{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5bb26c9287ef87811438a58b/5c7c1a60ad0ba7b25be10150?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"From the Archives 65: American Automobile Dealers Association, America's Automobile Man (1977)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5bb26c9287ef87811438a58b/1551636074560-5cbe7bd46b1d7f61fb345c6d3d736138.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In 1977, the American Automobile Dealers Association released this 7\" record, titled \"America's Automobile Man\" to promote automobile use. Side 1 consists of the 3:42 song/PSA \"America's Automobile Man,\" with music, lyrics, and narration by Ralph Harrison. Side 2 consists of 5 radio spots, on a range of different automobile-themed subjects. Among other things, NADA suggests that Epictetus would have wanted you to drive as much as possible.</p><p>The back cover of the 7\" extols \"America's Fifth Freedom,\" the \"freedom of mobility.\"</p><blockquote><strong>America's Fifth Freedom</strong></blockquote><blockquote><strong>Freedom of Mobility</strong></blockquote><blockquote>Americans know about the \"four freedoms\" - freedom of speech, freedom to worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. But have you thought about what our life would be like without a fifth freedom - our freedom of mobility?</blockquote><blockquote>As Americans, we have the freedom to go where we want, when we want and how we want.</blockquote><blockquote>That's pretty important, isn't it?</blockquote><blockquote>We don't usually make a big deal out of it, though. Probably because we don't have all the economic and political restrictions on travel that people face in other countries. I mean, here we just hop in our car - or buy a ticket on a train or plane - and we're on our way.</blockquote>","author_name":"CC0/Public Domain"}