348 - The 1907 Peking to Paris Motor Race

In 1958, Manchester United were one of the best football teams on the planet. Managed by Matt Busby and nicknamed 'The Busby Babes' because of the team's youth, in February 1958 the team took an ill fated flight from Munich Airport that would change the club forever. For this epi ...  Show more

Following on from last week's episode, we hear of more adventures undertaken by scientists in the 1760's in the effort to track the transit of Venus! Intrepid astronomers this week include Frenchmen Alexandre-Gui Pingré and Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche and Englishmen Jeremiah ...  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