Episode 53 – Gretchen, stop trying to make VR5 happen. It’s not going to happen. Oh, wait it did. It did. The long-running best practice for improv comedy is a technique known as ‘Yes, And…’. We seem to have found our own road with Ian’s school of thought, known the world over as ‘Identify and Diminish’. In this episode, Ian… Read more →
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52-Dave And Ian Have Been Thinking About Getting Into Making An Automotive Podcast
Episode 52-And certainly NOT steampunk. Sheesh. It’s just a trail of misery this time around in the blanket fort. Our most depressing garage update yet is followed by a look across the bleak landscape of available all-wheel drive wagons, and it’s all cast in the most terrible of palls: Dave has only one single piece of candy during this episode.… Read more →
51-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Nathan Adlen From TFLCar
Episode 51-It puts the blanket in the fort or else it gets the taffy again We’ve interviewed some interesting characters for this show, but none have been as game for anything as Nathan Adlen of The Fast Lane Car. He hit us right up front by (rightly) making fun of the blanket fort, schooled us on the proper way to… Read more →
50-Dave and Ian Take A Lap Of Some Colorado, Dave Eats Candy, Ian Gets Micromanaged, And We Manage To Not Kill Each Other
Episode 50 – Not to say that there wasn’t some light stabbing. To commemorate the 50th episode of TeamClearCoat and the journey you’ve followed us on, we decided to get literal with it and go … on a journey. Yes, it’s a very special road trip episode; there are highs (candy!), there are lows (boomers on bikes), and there are… Read more →
Are We There Yet? Are We? How Much Longer?
Episode 49-ish – So maybe we bit off more than we can chew. As a TeamClearCoat listener, you’re probably used to that fact that we can be a bit…how you say…over-ambitious at times? We have the best of intentions, but the worst free time, so we need a bit more of that last bit to finish up our 50th Episode… Read more →
49-Ian Gave Dusty Rusty A Bad Case Of VD-er-VW, Yeah VW
Episode 49-Concern. We has it. What if the worst traits of a car company were actually a contagion that other cars could catch? We speculate on what happens when a car catches VW, Lotus, or Morgan. Tesla’s problems don’t seem chronic yet, but they’re definitely a cause for concern. Speaking of concern, we’re concerned, as is El-P, that someone is… Read more →
48-Dave Ruins Everything By Liking A Lexus, Ian Is Basically Elon Musk, Well, Musty, and ROCKET BOAT
Episode 48-Like chocolate and peanut butter but a bit more flammable We really hone in on the obvious this episode: the Aston Martin V8 Vantage is a good car to drive, boats should have rockets on them, and a VW without a fuse puller is basically an expensive paper weight. Geee, thanks, right? If you thought those were bad, you… Read more →
47-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Stef Schrader, Racing Driver And Writer For Black Flag and Jalopnik
Episode 47-Puffalumps. Yep. When Stef Schrader isn’t running Jalopnik’s excellent motorsports blog Black Flag, she’s racing her Porsche 944 in the 24 hours of LeMons and ChumpCar. So naturally, we opened our conversation with her by talking about the obscure 80’s stuffed animals called Puffalumps. Eventually, we get around to talking about safety in amateur racing, why LeMons isn’t scary… Read more →
46-Dave Ruins Everything By Not Liking A Mustang, Ian Is Going To Get Beat Up By Jocks, Again, And Dave Has Updates On Top Gear
Episode 46-What is glazing agent anyway? Dave and Ian are finally back in the TCC Blanket Fort after some time away. Dave talks about his car rental and how he managed to disappoint Ian from 650 miles away. Ian talks about lacrosse players and practically ensures perma-wedgies from jocks for life. This is also the first appearance of what is… Read more →
45-We Manage To Not Screw Up An Interview With Derek Mead The Editor-In-Chief At Motherboard
Episode 45-Seriously, we didn’t screw it up! Derek Mead is the editor-in-chief of Motherboard – Vice’s excellent tech blog – but he’s also a massive car nerd. He joins us in the blanket fort to prove it by talking about the future of car enthusiasm, selecting exactly which type of dystopia he prefers, and accidentally offending RX-7 owners everywhere. Be… Read more →