{"podcast":{"title":"Think from KERA","slug":"think-from-kera-875208","podcast_index_feed_id":875208,"rss_url":"http://feeds.kera.org/KERA-Think","website_url":"http://www.kera.org/think","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/140/images/54881abf-408a-4274-9485-3386b9bda683/1121_Think_1400x1400_gradient.jpg","author":"KERA (Maggie.Gourville@prx.org)","episode_count":100,"summary":"Think is a daily, topic-driven interview and call-in program hosted by Krys Boyd covering a wide variety of topics ranging from history, politics, current events, science, technology and emerging trends to food and wine, travel, adventure, and entertainment.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T08:17:04.044955+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/think-from-kera-875208"},"episode":{"title":"American cars used to be affordable. What happened?","slug":"american-cars-used-to-be-affordable-what-happened","published_at":"2026-05-06T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/think-from-kera-875208/american-cars-used-to-be-affordable-what-happened","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/think-from-kera-875208","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_140_a9d769b2-60fe-4095-ad12-254c8ca3c66e&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F140%2Ffeed-rss.xml","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/_/140/a9d769b2-60fe-4095-ad12-254c8ca3c66e/standard.mp3","summary":"The average new car in America costs $50,000, but how many people can actually afford one? Clifford Winston is an economist who specializes in transportation and microeconomic policy. He joins host Krys Boyd to discuss where the low-priced cars have gone, how all the new bells and whistles are squeezing those on a budget, and why even repair bills are now sky high. His article for The New York Times is “ The Death of the Basic American Car .” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices","meta_description":"The average new car in America costs $50,000, but how many people can actually afford one? Clifford Winston is an economist who specializes in transportat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2763,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/think-from-kera-875208/episodes/american-cars-used-to-be-affordable-what-happened/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/think-from-kera-875208/american-cars-used-to-be-affordable-what-happened.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}