S1 Ep104: How Detroit Muscle Flexed on the World
Past Gas
Donut Media
4.9 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2021
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Today on Past Gas: Where did the idea of the muscle car come from, and what even is a muscle car? How did drivers go from tiny flathead V8s to fire snorting 454s in only a few short decades? And who holds the title for the first true muscle car? We’re hitting the gym, doing some auto-body-building, and getting swole for an all muscle edition of the podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Steven A. Smith from No Mercy, festivals, football, flannels. |
| 0:04.6 | Some say fall is their favorite time of year. |
| 0:06.6 | And this fall, there are now updated COVID-19 booster shots designed to help protect against |
| 0:11.2 | COVID-19 variants. |
| 0:12.8 | If you've had your primary series, schedule an updated COVID-19 booster shot appointment |
| 0:17.5 | as soon as you're eligible. |
| 0:19.1 | And don't forget to enjoy the foliage sponsored by Pfizer and Biontech. |
| 0:23.8 | Hey, what's up? |
| 0:24.8 | My name's Nolan. |
| 0:25.8 | I'm from Past Gas by Donut Media. |
| 0:27.7 | We're not a motor history show. |
| 0:29.2 | On November 7th, 2021, Vin Diesel, the executive producer and star of the Fast and Furious |
| 0:34.4 | franchise, decided to post a public message on Instagram to the biggest action star in |
| 0:38.9 | the world, Duane de Rock Johnson. |
| 0:41.3 | The co-stars had been making snarky comments about each other in interviews or saying |
| 0:45.0 | cryptic things on social media for years. |
| 0:47.7 | For a while, it seemed like they had let bygones be bygones. |
| 0:51.0 | Yet with the 10th iteration of the franchise about to start production, Diesel decided to |
| 0:55.3 | create some waves. |
| 0:56.4 | Could the Fast and Furious franchise find an identity before it's too late? |
| 1:00.5 | What is the future for Brian O'Connor after Paul Walker's tragic death? |
| 1:03.9 | And is it possible for a car to drive out of an airplane and land safely before the plane |
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