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2020
JAN
03
Literary Rewrites: The Car Talk Treatment
MAR
03
Got a Question for Ray?
2019
MAR
04
Subaru Recalls a Few Million Cars Because of Fabric Softener?
04
Bad Day to be a Crash Test Dummy: IIHS Tests Automated Braking Systems on SUVs.
12
Anti-Theft Idea We Wish We Had Thought of First
13
Help Us Create a Car Talk Spotify Playlist
21
Bad Jokes: Springtime Edition
APR
17
Lame Jokes: Philosophy Edition
MAY
07
Fido: Fetch Us a Ride!
JUN
27
An Invitation From Car Talk
30
Electricity jokes are always current!
JUL
24
Car Talk Saves Lives?
AUG
29
Lame Car Jokes
SEP
12
The 25 Ugliest Cars in History
14
Miscellaneous Lame Jokes
OCT
08
Bad Jokes: A Seat Hog at the Theater
21
Bad Joke: The Pelican Hunter
NOV
04
Bad Jokes: Astronomy Edition
06
Lame Joke: Who's the Boss?
20
We're Thankful These Terrible Jokes Aren't Longer . . .
26
Lame Joke: Black Friday Edition
28
A Real Turkey of a Joke
DEC
06
Bad Jokes: Career Day?
16
Holiday: Lame Joke!
2018
JAN
02
Want Ray's Help? Ask Car Talk a Question!
11
The dog, the bicycle and the old man.
FEB
07
Caption Contest: Of Basketball and Vans
13
Caption Contest!
14
Lame Joke! Valentine's Day Edition
14
Another Valentine's Day Joke
MAR
07
The New Taxi Driver
14
Did You Save Room for Pi?
23
Bob and the Magic Lamp
APR
06
Cabbage Caption Contest
06
Lame Joke: The Baseball Game
11
Literary Jokes
20
Lame Joke: The Magician and the Parrot
JUN
26
Lame Joke: A guy walks into a bar...
JUL
02
A Few Truly Bad Puns
17
More Bad Jokes: Chemistry Edition
18
The Puzzler is on Vacation!
31
More Bad Jokes: Roman Empire Edition
AUG
27
Lame Jokes Dedicated to Musicians
OCT
19
Lame Joke: The Job Application
31
Lame Joke: The Hitchhiker
NOV
21
Lame Joke: The Bad Parrot
DEC
24
Lame Joke: Holiday Edition
2017
FEB
15
A New Monk Arrives
MAR
01
Buy Your Kid a Minibike Before It’s Too Late
08
Automotive Rewrites: Literature Gets the Car Talk Treatment
13
What Did the Traffic Light Say to the Car?
20
The Feather Duster Special
APR
04
Don't Drive Like His Brother
07
Jokes to Tax Your Patience
MAY
19
The Mechanic and the Moth
22
Fan Takes Issue With Car Talk Blogger's Use of Word "Issue"
25
Lame Joke: The South Pacific Collision
JUL
21
Car Talk's Summer Driving Tips
AUG
31
Is a Flooded Car Totalled?
NOV
08
"It'll be OK William, hang in there buddy!"
22
We're Thankful for These Lame Jokes
DEC
04
Terrible Joke: The Wasp Expert and the Record Shop
2016
JAN
18
Brilliant or Bogus? Vote now.
MAR
14
Car Talk Owner Reviews
JUL
07
Deep Car Thoughts With Rob Siegel, the Hack Mechanic
15
Kornbluh Talks: Stuck in Cuba with Car Talk
NOV
11
Is Your Car Prone to Poop? (Bird Poop, That Is).
DEC
14
Christmas Tree Transport: Whatever Works
2015
JUL
30
Henry Is 10!
AUG
07
Should a 16-Year-Old Have a Car?
25
Take the Quiz!
SEP
12
Form or Function: Vote Now
14
Automatic Brakes to Become Standard
22
I bought a 2015 VW diesel. I also suffer from Asthma. Boy, am I ticked off.
22
The VW Betrayal: Car Talk Interviews Dan Neil
OCT
14
Busting Thieves By Putting Your Key in the Freezer: Boooogus!
15
Caption This!
NOV
26
What Is Car Talk Grateful for This Thanksgiving?
2014
JAN
24
Winter Driving with the Pros: Alta Ski Area
28
What a Drag: Time to Get Rid of Outside Mirrors
FEB
17
Cars and Cold Snaps: FAQs
28
Outed: Our 500,000th Facebook Fan
MAR
07
Car Talk Crossword Puzzle Challenge!
09
Vote Now for the Best Road Sign Ever
11
And the Answer Is...
11
Which Public Radio Host Are You?
11
Guess That Car: Car Wash Special
22
Pothole Season: Where Does the Pavement Go?
22
Which State Has the Worst Potholes?
APR
10
Distracted Driving: The Hands-Free Myth Persists
MAY
21
The Zipper Merge: Vote Now
JUN
06
National Doughnut Day: Name That Doughnut
15
Car Talk Pays Homage to Long-Suffering Dads Everywhere
22
We Got an Ice Resurfacer!
JUL
03
And the Winner Is . . .
18
Tom and Ray Saved the Day!
26
The Andy Letter Revisited
29
Coincidence? What Do You Think?
29
Henry is 9 ~ PMC 2014
AUG
05
Vote Here for the Best Business Sign!
16
We Have a Winner!
21
Foreign Accent Syndrome
29
Automotive Haiku!
SEP
12
"No Man's Job": Female Mechanics in Senegal
30
Guess That Car Part: It's a...
OCT
01
Guess That Car Part!
30
Vote Now for the Scariest Car!
31
And the Winner is . . .
NOV
03
The Quotable Tom Magliozzi
03
What Will Happen to the Show?
03
Listen
03
Tom Magliozzi 1937-2014
04
What People Are Saying
20
The Ugliest Snout?
2013
JAN
11
Flashback: Foreign Accent Syndrome
11
Move Over Beowulf, Here Comes a Ford Focus
18
Vote: What's the Ugliest Car?
31
Some Things Cannot Be Unseen: Ugliest Car Winner
FEB
07
Winter Driving with the Pros: The South Pole
19
Winter Driving with the Pros: Mt. Washington
MAR
07
It's Not a Cream Puff...
APR
03
Shock Value
18
Ray Reflects on the Boston Marathon Bombing
MAY
01
And the Winning Caption Is . . . Vote Here!
21
When to Replace Your Brakes? Our Top Ten
JUN
05
No Exit: Vote Here for Best Caption
14
"Well, My Father Always Said . . . "
20
Caption Contest: Duck and Cover!
JUL
29
A Note From Catherine "Frau Blucher" Fenollosa
31
Henry is Eight!
AUG
06
Guess That Car!
09
Now You See It, Now You Don't
14
You Hate It, You Really Hate It!
16
Something Serious, For a Change...
22
Ride of Frankenstein
SEP
09
Ugly by Accident
11
A Moral Quandary For Our Age
17
Women Drivers, Always . . . Swearing?
27
Vote For the Ugliest!
OCT
02
How Does an Engine Work?
15
Ugly by Accident: The Winner Is . . .
15
Caption Contest: Dogs in an RV
25
Dash Cammes 2013 Schedule
NOV
18
Trash or Treasure? The Action Figure Saab
22
Join the Car Talk Lackey Army!
26
Winter Driving Tips. From Mars.
DEC
04
Miss Paula? We've got the Highlights.
17
Something We Think is Pretty Cool
17
The Twelve Days of Christmas
2012
JAN
06
A Car Tune for a Good Cause
09
Shameless High Voltage Alert!
13
Amish Visits Car Talk Plaza
18
Snotsicles: The Definitive Image
19
Flashback: Tom and Ray's MIT Commencement Address!
23
My Engine Is Making This Strange Sound...
24
Tom and Ray Help Out Cupid
26
Limited Edition Subaru?
27
Bribing the Guard Puppy?
31
That's A-Moray!
FEB
02
Who's the real "High Voltage" at Car Talk Plaza?
03
Car Saves NPR Station
06
Why Would You Give Away a Perfectly Good Car?
07
Three Cheers (or Charges) for the Volt
08
Quit Picking on Art History Students!
09
That's One Way to Get a Free Paint Job!
13
Car Talk In the Comics: A New Low
17
Car Talk Talks Shop With OK Go!
22
NHTSA's Misguided Driver Distraction Guidelines
27
Extra: Shocking Photos of Ray . . .
MAR
13
If Road Is Underwater: Irish Logic Explained
19
Good Translators Are Worth Every Penny
29
Our Banjo Player!
APR
13
A Good Education Can't Hurt!
25
Now We Remember Where Tom Parked the MG!
27
In Defense of Yak Husbandry
MAY
01
Untested Medical Uses for Car Talk
03
What Are Car Talk Fans Called? Tappetheads?
04
Confessions of a Car Talk Lackey
08
Sonja Henie's Tutu!
09
House Fire Caused by Electric Car
11
If You Think You Know the Answer...
15
New Life Forms Discovered at Car Talk Plaza?
18
Car Talk Plaza: The Voicemail
23
Exclusive In-Studio Test Flight!
24
What Car Should A Clown Drive?
30
Steve Martin Outed as Car Talk Fan!
31
Deathtraps of Yore
JUN
01
Queen of the Mechanics
08
Time to Get Even Lazier
12
Ta Ta to the Tire Gauge!
15
Kaboom, I Say!
25
We've changed the American conversation!
26
Recently Found In Box 3500
28
Tommy's Defining Moment
29
No Cars Named for Dogs!
JUL
02
DIY Stop-Motion Rebuild!
03
Is That an Egg Timer or an EV?
05
Most Bogus Auto Repair?
05
Why can't they sound like this in New York City?
06
Nice Yacht, Buddy!
09
It's Official: CDs Are the New Drink Coaster
09
Crank Up the NPR, Dude!!
10
Bugsy Immortalized!
11
Emergency Tacos?
13
Scream & Swerve No More?
16
"Easy" Parking for Women?
25
Now THAT'S a Road Trip!
26
Henry Is Seven!
31
Steamy Summer Fun: Cooking on Your Car (Seriously)!
AUG
17
Thanks!
SEP
07
Our Worst Cars Ever
15
Name Tom and Ray's Cars!
20
Car Talk and Ohio?
22
A Special Post-Show Visit
26
Car Talk Plaza: The Early Days
27
A Quarter Century of Sloth, Ignominy and Bad Car Advice
OCT
04
Flashback: Hey Dad, Remember When Your Car Blew Up?
09
The Big Mistake: Or, Who Let Those Clowns on NPR, Anyway?
12
Possibly His Greatest Achievement: How Steve Jobs Made Car Talk More Bearable
18
Flashback: Car Talk in Outer Space
19
Car Talk Plaza: Japan Edition
26
What's Your Favorite Bumper Sticker?
NOV
01
Vote! Best Bumper Sticker of All Time
07
We Have a Winner!
09
Car Talk Presents... Thank a Mechanic Day!
09
The Porsche 420?
16
Flashback: Tom and Ray's First Garage
19
Thank a Mechanic Day
19
Car Talk's New 25th Anniversary 2 CD Set
DEC
04
By the Numbers: How Your Hour Is Wasted
07
Don't Drive Like My...Dog?
12
Just Calm Down: A Fan's Plea to Tom and Ray
17
The True Cost of Being a Jerk
19
Not All Mechanics Have Boats
21
Calling All Lame Jokes!
2011
JUN
30
Happy Birthday Tommy!
JUL
06
S.S. Boat Payment
29
Car Talk Theme Tune, Now Digitally Remastered!
AUG
30
Tom, Ray and . . . Belly Dancing?
SEP
23
The Mechanics of Reasoning
OCT
25
Click and Clack recommended a tattoo for an 11 year old?!
NOV
10
Polluting Young Minds
DEC
09
It's Baaaaack...
2010
APR
02
About the Staff Blog
MAY
03
Not Always A Waste of A Perfectly Good Hour
07
Tom and Ray's Relative Back Home?
13
You Know You've Arrived, When...
OCT
15
LaHood Sticks His Neck Out for Safety