Adam Conover Ruins The War On Cars
The War on Cars
The War on Cars, LLC
4.9 • 937 Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2019
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
What do comedy and fighting the war on cars have in common? For answers, Doug talks with Adam Conover, the creator and host of TruTV’s “Adam Ruins Everything.” The show, a new season of which premieres on August 13th, combines humor, sharp writing and deeply sourced research to deconstruct the conventional wisdom about subjects most Americans take for granted, including cars. In this special one-on-one interview, Adam explains why taking the bus in LA is better than driving, discusses how excited he was to tell people the history of the word “jaywalking,” and offers lessons on presenting information to anyone fighting their own war on cars.
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SHOW NOTES:
A new season of “Adam Ruins Everything” premieres on August 13th on TruTV.
Listen and subscribe to “Factually! With Adam Conover” from Earwolf.
Adam explains the origins of the word “Jaywalking.”
Adam and an animated Donald Shoup discuss the high cost of free parking.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to a special episode of the War on Cars. I'm Doug Gordon. |
| 0:17.0 | So on the podcast we always try to strike a delicate balance between serious coverage of the issues and humor, which can be a little tricky. |
| 0:24.7 | A lot of what we discuss is literally a matter of life and death, but at the same time a lot of |
| 0:30.0 | what we talk about, and a lot of things you probably hear when you're out there fighting |
| 0:33.3 | the war on cars is pretty absurd right like why do people scoff at someone who gets around |
| 0:38.9 | on a 25 or 30 pound bicycle powered by whatever you had for breakfast that morning but |
| 0:44.0 | think it's totally rational and reasonable for millions of people to get around in a |
| 0:48.0 | 5,000 pound metal box powered by dinosaur juice right it makes no sense Or why do people claim that a bike lane will ruin |
| 0:55.4 | the historic character of a neighborhood when their streets are lined with late model cars and |
| 0:59.2 | SUVs? And I think sometimes the only reaction you can have is just to laugh. |
| 1:04.0 | So that brings me to our guest Adam Conover. |
| 1:08.0 | Adam is a stand-up comedian and the creator and host of Adam Ruins Everything on True TV. |
| 1:13.7 | Now if you're wondering what a comedian has to do with a war on cars, |
| 1:17.4 | then you really ought to watch Adam's show. |
| 1:20.3 | In Adam Ruins Everything, he deconstructs |
| 1:22.4 | conventional wisdom |
| 1:23.3 | about all kinds of topics, |
| 1:25.0 | ranging from weddings, the airline industry, |
| 1:27.3 | environmentalism, and yes, cars. |
| 1:30.0 | And one of the missions of his show |
| 1:31.8 | and something you're going to hear in the interview with Adam is this idea of helping people see information and even stuff they might take for granted in a whole new light. |
| 1:41.0 | So first of all, pause, maybe go watch the episode Adam Ruins |
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