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Two Planes Are Off The Radar
Season 3 Episode 11
September 11th changed the world forever; but in particular, it changed airports. In this special episode of The Big Dig, we go inside the world of L…
5 hours ago
The Staten Island Problem
How do these things all connect: Wu-Tang Clan, Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, and the largest garbage dump in the world? That story is the subject of a…
4 weeks ago
Your Ultimate Big Dig Roadtrip Playlist
Season 3 Episode 10
Our show now has three seasons in the feed, and it just dawned on Ian that every topic we’ve covered also happens to be a rich topic in American song…
1 month ago
Highway Teardown Tour | 10. Providence, RI
Season 1 Episode 20
The Big Dig in Boston was a fluke, a unicorn, something we may never see again. But there are simpler and cheaper ways to rethink our urban highways …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Highway Teardown Tour | 11. Boston, MA
Season 1 Episode 21
The final chapter of the Big Dig story is what happened to the land after the highway was gone. Like the rest of the project, it was messy, and other…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Highway Teardown Tour | 9. Philadelphia, PA
Season 1 Episode 19
Even as cities try to heal the damage of the interstate era, we are also continuing to expand our urban highways, continuing to turn parks and neighb…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Highway Teardown Tour | 8. Baltimore, MD
Season 1 Episode 18
This episode is about a very different kind of teardown – one that came suddenly, tragically, and without warning. But within this utterly unique sto…
2 months ago
Highway Teardown Tour | 7. Louisville, KY
Season 1 Episode 17
In the stories we tell about public works, there is a constant bias towards the projects that actually happened, but it’s the apparently ‘failed’ pro…
2 months, 1 week ago
Highway Teardown Tour | 6. Portland, OR
Season 1 Episode 16
The anti-highway movement, like any movement, has always been a coalition. Different people with different backgrounds and different interests findin…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Highway Teardown Tour | 5. Seattle, WA
Season 1 Episode 15
There is exactly one other American city crazy enough to attempt anything like what Boston did with The Big Dig. That city is Seattle, and they are n…
2 months, 3 weeks ago