{"id":3238044,"date":"2015-12-11T16:14:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T20:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3238044"},"modified":"2015-12-11T16:14:51","modified_gmt":"2015-12-11T20:14:51","slug":"the-lunchbox-interview-john-mahler-winter-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-john-mahler-winter-driving","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox Interview: John Mahler (Winter Driving)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBoxJohnMahlerWinterDriving.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3238046\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3238046\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-john-mahler-winter-driving\/attachment\/lunchboxjohnmahlerwinterdriving\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBoxJohnMahlerWinterDriving.png\" data-orig-size=\"1400,1400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LunchBoxJohnMahlerWinterDriving\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBoxJohnMahlerWinterDriving-800x800.png\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3238046\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBoxJohnMahlerWinterDriving-300x300.png\" alt=\"LunchBoxJohnMahlerWinterDriving\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBoxJohnMahlerWinterDriving-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBoxJohnMahlerWinterDriving-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBoxJohnMahlerWinterDriving-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBoxJohnMahlerWinterDriving-800x800.png 800w, https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBoxJohnMahlerWinterDriving.png 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>You know it&#8217;s <em>Winter<\/em>, right?<\/p>\n<p>At least, as far as your car is concerned, you should probably accept the change in seasons. My guest today is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/authors.mahler_john.html\"><strong>John Mahler<\/strong><\/a>, columnist and driving expert. He told me all about the things I should know about getting my car ready for winter driving, including tires, heating, and remembering to take it slow. Oh, and he definitely recommends <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgestonetire.ca\/tire-brand\/blizzak?lw_cmp=SEM_Blizzak|Blizzak-General|Blizzak-tires&amp;gclid=CjwKEAiAhaqzBRDNltaS0pW5mWgSJADd7cYDZ19KK03ZZjyEROd7VdngOqOrWnCJvTnaULwghnBSzhoCmEfw_wcB\">Blizzak Tires<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Music today:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was quite pea soup today, so I had to play <em>The Fog Song<\/em> by <strong>David Bouzouki<\/strong> from the excellent compilation <a href=\"https:\/\/itsalwayssunnyinnewbrunswick.bandcamp.com\/releases\"><strong>It&#8217;s Always Sunny in New Brunswick<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In despair, however, I turned to a classic song well redone: the uplifting <em>Cloudbusting<\/em>, original done by <strong>Kate Bush<\/strong> and here reproduced by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewgood.org\"><strong>Matthew Good<\/strong><\/a>, with special guest <strong>Holly MacNarland<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>And to keep us feeling good, I ended with <strong>Stephen Lewis<\/strong> sharing my thanks to you with <em>Golly Gee Thanks<\/em> from <a href=\"https:\/\/bigbandofone.bandcamp.com\/album\/lifes-a-garden-2\"><strong>Life Is A Garden<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8344\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151211%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20Mahler%20-%20Winter%20Driving.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('8344','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151211%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20Mahler%20-%20Winter%20Driving.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151211%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20Mahler%20-%20Winter%20Driving.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3238044-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151211%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20Mahler%20-%20Winter%20Driving.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151211%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20Mahler%20-%20Winter%20Driving.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My guest today is John Mahler, columnist and Winter Driving expert. Music today by David Bouzouki, Matthew Good and Stephen Lewis.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8345\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151211%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20Mahler%20-%20Winter%20Driving.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('8345','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151211%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20Mahler%20-%20Winter%20Driving.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151211%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20Mahler%20-%20Winter%20Driving.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=3238044-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151211%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20Mahler%20-%20Winter%20Driving.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20151211%20-%20Interview%20-%20John%20Mahler%20-%20Winter%20Driving.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player--><p><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-john-mahler-winter-driving\">Read more...<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3238046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[3275,3272,491,3274,3273,2562],"class_list":["post-3238044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lunchbox","tag-automobiles","tag-driving","tag-interview","tag-safety","tag-tires","tag-winter"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/LunchBoxJohnMahlerWinterDriving.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3238044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3238044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3238044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3238048,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3238044\/revisions\/3238048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3238046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3238044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3238044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3238044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}