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Episode 114: Before-Times Podcasting
Episode 114: Before-Times Podcasting
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About this episode
A chaotic travel-and-auto-show recap turns into a broader rant about “before times” automotive culture. The hosts describe a botched flight to the New York auto show, quick meetings, and surprising concept-to-reality reveals like Hyundai’s Boulder and the VW Atlas. They also discuss EV pricing and the EU’s renewed oil-crisis playbook (work from home, slower speeds, more transit). The conversation widens into brand identity (Genesis), racing marketing, and ends with a darkly funny childhood roller-skating crash story.
Topics:
new york auto show highlights
hyundai boulder concept
ev pricing and e-gallon math
eu oil crisis energy-saving measures
55 mph speed limit nostalgia
genesis brand confusion
racing marketing impact
ev used-car buying optimism
childhood roller skating crash story
automotive culture decline and “before times”
Cars:
Chevrolet Camaro
Chrysler New Yorker
Ford Bronco
Ford Expedition
Ford F-150
Hyundai Genesis
Hyundai Kona
Jeep Wrangler
Kia EV3
Kia Seltos
Land Rover Defender
Lexus GX
Renault Twingo
Toyota Corolla
Toyota Highlander
Toyota Hilux
Boulders, Fuzzbusters, and more. Rory reports in from the New York Auto Show and furthers his theory of A Man Should Drive A Car. Peter offers some predictions, and finally (!) tells one of his top 2 stories of childhood high-speed stupidity.
You can support what Rory's doing at Alloy with a membership here: https://alloymag.com/sign-up/
Read Rory's excellent Thought: A Man Should Drive A Car post here: https://alloymag.com/thought-a-man-should-drive-a-car/
Get Peter's 2025 record Half-Staff Blues here: https://peterpeterhughes.bandcamp.com/album/half-staff-blues
Your producer pal Matty had to edit this episode in short stints due to house/petsitting on his spring break from industrial maintenance school, and QA it on different headphones than usual, so enjoy a more Pod Verité experience.
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Calreyn88 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Ford Bronco
"...e was some other, oh the Hyundai had a Jeep slash Bronco competitor there, the Boulder, which is like a re..."
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Dinkun Chen (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Jeep Wrangler
"...yeah, it looks cool. Yeah, it'll be like a little Wrangler, Land Rover Defender slash Bronco competitor. Oh ..."
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Vauxford (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Land Rover Defender
"...ooks cool. Yeah, it'll be like a little Wrangler, Land Rover Defender slash Bronco competitor. Oh wow, the interior is ..."
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Vauxford (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Renault Twingo
"...l of like 70s Cadillacs. But he brought a Renault Twingo to the show. Yeah, a green, like that hunter gree..."
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PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Chrysler New Chrysler
"...ere's what we had from the outer show. We had the new Chrysler minivan, which is just a face left for the curren..."
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JustAnotherCarDesigner (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Kia Seltos
"Oh, cool. They had the Kia Seltos, which is the car that my sister drives. Also loo..."
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IFCAR (Public domain)
Car
Toyota Highlander
"...taway, three-row electric SUV based on the Toyota Highlander platform. Okay."
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OWS Photography (CC BY 4.0)
Car
Ford Expedition
"Let's see what else. The Ford Expedition was there. But it looks like it's just like the 3..."
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Calreyn88 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Car
Hyundai Genesis
"..., I think Subaru is there because Kia Hyundai and Genesis are there. But not a great look."
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Vauxford (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Car
Hyundai Kona
"as basis for comparison, 2025 Hyundai Kona's. Gasoline powered versus the Hyundai Kona Electric."
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TTTNIS (CC0)
Car
Toyota Corolla
"you know except for just like a guy Toyota Corolla mindset I think it's it's true"
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Calreyn88 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Car
Toyota Hilux
"...rucks and they're like oh why don't they sell the Hilux in America and I was like because it's a work tru..."
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Ermell (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Chevrolet Camaro
"and he had like a second gen Camaro like a late 70s one"
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