{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"Where the Streets Have No Flame","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/where-the-streets-have-no-flame","audioUrl":"https://anchor.fm/s/1037a6c10/podcast/play/117540057/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-27%2F420852670-44100-2-b23aba70c5ac.mp3","description":"This week, on That Car Show... we go crazy for Defenders in the desert, Lindsey teaches a Subaru Forester Wilderness a thing or two, Ryan goes trail hunting in the Toyota 4Runner Trailhunter, and Dan goes where the streets have no name (and the Joshua Trees are cheap). All that, plus more Mustang GTDs, some double D’s... and even some Tesla news. It’s That Car Show.\n"},"annotations":[{"startTime":12.2,"endTime":16.1,"type":"car","title":"Subaru Forester","url":"/cars/subaru/forester","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/2015-2018_Subaru_Forester_XT.jpg","quote":"Lindsay teaches a Subaru Forester wilderness a thing or two. 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