Examined: The Backfire Effect Podcast Transcripts
Pushkin Industries · 71 episodes with transcripts
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Episode 1: The Good Cop
September 14, 2026
Josie Duffy Rice (0:03)
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Depending on how old you are, maybe you've never heard the sound of a car backfiring. That's what happens when a little bit of gasoline reaches the exhaust system and then suddenly ignites. These days, cars don't backfire that much, but that used to happen all the time. You'd be in a parking lot somewhere, and a…
SPEAKER_2 (0:48)
You know, we didn't even discuss it. Oh, a car backfired. There was no discussion.
Max (0:54)
I could have swore that I heard a backfire. It sounded like a car backfiring as I was moving to the parking lot.
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