The Best of Car Talk

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America's funniest auto mechanics take calls from weary car owners all over the country, and crack wise while they diagnose Dodges and dismiss Diahatsus. You do...

#69 US · Comedy 92 recordings 2025 → today 2 episodes a week updated 3 days ago transcripts through December 2025

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#2655: Our Proper Roles contributed by Lukas · Jul 11

#2654: Clean Underwear in a Can contributed by Lukas · Jul 7

#2653: Mechanic with Benefits contributed by Lukas · Jul 4

#2652: Bozo's Garage contributed by Lukas · Jun 30

#2651: Baddabing! Baddabang! contributed by Lukas · Jun 27

#2650: Non Impediti Ratione Cogitationis contributed by Lukas · Jun 23

#2649: Look Out for Those Gila Monsters! contributed by Lukas · Jun 20

#2648: Where's Fred? contributed by Lukas · Jun 16

#2647: Service With a Smile contributed by Lukas · Jun 13

#2646: Rent a Mongoose Dot Com contributed by Lukas · Jun 9

#2645: Stink Bug contributed by Lukas · Jun 6

#2644: Who's the Bigger Slob? contributed by Lukas · Jun 2

#2643: Breaking-in the Brakes contributed by Lukas · May 30

#2642: Overtightening Our Belts contributed by Lukas · May 26

#2641: How Cheap is Too Cheap? contributed by Lukas · May 23

#2640: Flunking Physics Again contributed by Lukas · May 19

#2639: Honda Habitat contributed by Lukas · May 16

#2638: Melissa Strikes Back contributed by Lukas · May 12

#2637: Meet the Staff contributed by Lukas · May 9

#2636: In Praise of Cleveland contributed by Lukas · May 5

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Charts

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#69 Comedy · United States

🇵🇭 #29 · 🇮🇳 #30 · 🇫🇮 #34 · 🇨🇱 #50 · 🇵🇱 #50 · 🇮🇩 #55 · 🇰🇷 #74 · 🇳🇱 #93 · 🇷🇺 #94 · 🇧🇪 #98 · +17 more

charted in 28 countriesFull rankings →

Activity

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9 episodes · last 30 days · avg 41 min

Sat 45Tue 44Thu 2

Episodes per week over the last six months.

About

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America's funniest auto mechanics take calls from weary car owners all over the country, and crack wise while they diagnose Dodges and dismiss Diahatsus. You don't have to know anything about cars to love this one hour weekly laugh fest. Support public media by joining NPR+ at plus.npr.org. You’ll get perks for over 25 NPR podcasts, and Car Talk's perks include full archive access, new(!) call-i...

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Rankings

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As of 2026-07-05, The Best of Car Talk ranks #200 on Apple Podcasts in the United States, and appears on charts in 1 country.

Ranking over time

Overall chart position, last 90 days · lower is better

Where it charts

Current overall position by country · categories in 🇺🇸 United States as of 2026-09-18

🇺🇸 United States #200 Comedy #69 Apple

Chart records

First charted2026-07-05

Best ever#200 on Apple Podcasts (United States) · 2026-07-05

Days on chart1

Countries now1

CategoriesComedy