Thrilling Tales: The Story of Volkswagen

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🗓️ 4 June 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In the 1960s, the Volkswagen Beetle was a symbol of peace and love. But this same car was invented as part of the Nazi propaganda project. And that’s just the beginning of the story. Podcast production by Jess Miller and Cleo Levin. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast and bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn. To listen and support our work, visit Slate.com/ThrillingPlus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	What's up guys, I am Ashley Gavin, and I am your father.
0:03.1	I'm Elena Joy, I am Mommy, and I'm Mackin from your hot teenage brother.
0:08.4	Baby, Mack is baby.
0:09.7	We are your chosen family, because you don't have a gay family, and you need a gay family.
0:14.3	Every week, we bring a topic to the family dinner table from gender dysphoria,
0:17.9	to monogamy, to how to figure out if someone is into you.
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0:24.0	or watch full episodes on YouTube to get the full family experience.
0:27.7	Chosen Family is a part of the Forever Dog podcast network.
0:32.1	My name is Noah Crowther.
0:34.1	I live here in Vermont and around a Volkswagen shop.
0:38.4	Noah Crowther has been fixing up old Volkswagen's for more than 20 years.
0:46.1	If we were to walk around back in the other areas like what would we see?
0:50.7	I could walk you around if you'd like.
0:53.5	He took us on a video tour of his repair shop.
0:56.8	Lots of Volkswagen's.
0:58.4	This is here for a new motor.
1:01.1	We got a lot of these.
1:02.3	There's a lime green bus in the garage.
1:04.6	Shels and shelves full of parts.
1:07.6	Just parts and parts and parts.
1:10.0	Forty plus years of stored Volkswagen parts.
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