{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Slow Down or Move Over with Cindy Iodice and flagmansafety.com","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/slow-down-or-move-over-with-cindy-iodice-and-flagmansafety-com","audioUrl":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ppbwrwr3xf6w9pjk/car_dr_12_21_2566baf.mp3","description":"On this the shortest day of the year, we talk with Cindy Iodice who is a film maker but also comes from a towing family. Every 6 days a tow truck driver is killed (one was her brother) helping stranded motorists and https://flagmansafety.com/ is teaching kids about roadside safety. \n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":23.88,"endTime":25.78,"type":"car","title":"Porsche 959","url":"/cars/porsche/959","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Porsche_959_Dakar%2C_IAA_2017%2C_Frankfurt_%281Y7A2758%29.jpg","quote":"... to another edition of the car doctor program  on 959 W-A-T-D.  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