The Whole Story // risking it all for electric motorsport dreams

It's been a minute since I brought you a 'story and a half.' And if I'm being honest, this was an impromptu recording this morning because I ran out of episode uploads and missed my weekly Tuesday post. So, here you go. Me and Frankie chatting about where we're at, what's to come, what we think about how things have gone, and everything in between. And now I've just bou...

'Preparation prevents piss poor performance.' Sometimes the preparation that your current reality allows space for is not ideal, and you still have to perform. Ellis absolutely crushes his game on and off the track in an exceptionally challenging and crazy busy few weeks in our season. Proud mom moment. Listen in. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis...

This business is hard. Exceptionally hard. And sometimes you're just tired of giving and making and doing with seemingly little return. From the outside, I'm sure it looks like our brand and our partners and our story is all buttoned up. That we're 'crushing it,' and just underneath the surface, there's a storm. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey t...

Things are gonna get a bit heavy here for a minute. On Mother's Day, after a few weeks of strangeness from my father in law (more strangeness than is normal for him)-- I find out that he's been in the hospital for weeks and didn't tell us, and that he's dying. What was supposed to be a break for me alone at home in Germany while the boys made a trip to the States becomes a massive...

For better or worse, our lives are siloed into two buckets-- race days and non-race days. It's a binary system, and one that seems necessary at the moment. But will it actually pay off in some tangible way? ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I’ve be...

A play by play of what three weeks on the road with Team Spiezia looks like-- while it's still technically pre-season, we're not short on things to do or places to go. Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands, back to back for events, with some travel mishaps along the way. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global...

When you buy a second-hand washing machine and then it's a German bank holiday so you can't get the parts you need to hook it up, you find yourself staring into the spinning drum of the washer, thinking thoughts about your existence. Listen to what was on my mind. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pand...

Sometimes my entries are detailed stories recounting our experiences of life on the road, and sometimes they are meta reflections on what it all means. Some are existential crisis, and others just a real questioning of where we are, what the fuck we are doing, and if it's all going to work out in the end. This brief episode is a pre-season questioning of the alchemy at play. ******* TheWholeSt...

And the saga continues. Exactly two years after giving up our long-standing home in Hoboken, New Jersey, we're moving house again. Busted pipes, a comedy of errors, and the universe doing its work-- spoiler alert-- in the end we get exactly what we needed when it comes to a new place to call our own. But it wasn't easy. I'll tell you that much. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about...

Anyone who's been listening long enough knows that we move. A lot. This episode is the start of a long and twisted tale about moving to a new apartment (again). A busted pipe, a change of plans, and a commitment to move out of a place with no doors and a dorm-sized fridge for something better-- check it out. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singula...

Our family definitely wears 99 hats and works tirelessly toward the goal of getting to the top in the shark tank we call motorsport. But often we question the impact of giving up 'normal' for Ellis as a teenager. Our life would certainly look very different if we hadn't pursued this path, and while we wouldn't give it up for the world, I empathize with Ellis for wanting more indepe...

Here we go again my friends! We're back with Season 4 of The Whole Story-- covering the 2023 season, you'll hear my off the record thoughts about race life, family life and life on the road. In this opening episode, we're just getting the pre-season started, and I'm having a bit of a rant on social media culture and what it takes to have meaning in a content-omnivorous world. *****...

And that's a wrap on Season Three of The Whole Story podcast! Midflight on the way home to Germany, I'm sharing my thoughts on another year of the Age of Light, our 'special sauce' and the longtail journey about a kid we call the WonderBoy. Thanks for listening, and I can't wait to share Season Four with you. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follo...

The Obligatory New Year's Eve entry. I thought this would be the last entry for season three, but guess what? There's one more amazing episode coming to wrap it all up. See how we spent Christmas and New year's to ring in 2023. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio reco...

We need a break. Maybe we don't need a break. Do we actually need a break? What is a break anyway? Pre-holiday musings on what the holiday break has meant over the past few seasons and what the plans are as 2022 comes to a close. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings...

The history of Shetangi and questioning the electric pathway. In this episode, I'm doing a bit of a deep dive on Ellis, reflecting on who he's becoming, and doing my duty of succumbing to temporary existential crisis and questioning our entire choice of life path for the past four years. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for rac...

Birthday Halloween Anniversary feels. The end of October was always a special time for us at home in Hoboken, between our wedding anniversary, Halloween and Ellis's birthday. This year felt like the first time we celebrated in a way even close to what we used to do at home, in large thanks to the Nitro Racing team and good old Peter Bravo. Happy 17th birthday Ellis. ******* TheWholeStory is a...

Let me tell you what it's like when it's a 'down month' for Team Ellysium. Take a ride with me through 4 weeks of mayhem, travel, racing and road trips and get a glimpse of what our kind of crazy really looks like. This is October in a nutshell. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The e...

A pre-dawn thinking exercise on the Worst Case Scenario. It's always fun when your mind is on the treadmill before your eyes even open. Come along for the ride with me. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I’ve been keeping since the day we left home...

'Home' is a topic that floats around us, always. With the holidays approaching and German residency drama in the mix, it's on the top of my mind. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I’ve been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamel...

Let me recap a mind-rattling 6 week stint, giving a peek into the organized chaos of this family road show, all in the name of racing. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I’ve been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and alw...

The Age of Light Tour has it's 2nd anniversary! It's exactly two years since we said FILDI, and ditched the States for our European adventure, and I've got lots of (competing) thoughts. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I’ve been keeping si...

Hear my thoughts on my new most hated four letter word-- LUCK. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion for racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I’ve been keeping since the day we left home in 2020. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the...

In this episode I'm still on the road, solo. A visit to the kart track and seeing lots of people I know is a reminder of how many true friends you really have. ******* TheWholeStory is a podcast about my family’s journey to follow Ellis’s singular passion of electric racing during a global pandemic. The episodes are audio recordings of the journal I’ve been keeping since the day we left home i...

In episode 53, I'm on the road! A week long trip to the UK means lots of time in the camper listening to the National, overthinking, and trying to make sense of our place in motorsport. ***************** This podcast is comprised of entries from the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road in the middle of a global pandemic to go racing. Shamelessly authentic and always w...