About this episode

The episode explores the influence of three iconic movies on US transit culture with guest Josh Boerman.

Are there three movies that better define US transit culture better than Speed (1994), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and The Warriors (1979)? Probably not, if our guest this week is to be believed! Because who could be better to guide us on this silver screen odyssey than Josh Boerman, co-host of @TheWorstOfAllPossibleWorlds and @IllConceived ? Nobody, that's who! Support #Railnatter at https://patreon.com/garethdennis. Merch at https://merch.railnatter.uk. Join in the discussion at https://discord.railnatter.uk. You can also buy my book #HowTheRailwaysWillFixTheFuture: https://bit.ly/HowTheRailways

People in this episode

Host: Gareth Dennis

Guest: Josh Boerman

Topics covered

• US transit culture
• movies
• film analysis
• pop culture
• transportation

Keywords

• Speed
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit
• The Warriors
• US transit culture
• film analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TheWorstOfAllPossibleWorlds, IllConceived

Books & works: Speed, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Warriors

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