{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Talking batteries with AAA's Jason Carrara.  Car batteries and the Hindenburg-related?","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/talking-batteries-with-aaa-s-jason-carrara-car-batteries-and-the-hindenburg-related","audioUrl":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/h2xkuyd8syptaaf7/car_dr_1_11_26awahs.mp3","description":"In this episode Jay Carrara, the senior manager of automotive training for AAA Northeast talks about batteries. Why they die, how long they can last when properly maintained and how car's electronics have changed.\n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":24.78,"endTime":31.68,"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":"Well, good Sunday morning everyone and welcome to another edition of the car doctor program  on award-winning 95.9 W. A. T. 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