Podcast Episodes

Tesla Cybertrash with Ed Niedermeyer

Episode 124

Elon Musk's gigantic, stainless steel, 1980s sci fi movie–inspired Cybertruck is starting to show up on city streets. Perhaps you've had the misfortune of seeing one rolling through your neighborhood…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

The Texas Freeway Fight with Megan Kimble

Episode 123

In the 20th century, planners and policymakers smashed Interstate highways through the middle of every major city in the United States. In the 21st century, we understand the many ways that urban fre…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago

Car Insurance is Too Cheap

Episode 122

It has never been more expensive to insure a car in the United States. Today, the average annual premium for full coverage is more than $2,500, up from more than $1,700 just a few years ago. There ar…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

Live from New York with Bernie Wagenblast

Episode 121

In January, we held our third annual live show at Caveat on Manhattan's Lower East Side. We were so thrilled to be in the same room as so many listeners and friends of the podcast. We were also happy…

Published on 1 year, 9 months ago

TEASER: Super Bowl Extra

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In this bonus episode, we contin…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Super Bowl LVIII Roundup

Episode 120

In what's become an annual tradition, we take a critical look at the car ads that aired during the Super Bowl and consider what they say about driving, culture, consumerism, and the United States… wh…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

Should SUV Ads Be Banned?

Did you ever see a car advertisement that you thought was so ridiculously irresponsible it should be banned? Well, the people at Adfree Cities, an advocacy group based in the United Kingdom, did, and…

Published on 1 year, 10 months ago

TEASER: Delivering the Goods with Shawon and Fokhrul

This is a preview of a special bonus episode for Patreon supporters of The War on Cars!   In the last episode of the podcast we spent some time with Baruch, Shawon, and their battery-swapping sta…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

The Future of Transportation Has Arrived With Your Pad Thai

Episode 118

Baruch Herzfeld is the CEO and co-founder of PopWheels, where he is working to develop New York City's first e-bike battery-swapping network. PopWheels aims to solve the growing problem of e-bike bat…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Fixing America's Car Culture with David Zipper

Happy New Year! We're kicking off 2024 by bringing you our conversation with David Zipper, one of the hardest-working analysts on the transportation scene today. You may be familiar with David from h…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago