Car Talk

I handful of years ago I accidentally discovered National Public Radio (specifically NHPR) when I was scanning some stations for ’something different’.  The program that got my attention was Car Talk.  I’ve been a fan ever since.  NPR stations have a lot of terrific programming but this one really stands out.

Car Talk is a show hosted by two Italian Bostonians who just so happen to be brothers (Tom and Ray Magliozzi).  They are also known as ‘Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers’.  The brothers help callers with problems related to car repair, car issues, and quite often some very odd life issues.  The intersperse humor with real advice.  Within the shows they include interesting facts, a weekly ‘puzzler’ for listeners to try and solve, and one of my favorite parts of the show is when they followup with someone they gave advice to in order to determine if the ‘car problem’ they identified was correct.

These guys know their stuff and give listeners some good entertainment.  They are actual mechanics who own their own repair shop and interestingly enough Tom actually has a Ph.D…..yeah folks….he’s a “Doctor” who did some time as a college professor until he realized (these are his words) “teaching sucks”.

Anyway….check them out on your local NPR station or you can even listen to old shows online.

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