Riding the rails — over a floating bridge: GeekWire Podcast takes the train across the lake to Microsoft

The GeekWire Podcast rides on Sound Transit's 2 Line, taking the world's first light rail on a floating bridge from Seattle to Microsoft's campus in Redmond, joined by special guests along the way. Read More

Apr 11, 2026 0 0

Riding the rails — over a floating bridge: GeekWire Podcast takes the train across the lake to Microsoft

GeekWire co-founders Todd Bishop, left, and John Cook record the GeekWire Podcast on Sound Transit’s 2 Line. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser)

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: we take the show on the road — or rather, on the rails — recording on Sound Transit’s 2 Line as we ride the world’s first light rail on a floating bridge from Seattle’s Northgate neighborhood to Microsoft’s campus in Redmond.

It’s an engineering marvel decades in the making — the bridge, that is, not the podcast. That said, juggling a couple of handheld mics and portable recorder on a crowded train, we did have to overcome some logistical challenges to make it happen.

John Cook and Todd Bishop interview Sound Transit Public Information Officer Henry Bendon on the 2 Line. (GeekWire Photo / Kurt Schlosser)

Along the way, we talk tech news, chat with fellow passengers, and get a behind-the-scenes look at the engineering from Sound Transit’s Henry Bendon.

After arriving in Redmond, we sit down with Microsoft President Brad Smith to talk about the company’s role in making the Crosslake Connection a reality, and hit him with a trivia question he didn’t see coming.