The One Where They Go Back to the Studio
The War on Cars
The War on Cars, LLC
4.9 • 937 Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
We're vaxxed and we're back. In this very special reunion episode, Sarah, Doug and Aaron return to the studio for the first time in fifteen months. Fifteen months! The COVID-19 pandemic has been a wild, earth-shattering, world-historic event with far-reaching implications for The War on Cars and pretty much everything else. We revisit some of our predictions from the beginning of the lockdown, take stock of what has changed and what has not, and chatter nervously about the lack of ventilation in the studio. Plus: We review Ford's new, multi-ton. all-electric, pickup truck, the F-150 Lightning. Spoiler: It's bad.
***This episode was sponsored in part by our friends at Cleverhood. For 20% off of stylish, functional rain gear designed specifically for walking and biking enter coupon code WARONCARS at checkout.***
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SHOW NOTES:
Episode 39: Riding Out the Pandemic, March 20, 2020. (The War on Cars)
Episode 40: Field Dispatches from Four Continents, March 29, 2020. (The War on Cars)
Ad for the All-Electric F-150 Lightning: Turning Electric Into Lightning. (YouTube)
The Lightning weighs 6,500 pounds! 35 percent more than the gas-powered model. (Slate)
It's got lots of torque and its massive battery can power your home for three days while your neighbors deal with rolling blackouts on the rickety public grid. (The Drive)
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Check out The War on Cars library at Bookshop.org.
This episode was edited by Ali Lemer and engineered by Josh Wilcox at the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio. Our music is by Nathaniel Goodyear. Our logo is by Dani Finkel of Crucial D.
Find us on Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, Doug Gordon @BrooklynSpoke.
Questions, comments or suggestions? Email us: thewaroncars@gmail.com
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| 0:00.0 | We mention it pretty much every episode, so you've probably already heard that |
| 0:08.1 | Cleverhood makes stylish functional ring gear designed for walking and bicycling. |
| 0:12.0 | But did you also know that Cleverhood is just a cool company |
| 0:16.0 | that puts a lot of thought into how to be a force for positive change? |
| 0:19.0 | They support environmentally friendly manufacturing, fair labor, and small suppliers. |
| 0:25.3 | And for every rover Cape they sell, Cleverhood donates 5% of revenue to local advocacy groups |
| 0:32.4 | working to create safer, more livable and equitable streets |
| 0:36.1 | in cities across the US. |
| 0:38.2 | For 20% off on a rover cape and lots of other great products go to cleverhood.com |
| 0:43.8 | slash war on cars and enter coupon code war on cars when you check out. |
| 0:49.2 | Again that's cleverhood dotcom. War on Cars. |
| 0:54.0 | Coup code. |
| 0:55.0 | War on Cars, the podcast about sharing space with other human beings |
| 1:15.8 | and trying not to die in the process. I'm Sarah Goodyear. I am here with my co-hosts Aaron Napaestack and Doug Gordon and when I say I am here I mean I am here in |
| 1:29.5 | real space and real time at the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio with my co-host. Hey guys, this is awesome. We are reunited. |
| 1:38.6 | That's right. Back. We had the the pre-recording coffee at the coffee joint. |
| 1:44.8 | We got Josh Wilcox here, our engineer and producer. |
| 1:48.7 | What's up Josh? |
| 1:50.4 | It's really good to see you again in person. I mean we are in a sealed room right no windows |
| 1:56.0 | You can't even hear outside not something that I could have imagined doing a few months ago |
| 2:00.1 | Ventilation is off. Yes exactly this might be the last you heard of us yeah well I mean I think it's it's all about |
| 2:07.1 | trust right I trust all of you and I trust science. Yes, vaccines work. |
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