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My Dad's CarNathan Tregonning - Mental Health Car Club: My Grandad had a Sierra Cosworth S6E8Send us a textThis week we are joined by Nathan Tregonning, the man behind the Mental Health Car Club, and in Jon's absence, we welcome a special guest host (and previous guest himself) Paul Gardner from Speed Broker.Nathan's earliest and fondest car memory was travelling to Whitby in his Grandad's Sierra Cosworth. From memory it was a navy blue 3 door, although that was based on an aged photograph. The 1982 registration must be a mistake, perhaps it was on a personalized number plate?Everyone locally knew that car, and although his Grandad...2025-07-0832 minMy Dad's CarAdrian Brannan: My Dad had a Chrysler Horizon, yellow Escort Mk3, Ford Sierra and why I now own all three! S6E6Send us a textWe're joined by Adrian Brannan, an automotive photographer from Glasgow. He learnt his craft following his father around (who was a wedding photographer) and taking photos of the family cars, and anything interesting he saw on the street.His Dad learnt to drive late, so Adrian remembers him learning, and also his first car... an orange Chrysler Horizon. It was an early one, and later re-badged as a Talbot. It was replaced by a yellow Mk3 Ford Escort, which wasn't much better... in fact Adrian recalls it letting in w...2025-06-1037 min
Twisted and UncorkedEpisode 191 - Composer of the Decomposed - SPECIAL TOPICThis week for Sierra's special topic episode, she tells us about the legend of Gregory May, a beloved tattoo artist. After making plans to start a new life in Florida with his girlfriend, a shady best friend and a insincere breakup make things more complicated. Greg would tragically be murdered, but a doe volunteer helps bring his case to a close and identify his body. Ellen Leach is the real MVP here and has gone on to help solve other cases as well.Want more twisted content? Consider joining our Patreon for some welcome goodies and 100+ bonus episodes...2025-03-1852 min
WuzUpDoc PodcastWhite Abarrio & Thorpedo Anna Win Big 2025White Abarrio wins 2025 Pegasus Cup Thorpedo Anna Eclipse HOY Champ 2024White Abarrio was the decisive Winner of the $3 Million Pegasus World Cup run at Gulfstream Park Racetrack on Saturday January 25, 2025. The race pitted the best high-income older horses in the country with notables Cox’s-Saudi Crown, Pletcher’s-Locked & Crupi, McPeek’s-Mystik Dan, Saffie Joseph’s-White Abarrio & Skippylongstocking, O’Neils-Mixto, and 4 other notable contenders. There was a tough battle until the final stretch when White Abarrio turned on his afterburners. Thorpedo Anna was crowned the 2024 Eclipse Award Champion 3-yr-old filly and Horse of the Year at the Breakers Resort Hotel i...2025-01-3106 minMy Dad's CarFaye Hatton: I used to play 'guess the car' walking to school. Ford Sierra, Mercedes SL, S5E8Send us a textWe're joined by Faye Hatton, an Automotive PR specialist who just so happened to answer a social media post by Jonny Smith with a memory of her parents cars.Naturally, we hijacked that post and got in touch, and shortly afterward had this chat. Faye’s earliest memories are of the cars she used to walk past on her way to and from school. Not a long walk, 300 yards, as she lives next door! But she would test herself on recognising headlamps and badges from a distance. The fi...2025-01-2151 minMy Dad's CarIan Robertson - Classic Retro Modern Magazine: Simca, Talbot, Peugeot, Ford Sierra and collecting car brochures. S5E4Send us a textWe are joined this week by Ian Robertson, an enthusiast of Peugeot 405s, and publisher of Classic Retro Modern car magazine, an independent title that celebrates many of the same cars we discuss in each of our shows.Join us for a journey through Simca's, Talbots, Peugeot 405's, a history lesson on the loveable (but not strictly) Peugeot 309, and Ford Sierra. His Dad would do up to 50,000 miles a year, so was changing cars every 3 months at times, in order to keep the resale value in them. We explore Ford's ab...2024-11-2636 min