# Episode list and cross reference?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/episode-list-and-cross-reference/200290>\
**Category:** The Show\
**Created:** [May 15, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/episode-list-and-cross-reference/200290 "2025-05-15T16:48:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![KenC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@KenC](https://community.cartalk.com/u/KenC)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/episode-list-and-cross-reference/200290/1 "2025-05-15T16:48:14Z")

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I have many years of cartalk episodes downloaded. Many original episodes and many “best of” after Tom and Ray’s retirement.

I have a couple of questions that I’m hoping someone can answer:

1. Are the best of shows one-for-one calls from an original show? In other words are all calls in a best of show the same as the calls in the original, or are the best of shows pieced together from different original shows?
2. Does there exist a complete list of shows and cross reference of best of shows to the original shows (or show segments if the best of shows are pieced together)?

The reason I’m asking is that my collection is not complete from the early days. I figure at some point, I can quit downloading best of shows once I have a 100% collection of all calls.

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**Author:** ![wjm52358](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@wjm52358](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wjm52358)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/episode-list-and-cross-reference/200290/2 "2025-06-11T14:08:50Z")

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Do you happen to have dates associated with your episodes? Which years do you have?

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**Author:** ![puchelaar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7c8e57/32.png) [@puchelaar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/puchelaar)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/episode-list-and-cross-reference/200290/3 "2025-09-28T21:02:58Z")

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I have the same question, so hoping someone will come along with an answer…

In the meantime, I’ll keep searching, and should I find the answer, post it here.

Kind regards from a late listener from the Netherlands