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Train Time: The PodcastCanaan to Danbury, CT!North Canaan officials have long been strong supporters of the Housatonic Line revival. Going back some years, former Rep Roberta Willis (D) filed a bill regarding the line. Later, Brian Ohler (R) expressed support. The Train Campaign met with Maria Horn (D), the current state rep, and held joint meetings with rail advocates in the town, who themselves had created a first online petition that garnered thousands of signatures. Letter to the Editor Jan 29, 2014I am thrilled that Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty spoke during an interview on WNPR’s “Where We Live” (Jan. 7) about restoring passenger train...
2025-11-0808 min
Train Time: The PodcastRed rail, Blue rail?While you might think passenger rail, as public transportation, would be the province of Democrats, there are many Republican backers of rail projects. There are also rail initiatives that depend on people from both parties to work together. Today’s tri-state conversation brings together train-pilled colleagues Matt Silber (CT), Ellis Simon (NY), and Karen Christensen (MA) to talk about projects elsewhere in the United States and the lessons we might learn from them. There’s optimism here about one way to bridge political divides.Train Time is a media project focused on passenger rail’s potential for making...
2025-09-2137 min
Train Time: The PodcastAuthor Simon Winchester talks trainsThis talk by world-renowned author Simon Winchester was part of an event in Canaan, Connecticut a couple years ago. Simon’s recounting of his travels by train, which include a trip from London to Hong Kong via Moscow, enchanted the audience that summer’s day. When we found we could create a podcast from the recording, we thought it would be an inspiring way to start a new venture, Train Time.More about Simon WinchesterThe Train Campaign Get full access to Train Time at traintime.substack.com/subscribe
2025-01-2116 min
Thriving Adoptees - Let's ThriveRealising Our True Selves With Adoptee Diane BayWe all want to love and accept ourselves. But how can we do that when we don't know who we are? What else gets in the way of us loving ourselves? Listen in as Diane explore the truth of who we are, what comes after the fog and much more in this empowering episode.Here's more about Diane from her website:Diane Bay has had a lifelong, unquenchable creative drive. It wasn’t until she entered her fifties that she discovered where it may have come from: her artistic birth mother and birth father....
2023-03-0757 min
Behind the Mic with AudioFile MagazineInterview with Deepti Gupta: 2022 Best Young Adult AudiobooksNarrator Deepti Gupta joins AudioFile’s Michele Cobb to discuss her co-narration of a powerful novel for teens, Sabaa Tahir’s ALL MY RAGE. The National Book Award winner earned a spot on AudioFile’s list of Best Young Adult audiobooks this year for the impact of its performance, narrated in turn by Deepti, Kamran R. Khan, and Kausar Mohammed. Listen to hear how Deepti approached narrating this layered contemporary novel, how the three narrators worked together to tell this story, and what will stick with her about narrating this audiobook.Read AudioFile’s review of the audioboo...
2022-12-0811 min
Train TimeCrossing the Borders, Connecting CommunitiesThis episode of Train Time takes us to the borders region of Scotland, an area with storied history and dramatic scenery. Simon Walton tells the story of how, over the course of two decades, the Campaign for Borders Rail has made a case for the reconstruction of 35 miles of a passenger rail line that [...]
2021-06-0331 minTrain TimeCrossing the Borders, Connecting CommunitiesThis episode of Train Time takes us to the borders region of Scotland, an area with storied history and dramatic scenery. Simon Walton tells the story of how, over the course of two decades, the Campaign for Borders Rail has made a case for the reconstruction of 35 miles of a passenger rail line that [...]
2021-06-0331 min
A Sherpa's Guide to InnovationE8: Jobs to be Done - Start with the WhyYour Innovation Sherpas start a multi-episode series on Jobs to be Done. Why does this theory resonate so well? What jobs arise in your life? And the only way we've ever managed to stymie Ann Somers - old guy references. #InnovationEngine @JayGerhart @annsomerswh @WillBehrmann We are indebted to the following for inspiration, professional and personal growth: Clayton Christensen, Karen Dillon, Taddy Hall and David Duncan for writing Competing Against Luck Bob Moesta and the ReWired Group - our JTBD senseis. Listen to all of their podcasts and watch any video you find online. Simon Sinek - Start With Why...
2017-12-0631 min