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Peter Borne, owner of the world's only floating recording studio stops by to plug his summer concert series and in the meantime, cut a commercial live, on the air for Walser Automotive. We breifly turn to electric cars but spend more time talking about an all original 1956 Hammond B3 organ that hadn't been played in 4 decades. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brent Alpert, board member for the Minnesota street rod association, joins us in studio to talk about the 48th annual Back to the Fifties car show, One of the largest in the United States. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Scott Lambert and Mary Velline from the Minnesota Auto Dealer's Association join us in studio to talk about the amazingly successful Twin Cities Auto Show. Final weekend.......hurry, don't wait. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do Ellen DeGeneres, Charlie Sheen and Nick Cage all have in common? They've bought really expensive and rare cars from Bill Ward. Bill and Tom Ryan join us in studio to talk about exceptionally rare and expensive used cars. Tom Also talks with Mike Gelfand about Harper Lee and what a mooch Truman Capote is.  Certainly something for everyone. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Hodge podge episode where we talk about physical diseases, Macular degeneration, self-driving cars, Emo Phillips in a Northern Wisconsin casino. In honor of the passing of Gilbert Gottfried, we play some old live KQ Walser sports that nearly ended Doug's radio career.  On the automotive front, we talk about GM and Honda partnering in a sub 30K all electric vehicle, the introduction of the Ford F-150 Lightning and the worlds first trans-gender Traffic report. Never a dull moment. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An automotive based episode. We debunk fuel saving devices and the conspiracy theories behind murdering scientists that developed carburetors capable of 100 mpg ratings. We talk about wasting money on premium fuel for most cars sold in the us and attempt to delicately explain when ethanol isn't always the best alternative. Lots of callers weighing in on compression ratios etc. and yet another failed attempt to get our GM mechanic friend to call in from Kenosha.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Local bluesman Jim Stairs from Squishy Mud joins us in studio. It turns out that Jim, Mike Gelfand and Doug all drove taxis in Minneapolis in the 70's. We share stories of driving drunks around and playing in front of drunk people which seems somewhat appropriate as it's St. Patrick's day. Somehow all three of us survived those halcyon days. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Technical difficulty day. We start the show talking dieting physiology with three women just starting their own clinic.  Next up, Ukrainian tax breaks for citizens capturing Russian military equipment, Fords 50 billion dollar investment in EV's and Carvana's purchase of Adessa auto auctions. Finally, Doug talks about getting car-jacked in the 70's as a cab driver and we learn that Mike Gelfand also drove for the same company at likely the same time....................more to come about this next week while Mike and Doug will tell cab driving stories..........We are likely why they invented ride-share. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk about the ongoing chip shortage with a listener who's patiently waiting for this new F250 to be built. We also talk about the war in the Ukraine, the possibility of an attack on Chernobyl and how to survive $5.00 per gallon gasoline. Not the most uplifting episode but at least we are topical.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the first hour, during The Family, we mostly talked about something other than politics.  Now, on Car Selling Secrets, we're talking politics.  We checked our calendar, and no, it's not opposite day.  Although Doug does talk at length about selling cars in the second half, which is unusual enough that we may have to have February 10th declared as something in the same vein as opposite day.  The day hell froze over, perhaps. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Drinking and not driving. A very unusual and up lifting episode guided by many callers who phone in to discuss their struggles with alcoholism. Mike Gelfand talks about the pioneering work he did on the radio decades ago being one of the first people to openly discuss his own mental health struggles.  Along the way we learn that the perfect inexpensive car to drive to group therapy is a 2001 Honda Accord V6......as long as you change the timing belt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Back after a 6 week hiatus. We discuss Tesla potentially taking the US Luxury Sales crown, bad boys pulling over people in a cop car, Earl Butz as the first victim of the cancel culture, the Presidency of Jimmy Carter and the return of the VW micro-bus.....this time, it's electric. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.