348 - The 1907 Peking to Paris Motor Race

Pappy Van Winkle is some of the most expensive Bourbon in the world, and in 2013 hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of the liquor went missing from the distillery. This week, Deanna Ortiz tells us how some heists aren't elaborately planned, but just get slowly out of hand. Th ...  Show more

On this week's episode we hear the story of Joseph Boyle aka Klondike Joe, a Canadian man whose life has so many different chapters your head will spin!We're halfway through our Canadian tour and this episode was recorded live in Vancouver! If you're keen, we've got three final s ...  Show more

In June 1907, five plucky teams departed the Chinese capital and embarked on a 9,317-mile automobile race to Paris. Traversing scorching deserts and perilous mountain passes in ill-equipped vehicles, the participants regularly risked their lives – but their tenacity would transfo ...  Show more

In February of 1908, racing teams from multiple nations assembled for an unusual and ambitious race -- they planned to drive from Times Square across the planet to France. These were the early days of the automobile, and success was anything but guaranteed. In today's special ...

The guys talk about their trip to test at Laguna Seca, including the travel faux pas they encountered, then they share their craziest travel stories. Going to the race in Nashville? Join us for our live show, August 5th, at Margaritaville!

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Time to drive... ON A RACE TRACK! That's right, this week your elegant hosts... err... One of your elegant hosts hits the race track! From driving behind the wheel of 3 incredibly powerful BMWs, to doing hot laps with racecar driver extraordinaire Samantha Tan, this episode is pa ...  Show more