The great railway bizarre: A Trans-Siberian story (plus audio endnotes)

September 18, 2018 01:35:36
The great railway bizarre: A Trans-Siberian story (plus audio endnotes)
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The great railway bizarre: A Trans-Siberian story (plus audio endnotes)

Sep 18 2018 | 01:35:36

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Rolf Potts

Show Notes

“If there is any revelation to be gleaned from spending several days on a single train, it will come from the bizarre details that lurk beneath the mundanity of the trip itself.” – Rolf Potts

In this episode of Deviate, Rolf reads his essay On the Trans-Siberian Express (2:00) and then recounts, with Jonathan Arlan, the story behind the story, discussing his approach to writing about his experiences on the Trans-Siberian railroad (1:17:00).

Jonathan Arlan (@JonathanArlan) is the author of the book Mountain Lines: A Journey through the French Alps and a recent Tablet essay titled Off the Rails in Birobidzhan.

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The Deviate theme music comes from the title track of Cedar Van Tassel’s 2017 album Lumber.

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