{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/683fc7e2f711091cf43b8603/69c0ae953bbfcfe8db321dda?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"All Aboard The Val Verde Crazy Train with Chandler Dean","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/683fc7e2f711091cf43b8603/1774237367369-d54c4448-72a0-4cdb-8eb7-448e60d2cb16.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>All Aboard The Val Verde Crazy Train with Chandler Dean</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Val Verde's $15 billion transit miracle has 13 riders, zero credibility, and one communications director who really should not be allowed near a microphone.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Stephen Ribble </strong>arrived at the Rock &amp; Roll RV to pitch the <strong>Val Verde Crazy Train</strong> to a skeptical public. He came prepared with talking points. He left under police escort, seated in an oversized rocking chair, having admitted to a pattern of automobile-related incidents that spans at least a dozen municipalities. A triumph for public transit outreach.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Chandler Dean</strong> (comedian, host of&nbsp;<em>Abolish Everything</em>) joins Whisp and Geoff as Stephen Ribble, a polished former Department of Transportation spokesperson who has somehow become the worst possible face of a civic infrastructure launch.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Also on this week's broadcast:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Michael Danny Honey returns.</strong>&nbsp;Whisp reveals a long-buried truth about soft-rock heartthrob Michael Danny Honey and confirms the reissue of the classic&nbsp;<em>Where Am I Supposed to Park My Car?</em></li><li><strong>Traffic with Art Spart.</strong>&nbsp;Art attempts to report on Crazy Train conditions while fully absorbed in his Twitch stream. It's Sonic time, baby!</li><li><strong>Big Truck rides the rails.</strong>&nbsp;Broadcasting live from onboard the Crazy Train, Big Truck describes the experience as less \"modern infrastructure\" and more \"county fair Gravitron operated by a man who took too much coke.\"</li><li><strong>VerdeChan investigates.</strong>&nbsp;Whisp and Geoff excavate local message boards, where Ribble has been accused of cult behavior, bloodsucking vampirism, and several things that are genuinely hard to categorize.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Check out the second season of <em>Abolish Everything </em>here: <a href=\"http://nebula.tv/abolish\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">nebula.tv/abolish</a></p><p><br></p><p>Listen. Subscribe. Join the Rock Battalion at https://1089thehawk.com. Keep the RV running at https://patreon.com/1089thehawk. Next stop, Mount Hetfield. Do not believe everything you read on VerdeChan.</p>","author_name":"Jason Gore and Geoff Garlock"}