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If we asked you to list ten people specialising in selling the most exciting road and racing cars, we'd suspect that Max Girardo would be on that list.

Girardo and Co. is a name that has become synonymous with buying, selling, and storing (for a lucky few) some of the most notable cars. For this week's podcast episode, John Marcar and Miles Lacey visit Max at his home and business in Oxfordshire, where they have a full tour of the facilities before sitting down for a chat.

Max's career has seen him selling for globally renowned auctioneers such as Bonhams and RM and working with other famous specialists such as Simon Kidston. Max shares the details of his unorthodox career and explains how and why he's fluent in 4 languages and the importance of all things Italian.

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There's no denying it: whether we like it or not, the EV revelation is coming, and with lots of uncertainty, anxiety and questions needing to be answered, fortunately, GRIDSERVE is on hand to help.

On this week's podcast episode, John Marcar heads to Norfolk to meet with Jon Quirk and Rob Buckland at GRIDSERVE's Norwich Electric Forecourt. Jon Quirk is the head of content at GRIDSERVE, helping bridge the gap between the questions and answers around EV ownership and usage. Rob Buckland is the chief leasing officer at GRIDSERVE, and in his role, he leads the team that places drivers into the right EV for them.

Jon, Rob and John discuss the ever-evolving world of EVs, address questions and answers around EV charging, EV ownership and usage, and debate the importance of EVs and the future outlook in comparison to the public perception only a decade ago. We also discuss the realms of the EVs' fun side, such as sports cars and motorbikes.

To learn more about GRIDSERVE, check out @gridserve.hq on Instagram and visit the website at gridserve.com

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Ian Flux is a celebrated racing driver and, more so, a celebrated character in the motorsport world. He is famous for having more than a few brilliant stories, which is fitting because he's just written a book.

In this week's conversation with Miles Lacey and John Marcar, Ian shares just some of the hilarious, shocking and brutally honest stories that feature in his book... and a couple that don't! As a result, this podcast requires some listener discretion and is unsuitable for younger ears (or anyone who might be easily offended by crude humour!)

'For Flux Sake: Beer, fags and opposite-lock is available to buy now on Amazon here: https://amzn.eu/d/5phIAvC

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Henry Catchpole is a highly acclaimed and celebrated motoring journalist, writer and presenter who offers his expertise, honesty and genuine enthusiasm to magazine readers, video viewers and automotive media consumers worldwide.

In this week's podcast, hosted by John Marcar and Miles Lacey, Henry shares the story of how he has become one of the most loved creative writers and motoring journalists in his field with frank accounts and examples of some of the many challenges that come with the job.

Henry's expertise has resulted in his work being seen in EVO Magazine, starting as a staff writer and later as Features Editor before jumping across DriveTribe as Features Editor for the then-new and exciting brand. Later in his career, Henry morphed over from staff roles to freelancing, resulting in his words and wisdom being enjoyed by automotive media consumers globally in huge outlets such as Hagerty.

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The Driven Chat Podcast - The Sounds of Goodwood Revival 2023

Driven is delighted to bring you a feature-length podcast recorded at the 2023 Goodwood Revival Meeting. The Driven Chat Podcast has featured episodes from Goodwood since 2020, with the list of guests, interviews and atmospheric sounds growing year on year.

John Marcar and Miles Lacey proudly host the Sounds of Goodwood Revival 2023 Podcast, and the list of guests is nothing short of remarkable. All conversations were captured on-site across the weekend from Friday through to Sunday and included:

Emanuelle Pirro, William Heynes, Richard Attwood, Tim Hutton, Khyzl Saleem, Jenson Button, Chris Harris, Richard Tuthill, Freddie, Clemantina and James Woods. Max and GG Girado, Jake Hill, Mark Blundell, Alex Brundle, Theo Paphitis, Davis Brabham, Amy Heynes, Charlotte Vowden, Adam Smally, Johnny Herbert, Nicki Sheilds, Mark Webber, Gorden Sheddon, Lars Kern, Marino Franchitti, Jacki Ickx, Tom Ingram, Craig Davis, Rob Huff, Aaron Shelby, Sam Hancock, Justin Law, and Peter James.

This feature-length episode also captures some of the many atmospheric sounds from the event and the hub of activity, the assembly area.

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Joe Achilles is a content creator, video producer and podcaster with a particular penchant for reporting the truth and sharing what he really thinks about the cars he drives.

Joining us for the second time 2.5 years after his first appearance in March 2021, Joe updates John Marcar and Miles Lacey on his content-creating journey and shares the story of walking away from the day job to focus on growing his YouTube channel and following.

In doing so, Joe shares a very open and honest account of his career and life so far and brilliantly shares how it's not always as straightforward as many might like to believe.

Give Joe a follow via @JoeAchilles on Instagram and seek out the YouTube channel by searching for Joe Ach there, too.

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This week on the Podcast, John Marcar and Miles Lacey explore a question that car and driving enthusiasts have been pondering for the past ~20 years... "What about Hydrogen?"

In this ever-changing automotive world, as we head towards the 2030 and 2035 I.C.E. ending deadlines, are we, as humanity, being foolish by putting all our eggs into one big electric basket?

For this week's conversation, we're joined by Hugo Spowers, the man behind Riversimple Movement LTD - a company that produces and runs cars powered exclusively by hydrogen. John and Miles, on the day of their visit, had the opportunity to learn more about the organisation, get up close and personal with the cars - and - have a drive themselves.

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To learn more about Riversimple, check out www.riversimple.com/

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This week on the Podcast, John, Amy and Miles are in the studio together for a catch-up chat to find out what everyone has been up to for the past few weeks. John has been busy driving the Lotus Emira and a Dacia Sandero, and he's also been taking a brand new Ducati off-roading. Miles has strapped himself to a robot and had gone racing with some MG's, and Amy celebrates ten years of automotive photography by putting a motorcycle in her kitchen.

Also, in this week's episode, we address several listener's questions and talking topics, leading to John describing the perfect technique to pit-manoeuvre a middle lane driver*, Miles sharing a story of dramatic tummy troubles in Sweden and Amy almost getting arrested in Germany.

*We must insist that you please don't actually attempt to pit manoeuvre anyone anywhere under any circumstances. Obviously.

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This week on The Driven Chat Podcast, Amy and John are joined for the second time by journalist, writer and automotive data analyst - John Mayhead.

John, whilst writing a story about high-speed runs for an editorial piece, stumbled upon an interesting character named Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred Thomas 'Goldie' Gardner. John discovered that Goldie was a man who not only set records but also had a pretty extensive and very interesting backstory. And so, the idea of writing the book was born.

In this week's podcast, John Mayhead talks to John Marcar and Amy Heynes to share some of his astonishing discoveries whilst writing the previously untold story of Goldie Garnder, which has become a new book available to purchase in bookshops or, online.

To find out more about the book and to reserve a copy or make a purchase - visit: www.johnmayhead.com

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This week on the Podcast, Amy and John are joined in the Driven Studio by the very excellent Charlotte 'Charlie' Vowden.

Charlotte joins Amy and John this week to share the details of her new TV Show, The Repair Lot, which is available to watch on Dave or catch up on UKTV Play.

Before sharing the details of her new venture, Charlotte shares her fascinating backstory, which has led her to fronting an automotive TV show with some 'interesting' events as a junior in editorial roles for prominent newspapers in London. Charlotte's story transforms from a difficult start and challenging chapters to a great success story and (we think) the start of something even more incredible.

Find 'The Repair Lot' on the channel Dave in the UK or 'Motor Shed Squad' on Motor Trend in the USA, and give Charlie a follow on Instagram via @charlottevowden

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