Forum From the Archives: Airports. Remember Them?

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4.2 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Airports are often the first, last, and sometimes only impression a traveler has of a city. Singapore's Changi airport dazzles; Newark Airport in New Jersey offers less delight. SFO leads the way in design with its newly opened Harvey Milk Terminal which boasts Heath tiles in the restrooms, lighting that makes you look less tired, and improved acoustic design. But the airport industry has been challenged by the pandemic, which dropped traveller numbers and put new stresses on airports already grappling with issues like aging infrastructure. We'll talk about airports you love, airports you never want to see again, and hear from experts about airports of the future. This segment originally aired Oct. 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.2	Thank you. From KQD in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.
0:47.9	We're taking the day off, and since many of us are traveling, we're going to listen back to our recent show talking about airports.
0:54.4	Because whether you like to curl up with a book, beeline to the bar, or bang out emails
0:58.2	with your laptop perched on your knees, there's no place quite like in airport.
1:02.3	Since 9-11, airports increasingly became their own worlds, sealed off from the places around
1:07.1	them, and in recent years, ever more realistic simulations of the cities they're in.
1:10.9	And we're in a moment where airports are facing huge challenges because of COVID.
1:14.6	So today we're going to reacquaint ourselves with this archipelago of runways and roller
1:18.8	bags, tourist traps, and turkey raps.
1:21.4	It's Friday. Let's fly. Welcome to Forum.
1:35.7	I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:40.3	Yeah.
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