American Railroad Podcast
1) Episode 1: North Carolina
Episode 1 takes us to North Carolina, where host and Silkroad Artistic Director Rhiannon Giddens reveals the origins of the popular Appalachian folk song, “Swannanoa Tunnel” and how professors Jeffrey...Show More
2) Episode 5: Boston
Our final episode brings us to Boston, MA where, at the turn of the 20th century, Black men and women worked as Pullman porters and maids – serving predominantly white travelers while reinforcing a hi...Show More
3) Episode 4: Standing Rock
Centuries before the Dakota Access Pipeline snaked underneath Lakota-Sioux land, the transcontinental railroad barreled through it. Standing Rock Sioux Reservation leaders Dave Archambault Sr. and II ...Show More
4) Episode 3: California
Episode 3: California
5) Episode 2: New York
Episode 2 of the American Railroad podcast brings us to Hell’s Kitchen, a New York City neighborhood that historian Miriam Nyhan describes as transformed by immigration and expansion of the state’s ra...Show More
6) American Railroad: Trailer
Embark on "American Railroad," a five-episode podcast that seeks to right historical wrongs by highlighting the untold stories and unheard voices from the diverse communities that built America’s rail...Show More
7) American Railroad: Teaser
From Silkroad and PRX, the American Railroad podcast is where history and music come together. New episodes begin November 14.
8) placeholder trailer
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