According to NPR, a 'driveway moment' is when a listener is so riveted by a radio piece that he or she will stay in their idling car to hear the show all the way through. Drawn from award-winning NPR programs such as All Things Considered and Morning Edition, National Public Radio hosts and listeners present their favorite driveway moments.

The march to the Trump presidency began in 1988, when Rush Limbaugh went national. Brian Rosenwald charts the transformation of AM radio entertainers into political kingmakers. By giving voice to the conservative base, they reshaped the Republican Party and fostered demand for a president who sounded as combative and hyperbolic as a talk show host.--