Whistle Stop

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Danelle's playlist of modern hobo music here: https://tinyurl.com/hobomusic

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hey, guys, we had a technical difficulty, so it'll be
a slight delay on getting episode seven out. It'll be
in your ears later today or tomorrow, and in the
meantime I get to talk directly to you. You guys
are the greatest. We went from one hundred thousand downloads
a week ago to one hundred and fifty nine thousand
on Friday. It's amazing that we've connected so powerfully with

(00:24):
people all over the country. A Mommy blogger wrote that
we'd opened her eyes to how we spend our whole
lives doing right, paying taxes, living the life we think
we're supposed to live. And for what sing it? Sister,
you sound like Momo? And episode one, why do you
do what you do? At the other end of the
audience was a voicemail from a guy who had been

(00:45):
riding the rails for thirty years. After the Comfort Offensive,
he questioned if, at the age of fifty two, it
was too late for him to get off the rails.
My description of moving into the barn made him think
that maybe he could do it. My wish to you, buddy,
is that you find your own barn. As a writer.
There's no bigger compliment than the ones that you guys

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are leaving me. That's the goal, to get people to
forget about me and to rethink their lives, to see
things differently like I have ever since I entered the
City of the Rails. I know all of you out
there have a lot to say, so leave us a
message after this. There's only three episodes left. The time
is now and we've got no operators standing by. Talk

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as long as you want. The number is seven oh
seven six five three three three nine. Also just wanted
to give a tip of the hat to all the
travelers out there who've shared their stories with me. I
know you guys don't like to talk about this, but
once you get going, there are a few greater storytellers.
Thank you for trusting me to tell yours. A lot
of people have told us how much they love the

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music me too, So we've got a treat for you.
I'm sharing my playlist of modern hobo music. The link
will be in the show notes, and it starts out
with one of my favorites, Whiskey by Tahan Street Corner Thieves.
Also check out this Van is Your Van by Black
Death All Stars. The only song I've ever heard about
Google's plus Driver Pool by Tim Barry, a song about

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leaving with the line I'm better for every day I'm gone.
But back to episode seven. It's a Wild One, a
buddy comedy set on the border in Olpasso in the
world of the rail Cops. I bet you didn't know
that the rail cops are not like other security guards.
They have full police powers, but they're answerable only to
the railroad. Imagine if Facebook had its own militia, one

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that could arrest you and throw you in jail. Ladies
and gentlemen, let me introduce you to the rail cops.
Stay with us. We'll be back shortly in the City
of the Rails like a warrants, Hey, Texas, swear that

(02:54):
flag warrants Texas, and I ain't going back again. They
foundy under a brain when my dog and a bottle