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