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People talk about it because it represents luxury and style.","imageAttribution":"Diego Delso (CC BY-SA 4.0)"}}],"speakers":[{"id":"s1","name":"Lane Skelton","role":"host"},{"id":"s2","name":"Warren Madsen","role":"host"},{"id":"s3","name":"Art Cervantes","role":"host"}],"transcripts":[{"url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/happy-new-year-dwa-podcast-ep-916/transcript.vtt","type":"text/vtt"}]}