{"version":"1.1.0","producer":"fm.getcarcurious","layer":"official","episode":{"title":"Episode 119: The Cool Chair Zone","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/episode-119-the-cool-chair-zone","audioUrl":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2348783021-tired-podcast-episode-119-the-cool-chair.mp3","description":"We've got some DIY chat this week as Peter brings a little of the SPG indoors and Rory talks PDR. We also talk Mercedes styling, powered industrial equipment, GTI headaches, and autojourno peers. Golson guestpisode when?\n\nRory at the Masters: https://alloymag.com/where-it-lies/\n\nRory's goodbye to the Rivian: https://alloymag.com/longterm/\n\nPeter's got new music out: https://peterpeterhughes.bandcamp.com/album/dissociation-loops\n\nAnd of course, sign up for an Alloy membership here: https://alloymag.com/sign-up/\n\nYour producer pal Matty would like to apologize for any audio weirdness you experience in this episode. Same EQ settings in the mix as always! But on phone speakers, one of the midrange frequencies may buzz a little behind Rory for unknown reasons. Please enjoy the ep, and if you're a new listener pointed here by funny Bluesky posts about automotive podcasts that encourage you to read Lenin, we have two playlists on our YouTube channel of our more digression-heavy or deranged episodes: \n\nThe \"Where Do I Start?\" Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLST8b9ePRLr1orq4AfMRJGvrupjTBxdRC\n\nThe \"The Car Podcast?\" Playlist (including clips from some Patreon-only material): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLST8b9ePRLr1IeqDSJezOn93HtsPAKkEB"},"annotations":[{"id":453127,"startTime":296.1,"endTime":303.2,"type":"car","title":"1995 teal pickup truck","quote":"there is the masking effect of driving a super beat-up 1995 teal pickup truck that is like\n[303.2s] Would not be a car that she'd expect me to be in","canonicalId":"car:pickuptruck","priority":0.25,"confidence":0.75,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The speaker is describing a specific older pickup truck—an example of how a beat-up, dated vehicle can change how people perceive the driver. 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