Same Train, Different Tracks

In Shreveport, Louisiana, one home has become a lighthouse for local kids. We meet the couple who opened their doors to the neighborhood, and discover how their work has not only changed the community, but changed them and their volunteers too.Leave us a voicemail at 702-706-TALK ... Show More

September 11, 2001 was 25 years ago. But if you lived through that day, it doesn’t feel like it. StoryCorps started recording survivors and the families of victims just a few years after, with the goal of archiving one interview for each person lost. We dug through more than two ... Show More

On August 27, 2025, a mass shooting at the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis injured dozens and killed two children. In the weeks and months after, survivors and their loved ones needed to talk about what had happened. In this episode, you’ll hear those conversations be ... Show More

Over half a million people commute to London every day. They travel at the same time, on the same train, with the same familiar faces in the carriage. Rarely does anyone think for a moment that they might not arrive at their destination. Tony Jasper was no different. Until, on on ... Show More

A lot of people call up and share stories from their past. But today we are very much living in the present. It's almost like we're experiencing this caller's life with him as it is happening. All aboard the SEPTA train.This episode is sponsored by Seat Geek, Stamps.com, and Squa ... Show More

Michael and Lucy take a night train for their travel across the country, not expecting to meet Cara, a woman they’ve been previously intimate with, on board of the same train. This unexpected meeting turns their boring travel into a night of fun.Episodes released every Tuesday an ... Show More

You hear the train barreling towards you and you're tied to the tracks. It's an impossible situation. Most people would panic, and then a tiny handful would think up improbable workarounds. This season on Invisibilia: inventors in desperate times. See pcm.adswizz.com for informat ... Show More

<p>The trolley problem is an ethical dilemma that proposes a difficult decision about choosing whether a group of strangers lives or dies. Learn more about ethics and the nature of sacrifice in this HowStuffWorks podcast.</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="h ... Show More

<p>One foot on the platform, the other foot on the train. Listen to today&#39;s Chinese podcast and learn how to talk all about those fateful few moments before the locomotive rolls on out -- in Mandarin. All aboard! Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1035</p> 

You know the old saying--keep your friends close and your enemies closer. But what if you can't tell the difference? In this episode, the story of two friends who got caught up in a Top Secret operation that tested their assumptions about trust, betrayal, loyalty, and power.See p ... Show More

Danelle goes where every hobo winds up at some point. Engineers and conductors show her around the train yard, how it works and why it’s so deadly. Danelle learns how railroads shaped our country, giving us times zones, for a start. The world of the train yard is so frightening, ... Show More

A journalist embarks on a journey with a stranger to play a demented game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices