The Dig

Superhighway!

Apr 28, 2023

52:48

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

Superhighway by Caroline Kanner and Jackson Roach

2min

A Field Guide to Roadside Wildflowers at Full Speed

2min

The Super Highway

2min

The Roadside Trading Post on Route 66

2min

The Absurdity of Places

2min

The Importance of Cars in the Environment

2min

The History of Highway Development

2min

The Road Shapes the Life of the Town

2min

10.

The Trail

2min

11.

On Trails and Exploration

2min

12.

The Evolution of Trails and Roads

2min

13.

The Dig: A Critical History of Community Organizing in America

6min

14.

The Importance of Roadside Habitat

3min

15.

The Violence of the Highway

2min

16.

The Evolution of Speed

2min

17.

The Impact of the Road on Ecosystems

2min

18.

The Politics of Speed

3min

19.

Sovereignty Camp 2020

2min

20.

The Rise and Fall of the Shinnekok Nation

2min

21.

The Unfinished Pole Represents the 400 Years of Opression That Shinnekok People Have Faced by Southampton and the State of New York

2min

22.

The Fight Is Over With the Billboards in the Hamptons

1min

23.

The Future of the Highway

3min

24.

The Dig Presents

3min

We have as many roads in the United States as we have streams and rivers. Produced by Caroline Kanner and Jackson Roach, with original music by Jackson Roach. Edited by Liza Yeager and Mitchell Johnson. Subscribe to The Dig Presents, and support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig. Bibliography (in order of appearance): A Field Guide to Roadside Wildflowers at Full Speed - Chris Helzer Car Country: An Environmental History - Christopher W. Wells On Trails: An Exploration - Robert Moor Snell-Rood Lab Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet - Ben Goldfarb A Short History of the Blockade: Giant Beavers, Diplomacy, and Regeneration in Nishnaabewin - Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Who Belongs to the Land: An Essay on Camps, Blockades, and Indigenous Models of Remaking the World - Lou Cornum Further reading available here.

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