The War on Cars Turns 100

The War on Cars

The War on Cars, LLC

Cars, Society & Culture, Culture, Bicycling, Politics, Urbanism, Walking, Transportation, Cities, Transit, News Commentary, News

4.9 • 937 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This marks the 100th episode of The War on Cars, and we’re feeling pretty good about it! In our centenary edition, we go all the way back to Episode 1 and ask what we got right, what we got wrong—and what the heck has been happening since we launched back in September of 2018. Then we hear from listeners around the world about what The War on Cars means to them.

Here’s to the next hundred!

This episode is sponsored by Cleverhood. Receive 15% off anything in the Cleverhood store using the special coupon code in this episode. Good for a limited time only!

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LINKS:

Take a stroll down memory lane with us and listen back to Episode 1: Why the World Needs a War on Cars.

Here’s listener Alex Dyer’s project to break car culture.

Buy The War on Cars merch in our store and books by podcast guests at our official Bookshop.org page.

This episode was edited by Ali Lemer and recorded by Walter Nordquist of the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio. Our theme music is by Nathaniel Goodyear. Our logo was designed by Dani Finkel of Crucial D Designs.

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0:00.0	AI is all the rage these days, so I decided to ask one of those chatbots to write the perfect
0:07.7	cleverhood ad for me.
0:09.4	Here's what it came up with.
0:10.5	Ahem, are you tired of being stuck in traffic, breathing in exhaust fumes,
0:15.0	and feeling like your daily commute is a never-ending battle with cars?
0:18.0	Then it's time to join the War on Cars with Cleverhood.
0:23.0	Cleverhood is more than just a brand, it's a lifestyle.
0:26.0	Whether you're biking to work, running errands, or just out for a leisurely ride,
0:30.0	Cleverhood has you covered, literally.
0:34.0	Okay, so that's pretty impressive.
0:35.7	I mean, who needs podcast hosts?
0:38.4	The thing is, though, AI isn't real, but Rain is.
0:42.3	So even if these chatbots render me,
0:44.8	Aaron, and Sarah obsolete,
0:46.6	you are still going to need a cleverhood.
0:49.6	Listeners of the War on Cars
0:51.1	can receive 15% off everything in the Cleverhood store by going to
0:55.6	Cleverhood.com slash War on Cars and entering code Clever Love at check out.
1:01.8	Again, that's Cleverhood.com slash War on Cars. Code Clever Love.
1:08.0	Stay real and stay dry with Clever Hood. Howdy, this is Mike from Saratoga Springs.
1:18.0	The War on Cars is my kind of culture war, and a good antidote to typical journalists viewing things only through a windshield.
1:26.5	Keep it up.
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