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The Money Pit Calls & Answers

The Money Pit Calls & Answers

For nearly two decades, Leslie Segrete and former host Tom Kraeutler have fielded every home improvement, home decor, or home repair question imaginable.

Money Pit Media · Squeaky Door Productions, Inc.

4,998 episodesEN

Show overview

The Money Pit Calls & Answers has been publishing since 2010, and across the 15 years since has built a catalogue of 4,998 episodes. That works out to roughly 250 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run under ten minutes — most land between 2 min and 3 min — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Education show.

There hasn’t been a new episode in the last ninety days; the most recent episode landed 4 months ago. The busiest year was 2011, with 1475 episodes published. Published by Squeaky Door Productions, Inc..

Episodes
4,998
Running
2010–2025 · 15y
Median length
3 min
Cadence
Near-daily

From the publisher

For nearly two decades, Leslie Segrete and former host Tom Kraeutler have fielded every home improvement, home decor, or home repair question imaginable. Your Calls, Our Answers features the best calls from their podcast and nationally syndicated home improvement radio show The Money Pit.

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