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TV Chef and car collector James Martin joins John Marcar on this week's Driven Chat Podcast. James was booked in to talk about his new book (Butter) predominantly; however, John decided to focus on the more significant point of interest - James' fantastic car collection. In this fun and casual chat, John works through the car list with James and discovers some great stories that come with the indi...

Have you heard the story of the content creator and presenter called John, who utilised a traumatic event in his teenage years to push forward through life with a new approach to risk, determination and reward? This week, the tables are turning as the hosts of the Driven Chat Podcast are to become the interviewees... In the second of two bonus episodes this week, content producer Amber Young assum...

Have you heard the story about the young silversmith called Amy who, following a freak workshop accident, went on to become a world-famous photographer? Today, the tables are turning as the hosts become the interviewees... If you've enjoyed The Driven Chat Podcast since the early days and have aspired to learn more about the hosts, then today is your lucky day. Enjoy the first of two Christmas-per...

This week, on the Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar and Amy Shore sit down and chat with Racing Driver, Motorsport Consultant and Goodwood Royalty - James Wood. James is perhaps best known for his memorable drives in some of the most incredible and iconic cars at the Goodwood Revival Meeting and Goodwood Festival of Speed. James talks in detail about his affection for Goodwood - where he met his no...

This week, on the Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar and Amy Shore debate automotive-themed complaints, comments and moans submitted by our listeners. From middle lane hoggers to automatic main beam headlight users, we work through and discuss the points that make us mad. We also catch up on what Amy has been up to since our last recording, we run through a list of cars John has recently been testin...

This week, on the Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar and Rachael Downie visit the Monster Energy UK HQ in London to meet four incredible Monster Energy Athletes. On this week's podcast we have: Tessa Whittock  - from London, England. Precision and drift driver, who runs her own drift school, features as a stunt driver in big-budget films, and has performed stunt shows all over the world - inclu...

This week, on the Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar and Rachael Downie are joined by Perry McCarthy, famous for donning the all-black crash helmet and racing suit as the first-ever Stig on BBC Top Gear. There is a lot more to the man than just the mysterious Stig because Perry McCarthy has the most fantastic story about his career in F1 and what he had to do personally to get himself into a driver'...

This week, on the Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar visits Supercar Driver in the SCD HQ in Sheffield to talk to founder Adam Thorby and head of media Riad Ariane. Supercar Driver is a members club focusing on driving at its core. What started as a small group of sports and supercar owners occasionally meeting in supermarket car parks has evolved into a community organisation that now hosts interna...

This week, on the Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar and Rachael Downie record an episode from the offices of Arkonik, builders of bespoke Land Rover Defender 90, 110 and 130 models. The Driven Chat team were invited along to the Arkonik factory in Somerset to see every step of the build process of the bespoke Defenders that later go on to be exported to customers around the world. In this episode,...

This week, on the Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar brings a second dose of content from Sleeping With Art 2022 and two additional conversations from two amazingly creative individuals. First up is a conversation with legendary F1 Photographer Keith Sutton. Keith is behind the brand Sutton Images, which later became Sutton Motorsport Images. In this conversation, Keith shares the most incredible st...

This week, on the Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar and Rachael Downie visit the 2nd Sleeping with Art event held at Hedsor House in Buckinghamshire. Sleeping with Art is a celebration of art, design and creativity with an automotive focus. In this week's podcast, we speak to; Renata Fernandes  - Sleeping with Art founder and curator. Renata talks about her event in its second year and the sto...

Helen Stanley is a TV presenter, artist, and podcaster in the automotive world with a brand new podcast called 'Cars of The Macabre' in which she explores the spooky and paranormal world of motoring. John Marcar (perhaps unsurprisingly) is somewhat of a critic, whilst Rachael Downie is more of a believer. In this episode, Helen, John and Rachael share some stories and theories on the paranormal ac...

Ever wondered what it takes to smash a lap record at the world-famous Isle of Man TT? Well, wonder no more as on this week's Driven Chat Podcast, Rachael Downie and John Marcar are joined by Peter Hickman, British Super Bike racing and TT legend. Peter is currently the 'outright lap record holder' at the TT with an incredible lap time of 16mins and 42 seconds and a frankly staggering AVERAGE speed...

On this week's Driven Chat Podcast, Amy Shore joins John Marcar for a 1-2-1 catch-up and to address our latest listeners' letters and questions with some incredible stories, including one about a self-destructing mini, another about a Hillman Imp with a cardboard windscreen, and some stories featuring less-than-ideal scenes involving classic VW beetles. We also tackle a few questions and offer equ...

Alex Riley is a presenter, writer, comedian and more with a fantastic career working in car and non-car television. In this conversation hosted by john Marcar, Alex shares his incredible story of how he went from a tedious office job to pursue his dream - starting as a researcher on BBC Top Gear in the 1990s. Alex had a clear goal for his television career: getting in front of the camera and prese...

How do you feel about spending up to £2mil on a property located on the edge of the Silverstone Circuit? Pretty special, right? - There's just one catch, you can't live there. In this week's Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar and Rachael Downie sit down with the 'big boss', Will Tindall of ESCAPADE, a new concept in property ownership enabling buyers to own a property just meters from the tarmac of...

In this week's Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar brings the sounds of The Goodwood Revival Meeting 2022 along with guest host - Tim Hutton. In this extra special episode, we hear from racing drivers, racing car owners, team mechanics and media personalities all captured at the world's most prestigious and most celebrated historic motorsport event, The Goodwood Revival Meeting in West Sussex. Our gu...

In this week's Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar gets all geeky about all things Porsche as he sits down with 2 of the three directors at RPM Technik - specialists in Porsche GT cars. RPM Technik is a company at the top of its game in restoring, rebuilding, preparing and selling Porsche products with a particular penchant for GT models. In this week's conversation, John talks to sales Director Grie...

In this week's Driven Chat Podcast we're dropping our episode a day earlier than usual on Sunday because John Marcar and Rachael Downie bring you a walk-around podcast from Britains Poshest Car Event - Salon Privé 2022 at Blenheim Palace. In this episode, Rachael and John speak to the event founder David Bagley about his 17th Salon Prive Event. Two-time Dakar Rally winner Nani Roma. CEO and Founde...

In this week's Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar and Rachael Downie bring you two conversations recorded initially for our Radio Show on talkSPORT2. As is often the way with radio segments, often the final product is significantly shorter than the original recording - and so, we're bringing you both conversations in full right here on the podcast. First is the wonderful Ginny Buckley, who talks to...

In this week's Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar and Rachael Downie are joined by Dylan Stewart, a man who helped change the face of Formula 1 on social media. Dylan isn't the first in his family to impact the sport, though his grandfather, Sir Jackie Stewart, was a pioneer in the world of safety in F1. In this week's conversation, Dylan talks about his work with F1, which resulted in individual te...

In this week's Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar finally addresses a question many people have been asking; 'What Ever Happened to Amy Shore?' Well, the wait is finally over - she's back! For the first time in more than four months, having been away with a hectic working schedule, Amy is back in the studio, joining John to recap on what's been keeping her busy for the past few months. As well as a...

You'll be forgiven for thinking the world of finance isn't particularly exciting; however, when finance relates to supercars, hypercars and specialist classic cars, it suddenly starts getting a little more dynamic. This week's guest on The Driven Chat Podcast is Darren Selig, the founder and CCO of JBR Capital, the car finance and loan specialist based in London. Darren sits down with John and Rac...

This week on The Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar spends the day at the Goodwood Motor Circuit for a charity event called The Supercar Event. The Children's Trust organised the day, and an invitation came our way from the organisation and car club Sporting Bears. The event format is for people to head to the iconic circuit and experience supercars and race cars driving on track; whilst there, visi...

This week on The Driven Chat Podcast, John Marcar and Racheal Downie sit with Envision Racing Formula E Team at their headquarters at Silverstone headquarters ahead of the London Formula E race. This special episode features four very different conversations with four very different personalities - each of whom has a very special role to play in the team. First up, John and Rachael speak to the te...