worst-airp/ https://www.finavia.fi/en/newsroom/2016/pimp-my-ride-4-facts-about-new-escalators-helsinki-airport-train-station...
fyoo·ni·kyuh·lr v. fuh·ni·kyuh·luh
September 27, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 28.7 MBCara actually lets Jared tell a story this time! In our second episode, Jared gushes about a veritable buffet of transit experiences in Hakone, Japan. Cara lovingly recounts the ups and downs (and backs and forths) of the world’s oldest suspension railway, Germany’s Wuppertaler Schwebebahn. Jared's sources: Wikis - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakone / https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakone_Tozan_Line A look back - https://www.hakonenavi.jp/international/en/article/857 The “neato” t...
History of the London Underground
September 20, 2020 16:00 - 47 minutes - 65.4 MBCara and Jared stumble their way through their first (unnamed) podcast about trains.