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This week on The Driven Chat Podcast, we talk to a real-life adventurer, business owner and event organiser from the automotive world. Meet Robert Nightingale, the owner of Malle London - makers of luxury motorcycle apparel.  In this week's podcast, we talk to Robert about building a business from a passion, planning some of the most incredible adventures around the world and organising event...

This week on the Driven Chat Podcast, our guest star is the fabulous Nicki Shields - a voice of authority in the world of EV (electric vehicles) with a jam-packed CV filled with presenting and broadcasting accolades.  In this week's conversation, Nicki does her best to promote the world of EVs to some 'limited scepticism' from Marcar and Andy, plus she shares her excitement about getting the...

Alex Goy! The Journalist, the car commentator, the vampire?? This week we talk to the friendly freelancer known for his refreshingly open and honest approach to his work and himself as a man that's worked in almost every department of the motoring media world. Alex Goy joins John Marcar and Amy Shore for an in-depth and comprehensive conversation about 'all things journalistic' in the motoring wor...

Automotive YouTuber Joe Achilles is this week's guest on the Driven Chat Podcast. In a conversation with John Marcar and Amy Shore, Joe shares the many trials and tribulations of the YouTubing world, the challenge of growing a channel through a pandemic, and, he opens up with his thoughts and opinions on some of the recent controversial marketing decisions from the BMW brand. Before the chat with...

The original Urban Outlaw - Magnus Walker is our show guest on this week's Driven Chat Podcast in which Andy Jaye and John Marcar discuss the life and career of a young man from Sheffield who settled for a life in LA. Magnus shares a few stories and gives us an insight into lockdown in Los Angeles with a positive outlook on the future.   Before Andy and John's talk with Magnus, we have a...

This week on the Driven Chat Podcast, we enjoy a conversation all about track days so who better to have on the show than Alex Gassman and Matt Reese-Edwards, the founders of Camber & Combustion? John Marcar and Amy Shore are in the studio for a pre-recorded interview with Matt and Alex to learn all about the fun, games and antics that come with driving on track! But not before they have a qui...

Episode 29 of The Driven Chat Podcast welcomes one of the biggest names in the automotive media world as our guest this week is Tim Burton, often better known as; SHMEE150.  SHMEE150 started as a collection of social channels that have since transformed into a powerful brand known worldwide, granting the man behind the brand - Tim Burton global fame and following. In this very open and honest...

Happy New Year from The Driven Chat Team! Our first podcast of 2021 is our first-ever remote recording: no truck, no studio and no super cool location (for the opening at least) of this episode. The team are all working remotely and as a result, are having to podcast remotely too. In this new format, you hear from the usual team, Andy, Amy and John for the opening and close of the podcast but with...

This week's driven chat Podcast is coming to you with a 'Pop', a 'Bang' and plenty of 'Colour' - and that is because we have a star of the creative world; Mr Ian Cook! Also known as; PopBangColour! In this weeks episode starring Ian, we have the usual regulars Andy Jaye, John Marcar and Amy Shore all of whom are keen to dive in and discuss the fabulously colourful story of how Ian went from being...

Alistair Clark is one of the most well-known filmmakers in the automotive world. Having started with a few go-pros and a handy cam at track days in 2008, Al has gone on to be famous for making some of the most popular automotive cinematic works on behalf of motoring manufacturers including Bentley, McLaren and Bugatti.  Al's career has since lead to many sensational accolades including captur...

We've mixed things up a little this week but for a good reason! John Marcar is taking the hosting reigns for this week's podcast because Andy is in... as a guest! This weeks episode is all about a brand new TV show coming to Discovery+ in January called  'Three Men Four Wheels'.  The show stars racing driver - Marino Franchitti, antique dealer - Drew Pritchard, and our very own broadcast...

Things take an unexpectedly deep and meaningful turn in this week's Driven Chat Podcast. Our guest is Jay Morton who is best known to many for his recent appearance as 'the mole' in the 2020 series of 'SAS Who Dares Wins'? Besides the TV show, Jay is an accomplished Author, conquerer of mountains and is no stranger to an icy cold bath. Having spent 14 years in the Army 10 of which were in the Spec...

This week on The Driven Chat Podcast, we have Ant Partridge - star of Goblin Works Garage and notorious custom car and motorcycle builder. This recording is aptly named '3rd time lucky' because believe it or not, we hit the record button two times previously before this recording was deemed a success! In this weeks conversation Andy, Amy and John talk to Ant about his journey from custom workshops...

What ingredients make for the best type of podcast guest? Racecar driver? Rock star perhaps?? Well, how about a rock star that... races cars!? Rick Parfitt Junior is the perfect mix of rock star and racer, and he's this week's guest on The Driven Chat Podcast! This weeks conversation with Andy Jaye, Amy Shore and John Marcar contains discussions containing everything from fabulous TV show themed c...

Welcome to episode 21 of the Driven Chat Podcast where we sit down and talk with the original creator and founder of one of the most popular motoring brands of recent years - Caffeine & Machine. Phil McGovern's Caffeine & Machine has become a hub, a meeting point and an essential instagram photo location for all petrol heads in the U.K. all within just 2 years since it's launch but many pe...

Whoosh! It's episode 20 of the Driven Chat Podcast! This week as it's such a special occasion we've got a pretty special guest - Mike Brewer.  It's not the first time we've had Mike on the pod, but it is the first time we've been able to record face to face, so we're pretty excited. Mike joins us to talk about his return to the U.K., his challenges with a very opinionated audience and a...

If you've always wondered how you can get behind the wheel of a racing car and compete in the world of motorsport, then this weeks week's Driven Chat Podcast could be right up your street! On this weeks episode, John Marcar and Amy Shore sit down with Cameron Jackson from Faster Faster Racing. Cameron has been guiding Amy in her journey into motorsport from licensing and tuition through to her fir...

Welcome to The Driven Chat Podcast! In this week's podcast, we have not one, but two fantastic recordings for you. For the first recording, we have Andy Jaye and Amy Shore talking to the delightful Shane Lynch. Shane is probably best known for being in one of the biggest boybands of all time; Boyzone but is now deeply involved in the world of drifting, and he has some pretty spectacular car chat....

Who better to help John Marcar and Amy Shore persuade Andy Jaye into the world of motorcycling than one of the worlds most famous motorcycle adventurers?? If you enjoy hearing about adventures, then we might have the best possible guest for your listening pleasure. This week on The Driven Chat Podcast, we are delighted to be joined by the wonderful Charley Boorman (and his dog woody!) Charley is k...

This week on the Driven Chat Podcast we are joined by Leon Oli Window. Oli lives 'the petrolhead dream' having completed the journey from being a successful business owner to a car collector, racing driver and motorbike builder as well as being a popular youtube personality. This weeks recording took place within the home of Baffle Culture - The Baffle Haus also home to Oli's classic car collectio...

On this week's driven chat podcast, things get a little heated between our very own John Marcar and our guest...(who happens to be one of the most famous faces in the world when it comes to automotive viral content).  Alex Kersten, 'the face of Car Throttle' joins the driven chat team to talk about how he swerved the standard desk-job-journey of automotive journalism, his obsession with buyin...

On this week's Driven Chat Podcast! We speak to Merlin McCormack famously known as 'The Duke of London'. Merlin is regarded as one of the finest names in classic car sourcing, selling and even restoration and he kindly opened up his spectacular premises in Brentford, West London welcoming Andy, Amy and John access to a stunning collection of cars and motorcycles. We hear the story about how Merlin...

This weeks guest on The Driven Chat Podcast we have a superstar from the world of automotive PR; Paul Cowland! In this week's show, we hear Andy trying to interpret the often bizarre German phrasing that surrounds the Nürburgring. We hear Marcar's tribulations of working with The Hoff and Amy (mainly) has her head in her hands as she contemplates what on earth she ever signed up for in recording p...

On this week's show, we have Maria Costello MBE. Maria is a motorsport legend regularly competing on 2, 3 and 4 wheels and can also often be seen and heard presenting and hosting all sorts of motoring related glory!  Tune in to hear Maria talk about her career in motorsport, PLUS - the teams rather entertaining attempt at talking Andy into getting his motorbike licence... You'll have to tune...

We're mixing things up a little bit this week with not one, but two guests! Our headline act is one of the founders of the legendary Caffeine & Machine - Dan Macken but before we hear from Dan, we have a clip from our sister podcast Driven Celebrities and who better to feature than James May! We hope you enjoy this weeks 'mix up' and we'd love to hear your thoughts so please do take a moment t...