# Podcast Discontinued, Or Just a Glitch Today? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [April 30, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568 "2019-04-30T18:53:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![strickerj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@strickerj](https://community.cartalk.com/u/strickerj)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/1 "2019-04-30T18:53:21Z")
I was excited to see new episodes appear on my Car Talk podcast feed today, but it looks like they’re actually Fresh Air - is the Car Talk podcast being discontinued, or was this just a glitch? iPhone 7 with iOS 12 running Overcast podcast player, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/2 "2019-04-30T19:31:11Z")
Has to be a glitch of some sort, I’m using iTunes on a Hp with windows 10 and new podcasts come out on Saturday’s. The latest on April 27th #1917 ---
**Author:** ![D72048\_151435](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/d72048_151435/32/16843_2.png) [@D72048\_151435](https://community.cartalk.com/u/D72048_151435)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/3 "2019-04-30T19:59:41Z")
Same thing happened to me just now. I listen with pocket cast app and thought it was the app that screwed up, so it must be an NPR problem. I didn’t listen long enough to determine that is was Fresh Air, only that it sure as heck wasn’t car talk. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/4 "2019-04-30T20:20:23Z")
NPR site has correct episode [https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510208/car-talk](https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510208/car-talk) Car Talk site has correct episode [https://www.cartalk.com/radio/our-show](https://www.cartalk.com/radio/our-show) iTunes downloaded correct episode using using NPR podcast feed ---
**Author:** ![strickerj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@strickerj](https://community.cartalk.com/u/strickerj)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/5 "2019-04-30T20:55:04Z")
Yeah, the stock Podcasts app on my iPhone seems to be correct too. Must just be the feed that the other apps pull from. ---
**Author:** ![strickerj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@strickerj](https://community.cartalk.com/u/strickerj)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/6 "2019-04-30T21:13:33Z")
Looks like it’s resolved in Overcast now. Thanks everyone! ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/7 "2019-05-01T14:11:11Z")
Glad to hear. ---
**Author:** ![Vchimpanzee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ba8739/32.png) [@Vchimpanzee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Vchimpanzee)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/8 "2019-05-19T18:44:06Z")
Every time I listen to the show it starts with the apology for what happened which keeps getting repeated every week, along with directions on what to do. ---
**Author:** ![hybrid314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@hybrid314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hybrid314)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/9 "2019-05-19T22:45:13Z")
They screwed up this week too. There’s no CT podcast for this week and the web site version is for a different show than the description. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/10 "2019-05-20T00:22:36Z")
> [@hybrid314](#): > > There’s no CT podcast for this week and the web site version is for a different show than the description. I don’t understand. If the Saturday May 18 podcast isn’t posted yet, how could it be different from the description? ---
**Author:** ![hybrid314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@hybrid314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hybrid314)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/11 "2019-05-20T13:25:28Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > I don’t understand. If the Saturday May 18 podcast isn’t posted yet, how could it be different from the description? The web site player is not the podcast. Sometimes if the podcast is late, I’ll play the web site version, but this week it was the wrong show. Update: Looks like they updated it to the correct show even though the podcast is still not available. [https://www.cartalk.com/radio/show/1920-crushed-cans-and-loose-lug-nuts](https://www.cartalk.com/radio/show/1920-crushed-cans-and-loose-lug-nuts) ---
**Author:** ![strickerj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@strickerj](https://community.cartalk.com/u/strickerj)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/12 "2019-05-20T13:36:18Z")
I assume the NPR podcast directory ([https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510208/car-talk](https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510208/car-talk)) is synchronized with the podcast feed, since it isn’t updated there either. I’m on vacation this week so I don’t have access to my desktop computer to download it to. ---
**Author:** ![kohenkatz\_152263](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/kohenkatz_152263/32/16090_2.png) [@kohenkatz\_152263](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kohenkatz_152263)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/13 "2019-05-20T18:44:54Z")
As of right now (2:45pm EDT), the NPR podcast directory now has this week’s show. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 12:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/14 "2019-05-21T00:56:53Z")
> [@hybrid314](#): > > Update: Looks like they updated it to the correct show even though the podcast is still not available. You must be using this website’s archives section. I’ve always used the NPR podcast website for the Car Talk podcast source. I don’t subscribe to anything, don’t even know what it means to “subscribe” to a podcast. I just pick and choose what I want from time to time and download those files to my mp3 player. As posted above, the most recent Car Talk show (#1920, Crushed Cans and Loose Lug Nuts) is posted on the NPR website now. No idea if the prose description matches the audio content, haven’t downloaded that one yet, but the prose description matches the title. ---
**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/glasspilot/32/27886_2.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/15 "2019-07-01T11:45:33Z")
Ok, Saturdays podcast isn’t listed yet (1926, 6-27-19). ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/16 "2019-07-03T03:19:01Z")
fyi to the Car Talk website staff, there seems to be a numbering problem with one podcast on the NPR website now, number 1919, May 11, titled _The Tao of Fred Glass_ . I believe the audio content matches the prose description, but the mp3 player displays it as number 1918 for some reason, which made it difficult to figure out the correct listening sequence. To add to the confusion, podcast numbers 1923-1926 seem to be missing their titles. ---
**Author:** ![pyrolord314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@pyrolord314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pyrolord314)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/17 "2019-07-03T12:02:47Z")
They still haven’t fixed it on Spreaker yet. No Cartalk to be seen there… ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/18 "2019-07-03T13:00:12Z")
I passed these issues on to Connie to look into. We’ll see what she says. ---
**Author:** ![glasspilot](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/glasspilot/32/27886_2.png) [@glasspilot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/glasspilot)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/19 "2019-07-03T14:26:27Z")
Ok, #1926 is up on their podcast page, dated July 1. [https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510208/car-talk](https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510208/car-talk) ---
**Author:** ![chicthomson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@chicthomson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chicthomson)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2019, 11:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568/20 "2019-07-07T11:37:22Z")
I am in Scotland. The podcast is all I can get. The last 5 podcasts have been of a different size, and I suspect a different encoding, as a result my old MP3 player can’t play them. Are npr/cartalk/whoever phaphing with the cartalk podcast mp3? [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/podcast-discontinued-or-just-a-glitch-today/139568.md?page=2)