NoBraking

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!

This week James and Kyle make the trip to Donut Media to sit down and chat with James Pumphrey, Bart Bidlingmeyer and Nolan Sykes aka the writers and hosts of the excellent YouTube shows Up To Speed, Science Garage, WheelHouse, and the New Car Show. They talk about everything from cheap beer and junior dragsters to authenticity and Nolan's sweet job interview mullet.This one was super fun to make.

If you are into cars and find yourself reading about them on occasion, then chances are very good that you're familiar with Larry Chen and his amazing body of work. In addition to being omnipresent, he's also one of the most talented photographers working in the automotive sector, he's a super nice guy and he made the mistake of inviting Kyle and James to his compound to sit, talk and drink espresso with him and his similarly ultra-talented assistant, Louis Yio, aka the world's most hydrated man. 

Kyle and James somehow scammed their way into Luftgekühlt 5 where they cornered Art, Bryan, Lane and Warren from Driving While Awesome! and forced them to record a podcast. Because they're great dudes, they agreed and went into some of the history behind DWA! as well as Radwood and the Coastal Range Rally while throwing low-key shade at Luftgekühlt 's show-goers. Because this is outdoors at a car show, we apologize for the wind noise and some of the audio fluctuation but, really it's not that bad and this is guerilla podcasting, damnit. 

For this one James and Kyle venture out of James' house and down to Race Service to interview Sam Nalven aka DriftIdiot. Sam hosts the Maximum Driftcast with his pal Corey Hosford and now works for Race Service as a filmmaker. Oh, and he also hosts the Formula D halftime show, so not exactly a lightweight. He's a super talented photographer and hilarious human and harbors a borderline unhealthy obsession with British sailing ships, so 10/10, would recommend.

For the first (second) episode of the NoBraking podcast, Kyle and James sit down with Nic Cuarta from Bee Line Coffee and Austin Cabot from Gridlife and Speed Ventures to geek out over performance driving, coffee, motorcycles and not having real jobs, except James who has a real job (like a sucker).

Welcome to the NoBraking podcast with hosts Kyle Hyatt and James McKeone. In this short introduction episode, they give you some background on their histories with cars and with each other.