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
02.13.23 (MP3): Chunks of Gearhead Reality - Smart Truck Wiring VS Extracurricular Components, London VS Leftover Bombs, Snow-‘Froading, Catalytic Stealin’, AI Vomitin’, Lightning Failin’, Kyle Busch’s Handgun Elitin’, + Eddyline & Saturnine
This is a test (new uploading technique), but it’s also gearhead goodness - all the stuff you like. Safe shopping for online scores? Walkin’ Dude flash-fries a water buffalo? Wiring and transpirin…
02.13.23: Chunks of Gearhead Reality - Smart Truck Wiring VS Extracurricular Components, London VS Leftover Bombs, Snow-‘Froading, Catalytic Stealin’, AI Vomitin’, Lightning Failin’, Kyle Busch’s Handgun Elitin’, + Eddyline & Saturnine
This is a test (new uploading technique), but it’s also gearhead goodness - all the stuff you like. Safe shopping for online scores? Walkin’ Dude flash-fries a water buffalo? Wiring and transpirin…
02.03.23 (MP3): This Old Hour (House) Redux: Fortify the Castle w/ Geek Fix-It Juice, Incl. Can Your Car Be Safer, Security Ideas from the Fuzz, Destructive Testing, Being Safe VS Feeling It, + Making Screws Feel Your Soapy Wrath
Invent a better mousetrap and they'll beat a path to your door, or, in the case of the gearheads at the Garage Hour, do an episode full of fun homeownery crap and everyone will want more. ...Because…
02.03.23: This Old Hour (House) Redux: Fortify the Castle w/ Geek Fix-It Juice, Incl. Can Your Car Be Safer, Security Ideas from the Fuzz, Destructive Testing, Being Safe VS Feeling It, + Making Screws Feel Your Soapy Wrath
Invent a better mousetrap and they'll beat a path to your door, or, in the case of the gearheads at the Garage Hour, do an episode full of fun homeownery crap and everyone will want more. ...Because…
01.31.23 (MP3): Pickup Trucks & Miles Driven in the Crosshairs, Lumberjack Commandos VS Hipster Chin, Mixed Freight VS High Coal, Bitter Beers VS Bitter People, Tesla Democrats VS Twitter Files, & Why Are Land Fan Bird Blenders Blowing Up?
Alright, gearhead here: Which came first - harsh I.P.A.s or histper sippers? Dwindling dollars cause big dogs to suffer the same fate as big cars and big homes? Does your 7500lb one-week chargemobile…
01.31.23: Pickup Trucks & Miles Driven in the Crosshairs, Lumberjack Commandos VS Hipster Chin, Mixed Freight VS High Coal, Bitter Beers VS Bitter People, Tesla Democrats VS Twitter Files, & Why Are Land Fan Bird Blenders Blowing Up?
Alright, gearhead here: Which came first - harsh I.P.A.s or histper sippers? Dwindling dollars cause big dogs to suffer the same fate as big cars and big homes? Does your 7500lb one-week chargemobile…
01.21.23 (MP3): Geeking Out on Home Fixes (It's Cold Out!) - Burning Wood & Cookin' w/ Gas, 3-Way Switches, Tool Drawers & Function Centers, Sweating Pipe & Shark Fittings, Schrader Valves, Arced Tools & Electrocuted Friends, + Music for Misbehavior
If it's snowing igloos and narwhales outside, you might as well do something in (let your home be a canvas for your genius). The Gearhead Consultancy also knows fine homeownerin', so this episode's …
01.21.23: Geeking Out on Home Fixes (It's Cold Out!) - Burning Wood & Cookin' w/ Gas, 3-Way Switches, Tool Drawers & Function Centers, Sweating Pipe & Shark Fittings, Schrader Valves, Arced Tools & Electrocuted Friends, + Music for Misbehavior
If it's snowing igloos and narwhales outside, you might as well do something in (let your home be a canvas for your genius). The Gearhead Consultancy also knows fine homeownerin', so this episode's …
01.12.23 (MP3): Caught In Thought -Swiss Lightning Super Lasers, Weird Things for Sale Online, Corporations Polluting the Atmosphere, Distracted Driving Attention Budgets, Electric Cars Cost More (& Just Got Banned), +More CO2, More Fixes & More Elephants
"The more I learn, the less I know." said everyone, always - it's time to get your geek on with some off-the-wall thinking. With tacos full of bell and turbos full of charge (and a guest appearance …
01.12.23: Caught In Thought - Swiss Lightning Super Lasers, Weird Things for Sale Online, Corporations Polluting the Atmosphere, Distracted Driving Attention Budgets, Electric Cars Cost More (& Just Got Banned), + More CO2, More Fixes & More Elephants
"The more I learn, the less I know." said everyone, always - it's time to get your geek on with some off-the-wall thinking. With tacos full of bell and turbos full of charge (and a guest appearance …
01.03.23 (MP3): Post-Xmas Reality, w/Right to Repair (Deere VS Farmers & The Woz's Gluey Macs), Murderdrones, Clocks at Sea, Knitting Sweaters, Kalifornistan's Infrastructure (Build a Dam Already) &Illinois Gun Control (Weaver or Isosceles) +Karma to Burn
Let's spread some real on now that the good day is done - the Garage Hour goons have hit 2023 like a dump truck full of boba and we're getting it all over the place: freak out the neighbors with your…
01.03.23: Post-Xmas Reality, w/ Right to Repair (Deere VS Farmers & The Woz's Gluey Macs), Murderdrones, Clocks at Sea, Knitting Sweaters, Kalifornistan's Infrastructure (Build a Dam Already) & Illinois Gun Control (Weaver or Isosceles), + Karma to Burn
Let's spread some real on now that the good day is done - the Garage Hour goons have hit 2023 like a dump truck full of boba and we're getting it all over the place: freak out the neighbors with your…
12.28.22 (MP3): Good, Bad & Ugly Xmas Gifts - Second Amendment & CCWs, Battery Reliability in the Cold, Real VS Fake Trees (What About the Effort?), Steel Plates Fix Fire, Egg Nog Testing + All-Wheel Drive VS Rear-Wheel Drive for Fun w/ Snow (& Some Mom)
Gearheads giving geeky goodness - what could be better for Christmas? There's gobs of great holiday happiness here, plus a few gifts you shouldn't give. Putting some 2A under a real tree? You and 1…
12.28.22: Good, Bad & Ugly Xmas Gifts - Second Amendment & CCWs, Battery Reliability in the Cold, Real VS Fake Trees (What About the Effort?), Steel Plates Fix Fire, Egg Nog Testing + All-Wheel Drive VS Rear-Wheel Drive for Fun w/ Snow (& Some Mom)
Gearheads giving geeky goodness - what could be better for Christmas? There's gobs of great holiday happiness here, plus a few gifts you shouldn't give. Putting some 2A under a real tree? You and 1…
12.12.22 (MP3): Crap Weather Automotive Operation - Things to Think When There's 0 Degrees, w/ Tires & Batteries VS Cold, Breaking Down VS Picking It Up, & a Little About Dirty Oil from Dirty Politicians, + Great Westerns, Good F1, & Supreme Court Lumps
Prepping versus being prepared: what's it take to keep the little things from killing you when it's snowing icebergs and polar bears (because there's no second chances at zero degrees), and intellige…
12.12.22: Crap Weather Automotive Operation - Things to Think When There's 0 Degrees, w/ Tires & Batteries VS Cold, Breaking Down VS Picking It Up, & a Little About Dirty Oil from Dirty Politicians, + Great Westerns, Good F1, & Supreme Court Lumps
Prepping versus being prepared: what's it take to keep the little things from killing you when it's snowing icebergs and polar bears (because there's no second chances at zero degrees), and intellige…
11.21.22 (MP3): Gearhead Stuff = The Return of Undercar Neon & Spinners, Snowy Railbed Roundhouse Adventures, Reciprocating Saws & Returning Thieves, + Too Much Wheel or Too Little Skill Makes Parade Floats Dangerous (w/ Rock & Roll, Beer, & ED 209)
So much to upload - sorry, so busy... Garage Hour is on it, though, so don't 'fraid dat: we've got a goodly gearhead glob of geeksauce here. Undercar neon, roundhouses for parking your locomotive a…
11.21.22: Gearhead Stuff = The Return of Undercar Neon & Spinners, Snowy Railbed Roundhouse Adventures, Reciprocating Saws & Returning Thieves, + Too Much Wheel or Too Little Skill Makes Parade Floats Dangerous (w/ Rock & Roll, Beer, & ED 209)
So much to upload - sorry, so busy... Garage Hour is on it, though, so don't 'fraid dat: we've got a goodly gearhead glob of geeksauce here. Undercar neon, roundhouses for parking your locomotive a…
11.11.22 (MP3): Rooftop Tents & Carriers are Car Abuse! Also, Jay Leno's Burns (and Gearhead Legitimacy), Carvana's Pending Flop (Used Car Lots Need Used Cars & Shoppers), Are Electric Vehicles Stealing Your Money?, + Herbie Hancock & Echo w/ Bunnymen
Yummmm, segminty.
Good stuff: The crap you bolt on your roof is a legitimate threat to your vehicle - wear and tear, fluid abuse and suspension decrepitation. Serious gearhead Jay Leno is saved fro…
11.11.22: Rooftop Tents & Carriers are Car Abuse! Also, Jay Leno's Burns (and Gearhead Legitimacy), Carvana's Pending Flop (Used Car Lots Need Used Cars & Shoppers), Are Electric Vehicles Stealing Your Money?, + Herbie Hancock & Echo w/ Bunnymen
Yummmm, segminty.
Good stuff: The crap you bolt on your roof is a legitimate threat to your vehicle - wear and tear, fluid abuse and suspension decrepitation. Serious gearhead Jay Leno is saved fro…