# Car Talk **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 24, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk/88468 "2014-12-24T13:17:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rosemartin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dbc845/32.png) [@Rosemartin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rosemartin)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk/88468/1 "2014-12-24T13:17:36Z")
Car Talk was presented in the form of a call-in radio show: listeners called in with questions related to motor vehicle maintenance and repair. Most of the advice sought was diagnostic, with callers describing symptoms and demonstrating sounds of an ailing vehicle while the Magliozzis make an attempt at identifying the malfunction. While the hosts peppered their call-in sessions with jokes directed at both the caller and at themselves, the Magliozzis were usually able to arrive at a diagnosis and give helpful advice. However, when they are stumped, they attempt anyway with an answer they claim is “unencumbered by the thought process”, the official motto of the show. [3] Edited reruns are carried on XM Satellite Radio via both the Public Radio and [NPR Now channels](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Talk).[4][5][6][7] The Car Talk theme music is “Dawggy Mountain Breakdown” by bluegrass artist David Grisman.[8] ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk/88468/2 "2014-12-24T15:19:23Z")
OK ? I think we already knew the premise of the show. But thanks just the same. ---
**Author:** ![wesw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wesw/32/2713_2.png) [@wesw](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wesw)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk/88468/3 "2014-12-24T16:10:19Z")
research paper for school? ---
**Author:** ![kmccune](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/kmccune/32/1237_2.png) [@kmccune](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kmccune)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk/88468/4 "2014-12-24T16:42:28Z")
Wish they could supplement the original show-Kevin ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk/88468/5 "2014-12-24T20:44:35Z")
True perhaps, but explaining the show’s premise on this particular forum is sort of like explaining John Lennon to Yoko Ono. Anyway, have a happy holiday season. ---
**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-talk/88468/6 "2014-12-25T05:00:56Z")
You know how to cut and paste from Wikipedia. Congratulations.