Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2023-06-17
Books mentioned on Selects: SYSK Live: Back When Ford Pintos Were Flaming Deathtraps
For this special live benefit episode recorded in Atlanta, Josh and Chuck go back to the 70s and look at the decidedly ungroovy course of events that led to Ford recalling its Pinto after people started burning up in them. See omnystudio.
Josh Clark discussed Unsafe at any speed by Ralph Nader.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Unsafe at any speed
Unsafe at any speed by Ralph Nader is a landmark critique of the American automotive industry that exposed safety shortcomings and fueled major legislative reforms.
Discussed“Ralph Nader had a book called unsafe at any speed that was a big hit”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
“wrote a couple of books wrote that biography that Josh talked about that Dolly Parton did not star in and another called where have all the leaders gone”