1,000th Podcast Episode - From COTA Tower with a Live Audience

In celebration of our 1,000th Podcast Episode, we wanted to do something BIG and Unique. But we still never imagined we'd be at the top of the Tower at Circuit of the Americas answering questions with a LIVE audience.

This was recorded Live on May 31, 2025. This version has a bit of explanation at the beginning and is now available wherever you get podcasts.

00:00 - COTA Intro
1:00 - Live from the Tower with an audience
3:31 - How does it feel to have affected people’s lives? Friendships and non car things
7:40 - The changes to our perception of cars
11:18 - Car Debates for Historical Figures
12:00 - Car for Leonardo DaVinci
14:45 - Car for James Cameron
15:42 - Car for Picasso
18:18 - Car for Amelia Earhart
20:15 - Car for Frank Lloyd Wright
21:44 - Car for George Mallory
23:13 - The Ferrari of Film Studios
24:50 - Looking back on 999 and Forward to 1,001+
29:55 - Favorite Race Track Corner
31:30 - Critiquing COTA design
33:00 - Road Trip Films and Future Travel
37:25 - How to do your first Track Day
40:15 - Expectations for Tail of the Dragon
41:54 - What song would the Emira be?
44:15 - With all that we have going on… what’s next?
50:50 - Are we going to Merge HOD and EDD?
51:45 - What car have we owned that we wish we still had?
54:39 - How would a different location have influenced Everyday Driver?
57:56 - How do we keep creating new experiences in our cars?
58:59 - Will we continue to film fans cars on our Road Trips?
1:02:11 - Will HOD offer Autocross events or Teen Driving Classes?
1:04:04 - Will we do “How to Track” videos?
1:06:03 - Would we rather one track car for all tracks, or cars for specific tracks?
1:08:13 - What two cars would we buy for the other one to expand their experience?
1:10:12 - Do we have any tracks we want to go to and haven’t yet?
1:11:50 - Will we add a competition and tracking element to Everyday Driver trips?
1:15:30 - What skill did your learn from Everyday Driver that you didn’t have before?
1:19:25 - Our Favorite Road trip film and/or Feature film we’ve done?
1:23:19 - How many days of the week/month do we drive for the show?
1:24:44 - Not wanting to wrap it up, but needing to - Thanks for watching!

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