a friend recently told me that the reason why
cartalk

has had more than their fair share of reruns of late is because
half of the radio duo, tom magliozzi, had a serious heart condition
emerge over the summer, and although he was getting better slowly
that he was “close to death at the time”. i figured that surely
this must surely be a public radio urban legend, since the news
would be known far and wide with adoring masses showing their
support. not so, the friend told me, since
npr

and
cartalk

wanted to keep things on the hush hush.

as it turns out, i don’t know how close to death he was, but
tom did get
sick over the summer

and if
google

is any indication, things were kept

mighty quiet

.

in any case, hopefully tom is recovering nicely, because i’m not
sure i’m prepared for a life without
cartalk

.