{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"The best (and worst) road trips ever #312","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/the-best-and-worst-road-trips-ever-312","audioUrl":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/69cd19c37d4a54c657c2ce3d/e/69f31b36ae2fba210f11ef0f/media.mp3","description":"Dan Prosser and Andrew Frankel are joined by Gez Medinger to discuss what a road trip should be, what their best experiences have been, and what’s happened when things have gone terribly wrong. Use coupon code pod20 at checkout to get 20% off an annual subscription to The Intercooler's online car magazine for the first year! Listen to this podcast ad-free, and enjoy a subscriber-only midweek podcast too. With a 30-day free trial, you can try it risk-free – https://www.the-intercooler.com/subscribe/ Find out more about JBR Capital here – https://www.jbrcapital.com Use coupon code Ti10 to get 10% off your Supernatural Car Care order – https://supernaturalcarcare.com/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information."},"annotations":[{"startTime":24.9,"endTime":143.42,"type":"topic","title":"road trips","url":"/glossary/road-trips","quote":"This week, we're talking about the joy of road trips... Maybe we'll share some advice for anyone who's planning a road trip. ... are we drawing a distinction between road trips done for work and road trips done for pleasure?","canonicalId":"topic:road-trips","priority":0.35,"confidence":0.9,"source":"hybrid-fuzzy+gpt-5.4-nano","data":{"explanation":"The hosts are discussing road trips as a car hobby activity—what makes them enjoyable, how to plan them, and what can go wrong. They also set up a distinction between road trips taken for work versus for pleasure.","simplifiedExplanation":"They’re talking about road trips: why they’re fun in a car, how to plan one, and what problems can happen. 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