Ep 199: Goddamn You! Rail Emperors w/ Justin Roczniak FULL
Added 2022-11-29 14:20:14 +0000 UTCRARE TUESDAY RELEASE DUE TO 'SCABBIN' JOE BIDEN'S ANNOUNCEMENT TO HAVE CONGRESS PUT THE RAIL WORKERS IN CHAINS
National rail strike impending, Sean is joined by Justin Roczniak (@who_shot_jgr) of Well There's Your Problem, your favorite engineering disaster podcast - with slides.
If the December 9th deadline for strike action is only the capstone of decades of mismanagement, decline and consolidation of private freight service in the United States, how did things get this way? What conditions are rail workers fighting against? How have so many profits been squeezed out of the industry only to see service degrade? What does it mean for US politics that much of these shifts have been happening through conflict within different sectors of the capitalist class?
Intro music: Godspeed You Black Emperor - Government Came, edited with testimony from rail emperor E Hunter Harrison at Surface Transportation Board Public Hearing, October 2017
Comments
i can tell him that all i want, but at this rate he never will :(
The Antifada
2022-12-04 21:57:33 +0000 UTCglad justin told me where that came from, i had no idea it was from caterpillar!
The Antifada
2022-12-04 21:57:01 +0000 UTCSean tell Justin to finish Franklin
Gavin Ellowitz
2022-12-02 03:39:21 +0000 UTCGreat episode. Happy to be introduced to Roczniak. Another good example of what happens with one man crews is Lac Megantic. I strongly recommend Bruce Campbell's book The Lac Megantic Rail Disaster. It is a great on the political economy of railways in Canada, which parallels the US in many ways, as well as regulatory capture.
DNygk
2022-12-01 16:17:37 +0000 UTCFor anyone who has not seen the INCREDIBLE safety video that Shake Hands With Danger is the soundtrack to: https://youtu.be/v26fTGBEi9E Also if you just wanna get right to them hot licks: https://youtu.be/Mmrs9GYkbqg
Wobbly Ryan
2022-12-01 04:10:16 +0000 UTCI don't think this covers all those topics but I do believe it hits the first one very nicely https://youtu.be/8oq0u2i4iHc
Wobbly Ryan
2022-12-01 04:07:54 +0000 UTCWould love to hear your thoughts on US car-centric urban planning, zoning & car culture as a whole as reinforcing individualism, reaction & alienation.
DPtdryste SSC
2022-11-30 19:45:31 +0000 UTCHell yeah
KRE
2022-11-29 22:03:26 +0000 UTCGonna be pissed if this ep doesn't have slides
Wobbly Ryan
2022-11-29 20:22:33 +0000 UTCJustin, go on chapo!
The Fine Art Revolution
2022-11-29 19:21:52 +0000 UTCYay liam
DeliaCore
2022-11-29 14:58:40 +0000 UTC
