If Road Is Underwater: Irish Logic Explained
03.13.2012
A listener writes in to school Tom and Ray on the subtleties of Irish logic.
Blogs
The Lost Art of Backing Up
03.12.2012
Remember when you had to turn around to look behind you? Thanks in good measure to the jacked-up behemoths that began to roam the land en masse in the ‘Nineties, it’s become a largely futile practice.
Father vs. Son: The Gas Mileage Debate Continues
03.08.2012
Dan's son thinks that the days of lowering your gas mileage by running the air conditioning are long past, thanks to new high-tech electrical systems in cars these days. Dan is skeptical. Can Tom and Ray declare a winner in this debate?
The Big Battery Breakthrough
03.07.2012
If Envia Systems’ claims are true, then EV packs will soon cost a fraction of what they do now. And that’s good news the embattled electric car industry needs.
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Tom and Ray
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Jim Motavalli
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Jamie Kitman
Jamie is New York Bureau Chief for Automobile Magazine, auto editor for GQ. He's won a National Magazine Award for commentary.
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Tom Bodett
Prolific writer, Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me! panelist, and former All Things Considered Alaska commentator, Tom Bodett's focus is anything that runs on gas or diesel, and a lot of times stuff that doesn't, too.
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