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| Genre | Automotive repair/advice, Humor |
|---|---|
| Running time | approx. 50 min |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | WBUR-FM |
| Syndicates | National Public Radio (NPR) |
| Hosted by | Tom Magliozzi Ray Magliozzi |
| Executive producer(s) | Doug Berman |
| Recording studio | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Original release | 1977 (WBUR-FM); 1987 (nationally) – 2012 (original episodes) |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Opening theme | "Dawggy Mountain Breakdown" by David Grisman |
| Other themes | "Dixie Flyer" (intermission) by Randy Newman "Stump the Chumps" by B. J. Leiderman[1] |
| Website | www |
| Podcast | https://www.cartalk.com/radio/our-show#listening |
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Car Talk refers to the work of Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, Tom and Ray Magliozzi, that includes a website,[2] and a podcast of reruns that is currently hosted by Apple Podcasts, NPR Podcasts, and Sticher.[3] Car Talk was originally a radio show that ran on National Public Radio (NPR) from 1977 until October 2012, when the Magliozzi brothers retired. Tom died on November 3, 2014, aged 77, in Belmont, Massachusetts,[4] of complications from Alzheimer's disease.[5]
The Car Talk radio show was honored with a Peabody Award in 1992,[6] and the Magliozzis were both inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2014[7] and the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2018.[8]
- ^ "BJ Leiderman, NPR Biography". National Public Radio (NPR). Retrieved April 25, 2007.
- ^ Official Car Talk website
- ^ Our Show
- ^ "Tom Magliozzi dies at 77; co-host with brother of NPR's popular 'Car Talk'". Los Angeles Times. November 4, 2014.
- ^ Neary, Lynn (November 3, 2014). "Tom Magliozzi, Popular Co-Host Of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies At 77". National Public Radio.
- ^ "Car Talk". Peabody Awards. University of Georgia. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
- ^ "Car Talk". National Radio Hall of Fame. 2017. Archived from the original on January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ Isidore, Chris. "Car Talk hosts are headed to the Automotive Hall of Fame". CNN. Published April 25th, 2018. Accessed February 22nd, 2023.