Bomb City Podcast

Holy hell! An Update? Sort of! This audio will be posted along with a video on the new YouTube site, go check it out and subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi5Mlsm3ftsTfZ6ROH5EaoA

This teleplay and soundtrack were improvised but sort of autobiographical, thanks for checking it out.

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Professor Denise Sandoval Ph.D. is a Professor of Chicano/a/x Studies at CSU Northridge and an expert on the culture and history of lowriding. Professor Sandoval has curated several museum exhibits including a current show Viva Viclas at CAM Gallery in Raleigh, NC and previous shows at the Petersen “La Vida Lowrider: Cruising the City of Angels (2007-08), Arte y Estilo: The Chicano Lowriding Tradition (2000), and The High Art of Riding Low: Ranflas, Corazón e Inspiración (2017-18). In this episode we talk about the history and origins of lowriding, the impact and influence of the Chicano/a/x identity on car culture, and a whole lot more. This episode was recorded in January 2020.

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Ryan Cochran is the creator of the HAMB and the Jalopy Journal, he runs the Garage Journal, and is an incredibly talented writer with great taste in cars. In this episode we talk traditional hot rods, custom cars, Texas car culture, and a whole lot more. This episode has it all- hear how Ryan escaped being kidnapped at Paso Robles, his accidental inadvertent drug trafficking, and how he got banned from a bar for defending a cardboard cutout of Paul Walker & Vin Diesel.

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Episode 23 is here! This episode is my interview with Ralph @88Mango Ascencio. Ralph is an incredibly talented painter and custom car builder from Reseda, CA and is responsible for some of the wildest and paint jobs around. In this interview we talk cars, punk rock, custom paint, and a whole lot more, available now on your platform of choice! #metalflake #wildchild #wildchildhos #kustompaint #choptop #traditionalkustom #kandy #bombcitypodcast

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RJ Diaz is a big part of the Bay Area custom car & traditional lowrider world and I was stoked to get a chance to talk cars with him for this episode of the podcast. His 1973 metalflaked and panel painted Buick Riviera “The Mothership” excellently showcased his taste and talents and is one of the many things we covered in this fun late-night episode. RJ has been building cars for a long time and he had a lot of great insight into how he approaches doing custom fabrication work & installing hydraulics at his new business RJ’s Hydraulics! Recorded in Newark, CA 2/21/19

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The first ever Halloween Special is here! This episode is a joint-effort between Bob & Aaron of the Wheels of Confusion Podcast with Nic & Josie of Bomb City. In this episode we watch and discuss the John Carpenter & Steven King 1983 masterpiece “Christine”. If you haven’t seen this movie before we’d recommend watching it first, but there’s still plenty of non-Christine conversation that you can still appreciate without being too familiar with the film. Beware, shitters of the world! Recorded in an echoey hotel room in Lancaster, CA October 2018.

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On this episode we have the incredibly talented painter Phil Leonard of Syrarium Studios! In this interview Phil talks about his style, inspiration, roots as a painter, and give some insight into how he creates the signature wild panels and beautiful color combos he’s known for. Recorded in Hollister, CA  8/2018

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The long awaited Episode 20 is finally here! On this jam packed episode we’ve got Ross, the researcher and legendary instagrammer @46to64, talking custom cars, history, car clubs, and a whole lot more! Ross is a passionate researcher who goes through a lot to bring us some of the most important, interesting, and informative glances into custom car past that we’ve ever had access to. Looking through old yearbooks, magazines, newspaper archives, and the depths of the darkest corners of the internet (like Facebook) Ross has managed to breathe new life into the journalistic practices of the past and has used that to create a spectacular Instagram account for us all to enjoy. Recorded in Oakland and Michigan by way of Skype 5/26/18

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Jason Webber of At the Risers (ATR), builder of the 1951 Panhead “Booger Sugar”, winner of the People’s Choice award at Born Free 7, joins Billy and Nic by phone to talk choppers, skateboarding, BMX, family, and a whole lot more in this episode of the podcast. Jason has been involved with Born Free since its inception and shared some great insight into what it was like to build a bike for the show, and talks about some lessons he’s learned while raising a family and building rad choppers. Recorded 8/24/17 in Oakland, CA

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Skoty Chops has a true passion for building cars, pushing his limits, and for self-improvement. In this interview Skoty sits down with Nic to talk about his craft and motivation for working on hot rods, building customs, learning and teaching metalshaping, coachbuilt cars, and about his passion for Lincoln Zephyrs. Recorded 7/30/17 at Skoty Chops shop in Hayward, CA

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