Our Podcast Episodes

Chinese Railroad Workers and the Transcontinental Railroad

Chinese Railroad Workers and the Transcontinental Railroad

Unpacking Legal and Environmental Conquest in 1800s Canada

The Canadian Transcontinental Railroad

A Journey through Black Transportation History

California High Speed Rail

The Railroad Checkerboard and the California Desert

The French Railroad and Holocaust Reparations

The Railroad's Impact on Southern California's Citrus Empire

Uncovering a Lost Line of the West

The Farmer Railroad Movement's Train Rebellion

The Railroad Photography of Phil Hasting

How the Railroad Influenced Jazz Music

Anna Judah and Building the Transcontinental Railroad

The Birth of British Steam Trains

Explore the Lifesaving Role of the Hospital Trains

Railroad Bandits, China, and the Real Story Behind the Shanghai Express

A Legacy of Local Leadership

Popular Response to Japan's First Bullet Train

The White Train Movement

Trains in the Crimean War

Safety and Injury on the Railroad

Eating on a Japanese Bullet Train

The Railroad and the Building of Santa Cruz, California

The Southern Dreams for a Transcontinental Railroad

The Legacy of Railroad Ghost Stories

The Role of the Railroad in the Mexican Revolution

Exclusion and Deportation on the Railroad

The Spread of Yellow Fever Along Southern Rail Lines

The Many Lives of the Central Pacific Commissioner's Car

Railroad Films and Preserving Open Landscapes

Railroads Online

Podcasting, Railroad Stories, and Train Simulators

Bullet Train (2022)

Railroads in Kids' Books

That Tell the Story of the South with Professor Scott Huffard

The Solano Train Ferry and Technological Progress

The Railroad and the Invention of Time Zones

The Railroad and Entertainment

A Pride Month Exploration of the Lives of Lucias Beebe and Charles Clegg with Tony Reevy

Drift and Autonomy

The Railroad in Stories about Race

A Look at the Life and Legacy of E.B. Crocker

California's North Pacific Coast Railroad and Environmental Tourism

The Railroad Story of the British Cinema Trains

Railroads and Movies in the Early 20th Century

Meritocracy and American Nostalgia

Challenging the Boundaries of Race, Gender, and Sexuality Onboard the American Railroad

Gender, Race, and Politics on the American Railroad

The Hobo and Race, Labor, and Politics

Hobos and the Railroad in the 20th Century

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Tom Waits and the Railroad

Three Festive Stories Inspired by the Museum

CSRM's 40th Anniversary

Immigration, Memory, and the Transcontinental Railroad

The Military Railroad Service

An Investigation with the Sacramento History Museum

From the California State Railroad Museum

How Johnny Cash Used Railroads in his Music

How a Small Industrial Town Influenced the Transcontinental Railroad

Immigration Stories on the Transcontinental Railroad

How the Railroad Made the American Circus Possible

The Muir Family and the Railroad

How the Railroad has Shaped American Music

Railroad Opportunities of the Last 60 Years

With Grammy Award Winning Sound Archivist and Curator Jeff Place

A Conversation About American Culture and Representation in Museums

To California for the Gold Rush and the Transcontinental Railroad, with Angel Island State Park

A Conversation with Ty Smith and Kim Whitfield

An Interview with Baldwin Chiu and Larissa Lam

Rosina Tucker's Story

African American Railroad Workers

Labor and Activism on the Railroad

Civil Rights and the Railroad

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