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138. The Pile Up EP24: Extermination of the Clunker

Emily tells the chilling story of the government program know as Cash 4 Clunkers. Rose has a vannin breakdown story of epic proportions. Recorded & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Editor: Emdognightmare Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E138 Dec 17, 2025 53 min 58 annotations

137. The Pile Up: Brain Buster 02

On Brain Buster no.2 Rose reveals the answer to her cryptic question about government standards on cars and Emily swims in the murky waters of Jeep's body count Recorded & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Editor: Emdognightmare Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E137 Dec 12, 2025 23 min 23 annotations

136. The Pile Up EP23: I'm Just a Jeepster for Your Love

This week our first token man guest Tanner! Tanner is an ultra talented sign painter, owner of a Corvair and a downright sweet heart. We finagled him into talking about his least favorite subject the storied history of Jeep. Tanner's insta Hire Tanner: [email protected] Recorded & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Editor: Emdognightmare Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E136 Dec 10, 2025 56 min 33 annotations

135. The Pile UP: Brain Buster 01

It's NEW!! This Friday (and every Friday after) the girls ask questions, you give answers we commend you! Recorded & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Editor: Emdognightmare Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E134 Dec 05, 2025 20 min 27 annotations

134. The Pile Up EP22: AMC: Death by 1,000 Pacer Cuts

This week Rose breaks down in the desert and Emily explores the first wide small car. AMC Pacer documentary Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E134 Dec 03, 2025 63 min 37 annotations

133. The Pile Up EP21: The Beast of Science

Emily talks about a a 27-liter 1,650 cubic inches, V12 Spitfire powered hotrod called The Beast, Rose gets sciencey. Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E133 Nov 26, 2025 60 min 29 annotations

132. The Pile Up EP20: GTO, Cocaine, and Back to the Future

Rose brings the dramatic story of John DeLorean to light, Emily enjoys the ride. Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E132 Nov 19, 2025 53 min 22 annotations

131. The Pile Up EP19: Cooking the Books

Emily dives deep into a wild conspiracy at the height of the muscle car era. Rose gets judgy with the GTO SHOW NOTES Pontiac GTO tiger comercial Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E131 Nov 12, 2025 50 min 48 annotations

130. The Pile Up EP18: A Loving Memory of Dark Mark

This week Rose shares her memories of her best friend Mark McBride. Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E130 Nov 05, 2025 64 min 27 annotations

129. The Pile Up EP17: Artsy Fartsy

This week Emily gets artsy over the man behind CARTdepartment. SHOW NOTES: Larry Warsh interview Jay Z, Kanye West Otis music video Lots of CART car pics @cartdept Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E129 Oct 29, 2025 15 min 22 annotations

128. The Pile Up EP16: Buried Steam

Emily gets buried, Rose gives the listeners what they want. Rose's grandpa buries a Cadillac Vanta Baby Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E128 Oct 22, 2025 63 min 12 annotations

127. The Pile Up EP15: Corvette Cliffhanger

In this episode Emily dives into the legend of the 1983 Corvette. Rose talks about her time working in a corvette shop & upcoming projects. Crush Them All article Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E127 Oct 15, 2025 54 min 33 annotations

126. The Pile Up EP14: Automotive Grade Crystals

This week we go into Chinese luxury and Rose's new project. Huawei Maextro S800 Rolling Coffins sweet comercial Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E126 Oct 08, 2025 58 min 28 annotations

125. The Pile Up EP13: Best / Worst

Emily talks about the best worst car while Rose goes off the tracks with a secret topic. Kind of good AI Chevette video Check out Rose's favorite train vids: Big Steam, 50 Years of Southern Pacific Locomotives, 50 Years of Santa Fe Locomotives, Last Days of Steam Rolling Coffins comercial Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E125 Oct 05, 2025 64 min 35 annotations

124. The Pile Up EP12: Odd Rods IV

Both girls go Ed Roth for the last instillation of odd rods. Emily freaks out about the 90s masterpiece that is Beatnik Bandit II. Rose takes us on Orbitrons journey, featuring drug cartels, sex shops, and becoming a garbage can. Check out the Subaru dog comercial Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E124 Sep 24, 2025 51 min 3 annotations

123. The Pile Up EP11: Odd Rods III

The Queen and Emdog continue to stumble and fumble through the very wacky world of Odd Rods. Queenie finally gets to unveil one of her top tier favorites. A model T inspired pre-war body and on a period technical Indy car inspired chassis. That's the amazing Ice Truck by Dan Woods. Em dog brings out a heavy hitter with Fritz Schenk's Roswell Rod, a Roth inspired rod that is so out of this world it will make you want to believe. Dan Woods Ice Truck & insta Fritz Schenk's Roswell Rod Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E123 Sep 17, 2025 54 min 6 annotations

122. The Pileup EP10: Odd Rods II

Rolling into part II of Odd Rods, we're talking Vanturian & Mega Cycle. We got so wrapped up in the power of these we only had time for 2! Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E122 Sep 10, 2025 49 min 8 annotations

121. The Pile Up EP9: Odd Rod's I

This week the girls dig into "odd rod's" a category of customs that are loud, adventurous, playful, sexy, decadent art. For the first installment we're covering: Redd Foxx's Redd Wrecker, Ed Roth's Surfite, Darryl Starbird's Stark Trek Coupe, Steve Scotts Uncertain-T Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E121 Sep 03, 2025 55 min 9 annotations

120. The Pile Up EP8: Feature From the Black Lagoon

The girls dig deep into features & doo dads, on cars of course. Superchargers, headlight changers, phonograph players, and more. We pick on some early-to-the-gamers as we set this up for another round later. What's even better is your call ins & write ins make up the last quarter of the show! Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E120 Aug 27, 2025 67 min 18 annotations

119. The Pile Up EP7: It's a Conspiracy

What happens to parts crates, death of the streetcar and 100mpg, this week Emily and Rose talk all things conspiracy. Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E119 Aug 20, 2025 66 min 7 annotations

118. The Pile Up EP6: Vans, Vans, Vans!

This week the girls talk RDVC11, The VW ID Buzz and defuse the difference between vanning and vanlife. Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare & Queen of the Vans Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E118 Aug 13, 2025 55 min

117. The Pile Up EP5: The Girls Get Electric

In this episode Emily and Rose talk taboo subjects. Rose puts down a deposit and Emily has a secret. Recorded by Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Edited & mixed by Emdognightmare Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E117 Jul 30, 2025 64 min

116. The Pile Up EP4 : Get a Y-JOB!

In this weeks episode we talk concept cars, SEMA shit and the beginning of platforms. Check out all the cars here: Cadillac eldorado XP840 Gene Winfields Reactor 67 Eldorado Buick YJOB Cord 810 Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E116 May 21, 2025 69 min

115. The Pile Up EP3: Long Live Gene Winfield

Legendary hot-rodder Gene Winfield is an influence for the ages, a century of style. Rose spends an hour sharing fond memories of her time at his desert compound. She reminisces fondly of time in the paint booth, chops done low, and louvers laid forth. We wax poetic and go through her tribute to gene the day after he passed, and share some other behind the scenes goodies from where the magic happened. Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E115 Apr 09, 2025 67 min

114. The Pile Up EP2: Shock waves and auto flops

In episode two the girls cover the shockwave story of Motortrend Studios closing and share a little bit about what that actually means. Review a YouTube video entitled "Worst automotive flops of all time". It brings out the worst in show with an absolute flop of a Cadillac and perhaps another not so deserving nominee. We dip in to the mail bag hot on the heels of episode 1. Emily's story about 9/10 of a gallon struck a chord with one listener. While on the other side of town our Simpsons references are causing trouble. Take Hip Hop w/Dj Rayley register here Check our this gorgeous Edsel speedometer Recorded, edited & mixed by Emdognightmare Production & research Queen of the Vans & Emdognightmare Find us: Car Krush Stay updated w/ our newsletter Hugs, thank you & high fives to Greg Meleney for the killer tunez!

E114 Feb 26, 2025 46 min