Car Show! with Eddie Alterman
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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.
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Car Show! with Eddie Alterman has published 23 episodes since May 2022, covering topics in Automotive, History.
Car Show! with Eddie Alterman is currently moderate with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 38m.
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