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Listen in to hear Tom’s “Ledger Series” marketing scheme. Still in the first segment, Jill reviews the 2026 Ram 2500 pickup. Listen in for her take on the capable workhorse. In the second segment, Jill and Tom welcome movie reviewer and podcast host Nick Digilio into the studio. Nick’s newly published collection of movie reviews, 40 Years, 40 Films cover’s each year of Nick’s career, and is available now in time for Christmas. Nick shares stories about his career as a film critic, and discusses some of his more controversial picks for best movie from each year. In the last segment, Nick join’s Jill for this week’s quiz, which includes a bonus question regarding German holiday food. "},"annotations":[{"startTime":45.52,"endTime":49.92,"type":"car","title":"Polestar 3","url":"/cars/polestar/3","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/ADAC%2C_IAA_Summit_2023%2C_Munich_%28P1120209%29.jpg","quote":"That's the big news there. 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