Car Talk
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| Genre | Automotive repair/advice, Humor |
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| Running time | approx. 50 min |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language | English |
| Home station | WBUR-FM |
| Syndicates | National Public Radio (NPR) |
| Hosted by | Tom Magliozzi Ray Magliozzi |
| Executive producer | Doug Berman |
| Recording studio | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Original release | 1977 (WBUR-FM); 1987 (nationally) – 2012 (original episodes); 2025–present (CarTalk+ podcast) |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Opening theme | "Dawggy Mountain Breakdown" by David Grisman |
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| Website | www |
| Podcast | www.cartalk.com/radio/our-show |
Car Talk is the humorous work of "Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers", Tom and Ray Magliozzi, on automobile repair. Originally, Car Talk was a radio show that ran on National Public Radio (NPR) from 1977 until October 2012, when the Magliozzi brothers retired. Since their retirement, the oeuvre now includes a website and a podcast of reruns that is currently hosted by Apple Podcasts, NPR Podcasts, and Stitcher. In 2025 Ray Magliozzi began hosting a revived version of Car Talk called Car Talk+. The Car Talk radio show was honored with a Peabody Award in 1992, and the Magliozzis were both inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2014 and the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2018.