Welcome to The Electric Current Rundown podcast, episode number 26.

And I’m your host, Phil Defiance, and I’ll always say, I’m here to encourage the spread of intriguing knowledge that can spark fires in the minds of those seeking inspiration and truly improving the world.

And what I’m gonna be talking about in this episode includes a quick but adequately thorough dive into the history of automobiles, as well as moral panic over Osempic.

This is a point on the topic of that, like weight loss drug.

And also I want to say quickly at the start of this episode, last week I was a little bit off target on posting my episodes.

I mean, obviously, I’ve been normally posting three episodes a week, and the last two of the week are normally on Thursdays and Saturdays.

But last week, I didn’t do that because I had an issue with my clothing website, plainbowl.com, when it came to me releasing color options.

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So, yeah, I mean, I had to fix it because there was like a software issue on the website, so it took a bit of time, a bit of effort, and it was a high priority for me to get it done.

Normally, I do release episodes on Thursdays and Saturdays other than Tuesdays.

But that time around, I really had to do that work.

I mean, it was a very pressing concern, so I had to do it.

And that’s why I was a bit off target.

But normally, I expect my episodes on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, what I mean, that’s what I normally do.

But I mean, when something like important comes up, I have to do that.

I mean, I had no choice but to do it that way in that case.

So anyway, okay, so now I’m going to be talking about that topic on a quick but adequately thorough dive into the history of automobiles.

So, I mean, you know, a lot of people think that, I mean, especially here in North America, a lot of people think that Ford was the first in the ballgame when it came to cars or automobiles.

And actually, that’s not true, because actually the first company that ever did cars was actually Mercedes.

And so, I mean, that’s a funny fact.

Around the year 1898.

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So, okay.

Well, I mean, on that topic of automobiles and the history of it.

Yeah.

So like, that’s funny.

A lot of people think that Henry Ford was the first one in the ballgame, but no, it’s not true.

It was Mercedes.

But actually, I mean, what Henry Ford accomplished with his Ford Motor Vehicle Company, was that he made the car to be cheaper.

He wanted to make sure that the average working man could afford a car, including his employees.

He wanted to make sure that his own employees could afford a car, because Mercedes, I mean, all the way till today, is well known to be luxury only, mainly, right?

And so like, I mean, their main line up of vehicles included pretty high priced items, right?

Well, Ford has a lot of not as high priced items, although they also have some cars that are a little bit more expensive as well.

They got a mixed bag.

But like, I mean, so I mean, the tradition holds true for both companies, although, I mean, they both have a little foray into more expensive for Ford and a little bit cheaper for Mercedes on the lower end and higher end for Ford.

But like, I mean, it’s funny too.

I mean, both companies, of course, are still around today, like 125 years later, basically, around that, you know?

And so like, of course, they are.

I mean, that’s the first one in the ball game.

That’s Mercedes.

And then the second, I mean, well, I’m not sure if Ford was the second one in the ball game.

There may have been a couple others right before it.

I don’t know that much, but I do know that Ford was like the first one that really, like, brought it, like, to a huge market, like with a massive customer base.

They really expanded the customer base with what they did.

And that’s why both companies, you know, both of them are, like, still around today.

For good reason, obviously.

125 years later, basically.

And so, I mean, that’s where it all started.

I mean, and then, of course, you fast forward to today.

That’s where we’re at.

When it comes to the two companies, anyway.

Obviously, there’s others.

But, like, okay, I mean, as I said, this is a history.

What happened in between, right?

I mean, okay, so, like, Ford had the Model T, and they did that for, like, 15 or 10 years.

And then they ended up adding to their product lineup, and they discontinued the Model T by, like, 1918, around then.

So that was, like, about 15 years, right?

And so everybody knows about the Model T, though.

I mean, that’s, like, famous history right there.

And so, like, then Ford brought out a few different models, and, like, those cars, like, you know, like, a lot of people know that vintage, early look.

Like, a lot of people associate that look of vehicle with, like, mobsters, you know?

Right?

And, I mean, they had that kind of car.

They had that look all the way into the 1940s, really.

And, obviously, along the way, like, around 1915 or so, other big players in the game came out, like, maybe around 1910 for a couple of them.

But, like, I mean, those other big players included names that are still synonymous with vehicles all the way to today.

And that includes Savvy and General Motors, also known as GMC, you know, obviously.

Well, okay, I’m going to finish up on that real quick, after this quick break.

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And so, I mean, to finish off on that topic of vehicle history.

So, like, by the mid-40s, though, I mean, specifically focusing on Ford, even though, obviously, like, I mean, well, they’re highly influential.

Like, I mean, once they started doing a little bit of switch-ups, obviously, the industry copied a bit.

They followed along.

But, like, I mean, by the 40s, Ford ended up making their first lineup of trucks, like the late 40s, really.

I mean, before that, they were doing the gangster look, right?

I mean, that’s what people call it nowadays.

A lot of people feel that way.

Anyway, so they ended up making that truck, the first truck, and, like, I mean, up until, like, the 70s, like, really, the trucks were really the cars that were, like, the main thing that Ford was doing, and the whole industry, basically.

Especially Ford, and that’s a big player, right?

But, like, I mean, yeah.

So, like, trucks were the big thing after the gangster cars.

And, like, I mean, after that, at the end of it all, I mean, okay, my bad.

So, like, by the 60s, they ended up coming out with the muscle cars.

And, like, by the 80s, it was, like, a little bit different, like wagons and all that.

And, like, I mean, by the 2000s, all the way till now, I mean, it’s funny because, like, for a couple decades, from the late 40s till the, like, 60s, they were, I mean, the trucks were the big thing.

And then after the year 2000, boom, you know, like it was like pure trucks.

I mean, those are the big things nowadays.

Like, those are like the most popular.

It’s actually funny.

It’s like history repeated itself.

So there you go.

But either way, I also want to say, like, a quick jump into the topic of a moral panic over ozempic, which misses the point.

I mean, like, you think about it, though, like, there’s all this noise right now these days about ozempic, that health drug, like, to, like, lose weight.

I mean, a lot of people are kind of thinking because they heard that some people are having, like, heart attacks and, like, health issues by taking ozempic.

I mean, it’s interesting because there’s also positive side effects to the thing.

So, I mean, it’s like a mixed bag.

Either way, I mean, this is my 10-minute episode, so I’ll get more into that topic on my next episode.

I mean, it took me a little bit longer to talk about vehicles than I thought it would.

But either way, I got into a little bit of that topic on Ozempic, and I’ll continue it on the next episode.

But either way, that’s my end to my 26th episode right here with me, your host, Phil Defiance.

And I’ll always say, I’m here to encourage the spread of intriguing knowledge that can spark fires in the minds of those seeking inspiration and truly improving the world.

So that’s the end of my 26th episode of The Electric Current Rundown.

So till next time, have a good one.