Episode 9: Honda's Not Really Afeela'in It

Hello, and welcome back to (almost) on-schedule podcasting from Jordan and Victoria! Vicki has returned from her whirlwind tour of Europe and Goes Off for 45 minutes, because she tasted the fruit of the fae of functional transit systems and walkable cities. She got Reverse Paris Syndrome (Stendhal Syndrome???), and now America tastes as ash in her mouth, and she has some thoughts. Sorry you gotta deal with it y'all Then the girls touch on the new Corvette Grand Sport and discuss Max Verstappen's absolute dominance at the Nurburgring feeder series in preparation for the 24 Hours later this year. Then the girls get into THE AMERICAN CENTURY OF HUMILIATION ROUND ∞: EPISODE HONDA, with the Series 0 and Afeela dying in the final stretch of development in the final months of development. Also, new name for Kodak Portra!Thank you deeply for your patience while Vicki was out on vacation! With this episode, we hope to return to a normal schedule yet again for the foreseeable future. Shirts coming extremely soon, I am literally working on the website today!Vicki at the British Film Institute (photograph courtesy of Friend Of The Show @Lucy (From Scotland), host of Be Gay, Solve Crimes)Referenced stories: TSA sick-out rate at PHL @AOL [Victoria note: it appears it was closer to 20% sick-out rate vs. 30%, my apologies]Sexy Coffee Fire Burns Down Glasgow Central Station @BBCE-3 AWACS Destroyed @CNN59 Rivoli (the art gallery that Vicki references in Paris) @Wikipedia1889 Great Seattle Fire Well There's Your Problem Episode @YouTubeCorvette Grand Sport is the Final C8 Vette @Road&TrackCorvette Chief Calls Tremec Six Speed "Not Real" @HagertyBrightdrop Dead @InsideEVBearman Crash @F1Max Verstappen Disqualified @AutoWeekHonda Civic CVCC Retro Review (by Vicki) @TheDriveHonda Accord Retro Review (also by Vicki) @TheDriveHonda Series 0 Saloon/SUV Overview @CarAndDriverHonda Series 0 Saloon Production Version At CES @InsideEVsHonda Prologue & Acura ZDX Cancelled @AutoEvolutionHonda Prologue Cancellation Fucks Over Suppliers @AutomotiveNewsHonda Prologue Sales Drop 75% YoY @HagertySHM Afeela Dead @TopGearSHM Afeela Starts At $102,900 @InsideEVsSHM Afeela Store Opens In California @Afeela PR AI-integrated Voice Assistant Advertisement For Afeela Sedan???? @BlueskyHonda Writes Off $15.7 Billion In EV Losses @CNBCKevin Baker's Overview Of "AI" In The Iran/Israel-US War (this is a really good one and I really really highly recommend it if you want to be soberingly aware of how bad everything is) @The Guardian$900 PS5 @CNBC54% Of Americans Think Burning Down The Minneapolis Third Precinct Was Justified @Newsweek (Monmouth Poll, 2020) Total Auto Industry Losses Top $65 Billion @Financial TimesKodak Moves Portra/TMax To Eastman Line @Kosmo Foto