The Beginner's Guide to Model Railroading Podcast
1) 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.
2) 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 nex...Show More
3) 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.
4) 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.
5) BGT Episode 26: Structures
This episode finally gets us around to the "model" part of model railroading, teaching you how to prepare, paint, glue, brace, and detail either plastic or laser-cut wood kits. The different types of ...Show More
6) BGT Episode 25: [Railroad History Miniseries 5] Mid-Atlantic Class IIs
This episode covers the history of the Class II railroads in the Mid-Atlantic Region, primarily the Reading, Central Railroad of New Jersey, Penn-Reading Seashore Lines, and Northern Central.
7) Proto-Future 8: I heart New York???
G4's take on NYC's Congestion Pricing, just in the nick of too late. Plus stories of bicycling around Philly, DC, and Baltimore.
8) 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...Show More
9) 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, urbani...Show More
10) 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 ou...Show More