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This week's Driven Chat Podcast has a two-wheeled theme as John Marcar, and Amy Shore record from the motorcycle meet up location, Baffle Hause in Monmouthshire, Wales.

Our guests this week are brand founders Andrew Salter and Sam Daymond, who created Baffle Culture as a social media profile whilst at university together. Later, thanks to the community around the subject matter, Baffle Culture achieved a physical presence as Baffle Haus. Andy and Sam share their story of how the brand began and how it evolved into premises. We also hear how the two may have ended up running a very different business altogether!

Baffle Haus is a coffee shop, a motorcycle apparel retailer, and an event space for riders, drivers, and anyone who wants to experience the culture of sharing the ride.

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This week on The Driven Chat Podcast, we have a show of two parts. Firstly, John and Amy are joined by the two founders of Auto Artists For Ukraine; Jonny Ambrose and Rev. Adam Gompertz.

In the first part of the podcast, Jonny and Adam talk about their reasoning for coming together for such a vital cause and share how everyone listening can get involved and support their charity efforts.

In the second part, John and Amy catch up on their recent news, recent drives and recent events they have attended. We also have a much-loved listeners letters segment where we address emails and questions from you, our listeners! As you may expect, talking topics and questions soon become tangents involving external cup holders, 3rd-degree coffee burns, Simpkins Travel Sweets, an unhealthy obsession with Pom Bears, the dangers of pringles and more.

To find out more about Auto Artists For Ukraine - please visit autoartistsforukraine.com as well as the social feeds via @auto_artists_for_ukraine. The two founders are @revlimiter and @jonnyambrose.autoart

Footnotes for the recording (which will make zero sense if you haven't yet heard the podcast): AMY'S ASTON WAS A: Vantage and 'Jinba Ittai' is the Japanese term for horse and rider working in unison. (You're welcome).

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This week it's a Praga Cars special where we include five conversations in one podcast. Following an invite from Praga to attend the pre-season test day at Silverstone, John Marcar is in conversation with;

• Ex SAS soldier turned racing driver, Jay Morton
• Racing driver and previous 'Top Gear Stig', Ben Collins
• Managing Director of Praga Cars, Mark Harrison
• YouTube Creator and now racing Driver, Jimmy Broadbent
• Racing Driver, Gordie Mutch

Jay Morton joins John to talk about his second year driving for Praga and what it's like being teamed up with 'The Stig'. Ben Collins talks about his experience driving a Praga compared to other cars and offers an overview of what it's like to be teamed up with an Ex SAS operative. Mark Harrison shares his impressive CV in PR for some iconic car brands and launches. Jimmy Broadbent explains how he transitioned from sim racer to IRL racer and the comparisons between the two worlds, plus he shares details on his eclectic collection of 'rusty' JDM cars. Gordie Mutch is our final guest on the podcast and talks about being teamed up with Jimmy as well as his aspirations to take the championship, despite being one of the youngest drivers in the series.

NB: The interviews are played in a different order to which they were recorded.

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Get in touch with the show via email - [email protected] or slip into our DM's on your preferred social feed, and don't forget to check out our youtube channel via YouTube.com/DrivenChat, so see some premium visual car content!

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Becky Evans is our latest guest on The Driven Chat Podcast, and this week, she's in conversation with John Marcar and Amy Shore. 

Becky is a television presenter and YouTube creator with a strong social following as QueenB. In this conversation, Becky shares how her 'forward' personality has allowed her to excel in an industry with little more than just an initial interest. Starting in the world of fashion PR, Becky began to create her own content on YouTube before being discovered by Red Bull, where she presented and hosted content on behalf of the brand.

As well as talking us through her career, Becky shares details of her car collection past and present as well as sharing details on her latest TV show 'Gassed Up' on BBC 3 in the UK.

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Get in touch with the show via email - [email protected] or slip into our DM's on your preferred social feed, and don't forget to check out our youtube channel via YouTube.com/DrivenChat, so see some premium visual car content!

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Sam Fane is known to his many hundreds of thousands of followers and subscribers as 'Seen Through Glass', and this week, he's our guest on The Driven Chat Podcast in conversation with John Marcar and Amy Shore. 

What started as a side hustle whilst working in the busy world of media PR soon transformed into a job and lifestyle that involved Sam travelling the world and documenting his love of cars for the world to see on youtube and his social media feeds. 

In this conversation with Amy and John, Sam breaks down some of that journey and talks about the differences between youtube when he started vs youtube now, along with a few comments on the pressures of keeping up with social media in a spectacularly competitive field. Sam also shares the story of how he ended up with his most special car - his Ferrari 360.

Find the episode in the usual podcast places and see the entire back catalogue at drivenchat.com

Get in touch with the show via email - [email protected] or slip into our DM's on your preferred social feed, and don't forget to check out our youtube channel via YouTube.com/DrivenChat, so see some premium visual car content! 

The Driven Chat podcast is brought to you by Paramex Digital - for more information on Driven Chat, visit www.drivenchat.com. 

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Imagine stepping away from a comfortable and stable job and starting up a specialist classic car dealership, just as a global pandemic is unfolding.

This week on The Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar talks to Harvey Window, one of the directors of Lowe Classics based out of Baffle Haus in Monmouthshire. Lowe Classics offer attainable classic cars with examples ranging from everyday favourites like Mini's and MG through to the weird and wonderful like a 1971 Dastun 240z Irmscher racing car. These guys specialise in 'the special'.

In this conversation, John talks to Harvey about his career, some of the highlight cars he's sold so far, and some solid classic car conversation and passion with some tips and ideas for anyone aspiring to jump into the world of classic car ownership.

Find the episode in the usual podcast places and see the entire back catalogue at drivenchat.com

Get in touch with the show via email - [email protected] or slip into our DM's on your preferred social feed, and don't forget to check out our youtube channel via YouTube.com/DrivenChat, so see some premium visual car content!

The Driven Chat podcast is brought to you by Paramex Digital - for more information on Driven Chat, visit www.drivenchat.com

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Chances are, if you have enjoyed a variety of TV shows, viral videos and movies featuring driving stunts or precision driving, you will have seen the work of this weeks guest on The Driven Chat Podcast. 

Andy Harriss is the brains behind keeping things safe in the world of car stunts and driving. Having worked on productions including BBC Top Gear, The Fast and Furious movies and Mission Impossible films, Andy is undoubtedly at the top of his game.

In this week's conversation, Andy unpicks his career and talks to John Marcar and Amy Shore about how his working life has evolved from the British Army as a soldier to eventually running his own company specialising in keeping people safe. Perhaps unsurprisingly, there are some spectacular anecdotes along the way.

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Get in touch with the show via email - [email protected] or slip into our DM's on your preferred social feed, and don't forget to check out our youtube channel via YouTube.com/DrivenChat, so see some premium visual car content.

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This week on The Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar and Amy Shore talk to Rev Adam Gompertz - also known as; Revs Art.

Adam Gompertz started his career as a Psychiatric nurse before exploring his passion for drawing cars by becoming a car designer for MG Rover and Rolls-Royce. Later in his career, Adam received his calling to be a Church of England Vicar but didn't want to turn his back on the automotive world he'd grown to love.

In this conversation, John and Amy unpick Adams timeline and explore his working life's various significant chapters. Adam shares how the previous roles have helped form a community of people who share a love of cars with encouragement to talk openly about mental health - all regardless of religious opinion.

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Get in touch with the show via email - [email protected] or slip into our DM's on your preferred social feed, and don't forget to check out our youtube channel via YouTube.com/DrivenChat, so see some premium visual car content.

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This week on the Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar sits down with his old friend James 'Jim' Cameron to talk about Mission Motorsport, the company he founded ten years ago whilst serving in the British Army as a commander of the Tank Regiment. 

James assembled a small team of like-minded individuals and took it upon himself to ensure that members of his own regiment had a 'next step' following their career in the armed forces and transitioning into civilian life and what ended up forming was a powerhouse of a charity and a community we all now know as mission Motorsport.

In this conversation, James talks about the early days of the charity, how it was formed, and crucially how it's still evolving.

To learn more about Mission Motorsport, please visit www.MissionMotorsport.org and follow @MissionMotorspt on social media and if you see someone wearing a mission motorsport t-shirt, be sure to go and say hello!

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Nick Whale is the founder and managing director of Silverstone Auctions and comes from a family background of selling prestigious cars in the West Midlands of England.

In this week's podcast hosted by John Marcar & Amy Shore, Nick talks about his history of working in the motor trade industry, starting as a salesman for highstreet car dealerships and building his career to be part of his fathers motor group before then running his own franchises with the likes of F1 Champion racing driver Damon Hill, all before having a go at the marvellous world of auctioneering.

Find the episode in all the usual podcast places and see the entire back catalogue at DrivenChat.com

Get in touch with the show via email - [email protected] or slip into our DM's on your preferred social feed, and don't forget to check out our youtube channel via YouTube.com/DrivenChat, so see some premium visual car content!

The Driven Chat podcast is brought to you by Paramex Digital - for more information on Driven Chat, please visit www.drivenchat.com

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