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Car Talk Science: MIT Wants Its Diplomas Back

performed by Tom Magliozzi and Ray Magliozzi

2017 Audie Finalist

Who can embarrass MIT? How about a couple of their best known graduates stumbling and laughing, every week on NPR, like bulls through the china shop of accepted scientific theory? Meet Tom and Ray Magliozzi, hosts of Car Talk and graduates of the esteemed institution of higher learning known worldwide for preparing brilliant minds for even more brilliant achievements in the world of science, technology, and of course, car repair. Learn More

Car Talk: The Puzzler's Greatest Hits

performed by Tom Magliozzi and Ray Magliozzi

Historic, folkloric, and reliably sophomoric . . . Car Talk's Puzzler segment is beloved not only for making you think, but also for making you laugh. It's not just a puzzle, and it's only occasionally about cars. It's a cleverly constructed conundrum wrapped in a hilarious tall tale, with characters ranging from Bubba the monk and Igor, the hunchbacked groom, to game show host Monty Hall and an electricity-obsessed Thomas Edison. Learn More

Car Talk Classics: No Factory Recalls. So Far.

Tom and Ray Magliozzi; performed by Tom and Ray Magliozzi

Audie Finalist

There may be an occasional flaw in the auto expert advice of brothers Tom and Ray Maggliozzi, but the complaint box remains empty, with no factory recall in sight. The next entry in the ever popular Car Talk Classics series features four all-time favorite Car Talk episodes, hand-picked by hosts Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers, and presented here together for the first time. Car Talk continues to be one of public radio's most popular and laugh-inducing programs, with a weekly audience of 4 million listeners. Learn More

Car Talk: The Greatest Stories Ever Told

Tom and Ray Magliozzi; performed by Tom and Ray Magliozzi

Car Talk gathers sixteen of the Tappet Brothers’ favorite tall tales, silly stories, and random digressions. Learn More

Car Talk: Doesn't Anyone Screen These Calls?

Tom and Ray Magliozzi; performed by Tom and Ray Magliozzi

The guys share some of their favorite calls about the world where cars and animals meet. Luckily, its not dog-eat-dog, but sometimes its horse-eat-steering-wheel. Learn More

Car Talk Field Guide to the North American Wacko

Tom and Ray Magliozzi; performed by Tom and Ray Magliozzi

The Car Talk guys give you an up close and personal look at what appears to be not so rare a breed at all: the North American Wacko. The calls of this species can be heard on a regular basis on Car Talk. The Field Guide catalogs their distinctive—and sometimes troubling—behavior. Learn More

Car Talk: Born Not to Run

Tom and Ray Magliozzi; various performers

Born Not to Run is a collection of car tunes as irreverent as they are melodic. Learn More

Car Talk: Car Tunes

Tom and Ray Magliozzi; performed by various artists

This compendium of Disrespectful Car Songs features 21 of the best car tunes played on the air during the last 13 years of Car Talk. Learn More

Car Talk: Tales of the Brothers Grime

Tom and Ray Magliozzi; performed by Tom and Ray Magliozzi

The Brothers Grimm told tales that in their original, unedited form were strange, sometimes rambling, and of dubious moral integrity—in other words, they’re the perfect model for our Brothers Grime, the Tappet Brothers. Learn More

The Best and the Second Best of Car Talk

Tom and Ray Magliozzi; performed by Tom and Ray Magliozzi

“There is no ‘Best of Car Talk.’ NPR made us call it that so you’d buy it. The working title of this collection was actually ‘The Not-as Lousy-as-Usual Calls.’ Don’t look so disappointed.”—Tom and Ray Magliozzi, a.k.a. Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers Learn More