Hank Watson's Garage Hour - Cars, Trucks, Beers & Guns
50,000 watts of gearhead terror. We’re the talk radio blowtorch you want, chock-full of cars, trucks, beers and guns since 2009. We'll be your go-to for gearhead get-some, full of the sliciest canyon carving, dirtiest off-roading, biggest calibers, hairiest sasquatches, loudest explosions, plus the best epic fails, smoking rubble and blue-collar awesomesauce since Top Gear full of beer.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 62 minutes
- Episodes
- 819
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
07.13.20 (MP3): Family Four-Wheelin' - 'Froading w/ Folks for Fun; Dad Rules & Kid Options, Shared To-Dos & Friends w/ Trucks, Adventure by Committee & Touristing Like you Mean It, + No Reception = No Escape
Sure, sometimes your kids don't fit, but a good day off-road just screams for accessories. Why not bring the child-units along and teach 'em what matters? The history, the technique, the parts and th…
07.13.20: Family Four-Wheelin' - 'Froading w/ Folks for Fun; Dad Rules & Kid Options, Shared To-Dos & Friends w/ Trucks, Adventure by Committee & Touristing Like you Mean It, + No Reception = No Escape
Sure, sometimes your kids don't fit, but a good day off-road just screams for accessories. Why not bring the child-units along and teach 'em what matters? The history, the technique, the parts and th…
07.04.20: July Fourth is for Freedom (Like Every Other Day in America): Now, How to Celebrate? Go Shoot, Go Camp, Fly Your Flag & Fly Your Freak, + Freeing Seattle's Soy Zone w/ Vets & Bikers
Gearheads love freedom - freedom to roam, freedom to experiment, freedom to build a Porsche or Chevy or Toyota or Yugo, freedom to blow up pricey parts and then buy more and blow them up too. The Ge…
07.04.20 (MP3): July Fourth is for Freedom (Like Every Other Day in America): Now, How to Celebrate? Go Shoot, Go Camp, Fly Your Flag & Fly Your Freak, + Freeing Seattle's Soy Zone w/ Vets & Bikers
Gearheads love freedom - freedom to roam, freedom to experiment, freedom to build a Porsche or Chevy or Toyota or Yugo, freedom to blow up pricey parts and then buy more and blow them up too. The Ge…
06.22.20: Truck Detailing: Tube Bumpers & Dented Fenders Like to Be Clean Too, w/ Cleaning for Maintenance & Affection, To Wax or Not To Wax, Soap is Not Soap, Polish Other Bits, Tire Goo is Maintenance Too, + Avoiding the Spike
'Tis the season for more 'froading, but too many rock and bonkers tend to ignore a key bit of maintenance: cleaning. It's not just ball bearings anymore, and the dirt you don't deal with can destroy…
06.22.20 (MP3): Truck Detailing: Tube Bumpers & Dented Fenders Like to Be Clean Too, w/ Cleaning for Maintenance & Affection, To Wax or Not To Wax, Soap is Not Soap, Polish Other Bits, Tire Goo is Maintenance Too, + Avoiding the Spike
'Tis the season for more 'froading, but too many rock and bonkers tend to ignore a key bit of maintenance: cleaning. It's not just ball bearings anymore, and the dirt you don't deal with can destroy…
06.14.20 (MP3): Tips for Building Your First AR-15, w/ Tools & Tricks, Books & Blocks, + Banning Liquor & Gun Stores (So Much for the ATF), 2A in Europe & Waiting-Period Tantrums for Hipsters & Ignoramuses
"Like a good neighbor, stay over there!"
The Garage Hour goons have been helping friends and neighborlings make their home more secure (#becausegearhead!), and for many (really many) neighborites, th…
06.14.20: Tips for Building Your First AR-15, w/ Tools & Tricks, Books & Blocks, + Banning Liquor & Gun Stores (So Much for the ATF), 2A in Europe & Waiting-Period Tantrums for Hipsters & Ignoramuses
"Like a good neighbor, stay over there!"
The Garage Hour goons have been helping friends and neighborlings make their home more secure (#becausegearhead!), and for many (really many) neighborites, th…
06.02.20 (MP3): Defend Your Home - Ideas & Practices for First-Time Firearm Owners (Because the Second Amendment Matters Even More Nowadays), + Willie Pete, Flare Guns, Zombie Rules, Cocktail Mags & Home-Defense Logic
This is the only time the Garage Hour will tell you to think defensively - eat it up. Whether you're a 2A guy (or gal!) - or the merits of the Second Amendment are just now making sense to you - prep…
06.02.20: Defend Your Home - Ideas & Practices for First-Time Firearm Owners (Because the Second Amendment Matters Even More Nowadays), + Willie Pete, Flare Guns, Zombie Rules, Cocktail Mags & Home-Defense Logic
This is the only time the Garage Hour will tell you to think defensively - eat it up. Whether you're a 2A guy (or gal!) - or the merits of the Second Amendment are just now making sense to you - prep…
05.30.20 (MP3): Because Junkyard! Bring the Right Tools for Junkyard Winning (& Rules for Good Junkyard Carma - sic!), w/ Killer Tracks by Primus, Straits, Waits, Colour, Snail, Sword, FTM, M'Deth, Volbeat, 16-Volt, Circle & Astro-Man
You don't hit the junkyard to look at stuff, it's about parts. Oh, wait, you totally go to geek out on cool bits you don't need, then rush to get everything you came for after wasting an hour fiddlin…
05.30.20: Because Junkyard! Bring the Right Tools for Junkyard Winning (& Rules for Good Junkyard Carma - sic!), w/ Killer Tracks by Primus, Straits, Waits, Colour, Snail, Sword, FTM, M'Deth, Volbeat, 16-Volt, Circle & Astro-Man
You don't hit the junkyard to look at stuff, it's about parts. Oh, wait, you totally go to geek out on cool bits you don't need, then rush to get everything you came for after wasting an hour fiddlin…
05.15.20 (MP3): Canyon Carving & Curvy Road 101! Take Serious Fun Seriously w/ Fast-Guy Thinking (Fast Car OR Fast Guy?) - Prep the Car & Prep the You w/ Mechanical Tricks, Cockpit Position, Situational Awareness, Own the Envelope & Daily-Driver Heel-Toe
Make Sunday funday a run to remember, or country road playtime will wind up being something to regret. The Garage Hour goons are pros at a few things, and a little gearhead gusto on the two-lane blac…
05.15.20: Canyon Carving & Curvy Roads 101! Taking Serious Fun Seriously w/ Fast-Guy Thinking (Fast Car OR Fast Guy?) - Prep the Car & Prep the You w/ Mechanical Tricks, Cockpit Position, Situational Awareness, Owning your Envelope & Daily-Driver Heel-Toe
Make Sunday funday a run to remember, or country road playtime will wind up being something to regret. The Garage Hour goons are pros at a few things, and a little gearhead gusto on the two-lane blac…
05.03.20 (MP3): AR-15 Q&A - .223 VS 5.56, M4 or M-16, What "AR" Means, Long VS Short Handguards (Technique & Style), Co-Witnessed Sights, 1 or 2-Stage Triggers, Barrel Length & Twist, + The Most Important Thing Ever: LEGO Bullets
Arm yourself with some facts for the next time you walk into a word-fight about AR-platform rifles. The Gearhead Consultancy got together with shooters and military men at Freedom:30 Arms for a walk-…
05.03.20: AR-15 Q&A - .223 VS 5.56, M4 or M-16, What "AR" Means, Long VS Short Handguards (Technique & Style), Co-Witnessed Sights, 1 or 2-Stage Triggers, Barrel Length & Twist, + The Most Important Thing Ever: LEGO Bullets
Arm yourself with some facts for the next time you walk into a word-fight about AR-platform rifles. The Gearhead Consultancy got together with shooters and military men at Freedom:30 Arms for a walk-…
04.24.20 (MP3): Operation Do Stuff: Involved & Half-Done Projects, Dude Food (Crisis Chili!) & Long Drives to the (Grocery) Bar, + Cohosts' New AR-15s, Kid-Friendly Technology, Gardening, Reading, Geek Pursuits & Trucking Bat Plague Out to Pasture
Don't let the Chinese bat plague get you down - with all this spare time to watch crap governors hold your paycheck ransom, there's time to finish what you started. Whether it's yours, your kids', in…
04.24.20: Operation Do Stuff: Involved & Half-Done Projects, Dude Food (Crisis Chili!) & Long Drives to the (Grocery) Bar, + Cohosts' New AR-15s, Kid-Friendly Technology, Gardening, Reading, Geek Pursuits & Trucking Bat Plague Out to Pasture
Don't let the Chinese bat plague get you down - with all this spare time to watch crap governors hold your paycheck ransom, there's time to finish what you started. Whether it's yours, your kids', in…
04.16.20 (MP3): Found On Road Awesome? Pay Attention - Sockets, Snips & Snap-On, + Barbecues & Dinner (w/ the Sandbox Edition), + Ammo for Pig Hunts, Colorado Elk Poaching, the Sequel Rule & A Robin Williams Review
All the cool stuff that's sitting right there that fell off somebody's truck that they'd really like back but they forgot it fell off so now it's yours! The Garage Hour goons gather up for another #…
04.16.20: Found On Road Awesome? Pay Attention - Sockets, Snips & Snap-On, + Barbecues & Dinner (w/ the Sandbox Edition), + Ammo for Pig Hunts, Colorado Elk Poaching, the Sequel Rule & A Robin Williams Review
All the cool stuff that's sitting right there that fell off somebody's truck that they'd really like back but they forgot it fell off so now it's yours! The Garage Hour goons gather up for another #…