Best Transport Magazine Podcasts (2025)

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2025 in Review: Top STN Magazine Articles 45:45

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Tony, Ryan and Taylor discuss the most-read School Transportation News magazine articles from 2025, which focused on student safety, operational efficiency and technological advancement. STN also recognized outstanding individuals and teams in the industry through programs like Innovator of the Year, Garage Stars, Rising Stars and Transportation Di…

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2025 in Review: Top STN Online Articles 51:08

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Tony, Ryan and Taylor discuss the most-read online articles from stnonline.com during 2025, which focused on illegal passing incidents, school bus driver misconduct and students injured or killed. Training is needed for students, parents and drivers. Read all our latest news. Episode sponsor: Transfinder.…

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How Technology Will Reshape the Supply Chain by 2030 with DHL Supply Chain’s Omer Rashid 14:49

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In this episode of The Logistics Lowdown, editor Derek Clouthier discusses a recent survey by DHL Supply Chain (26 per cent of respondents being Canadian) with Omer Rashid on how technology will reshape the supply chain by 2030.By Inside Logistics Magazine

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Code Red: Connecting the Dots Through Liberation 3:29

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In Part 2 of this State of the World Forum “Code Red” segment, Jason Bayless is asked how to connect the dots across so many urgent issues. His response centers on liberation as a question communities return to, and a practice rooted in relationship with each other and the living world. Watch/read the full post (with both clips + full panel): https…

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Code Red: Cruelty to Animals at Industrial Scale 10:14

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Jason Bayless speaks at the State of the World Forum panel “The State of Our World: Code Red” on animal cruelty as a lived “code red” condition—one tied to the systems shaping ecological collapse and normalized violence. This is Part 1 of a two-part segment. Watch/read the full post (with both clips + full panel): https://www.radical-guide.com/stat…

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Alstom’s Driverless System for Cairo Monorail and Regional Signalling Projects 6:49

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In this interview, filmed during the recently held TransMEA 2025 in Cairo, our editor, Phillippa Dean, speaks with Alstom’s Vice President for Digital and Integrated Systems for Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, Boris Symchowicz, about the signalling system that powers the monorail. He explains how the system enables high passenger capacity…

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Alstom AMECA Update: Project Momentum from South Africa to Egypt 12:47

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Railways Africa Editor Phillippa Dean catches up with Martin Vaujour, Alstom’s President for Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, at TransMEA 2025 in Cairo. Martin outlines the strong pipeline of activity across the region, including developments in South Africa with PRASA and Transnet, the impact of open access in the freight sector, new very…

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South Africa’s Largest Private Rail Investment Begins with Forty-Six Locomotives 20:27

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It is not every day that forty-six Cape-gauge locomotives in great condition become available at the same time. For Traxtion, this was an opportunity that could not be passed up. In this Coffee with the Editor, Railways Africa Editor Phillippa Dean speaks with Traxtion CEO James Holley about the R3.4 billion rolling-stock investment, considered the…

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End of Year Review: Safety & Technology Trends of 2025 54:45

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The school bus industry focuses on safety and service amidst students killed by both passing motorists and their own school buses as well as federal shifts in funding and changes to the Department of Education. Plus, we revisit the 2021 murder of a school bus driver and school bus security. From routing to training, Transfinder President and CEO An…

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Colin Parent on ‘The Powerless Brokers’ and the Politics of Transit Change 25:52

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In this episode of METROspectives, METRO’s Executive EditorAlex Roman sits down with Colin Parent, Executive Director and General Counsel at Circulate San Diego, to discuss his recent report, “The Powerless Brokers,” and what it reveals about how decisions get made — and too often stalled — in public transit in California, as well as the rest of th…

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In to the Woods 52:19

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Cold breath on the air, pancakes at dawn, and the hush before a bear appears at the treeline – join Wander Woman Phoebe Smith as she journeys from Finland’s close‑to‑Helsinki wilds with a foraging guide to paddle a quiet nine kilometres to a lean‑to where two dogs double as companions and hot‑water bottles. The theme is deliberate slowness: built i…

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The Employment Landscape of the Supply Chain Sector with Derek Lutz, CEO of Recruitment Company Lean Six Search 22:44

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In this episode of The Logistics Lowdown, editor Derek Clouthier talks with Derek Lutz, the CEO of supply chain recruitment company Lean Six Search about the current employment situation in the Canadian supply chain and logistics sector, what employers are looking for and what prospective workers can do to start a career in the industry.…

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This Is My Path: Washington State's Youngest Transportation Directors 49:43

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Analysis on the annual National School Bus Loading and Unloading Survey which found six students were killed by school buses over the 2024-2025 school year, a safety PSA in the works around the upcoming Super Bowl, and new plans to dismantle the Department of Education. We are joined by the two youngest transportation directors in Washington state,…

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Taking Forest River to the Next Level and More with Doug Wright 30:08

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When Doug Wright stepped in as President of Forest River Bus & Van in March 2025, his goal was clear — take a strong company and make it even stronger. In this conversation, METRO Executive Editor Alex Roman talks with Wright about Forest River’s journey so far, what’s driving its successtoday, and his vision for the future. Topics include: · COVID…

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Always Something to Learn: Special Needs Takeaways from TSD 2025 50:54

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Tony, Ryan and Taylor recap the lessons, experiences and takeaways from the Transporting Students with Disabilities & Special Needs (TSD) Conference and Trade Show last week. It covered evacuation training in a smoke-filled school bus, legal issues like onboard sexual assaults or objectionable clothing, tips to promote good student behavior, an in-…

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Onsite at TSD 2025 (Part 2/2): Solution-Driven Partners + TD of the Year Interview 1:02:30

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EverDriven CEO Mitch Bowling reviews how the alternative transportation company prioritizes safety standards and promotes collaborative brainstorming to provide safe service to the ever-growing population of students with special needs. AlphaRoute CEO John Hanlon shares real-life stories about districts that have optimized daily operations by lever…

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Onsite at TSD 2025 (Part 1/2): Mission-Critical Partners for Special Needs Transportation 42:52

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Marty Savino, national account manager for School-Radio, shares how reliable bus radios support student safety and provide dependable communication services for school bus operations. For the three-year anniversary of the founding of FirstAlt by First Student, Vice President Gregg Prettyman addresses common misconceptions about alternative transpor…

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Catalyst for Change: Electric School Bus Safety, Inspired Texas Rising Star 1:11:31

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Discover the new STN Transportation Director of the Year featured on our November issue cover. Other headlines include a NHTSA investigation after a driverless Waymo car illegally passed a stopped school bus and NTSB recommendations on seatbelts following a Texas school bus crash. Frank Girardot, senior communications director for RIDE, discusses t…

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Being a Woman in Transportation, Mentorship, and More with Hotard's Julie Chalmers 21:00

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Julie Chalmers was recently named one of METRO’s 2025 Women in Transportation. Recently, Executive Editor Alex Roman had a chance to talk to Chalmers, GM at Hotard Coaches Inc. in New Orleans, about being a leader in a historically male-dominated industry, providing mentorship to other women, career milestones, and much more. Topics include: Gettin…

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Ways and Means 51:35

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A simple walk can change a life and a place. Join Wander Woman Phoebe Smith as she head's to Umbria to undertake part of Italy’s lesser-known pilgrim path - the St Francis Way - and see how it is bringing life back into the region. In association with this episode's podcast partner Sloways. From truffle hunts on the village edges to choirs echoing …

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Nuts and Bolts: Transportation Director of the Year Talks Data-Focused Oregon Ops 57:27

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After a year of being STN's Transportation Director of the Year, Craig Beaver of Beaverton School District in Oregon joins us to discuss the ins and outs of running a large mixed-fleet school bus operation, pushing the limits with technology and data, navigating current federal changes, and looking to the future of the industry. Read more about ope…

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Attracting New Operators to the Industry and More with the UMA’s Scott Michael 29:36

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With COVID splitting the number of motorcoach operatorsessentially in half, the United Motorcoach Association (UMA) is working on ways to boost new entrants. Scott Michael, President and CEO of the UMA, joins METRO’s Executive Editor Alex Roman to discuss what the association is doing toincrease the number of operators, the state of the UMA in gene…

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Bus Tech Talk: Josh Stoddard Talks Growth & Opportunity at Spokane Transit 22:29

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Josh Stoddard is the Director of Vehicle Maintenance at Spokane Transit Authority (STA), a role he has held sinceat least April 2025. In this capacity, he oversees the maintenance operations for STA's fleet, ensuring the reliability and safety of the vehicles that serve the Spokane community. Topics include: · Spokane Transit’s growing fleet and b…

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Encourage, not Discourage: NY Top Transportation Team Talks Work Culture 1:06:49

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Headlines on "The Lost Bus" movie set during recent California wildfires, a school bus Wi-Fi solution for fiscal year 2025, a $10 million Ohio safety grant for seatbelts, and a Maryland school bus driver union sending flyers home with students to gain parental support of a strike. Gregg Fox, transportation director for Franklin Square Union Free Sc…

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SPONSORED: Tips to Prevent Cargo Theft and How GardaWorld and ECAM Help Carriers Recover in the Event of an Incident 21:30

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In this sponsored episode of The Logistics Lowdown, editor Derek Clouthier talks with Neal Kearney from GardaWorld and Sudesh Jangalee from ECAM about cargo theft in Canada, what carriers can do to prevent it from happening and how GardaWorld and ECAM help when an incident does occur.By Inside Logistics Magazine

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Expert Advice: Special Needs Legal Spotlight, Technology & Top Teams 1:04:57

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Headlines include federal restrictions on undocumented workers obtaining CDLs and an investment into education technology. Transfinder President and CEO Antionio Civitella shares how the company's technology tools support students with special needs and discusses the value in participating in the free annual Top Transportation Teams program. Specia…

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Make the System Better: Safety Leadership Training & D.C. Insider on Disability Supports 1:08:36

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Analysis on upcoming TSD Conference education, National Association for Pupil Transportation election results, the Federal Brake for Kids Act and the Federal Communications Commission revoking E-Rate eligibility of school bus Wi-Fi. Jeff Cassell, president of the School Bus Safety Company, discusses the need for safety leadership training, removing…

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Cowboy Stuff: NC Bus Operation & Garage Stars Weather Hurricane Helene 1:12:49

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More federal and legal wrangling over school bus Wi-Fi and emissions regulations, plus bus manufacturing updates. Read the new October issue of School Transportation News magazine and watch our recent webinars. Jeremy Stowe, director of transportation for Buncombe County Schools in North Carolina, transports us into the story of when Hurricane Hele…

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Who am I when I am transported? 51:00

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With the rise of the Far Right across the globe, things have never been so tough for refugees and asylum seekers. So I head out with a new social enterprise that’s training immigrant women to become tour guides across Britain so they can celebrate their culture whilst earning their own income and teach us all a thing or too about our most well-know…

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Recapping This Year’s ASCM CHAINge Conference and Examining the North American Supply Chain Landscape with Abe Eshkenazi, CEO for the Association for Supply Chain Management 19:11

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In this episode of The Logistics Lowdown, editor Derek Clouthier chats with Abe Eshkenazi, CEO for the Association for Supply Chain Management, about this year’s CHAINge conference and the current state of the North American supply chain.By Inside Logistics Magazine

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Teamwork & Innovation: Alabama Top Transportation Team & Exclusive Zonar Interview 1:04:38

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The struggle continues over E-Rate funding for school bus Wi-Fi, the NCST addresses the omission of alternative transportation in its national specs manual, and NASCAR star power boosts a school bus illegal passing PSA in Michigan. Just announced: the Zonar Bus Suite, an all-in-one routing ecosystem. During July's STN EXPO West in Reno, Nevada, STN…

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Colossal Concrete Products on Africa’s Railway Opportunities & Open Access 16:06

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Join Railways Africa Editor, Phillippa Dean, for a Coffee with the Editor conversation with Gwen Mahuma-Madida, CEO, and Sales Executive, Mothemane Makhura of Colossal Concrete Products, filmed during the recent Southern African Railways Association (SARA) Conference and Exhibition. The discussion covers Colossal’s role as Southern Africa’s largest…

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Mutual Aid as Evolutionary Truth? | A Podcast for Radicals – Special Edition 16:45

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Peter Kropotkin exposed how capitalists used "survival of the fittest" to justify exploitation. 120 years later, we're fighting the same battle. This episode explores mutual aid not as charity or activism, but as our biological reality - and why understanding this changes everything about how we organize. In this episode: The 1800s debate between K…

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Closing, Thanks, and Gratitude – NYC Anarchist Book Fair International Workshops 2:12

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The closing session, The P.I.T, wraps up the day’s international workshops with thanks and collective gratitude. Throughout the event, we heard from organizers, writers, artists, and movement builders across the world — sharing lessons on anarchism, collective care, food sovereignty, degrowth, zero fare transportation, anti-authoritarian publishing…

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Anarchism and the Struggle for Zero Fare Transportation in Brazil 49:53

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This session features Felipe Corrêa and Victor Khaled, coordinators of the Institute for Anarchist Theory and History (IATH) (itha-iath.org) and militants of the Libertarian Socialist Organization (OSL) in Brazil. The talk begins with an exploration of the concept of anarchism, based on Corrêa’s book Black Flag, recently translated and published in…

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Everything for Everyone, Everywhere 1:05:50

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This session brings together mutual aid organizers for a virtual panel and teach-in on how to organize a weekly mutual aid space in your neighborhood. Panelists share practical experiences, lessons, and tools for building local networks of care and resistance. The session also includes the announcement of a new movement initiative to support the cr…

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Anarchism, Food Sovereignty, and Degrowth: Exploring Overlaps and Tensions 39:25

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This session with Antonio Román-Alcalá and the Agroecology Research-Action Collective (ARC) looks at the intersections, overlaps, and tensions between anarchism, food sovereignty, and degrowth — with some focus on land reform. The presentation is based on a recent article in the Degrowth Journal but framed to emphasize action, not just theory. Afte…

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Acción y Liberación: Vegan Wild International Anarchist Magazine 44:10

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This session features Acción y Liberación (vaccylibv.blogspot.com), a zine/mini-book created through affinity between anarchists, anti-speciesists, and nihilists in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and the U.S. The publication offers perspectives of total and animal liberation, rooted in international collaboration. Launched internationally with Warzone Di…

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Poetry by Tongo Eisen-Martin 44:10

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This video features readings by Tongo Eisen-Martin, an American poet, organizer, and former Poet Laureate of San Francisco. His work bridges revolutionary critique, memory, and community — tackling issues like incarceration, Black liberation, state violence, and love in movements. Eisen-Martin holds both BA and MA in African American Studies from C…

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Radical Sankofa: Collective Care Lessons Rooted in Black History 44:10

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This workshop with Tyasha/Ty (teamwithty.com/Tyasha/Ty) explores lessons from more than 50 years of grassroots organizing by Black Feminists, Abolitionists, and Anarchists across Turtle Island and beyond. Drawing from the Break the System Archive (breakthesystem.xyz), participants are guided through histories of Black-led movements and connected to…

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Diógenes MagaZine – Authoritarianism Sucks / El autoritarismo APESTA 40:29

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This session features Leo Legirs and Apatrik from the publishing group behind the anti-authoritarian magazine Revista Diógenes (revistadiogenes.substack.com). They introduce their project and the first three editions of the magazine, while discussing the different forms of authoritarianism they confront in daily life — and how anti-authoritarian pr…

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Ben Morea: A Life in Rebellion 31:22

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This session features Ben Morea, a longtime activist, artist, and writer, reflecting on his life, organizing, and philosophies. Morea presents his book Full Circle: A Life in Rebellion, tracing his path through art, anarchism, community struggle, and resistance. From his role in the 1960s underground press and collectives to his ongoing commitment …

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CONATUS: Change Among Changes 25:25

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This session features Manifesto Brutal (manifestobrutal.org) in collaboration with the theatre company Nontantoprecisi (nontantoprecisi.net), a group founded within Italy’s last asylum-concentration camp. Together they explore CONATUS — life that lives, imagining anti-psychiatric living experiments and collective ways of responding to illness, oppr…

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World War 3 Illustrated: Palestine 48:25

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This session features graphic artist Seth Tobocman in conversation with artists from around the world who contributed to the latest issue of World War 3 Illustrated. The issue highlights work by Palestinian comic artists and international contributors in solidarity with Palestine. Panelists include: Mohammad Sabaaneh (Palestine), Hamza Abu Ayyash (…

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Cities for a Single Planet – with P.M. (Hans Widmer) 44:54

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This session features Jim Fleming of Autonomedia (NYC) and Hans Widmer (P.M.) of Zurich, presenting Cities for a Single Planet: A Model for the Ecological Transformation of the Earth — co-authored with P. Antoniadis, M. Baumgartner, and D. Spuhler, and published by Autonomedia. The conversation explores the future of cities, ecological crises, and …

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Welcome to the 19th NYC Anarchist Book Fair International Workshops 14:04

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This session features The Rule and Ruins of Trump with Shuli Branson — part of the anarchist writers’ collective CAW (www.cawshinythings.com) and host of The Breakup Theory podcast. In the 15th episode of Anarchist Voices, Shuli addresses Donald Trump’s return to the U.S. presidency and the authoritarian, anti-trans policies tied to his politics. T…

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Can I Make a Difference? Tips From Top Transportation Team & Technology Super User 52:47

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Headlines on tragic violent incidents, electric endeavors, drug testing, a bus fire and more. Sean Hollas, interim transportation director for Goddard Public Schools in Kansas and a 2025 Top Transportation Teams Award winner, discusses fostering positive workplace culture and leveraging technology for efficiency. Take a look behind the operational …

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Botswana Rail Corridors, Open Access and Logistics Transformation 10:16

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Railways Africa speaks with Hon. Keoagile Atamelang, Botswana’s Assistant Minister of Transport and Infrastructure, in this Coffee with the Editor. The discussion covers the status of Botswana’s key rail corridor projects, including the Trans-Kalahari Railway (TKR), Mmamabula–Lephalale Railway, and Mosetse–Kazungula–Livingstone line, as well as the…

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Transnet Freight Rail CEO Russell Baatjies on Longer Trains, Regional Integration and Open Access 13:22

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In this Coffee with the Editor interview, recorded during the SARA Rail event, Transnet Freight Rail CEO Russell Baatjies discusses the company’s operational focus and regional integration efforts. Baatjies shares progress on pilot tests with Eswatini Railways to increase train length from 80 to 160 wagons, with full implementation expected soon. H…

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Supportive, not Punitive: Collaborating for Improved Student Rider Behavior 52:45

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Dive into school bus safety, technology and data security in the new STN September issue. We also analyze a Canadian study on electric bus equity and the school bus industry's lobbying efforts in the U.S. Lisa Navarra, certified child behavior specialist, author and upcoming TSD Conference keynote speaker, discusses bringing together education and …