Roundhouse Crosstalk

Happy Earth Day, everybody! Tune in to this week’s episode of Roundhouse Crosstalk where we discuss environmental tourism with Rachel Wolff, a graduate student of Public History at California State University, Sacramento. Rachel has contributed her newly published digital exhibit, Rails to Redwoods, to the California State Railroad Museum.

Enjoyed this episode and want to learn more? You can access Rachel’s exhibit here: https://www.californiarailroad.museum/education/laboratory-of-learning-1/student-exhibits

In this episode we speak with Dr. Rebecca Harrison a lecturer a the Open University in the UK. She primarily focuses on the impact of media and technology on class, gender, and race and is the author of From Steam to Screen: Cinema, the Railways, and Modernity. This episode covers the development of Cinema Trains in the UK, what these trains represented to travelers, and their ultimate legacy. 

Dr. Harrison's book: https://www.amazon.com/Steam-Screen-Railways-Modernity-Society/dp/1784539155

Adventure Pass: https://www.parks.ca.gov/adventurepass

In this episode we speak with Dr. Rebecca Harrison a lecturer a the Open University in the UK. She primarily focuses on the impact of media and technology on class, gender, and race and is the author of From Steam to Screen: Cinema, the Railways, and Modernity. Fittingly, this episode looks at the connection between cinema and the railroad during the very late 19th century and the early to mid twentieth century. We’ll discuss how mass media and mass transit helped make modernity, and how people of different classes, races, and genders interacted with these new technologies.

Dr. Harrison's book: https://www.amazon.com/Steam-Screen-Railways-Modernity-Society/dp/1784539155

Adventure Pass: https://www.parks.ca.gov/adventurepass

Have you ever noticed the bright, colorful graffiti on freight cars? Who put it there and why? Join us on this week’s episode of Roundhouse Crosstalk. In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Jeff Ferrell, a  professor emeritus of Sociology at Texas Christian University. Listen in as we discuss the world of freight train graffiti and the fascinating overlaps between railroaders and graffiti writers.

This episode is the second part of a two part interview with Miriam Thaggert, a professor at the University at Buffalo about her new book Riding Jane Crow: African American Women in the American Railroad. In part one we discussed how railroad travel was both radicalized and gendered and how African American men and women used train travel as a marker of social progress, or lack thereof. In this episode we look at a few individuals who helped test these racial and gender boundries. 

You can preorder Riding Jane Crow at: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=28nsg7gk9780252044526

For more information on women in the railroad visit our digital exhibit Crossing Lines: Women of the American Railroad at https://www.californiarailroad.museum/crossing-lines

Join us on this week’s episode of Roundhouse Crosstalk. In this week's episode we speak with Miriam Thaggert, a professor at the University at Buffalo about her new book Riding Jane Crow: African American Women in the American Railroad. We discuss how railroad travel was both radicalized and gendered and how African American men and women used train travel as a marker of social progress, or lack thereof. This is the first of a two part interview.

You can preorder Riding Jane Crow at: https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=28nsg7gk9780252044526

For more information on women in the railroad visit our digital exhibit Crossing Lines: Women of the American Railroad at https://www.californiarailroad.museum/crossing-lines

Join us on this week’s episode of Roundhouse Crosstalk. In this episode, we will continue last episode’s discussion with Dr. John Lennon, an associate professor at the University of South Florida and author of Boxcar Politics: The Hobo in Literature and Culture 1869-1956. This week we will be exploring the hobo mythos and its relationship to race, labor, and politics.

Please note that this episode will contain mentions of sexual assault and discrimination against minority groups. Viewer discretion is advised.

Follow Dr. John Lennon on twitter at @hoboacademic or visit his website at https://drjohnlennon.wordpress.com/.

Join us on this week’s episode of Roundhouse Crosstalk. In this episode, we will explore the popular American figure of the hobo with Dr. John Lennon, an associate professor at the University of South Florida and author of Boxcar Politics: The Hobo in Literature and Culture 1869-1956. This is the first episode of two. Keep an eye out for our next episode where we will learn more about hobo culture and its intersections with race and American identity.

Follow Dr. John Lennon on twitter at @hoboacademic or visit his website at https://drjohnlennon.wordpress.com/.

Join us on this week's episode of Roundhouse Crosstalk. In this episode, we hear from Will Hodge about his research into Tom Waits and how his music was influenced by the Railroad.

Follow Will Hodge on Twitter for more content: https://twitter.com/will_hodge

2021 is the 40th anniversary of the California State Railroad Museum. In this episode of Roundhouse Crosstalk Debbie Hollingsworth, a guide here at the California State Railroad Museum, leads you through the earliest history of the museum with added commentary from Denny Anspach, one of the people most responsible for its location in Sacramento.