Please Explain: The Railroads

vor 14 Jahren

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Please Explain (The Leonard Lopate Show)

In Please Explain, we set aside time every Friday afternoon to get to the bottom of one complex issue. We’ll back up and review the basic facts and principles of complicated issues across a broad range of topics — history, politics, science, you name i...

Kunst , Gesellschaft , Politiknachrichten

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vor 14 Jahren

Railroad historian John Hankey, and Bob Lettenberger, Director of Education for the National Railroad Museum talk about the history and significance of the freight and passenger railroads in the United States. They'll also discuss the deterioration of our passenger railways in the 1950s and 1960s and?the current state of rail travel here, compared to other countries.Our phone number has changed! It's now 212-433-9692!