{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Ice Road Truckers showrunner Patrick Costello ","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/ice-road-truckers-showrunner-patrick-costello","audioUrl":"https://anchor.fm/s/6350aba0/podcast/play/109451294/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-9%2F408972624-44100-2-8c3153ba77c8d.mp3","description":"Ross catches up with Patrick Costello, showrunner of the re-booted Ice Road Truckers series\n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":60.0,"endTime":116.0,"type":"concept","title":"ice road truckers","url":"/glossary/ice-road-truckers","quote":"So we're here. We're talking about ice road truckers, which is back. And I want to, I want to hear stories. You know, I remember watching ice road truckers got 10 years ago, 15 years ago. And now we get some inside baseball. 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