Oh, no! I love those guys and it isn't a Saturday morning without hearing them .... sniff...

I would drive to do my errands on Saturday just to hear them. They were great and refreshing from all the political talk on the air.

Best regard, guys!!

Garrison Keillor much more.

.... and I can guess what their answer will be about 80% of the time, as much as I love Keillor as a person his show is very very tired and I have to change the station when it comes on. Especially when he tries to sing!

with a female pastor who toys with ideas of atheism. He's truly, truly funny. And the critiques of the Republicans are spot-on.

Yes, the man is of the left(generally), there were a few creative moments on APHC, and I appreciate his keeping a vanishing entertainment form alive, but my God, the program is such a precious, hackneyed, fat-assed bourgeois chardonnay circus...Christmas dinners in Minnesota with flatulent inlaws and the daughter who comes back from college a purple-haired vegan atheist demanding a tofu turkey. The cutesy messages from the audience-"Miggles and Brad, give our love to the labradoodle pup, we'll see you at Granny Kick's house in Newport"- OY! And Garrison, please, enough with the attempts to sing already. Believe me, Jolson you ain't!!!

and to us old hippies who understand the message in the stories and jokes.
I've listened to him since 1980 something.
It's a familly thing.
Puns and groaner jokes and corny, with sometimes off key guests, indeed..but also gentle, and kind, no sharp edges.
I think of the show as an auditory Valium.
And a nice habit of many years, marking the start of a weekend.

I like it for the same reasons.

By the way: Your favorite show? It sucks.

meh...

but I am done with that show now. And I'm sorry about it. It really is too bad. I think he could or should have moved on, past this schtick he hangs on to...it is no longer amusing, just painful to hear if you have nothing better to listen to on a long car trip...

"satire".

Of the gentle kind.

Not everything has to be rude, loud, grating and in-your-face.

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so cars problems are mostly a binary thing any more. a light on or a light off.

but those guys are still amazing in their diagnoses.

they are also notable in their advocacy of:

1) not buying a new car...saying for years that not buying one was cheaper even after fixing the old one, almost always

2) talking about the environmental issues around cars...not changing oil every 3,000 miles, because it's wasteful and polluting, saying 5,000 was better and saying it before it was the common advice.

3) advocating not driving at all or not owning a car, or taking public transit

4) talking about global warming, for years now

whatever their faults, these environmental messages made them unlike most other car shows you'll hear or see, and that's a reason to miss them.

And here's another one:

--their logic. I used to have my classes listen to them to see how they would analyze a problem. They'd do it in a jocular manner, nevertheless, they were very astute at inductive and deductive reasoning.


Cher

Wow that was a strange one.

How will I survive?

DAMN.

I wish they'd phase in a new crew--I LOVE the concept. They'll only be able to coast on "best of" with the odd update for so long. I'd rather see them bring in new blood and keep the franchise going.

It's a well deserved retirement, but I'll definitely miss them.

Not those guys. Don't drive like my brother. Noooo.

busting up with these dudes. and then all the good info.

fun show

It's gonna be a real loss to NPR, though the reruns will be almost as good.

and they were still funny to listen to.

And so even the car-ignorant had a chance to learn something.

in peace so I can listen to my jazz shows again without being interrupted by those two inane jabberheads!

and I agree.

Garrison Keillor and the Magliozzi brothers have decided to do it for them by retiring.

Sad day. Finding out we're losing PHC was bad enough, but "Car Talk" too? The dial will never be the same.

Of course, this might open up a few more timeslots for "A Way With Words" (http://www.waywordradio.org/) so it might not be all bad.

The Dinner Party

Radio Lab

Snap Judgement

Sunday is Le Show.

Those days may not be the same in your area, but my station WUKY broadcasts from their site, so anywhere in the world you can listen. They also have an iPhone/iPad app.

Le Show has kind of gotten tiring for me.

Haven't heard Snap Judgment yet.

"...even though Harry Shearer says when we say it, this is NPR."

i love their show. i've tried to find it online without success so unless i'm in the car at the right time i never get to hear it. i think it's just their unfailing good naturedness that makes it so fun to listen to.

i don't know what i was doing wrong.

There is a lot more good stuff on the site. I need to check it out again, haven't been there in quite awhile.

doing entire episodes of Stump the Chump which is usually my favorite part of the show anyway. They've never done that enough, in my opinion.

What will I do? How will I go on?

in my iPod and iPhone, and they never get old. One of my favorites being the young woman with her car air freshener questions, and of course the hilarious answers.

The Podcasts for FREE for download.

when my computer crashed I lost years worth . One of the saddest days of my life.
Now all I can say is i will miss one of the most staple things in my life. I would love to
send you a e-mail Submariner and ask if there is any way to send some of those old ([PRIOR TO 2009)n to me
DU will not let me send you a e-mail, not sure why?
please consider it if you will I also have i-tunes, I also now have Carbonite so I will never lose them again.
thanks
Pavlo

going back to last August, so that's a bit too large to email.

If you're a new subscriber to a podcast like car talk, I think when you subscribe iTunes will pull up about a year's worth of shows to subscribe to. Sorry I can't help more.

I have subscribed for years but lost a major part of my collection when my computer crashed.
it used to be they would give you around 25 shows if you signed but the last I looked it
was down to 2 shows. I have some shows going back to #0850 December 13, 2008. I would love to find earlier ones but I suposse I will have to purchase them.

Thanks for your reply fellow cartalker

I'm not a car person, but I always enjoy listening to them.

I don't learn much about cars, but I always got a kick out of listening.

I hate to see them stop but there comes a time for everything. I can understand Tom's need to take it easy in his older years. They always seemed to be progressives in their political thinking. Sometimes their liberalism would reflect in their comments even when they were addressing auto mechanic questions.

I love them. Having relatives like them would be a blast.

Japanese Hygiene Consultant: O. Takashowa

Director of the Working Mothers Support Group: Erasmus B. Dragon

And of course, the lawyers: Dewey, Cheatham, & Howe!

Click & Clack had a fine run of it. I wish them the best in retirement

-app

Euripedes Eumenides

Truly creative!

I love those guys- best way to start a Saturday morning...

I thought they were closer in age. I find it interesting that they were close even though they were separated by 11 years.

Looks like they'll be replaying old shows.

That's all I have to say about that.

..

Rant and Rave was where the political talk ruled. It was rough and tumble, but when some very loquacious libertarians joined, they turned the forum toxic, so toxic, the whole forum was closed.

I was shocked to realize the other day that Car Talk is still on.

Sorry to see them go, but they deserve to have retirements just as all of us do.

She was buying her first car and asked for their advice. She was so excited about getting to talk to them she forgot most of what they said to her.