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I started a brand new podcast with Brian from Real Engineering. In the first episode we talk with Hank Green of Crash Course, VidCon, SciShow, and more. Give it a listen here: itun.es/us/YGA_ib.c

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The full script with sources can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/0B2p-HoK9KXEAamNTTkdSaERqdGc/view?usp=sharing

Sound by Graham Haerther (http://www.Haerther.net)
Thumbnail by Joseph Cieplinski (http://joec.design)
Research by William Mayne

Passenger and conductor icons courtesy H Alberto Gongora from the Noun Project
Select footage courtesy Amtrak
Amtrak locomotive photo courtesy Nathan D. Holmes
Amtrak advertisement photo courtesy Oran Viriyincy
“Whispering Through” song by Asura
Acela express photo courtesy Ben Schumin
Virgin Trains EC photo courtesy Virgin Trains East Coast
Kings cross photo courtesy Wikipedia commons user “Colin”
Yemasse Amtrak station photo courtesy DanTD

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