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Here are highlights from the latest episodes of 'Daily Drive', Automotive News' weekday podcast, Aug. 21-25, hosted by Jamie Butters with Kellen Walker.

Should Washington bail out the Big Three automakers? A far betterapproach is to restructure through a formal bankruptcy process if necessary. Bankruptcy-and the prospect of it-would provide both theincentive and means for making the hard and painful choices thatDetroit needs to make.

by  Alan Stamm "Nobody thought this was funny or clever," CNBC senior editor Dawn Kopecki tweets Wednesday afternoon about a Volkswagen of America marketing prank that stank. "We didnt mean to mislead anyone," a company spokesman said a day after it promoted electric models by pretending the U.S. divisions new name is Vol tswagen. A statement added: "Our intent was to bring light to [an electric SUV] in a fun and interesting way as an April Fools Day effort. ......

by  Alan Stamm "Nobody thought this was funny or clever," CNBC senior editor Dawn Kopecki tweets Wednesday afternoon about a Volkswagen of America marketing prank that stank. "We didnt mean to mislead anyone," a company spokesman said a day after it promoted electric models by pretending the U.S. divisions new name is Vol tswagen. A statement added: "Our intent was to bring light to [an electric SUV] in a fun and interesting way as an April Fools Day effort. ......

And john devore. he is delightful. if he was hot, buttered popcorn i would eat him from the tub. why do i feel nauseous? because of bill shultz. he flips a coin which bathroom to use. and i am so excited, sitting next to me, cody will willard. he co anchors the great show "happy hour" from a bar. he knows dollars and cents like i know pitching tepts. i like to cam out in my living room. >> i know about pitching tents too. >> we will talk about that later. and filthy hobos wear him like socks. hi...