#2561: Flush that Radiator

The Best of Car Talk

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Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.8 • 16.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Andy and his girlfriend were driving across the desert when their Jeep began overheating. Having already consumed all of the water they brought with them, they also needed to relieve themselves at the same time. Find out how good their aim was on this episode of the Best of Car Talk.
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0:00.0	As AI permeates every aspect of our lives, who are the people behind this huge inflection point?
0:05.8	What keeps them up at night?
0:07.3	I fear that what it means to be human may suddenly not be our own.
0:11.4	We've got a special series from NPR's TED Radio Hour.
0:14.4	It's called The Profits of Technology.
0:16.9	What they got right, wrong, and where these pioneers think we're headed next.
0:21.2	Listen to the TED Radio Hour, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:44.5	Hello and welcome to Car Talk from National Public Radio with us Click and Clack the Tapper Brothers.
0:50.1	We're broadcasting from the House of Un-American Activities here at Car Talk Plaza.
0:51.8	Boy, did you create?
0:55.5	I guess I have to be... You're partially responsible.
0:57.0	Guilty by association.
0:57.6	I will admit that I took the idea and ran with it.
1:02.0	But you were right there with me.
1:04.4	I mean, all we did was...
1:05.5	You ranted with it.
1:06.6	We suggested that cars that can go screaming down the highway really are stupid and should not be on
1:16.7	the road, right?
1:18.3	But we admitted that there is this sort of sanctity of the free market, but we're going to
1:23.9	realize that people are, there are lots of morons out there, and they should not be allowed to be moronic.
1:30.8	Well, as...
1:31.2	If it endangers the rest of us.
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