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Reconnect America

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Reconnect America is the new podcast from Solutionary Rail that presents a creative yet common sense vision for U.S. railroads. It weaves together the genius of community and technical experts, workers and policymakers, advocates and scholars. Reconnect America reflects a decade of research, writing, and advocacy aimed at illuminating the ways in which the U.S. rail system can be harnessed to better service public interests and to address 21st century problems. Reconnect America is hosted by Bill Moyer, co-author of the book Solutionary Rail: A People-powered Campaign to Electrify America’s Railroads and Open Corridors to a Clean Energy Future. Please help us keep the podcast ads-free and without paywalls by making a tax-deductible donation at SolutionaryRail.org. <a href="https://solutionaryrail.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">solutionaryrail.substack.com</a>

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Recent Episodes

Episode thumbnail for Interview: A Common Sense Vision for the Future of Passenger Rail and Why the BUILD America 250 Act Falls Short (w/ Rail Passengers Association President Jim Mathews)

July 11, 2026

Interview: A Common Sense Vision for the Future of Passenger Rail and Why the BUILD America 250 Act Falls Short (w/ Rail Passengers Association President Jim Mathews)

Host Bill Moyer interviews Rail Passengers Association President and CEO Jim Mathews about the shortcomings of the BUILD America 250 Act and a vision for passenger rail's future.

June 9, 2026

Interview: Former Surface Transportation Board Chair Robert Primus on the Need for a 21st-Century Regulatory Toolkit

Host Bill Moyer interviews former Surface Transportation Board Chair Robert Primus about modernizing regulatory tools for 21st-century transportation needs.

May 12, 2026

Episode 5. Profitability at Any Cost: The Price We Paid to Rescue U.S. Railroads

“In the 10 years from 1970 to 1980, America’s relationship to its railroads underwent a profound reorientation of purpose, a paradigm shift that—if we examine it carefully—helps us understand and interpret the circumstances we find ourselves in today.”So begins Episode 5. As we saw in <a target="_blank" href="https://solutionaryrail.substack.com/p/episode-4-private-railroads-for-public">Episode 4</a>, this paradigm shift was meant to address a profound crisis within the railroad industry: faced with competition from other modes of transport—which, unlike railroads, were heavily subsidized by the public—the nondiscriminatory service and pricing that we had required of railroad corporations for almost a century was now driving several of them into bankruptcy.We also saw how policymakers went to extraordinary lengths in the 1960s and ‘70s to save the railroad corporations and keep the infrastructure they operated under private control. But the railroads’ financial woes persisted. As this crisis deepened, there were some who argued for preserving rail service by finally putting railroads on even footing with trucks, airplanes and barges. They proposed doing this either by placing both railroad infrastructure and operations under public ownership, or by having the public take responsibility for just the tracks, creating an open-access steel interstate that would allow railroad corporations to compete directly for every customer.But instead, Congress and the Jimmy Carter administration turned to deregulation. A series of reforms, culminating with the Staggers Act of 1980, attempted to rescue the profitability of railroad corporations once and for all by largely relieving them of their longstanding obligations toward serving the public. As stated in the introduction, this fifth episode of the Reconnect America series “tells the story of how that transformation took place, who benefited, and who got left behind, and how this dovetailed with broader changes in the U.S. and global economies to shape the world that we are living in today.”Reconnect America is hosted by Bill Moyer, co-author of the book <a target="_blank" href="https://www.solutionaryrail.org/video2">Solutionary Rail: A People-powered Campaign to Electrify America’s Railroads and Open Corridors to a Clean Energy Future</a>. Check out <a target="_blank" href="https://solutionaryrail.substack.com/">the essays and supplemental posts</a> that complement this podcast <a target="_blank" href="https://solutionaryrail.substack.com/">HERE</a>.Learn more, get involved and pitch in to support the work of Solutionary Rail at <a target="_blank" href="http://solutionaryrail.org/">SolutionaryRail.org</a>. Keep the podcast ads-free and without paywalls by making a tax-deductible donation <a target="_blank" href="http://solutionaryrail.org/Summer2024">HERE</a>.Co-written and produced by Bill Moyer and Sasha Elenko. Engineering by August Moore and Tom Stiles. Musical theme by <a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/1vDeoV1gPgYbgUaDKlT4rX?si=GmyTOPKFQZOa8YJbWdu-7w">Ken Jacobsen</a> and additional music by <a target="_blank" href="https://otaprota.bandcamp.com/album/ota-prota-vol-1-2">Ota Prota</a>. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://solutionaryrail.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">solutionaryrail.substack.com</a>

35 total episodes available with 2 transcripts

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What is Reconnect America?: Reconnect America is the new podcast from Solutionary Rail that presents a creative yet common sense vision for U.S. railroads. It weaves together the genius of community and technical experts, workers and policymakers, advocates and scholars. Reconnect America reflects a decade of research, writing, and advocacy aimed at illuminating the ways in which the U.S. rail system can be harnessed to better service public interests and to address 21st century problems.

Reconnect America is hosted by Bill Moyer, co-author of the book Solutionary Rail: A People-powered Campaign to Electrify America’s Railroads and Open Corridors to a Clean Energy Future.

Please help us keep the podcast ads-free and without paywalls by making a tax-deductible donation at SolutionaryRail.org. <a href="https://solutionaryrail.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">solutionaryrail.substack.com</a>
How often does this podcast release new episodes?: This podcast updates daily.
Where can I listen to this podcast?: This podcast is available on 6 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.
Does this podcast accept guests?: Yes, this podcast regularly features guests.

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