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Sunday

Apr042010

RoAb Special - 2010 NY Auto Show

Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 5:35PM

This week we bring you something a little different as we offer a RoundAbout-style NY Auto Show wrap up. We'll go through all the big reveals and announcements coming out of New York this year. So join us as we give you all the info you need to know.

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Featuring: Suzanne Denbow, William Maley, Michelle Naranjo, Steven Ewing, Jeffrey Ross, Eric Trytko, Craig Cole and Ben Sanders

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RoundAbout records LIVE on Fridays at 6PM ET/3PM PT. Visit RoundAboutShow.com and click Watch Live to watch our webcast and look in on all the antics.

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RoAb #27 - The 'St. Patrick's Day' Episode

Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 10:53PM

It’s time for a taste of the Emerald Isle! That’s right, St. Patrick’s Day is just a few hours away, so raise a glass with the RoundAbout crew and toast everything green in this “magically delicious” episode. From a one-of-a-kind Chip Foose-customized farm implement to a South Korean road that’s green in a different way, we’ve got all of our Irish bases covered. Among a plethora of other topics, we also chat about Ford’s brand-new Paddy wagon and expound on the dangers of grooming yourself while driving. But there’s a whole lot more than that, so you’d better listen up. Where else will you find out what Michelle Naranjo loves about Riverdance and where Zach Bowman's hidden his pot-o-gold?

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Featuring: Michelle Naranjo, Zach Bowman, Jeffrey Ross, Eric Trytko, Ben Sanders and Craig Cole

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RoundAbout records LIVE on Fridays at 6PM ET/3PM PT. Visit RoundAboutShow.com and click Watch Live to watch our webcast and look in on all the antics.

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Friday

Feb052010

A Closer Look - 2010 Kia Forte SX

Friday, February 5, 2010 at 4:10PM

Kia, now with more "The Power to Surprise!"

In the eyes of many consumers, companies like Loius Vuitton, Maserati and Apple stand at the top of their respective industries. Besides building premium products, their names seem to roll off the tongue, connoting more to buyers than the sum of their products’ parts. Kia is not one of these brands. Its name is more akin to a tribal battle shriek than something that brings to mind luxury and exclusivity. Nonetheless, the South Korean upstart has come unimaginably far in the past decade and is poised for serious growth in the next.

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Friday

Jan152010

RoAb #18 - The 'Not What it Seems' Episode

Friday, January 15, 2010 at 3:42AM

Things are not always what they seem. For instance, you might think this episode is nearly a week late. Wrong as usual, idiot. We were planning to do this episode a year from now, so technically it's early. Why are you so offended? Clearly you are unfamiliar with the word "idiot's" Greek roots. I was simply suggesting you were a private person unfamiliar with the vagaries of podcasting. Again, not what it seems.

So there you go. Houston, we have a theme. This week we've got the coolest 4x4 you never expected, a bevy of protests as the Detroit Auto Show gets going and a wrecked Yaris that is more functional than you'd think. Plus we've got some new fun and games this week including our Mystery Words of the Week, a new segment where we get to stereotype drivers and a couple of burnouts gone terribly wrong.

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Featuring: Zach Bowman, Michelle Naranjo, Jeffrey Ross and Eric Trytko

Show Notes and Ustream video recording after the jump!

RoundAbout records LIVE on Fridays at 6PM ET/3PM PT. Visit RoundAboutShow.com and click Watch Live to watch our webcast and listen in on all the antics.

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RoAb #8 - The 'Trick or Treat' Episode

Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 11:10PM

Ah, great All Hallows' Eve, wasn't it? What'd you get? Giant gummi snake with a blue raspberry-flavored foam center? A treat to be sure--unless you are allergic to blue raspberry artificial flavoring or you have an irrational fear of gummi-based reptiles. Or did you get a three-year-old, stale circus peanut? A trick--unless you are an 82-year-old man who also likes those candies wrapped in the foil wrappers made to look like a strawberry. But we digress. Trick or Treat?

Woo-hoo! You're driving a custom Mustang! Boo! You learn that your bolt-in roll cage isn't worth the powder to blow it to hell. Guess what: the Audi S4 is better than you think--treat! Can a fancy luxury SUV actually scale uneven terrain, like say, two cars? Yes, trick. All that plus, our features this week: Blind Spot proves you have no one but your parents to blame for your driving ineptitude, a Halloween AutoGadget that will look super-sweet in your hearse, our favorite automotive horror stories in Highway Hearsay and more!

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Featuring: Zach Bowman, Michelle Naranjo, Jeffrey Ross, Eric Trytko,

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RoundAbout records LIVE on Fridays at 6PM ET/3PM PT. Visit RoundAboutShow.com and click Watch Live to watch our screencast and listen in on all the antics.

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