Car Show! with Eddie Alterman podcast

Car Show! with Eddie Alterman

Longtime Car and Driver editor Eddie Alterman thinks all cars are great, even the awful ones. But some cars, he says, transcend their "car-ness” and have a story to tell. On Car Show!, Alterman tells those stories. Stories of the vital cars — the ones that have changed how we drive and live, whose significance lies outside the scope of horsepower or miles per gallon. Because some cars are more than just a pile of metal, glass, and rubber. Some cars are rolling anthropology. Launches May 18, with new episodes on Wednesdays. To hear the show ads free, as well as exclusive bonus content, subscribe to Pushkin+ in Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries. If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts be sure to sign up for our email list at [Pushkin.fm] (http://eepurl.com/grpqpD) .

Longtime Car and Driver editor Eddie Alterman thinks all cars are great, even the awful ones. But some cars, he says, transcend their "car-ness” and have a story to tell. On Car Show!, Alterman tells those stories. Stories of the vital cars — the ones that have changed how we drive and live, whose significance lies outside the scope of horsepower or miles per gallon. Because some cars are more than just a pile of metal, glass, and rubber. Some cars are rolling anthropology. Launches May 18, with new episodes on Wednesdays. To hear the show ads free, as well as exclusive bonus content, subscribe to Pushkin+ in Apple Podcasts or at pushkin.fm/plus. iHeartMedia is the exclusive podcast partner of Pushkin Industries. If you’d like to keep up with the most recent news from this and other Pushkin podcasts be sure to sign up for our email list at [Pushkin.fm] (http://eepurl.com/grpqpD) .

 

#20

Into the Toyota Land Cruiser

The Toyota Land Cruiser returns as a more affordable SUV, Tony and Eddie take it off-roadi... more

11 Jul 2024

39 MINS

39:26

11 Jul 2024


#19

Into the Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato

The Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato is designed to play in the dirt, so we get it dirty. Afte... more

06 Jun 2024

35 MINS

35:26

06 Jun 2024


#18

The Final Round with Malcolm Gladwell and Alonzo Bodden

In our Car of the Year finale, the finalists from rounds 1-4 now go head to head! Eddie, M... more

22 Dec 2022

39 MINS

39:16

22 Dec 2022


#17

Round Four: SUVs with Ezra Dyer

In our penultimate round, the contenders are the Ford Bronco Raptor, Genesis GV70, Honda C... more

21 Dec 2022

36 MINS

36:13

21 Dec 2022


#16

Round Three: EVs with John Voelcker

In this episode, Eddie and Green Car Reports’ John Voelcker evaluate four industry-leading... more

14 Dec 2022

47 MINS

47:33

14 Dec 2022


#15

Round Two: Sports Sedans with Elana Scherr

Eddie is joined by hot rodder, muscle car enthusiast, and Car and Driver Senior Editor Ela... more

07 Dec 2022

40 MINS

40:36

07 Dec 2022


#14

Round One: Sports Cars with Matt Farah

In round one of our tournament to determine the car of the year, Eddie is joined by Matt F... more

30 Nov 2022

50 MINS

50:36

30 Nov 2022


#13

Car Show Season Two: The Tournament

Car Show will return on November 30 with a 5-episode tournament to determine Eddie’s highl... more

28 Nov 2022

02 MINS

02:13

28 Nov 2022


#12

Family Car Shopping with Malcolm Gladwell

Eddie helps new father Malcolm Gladwell shop for a family car. They put a souped-up crosso... more

13 Jul 2022

45 MINS

45:16

13 Jul 2022


#11

The Chrysler Minivan and the New American Parent

Envisioned as the antidote to the dowdy station wagon, the minivan became more stigmatized... more

06 Jul 2022

34 MINS

34:16

06 Jul 2022


#10

The Bugatti Veyron: the Quest to Outrun Gravity

The Veyron is what happens when unlimited money and colossal ego meet the hardest automoti... more

29 Jun 2022

34 MINS

34:11

29 Jun 2022


#9

Detours: The Great Muscle Car Debate with Mike Musto

Eddie sits down with muscle car guru Mike Musto, who didn’t totally agree with Eddie’s tak... more

27 Jun 2022

23 MINS

23:35

27 Jun 2022


#8

Our First Cars with Lake Bell and Rob Corddry

Eddie talks to Lake Bell and Rob Corddry about the cars that shaped their adolescent years... more

22 Jun 2022

52 MINS

52:32

22 Jun 2022


#7

The Volkswagen GTI was our Hero ft. Malcolm Gladwell

Proud VW evangelists Malcolm Gladwell and Eddie agitate for a reappraisal of the VW GTI as... more

15 Jun 2022

38 MINS

38:10

15 Jun 2022


#6

The Chevrolet Corvair: How Safety Failed Us

The Corvair was Motor Trend’s Car of the Year for 1960, yet the car hit bottom just ... more

08 Jun 2022

40 MINS

40:04

08 Jun 2022


#5

The Lunar Rover: The Most Important Car off this Earth

Why did we send a car to the moon? How did we design something for an environment we knew ... more

01 Jun 2022

41 MINS

41:08

01 Jun 2022


#4

The Porsche 928: Why Better Isn’t Always Best

The Porsche 928 was meant to replace the Porsche 911. Instead, it cemented the 911 as the ... more

25 May 2022

40 MINS

40:23

25 May 2022


#3

The BMW M5: The Last Best Sport Sedan ft. Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell joins Eddie to share this ode to sport-sedan purity, before automation an... more

18 May 2022

36 MINS

36:41

18 May 2022


#2

The Jeep Wrangler: Saving Democracy, Making Bank

The Jeep was created in the 1940s to serve the battlefields of World War II. It glided int... more

18 May 2022

33 MINS

33:09

18 May 2022


#1

Introducing: Car Show! with Eddie Alterman

Coming soon from Pushkin Industries: a show about why we drive what we drive. Hosted by Ed... more

05 May 2022

02 MINS

02:28

05 May 2022