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Aaron Beck is a New Zealand born designer known for his work in the film and video game industry. A lifelong love of science and mechanics have helped shape and create a unique aesthetic based on an application of functional real world technical solutions pushed into the realm of futuristic science fiction. Aaron also asked that we correct his memory which we put down to him having a big lunch before recording, his Ford Raptor was actually purchased from Larry H Miller Ford, not Phil Long. Make sure to follow us and subscribe!NoBraking can be found on Instagram and Facebook

People lease exotic and collectible cars for various reasons. Some do it for the cachet, while others do it simply to get to and from work. Steven Posner is Putnam’s chief executive, Putnam Leasing in Greenwich, Connecticut, specialize in leasing exotic cars. Putnam Leasing has been designing leases for drivers who ultimately want to own their cars. Putnam's leases are as unique and as individual as the clients who request them.   Make sure to follow us and subscribe!NoBraking can be found on Instagram and Facebook

Big Mike is a fixture of the Honda tuning community, he might be thought of as an automotive enthusiast, designer, builder, competition judge, event emcee and writer, however what he is most known for these days is the Think Bigger Project.The Think Bigger Project is a return to the basics and looks to help people shift their mindset back to the core of what makes dreams come true through passion, drive, and focus. Make sure to follow us and subscribe!NoBraking can be found on Instagram and Facebook

Sara Price started racing on the dirt and went on to join Kawasaki as the first factory-supported female racer. She began racing dirtbikes at the age of eight and collected 19 amateur titles and medaled in Women’s Super X at the 2010 X Games. However post her two wheel career Sarah now races UTVs and Trophy Trucks. In 2017 she won the Hoonigan Wanted Driver Search which led her to the San Pedro Martir Hill Climb. When she isn’t racing, Price works as a stunt professional, performing on motorcycles, and on four wheels and as a precision driver for television and film.All the while at her side is noted off-road navigator (rally, trophy trucks and UTVs) and full time microbiology student Erica Sacks. Erica has been involved in off road for 16 years racing trophy karts, UTVs, limited and unlimited buggies and moved into co-driving in 2015 under the tutelage of mentor Chrissie Beavis.  Make sure to follow us and subscribe!NoBraking can be found on Instagram and Facebook

Sam Mitani is a Japanese-American writer and author, best known for his work as International Editor for Road & Track magazine, where he spent 22 years, and as the author of his debut novel, The Prototype.His responsibilities as an automotive journalist included covering and test driving cars from around the world. He also wrote a monthly column for XaCAR, and regularly contributed to Best Car, two of Japan’s most popular auto magazines. His limited-run car magazine, called SPEED, won him a Maggie Award in 2004. Mitani also appeared as a guest host for the Best Motoring DVD series and has an Emmy Award to his credit for co-hosting for KABC’s Eye on LA television series.As part of his job, he participated in a number of adventures, including the Dakar Rally in 1996, two stints in the Malaysian jungle in the Trans Peninsula Rally, the Baja 1000 and in 2010, he set a speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats in a Suzuki Kizashi, going 203.73 mph. The run qualified him to join the exclusive 200-MPH Club. Make

Joe Scarbo is a Mechanical Engineer and founder of Scarbo Performance. Prior to Scarbo Performance Joe had worked as a mechanical designer for a number of racing teams and performance vehicle manufacturers including Volkswagen Motorsports, specializing mostly in complex systems and chassis design. However what you might be more familiar with is the SVF1 which Joe was the mastermind behind which is accurately modeled after a 1967 Ferrari F312 Formula 1 racer. Make sure to follow us and subscribe!NoBraking can be found on Instagram and Facebook

Luke Munnell is an L.A.-based automotive and motorsports photographer, writer and content producer, with more than a decade of editorial and advertising experience. Before venturing out on his own he worked as a social media manager and content producer for Mazda USA. Prior to that he served as a technical editor and associate editor for Source Interlink Media (TEN – The Enthusiast Network), working on automotive print titles like Import Tuner, Super Street and Modified magazines. Make sure to follow us and subscribe!NoBraking can be found on Instagram and Facebook

James talks to Nico, James, Jacob and Andy from Race Service.Race Service is a global network of artists, builders, creators, and drivers united by a common passion for the world of motorsports and creating content. Part of the original team at DonutMedia, Race Service's custom content leads them to an artful new wave of car culture for new and existing motorsports fans. Make sure to follow us and subscribe!NoBraking can be found on Instagram and Facebook

Q by Aston Martin is a unique service that turns your personal vision into reality, using your ideas to shape the ultimate Aston Martin. Bringing distinctive design touches to your Aston Martin. This selection of exclusive trim and enhancements can be added at the point of specification and installed and hand-finished at the Gaydon headquarters.Stuart McIntosh is head of VIP Sales in the US and can help you commission a truly bespoke, individual sports car taking you on a journey that involves a personal collaboration with the Aston Martin design team. Make sure to follow us and subscribe!NoBraking can be found on Instagram and Facebook

Stephan Papadakis first quenched his thirst for speed on the streets and local tracks of California in a modified unibody Civic hatchback. Papadakis then shifted focus to the management of his motorsport business Papadakis Racing, Inc. and, under his stewardship, the team has shown impressive results — earning three Formula DRIFT championship titles. Make sure to follow us and subscribe!NoBraking can be found on Instagram and Facebook

Randall Smock is the project leader for exterior design at Honda R&D Americas, Inc. (HRA), and is responsible for design concept direction and product development. Smock led the exterior design of the 2019 Acura RDX, the inaugural vehicle to mark the new design language direction for the Acura brand.Smock has made many contributions to Acura design since joining HRA in 2001, such as being the lead designer on the 2008 Acura TSX, 2012 Acura RDX and 2014 Acura RLX.Smock earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Transportation Design from the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California. He currently teaches at the ArtCenter sattelite studio at the Petersen Automotive Museum.  Make sure to follow us and subscribe!NoBraking can be found on Instagram and Facebook

Rod Emory takes perfectly good Porsches and makes them even better by making them safer and faster than they were when they rolled out of the factory. His company Emory Motorsports makes two kinds of cars: those that look stock but are not, and those that don’t look stock. The former are called Outlaws and the latter are called Emory Specials. Make sure to follow us and subscribe!NoBraking can be found on Instagram and Facebook

Lyn Woodward is a super talented writer and on-camera personality who is currently working for Kelly Blue Book. She's done work for Motor1, Automobile, The Drive and others and she rips around LA in a gorgeous white Datsun roadster. She's pretty much the coolest lady we know and we're thrilled that she decided to sit down and talk about her career, her love of Porsche 356s and the problem with YouTube commenters.

Lucky number 13! Who'd have thought we'd get this far? Just kidding. We can't be stopped.Anyway, this week James and Kyle trek to Torrance, Calif. to chat with Jackie Birdsall. Jackie is a brilliant senior engineer at Toyota and is one of the evil geniuses behind the development of Toyota's fuel cell vehicle technologies aka the Mirai (but not the design, so calm down). She's a dyed-in-the-wool car weirdo and a generally excellent conversationalist.

Donnie Callaway is a guy who's had a lot of jobs, a lot of adventures and who has restored and driven some of the best Ferraris in the world. He's got a million and a half stories and he stopped by James' house to tell some of them. This one is a fun one and we hope he'll come back again soon with that gorgeous white 308 of his!

Chris Cantle is the editor-in-chief of Motorcyclist Magazine, the world's oldest motorcycle publication. He's a talented writer, photographer, raconteur, bon vivant and general rabble rouser and he's one of Kyle and James' favorite people to talk to. This time around, Chris talks about trying to change the face of motorcycle journalism, racing jetskis, turgid money, Los Angeles' third steepest street and childbirth. Sit down, grab a beer and let's get weird together.

Julia LaPalme is a ridiculously talented photographer and one of the nicest people that James and Kyle know. Her work, both photographic and written has been featured in the pages of Motor Trend and Motorcyclist Magazine. She's shot for a host of other publications and done work for advertising for several auto manufacturers. She's currently working as a freelancer and generally living her best life. She also has cooler motorcycles than you.

Jonathan Ward is a guy who continuously operating on more levels at once than most people do in a lifetime. He is a fascinating guy to talk to, always buzzing with energy, a brilliant designer, a man of taste, and he swears a lot more than you'd maybe expect. His work with Icon has been lauded in just about every form of media we have these days, whether they focus on the FJ and BR trucks that serve as the bread and butter of the company, the exquisitely restored Redeemers or the beautifully beat Derelicts.Oh and he just launched his first watch. It's called the Duesey and it's as gorgeous as you'd expect.Jonathan is now officially one of our favorite people and we sincerely hope we can have him on again.

This week, Kyle and James sit down at Meguiar's headquarters in Irvine, California to have a chat with Jon Sibal and RJ DeVera, both excellent and hilarious humans.Jon is a multi-talented artist with a gift for rendering out some truly amazing versions of your favorite cars, he also worked as an artist in the comic book industry on titles like the Uncanny X-Men and the Avengers. He's also instrumental in bringing Rauh-Welt Begriff (RWB) to the United States. Basically, in short, Jon Sibal is the man.RJ DeVera is known for tons of things such as being terrible at Gran Turismo and telling us how fast Dom Toretto is in the opening street race of the Fast and the Furious, being the guy behind RO_JA wheels, writing for publications like Super Street and for generally being one of the great ambassadors of the Southern California import car scene for the past 20 years. He's a legend. 

Most people know Bisi Ezerioha from his outlandishly powerful cars, built in his Ontario shop that he calls Bisimoto. Others know him from his days drag racing Hondas in the 90's and 2000's and others still know him as someone who is a genuinely passionate ambassador for the automotive community. But here's the thing, Bisi wouldn't be Bisimoto without his incredible wife Hedi who pushes him to continually do things bigger, better and different than everyone else.Bisi and Hedi were kind enough to invite Kyle and James out to their shop so that they could sit down, have a chat and tell their story in a way that people might not have heard before. This is a good one, enjoy!