Episode
Why Do BART Announcements Sound So Ancient?
- Podcast
- The Bay
- Published
- Apr 17, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 904
- Processing state
not_requested- Canonical source
- https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/KQINC7837195923.mp3?updated=1776365797
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-bay-504645/episodes/why-do-bart-announcements-sound-so-ancient/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-bay-504645/why-do-bart-announcements-sound-so-ancient.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
You know the sound: a robotic, ancient-sounding voice as you wait for BART: 6-car Blue line train for OAK Airport in 15 minutes. In America's tech capital, why do BART announcements sound so old? In this episode from our friends at Bay Curious, reporter Ana De Almeida Amaral sets out to find the answer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices