He knows the housing market and house music. He knows cars and The Cars. An economist who moved from the real estate market to the automotive market — while moonlighting as a DJ — Cox Automotive chief economist Jonathan Smoke is among our first-ever honorees in the Automotive Intelligence Awards: Industry Analysts program.

Smoke joins the Auto Remarketing Podcast to talk about his career journey, day-to-day work as an economist and why putting together auto industry analysis isn't all that different than penning a tune.