EXTRA: Inside Automotive Journalism with Bob Sorokanich
The War on Cars
The War on Cars, LLC
4.9 • 937 Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
***This is a bonus episode that was previously only available to Patreon supporters of The War on Cars. If you want to hear more bonus episodes like this, please enlist today! We'll taking a very short summer break and will be back with a new episode next week.***
Have you ever wondered what the reporters who cover the auto industry think about oversized SUVs and pickups and whether the fever for these gas-guzzling, space-hogging, planet-heating and people-killing monstrosities will ever break? Bob Sorokanich has some opinions.
Bob Sorokanich was the Editor-In-Chief of Jalopnik the news site about cars, the auto industry and transportation in general. He was also the longstanding Deputy Editor of Road & Track, one of the most historic and important auto magazines in the U.S., if not the world.
In this expansive conversation, Bob talks about the changing face of automotive journalism and what it's like being a city resident, cyclist and public transit rider who also loves cars. We heard about what he drives, his thoughts on what it will take to win the war on cars, and why even the most died-in-the-wool car enthusiasts hate the kind of driving they typically experience today.
LINKS:
According to Bob: Public Transit Is a Car Enthusiast's Best Friend
Doug's piece for Jalopnik: What I Mean When I Say 'Ban Cars'
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone I'm Doug Gordon and welcome to a special edition of the War on Cars. |
| 0:05.6 | It is summer so we're taking a very quick break to recharge our batteries, work on some exciting |
| 0:10.6 | projects and prepare our new episodes with the next one coming real soon. |
| 0:16.0 | In the meantime we wanted to share this bonus episode we originally released in June for our |
| 0:20.3 | Patreon supporters. |
| 0:22.2 | It's our interview with Bob Soriconich, the former for our |
| 0:23.4 | interview with Bob Soriconich, the former editor-in-chief of Jalopnik, |
| 0:26.7 | the news site about cars, the auto industry and transportation. |
| 0:30.1 | He was also the long-standing deputy editor of Road and Track. |
| 0:34.0 | Pretty big crossover event here. |
| 0:36.0 | My co-hosts, Sarah Goodyear, and Aaron Naprastek and I had a great conversation with Bob. |
| 0:41.0 | He's a really nice guy, a very thoughtful commentator on all things |
| 0:44.8 | transportation, and it's the kind of thing you will get access to each month if you become a |
| 0:50.7 | Patreon supporter of the podcast. |
| 0:53.2 | You can go to the War on Cars.org |
| 0:55.0 | and click support us. |
| 0:56.3 | And starting at just $3 per month, |
| 0:58.4 | you will get bonus episodes just like this one, |
| 1:00.7 | as well as ad-free versions of regular episodes, invitations to live events, |
| 1:06.1 | merch discounts, and we will send you stickers. |
| 1:09.4 | Enjoy our interview with Bob Suracanich. This is the war on cars. I'm Doug Gordon and I am here with my co-host |
| 1:28.1 | Aaron Napaestack and Sarah Goodyear. Hey, how's it going? It's going great. |
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