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In Australia you should stand to the left of them, but in the UK you have to stand to the right. We're talking (of course!) about escalators.
'People Movers' is all about them: it's a one woman passion project, an independent podcast mining a very particular niche. Lindsey Green was commuting through Melbourne station when she started noticing that some escalators seemed to be moving faster than others, depending on the time of day and how busy it was. So in her spare time, outside her job in community radio, she started researching this often overlooked form of public transport.
Her love of escalators has taken her to Ukraine and Hong Kong (home to the world's longest outdoor escalator system, just in case you didn't know that already!) and over the 9 episodes she's made so far, she looks at subjects including escalator history, some of the fears and phobias about them, and some gory escalator-related injuries.
We share some of Episode 8 of 'People Movers' called 'Escalator Enthusiasts' where Lindsey Green meets Bodhi and his family. Bodhi's a 23-year-old with an intellectual disability who loves riding on escalators.
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