Overall this episode is about transportation.
Alyssa tells Cap't Scoot about a 1977 "L" train derailment which leads to the time Rahm wanted to dig a high-speed tunnel to O'Hare.
Digressions include:
Hot Tub Boats
Neo-Nazis do not understand turnstiles.
The gals discuss Civil War fashion and Alyssa contemplate a safety plan.
Is the Cyber Truck a boat?
Show Notes:
NYT: U.S. Inquiry Backs Chicago on Finding In Crash of Train
NYT: ‘Nudging’ of Fatal Chicago Train May Have Neutralized Safety System
Time Out Chicago: El derailment | What’s up with that?
The Chicagoist: Video: A Horrific Loop CTA Derailment Happened 39 Years Ago, Killing 11
Video: WLS Channel 7 - Special Report - "CTA 'L' Train Collision" (1976)
WGN: C.F.D. Lake & Wabash CTA EL Crash 40th Anniversary 1977
ABC: EL Crash Chicago 1977 (ABC News Special Report)
Chicago Fire Dept. Lake & Wabash El Crash 2-04-1977 (AUDIO)
Chicago Tribune: The 'L' crash of 1977: 'A slow-motion horror'
NBC: ‘This Can't Be Real': 40 Years Later, Passenger Recalls Deadly CTA Derailment of '77
Chicago Tribune: 25 HURT IN `L` CRASH; SITE OF 1977 TRAGEDY
Chicago Tribune: Survivors reflect on Feb. 4, 1977, CTA disaster
The Verge: The political winds in Chicago are blowing against Elon Musk’s high-speed tunnel project
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