{"podcast":{"title":"The Best of Car Talk","slug":"the-best-of-car-talk-482243","podcast_index_feed_id":482243,"rss_url":"https://feeds.npr.org/510208/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510208/car-talk","image_url":"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2022/09/23/car-talk_tile_npr-network-01_sq-efe4a8c500f754b242821075ef75ff3054e816cb.jpg?s=1400&c=66&f=jpg","author":"NPR (podcasts@npr.org)","episode_count":4,"summary":"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-in bonus episodes with Ray, and sponsor-free listening.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T06:20:17.575340+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-car-talk-482243"},"episode":{"title":"#2659: Class Dismissed!","slug":"2659-class-dismissed","published_at":"2026-07-25T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-car-talk-482243/2659-class-dismissed","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-car-talk-482243","url":"https://www.npr.org/2026/07/25/nx-s1-5903191/2659-class-dismissed","audio_url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510208/npr.simplecastaudio.com/9d92d581-9541-4957-9480-c04a7b77b708/episodes/ca077ec0-01d1-4abf-a560-b7da9e7b2340/audio/128/default.mp3?awCollectionId=9d92d581-9541-4957-9480-c04a7b77b708&awEpisodeId=ca077ec0-01d1-4abf-a560-b7da9e7b2340&feed=AL0VkDms&t=podcast&e=nx-s1-5903191&p=510208&d=2203&size=35255780","summary":"Linda’s Honda has such a bad ride that she is making her 8th grade class sit silently at their desks while she talks to Click and Clack about it. Will the brothers come up with the correct answer for Linda’s Honda? Or will they have to stay after class? Find out on this episode of the Best of Car Talk. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy","meta_description":"Linda’s Honda has such a bad ride that she is making her 8th grade class sit silently at their desks while she talks to Click and Clack about it. Will the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2203,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-best-of-car-talk-482243/episodes/2659-class-dismissed/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-car-talk-482243/2659-class-dismissed.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}