Part 1 of how to ride Amtrak, giving a brief history and describing the destinations and operations of every single route on the timetable, recorded onboard the Sunset Limited.
Proto-Future 12: GAP Pilot, Part 2
The second part of a pilot episode I recorded in 2023, exploring Pittsburgh and biking on the GAP trail back to Connellsville.
The City Cast Pittsburgh episode on the Silence of the Lambs house can be found here: https://pittsburgh.citycast.fm/podcasts/spend-the-night-at-the-silence-of-the-lambs-house
Go support my friends at City Cast if you’re in any one of their 13 (soon to be 15) cities!
Proto-Future 11: Layout, Life, and Podcast Update, 2025
This episode is a layout construction progress update amid some pretty major life changes: writing my and defending my Ph.D. dissertation, and looking to move overseas for safety. What will happen next to the layout and podcast? Listen on...
A final reminder to support CAN: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org
Proto-Future 10: Introducing the Centre County Highway Revolt
In this episode, I describe a project I've been working on with some friends to end car-dependency all across America, not just in cities, and details the many reasons why cars are always harmful to the environment, our health, and our economic prosperity.
The Centre County Highway Revolt is a citizen-led organization opposing any new automobile spending in Pennsylvania, and instead promotes building a fast, frequent, regional rail system out of existing, government-owned infrastructure for intercity travel, daily car-free commuting, and transit accessible nature.
Learn more at https://www.centrecountyhighwayrevolt.org
Proto-Future 9: GAP Pilot, Part 1
The first part of a pilot episode I recorded, testing out the concept of PFP before I released the Manifesto, where I Amtraked from Connellsville to Pittsburgh, explored Pittsburgh, and biked back.
A reminder to support CAN: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org
Proto-Future 8: I heart New York???
G4's take on NYC's Congestion Pricing, just in the nick of too late. Plus a report of a recent trip to a live show between City Nerd and the War on Cars in NYC, as well as bicycling around Baltimore, DC, NYC, and Philly.
BGT Episode 24: Q&A 4, Requiem
This episode brings up some listener feedback about scenery techniques, answers some questions about what sort of layout beginners should build, and addresses some comments about the tone and ideas of Proto-Future.
The subsequent interview with Tom Barbalet on Model Rail Radio is linked here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/model-rail-radio/id335536272?i=1000634820061
Proto-Future 7: Interview with Tom Barbalet
A one(-ish) year checkup with Tom Barbalet, talking about his incredibly enduring perspective of model railroading, how the hobby has changed over the years, the direction of modeling, transit, urbanism, geopolitics, artificial life simulations, and exobiology.
Listen to the original interview, from last year: Model Rail Radio November 13th, 2023: Tom Barbalet Talks with John Gardiner IV
Proto-Future 6: It's up to us now
This episode addresses the elephant in the room: that America is a now a fascist, dying country. What do we do now, and how do we fight back against the racist conservative idiots that are stealing our freedoms?
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