Car Show! with Eddie Alterman
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Podcast Overview
<p>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.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>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 <a href="http://eepurl.com/grpqpD">Pushkin.fm</a>.</p>
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Recent Episodes
May 27, 2026
From Medal of Honor: James Fleming’s Impossible Vietnam War Rescue
Host Eddie Alterman interviews Air Force pilot James Fleming about his Medal of Honor-winning Vietnam War rescue mission.
January 21, 2026
From Business History: De-Nazifying the Love Bug: The VW Beetle Story Part II
<p>We're sharing an episode from another Pushkin podcast, Business History. Hosts Jacob Goldstein and Robert Smith examine the surprising stories of businesses big and small, bringing to life the greatest innovations, the boldest entrepreneurs and the craziest mavericks in the archives of commerce and finance.<br><br>It's 1945. The Volkswagen factory has been bombed and members of the staff have been arrested as war criminals. So how did the company turn around in just a few years and begin making Beetle cars that became a global sensation? Big political and economic moves helped - but a British Army officer, Walt Disney and a New York ad agency also played pivotal roles in turning a car that Hitler had championed into the favourite ride of surfers, school teachers and hippies. <br><br>This is part 2 of a two-part series. Check out part 1 from last week.</p> <p>Find more episodes of Business History on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-history/id1844409167">Apple</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0eCqHmuyMoj8NXXFHP6wIi?si=b8792dc4d79d4ba9">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessHistoryPod">YouTube</a>, or wherever you get podcasts.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
January 14, 2026
From Business History: Hitler's Gift to the Hippies: The VW Beetle Story Part I
<p>We're sharing an episode from another Pushkin podcast, Business History. Hosts Jacob Goldstein and Robert Smith examine the surprising stories of businesses big and small, bringing to life the greatest innovations, the boldest entrepreneurs and the craziest mavericks in the archives of commerce and finance.<br><br>The VW Beetle was the biggest selling car of all time, and it found particular favor with people like hippies and surfers. But this icon of the 60s counterculture had its roots in Nazism. The Volkswagen—the People's Car—was an obsession of Adolf Hitler. He wanted to transform Germany into a land of drivers—and needed an affordable, but reliable automobile. Germany's private auto manufacturers knew the project was doomed to failure. So Hitler assembled a team of designers and factory managers to enact his vision - even if that meant enslaving workers and committing murder. <br><br>This is part 1 of a two-part series on the VW Beetle. Find part 2 here next Wednesday. <br><br>Find more episodes of Business History on <a href="https://apple.co/4nuRrLg">Apple</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0eCqHmuyMoj8NXXFHP6wIi?si=6593b3e941fc4f23">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BusinessHistoryPod">YouTube</a>, or wherever you get podcasts.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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<p>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.</p> <p>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. </p> <p>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 <a href="http://eepurl.com/grpqpD">Pushkin.fm</a>.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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