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"Women Shifting Gears" is a weekly podcast that puts inspiring women from all corners of the automotive world in the left seat. Fasten your seatbelt as host Amanda Busick talks with women in motor racing, collector cars, national and international motoring events, publishing, rallies, and STEM education to hear what drives them to contribute their time and talent to the world of cars. Amanda moves our guests into the fast lane to explore her guest’s career insights, their mentors and influen ...
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For episode fifty, I spoke with Glenda Russell who is a historian of the LGBTQ movement as it has unfolded here in Boulder and Colorado and beyond. Glenda has had a long career as a clinical psychologist, educator, and writer and has a PhD in psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder (’84). We talked about the struggle to get ‘sexual or…
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For episode forty-nine, I spoke with Ren Q. Dawe who is a trans activist, comedian, writer, and educator who lives and works in Boulder and has been performing his comedy all over the front range. I have mentioned a few times in passing that I enjoy performing comedy, but I’ve never said much else about it on this podcast. So, it was especially fun…
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For episode forty-eight, I spoke with Sarah Wells who is a partner in the real estate agency Live Work Denver which specializes in co-buying real estate which is simply a way to buy homes with other people. Sarah is one of the founders of the Queen City Cooperative and is the Board Chair for the Boulder Housing Coalition which is a non-profit that …
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For episode forty-seven, I spoke with Eric Budd who is a political activist and organizer who has been involved in various issues such as occupancy reform, even year elections, and advocacy for cycling. He is also involved in various organizations including Boulder Progressives, Better Boulder, Boulder Housing Coalition, and Community Cycles, among…
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For episode forty-six, I spoke with Annamarie Pluhar who runs a nonprofit organization named Sharing Housing. She is the author of a book titled “Sharing Housing: A Guidebook for Finding and Keeping Good Housemates” which extols the virtues of sharing housing and provides practical advice on how to find compatible housemates. Earlier this year I po…
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For episode forty-five, I spoke with Tina Marquis who is a candidate running for city council. We met at the main branch of the Boulder Public Library and talked about a wide variety of subjects including her work on the BVSD school board, homelessness, the introvert revolution, middle income housing, her leadership style, and climate change among …
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For episode forty-four, I spoke with Dan Williams who is a civil rights lawyer who has worked on issues related to homelessness in Boulder. We talked about a recent effort by a consortium of service providers who got together and created a detailed proposal for providing low barrier services. This proposal was submitted to city council and was side…
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For episode forty-three, I spoke with Terri Brncic who is a candidate running for city council. I sat down with her at her kitchen table in her North Boulder home. We talked about the Safe Zones 4 Kids ballot measure, homelessness solutions, affordable housing, infill development, zoning and parking reform, and e-bikes among other subjects. I hope …
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For episode forty-two, I spoke with Katie Farnan and Doug Hamilton about their efforts to encourage voters to reject a ballot initiative called Safe Zones 4 Kids. Their campaign is called Solutions Not Safe Zones which challenges the conventional wisdom that a ballot measure that addresses the safety of our children is necessarily good policy. We m…
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For episode forty-one, I spoke with Jenny Robins who is a candidate running for city council. I sat down with her at the Boulder Office for the post-production company 11 Dollar Bill on the west end of Canyon Dr. where her husband works. We talked about the importance of safe and convenient public transit that is child friendly, the need in Boulder…
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For episode forty, I spoke with Aaron Gabriel Neyer who is a community builder and technologist with a background in computer science and ecopsychology. Aaron is running for city council and so I sat down to talk with him about his vision for what’s possible in Boulder. We sat together in the shade at Growing Gardens community gardens and had a lon…
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For episode thirty-nine, I spoke with Taishya Adams who is a servant leader, environmentalist, social justice advocate, and an amazing human being. She is also running for city council this fall. I sat down with her at her South Boulder home and we had a long conversation covering a wide variety of topics including her growing up in northern Virgin…
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For episode thirty-eight, I spoke with Ryan Schuchard who is a Boulder resident that is running for city council this fall. Ryan is a member of Boulder’s transportation advisory board and his campaign is focused on transportation solutions as our best way to mitigate the climate crisis. When Ryan talks about transportation solutions it makes me hop…
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For episode thirty-seven, I spoke with Waylon Lewis who is a Boulder resident that is running for city council this fall. We met at Columbia Cemetery on the hill and talked about a wide variety of subjects including West Pearl, fire mitigation, biking in Paris, white metal roofs, homelessness, affordable housing, and occupancy, among others. I admi…
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For episode thirty-six, I spoke with Silas Atkins who is a Boulder resident that is running for city council this fall. We met at Keeywayden park in Southeast Boulder and talked about a wide variety of subjects including making government work better for people, the need to build housing in the short, medium, and long […]…
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Nicole Speer is a member of Boulder’s city council and is running to be Boulder’s first directly elected mayor this fall. We met at a park near her house in South Boulder and talked about a wide variety of subjects including her new e-bike, homelessness and the camping ban, agrivoltaics, and why she is running […]…
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For episode thirty-four, I spoke with Bob Yates who is a member of Boulder’s city council and is running to be Boulder’s first directly elected mayor this fall. We met at a park near his house in North Boulder and talked about a wide variety of subjects including the possibility of building a gondola that […]…
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For episode thirty-three, I spoke with Tara Winer who is a member of Boulder’s city council and is running for reelection this fall. Our conversation wandered around and through many topics including affordable housing, the need for more transitional housing with wrap-around services, missing middle housing, building housing at the airport, whether…
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For episode thirty-two, I spoke with Darcy Kitching who is a community builder in Boulder. Darcy is the author of the book The Best Urban Hikes: Boulder, is finishing her Ph.D. in Geography, Planning, and Design at the University of Colorado Denver with a study of youth and family weekday transportation in Boulder County, and […]…
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For episode thirty-one, I spoke with Laura Rossbert who has helped develop a framework called Trauma Informed Design in her role at Shopworks Architecture in Denver, CO. Laura has collected data that measures the under-utilization of parking at affordable housing buildings and we discussed the negative impacts this has on current and potential affo…
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For episode thirty, I spoke with Aaron Brockett, the mayor of Boulder. We talked about the all-new direct election mayor’s race in Boulder and his candidacy in the upcoming election this fall. We talked about gun violence prevention, affordable housing, rank choice voting, learning Spanish, the diagonal highway corridor project, and solutions for u…
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For episode 29, I spoke with Jennifer Fluri who is a Professor of Geography at the University of Colorado at Boulder and co-founder and co-director of Boulder Affordable Housing Research Initiative also known as BAHRI. I became aware of Jennifer’s work from the Boulder Housing Equity Symposium which took place about a year ago. A few […]…
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For episode 28, I spoke with Junie Joseph who is running for state representative in Colorado house district ten which includes large portions of Boulder from Broadway. Junie was not on the primary ballot in June but was instead selected by a special vacancy committee assembled by the Boulder Democratic Party after Edie Hooton withdrew […]…
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For episode twenty-six, I spoke with Mark Fearer who is a political activist and op-ed columnist who is passionate about tenants’ rights and rent control. Mark writes a bi-weekly column for The Boulder Weekly called The Unrepentant Tenant which argues for better protections for renters, educates readers on the rights of tenants, advocates for rent …
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I spoke with Ed Byrne who is a former Assistant City Attorney for the City of Boulder, was a member of the Boulder Daily Camera’s Editorial Advisory Board, and runs a private law and mediation practice specializing in land use and development-related permit approvals. Ed and I met downtown and set up folding chairs in […]…
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For episode 24, I spoke with Maura Dudley who is an outspoken advocate for car-lite living, zero waste solutions, inclusive neighborhoods, and math education. We met up in her neighborhood at Melody Park in North Boulder and started talking. We geeked out over our e-bikes before taking a ride to Nude Foods Market where we […]…
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Bryan Bowen is an architect and founder at a local firm named Caddis. We hit record and just let it rip and dove right into all kinds of topics related to building beautiful, sustainable, and inclusive neighborhoods including co-housing, cooperative housing, bikeways, cool shit permits, raising kids, among others. I love how Bryan can imagine […]…
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It was at an early age that Kate Cook knew her passion in life was art. By picking up commission pieces in high school, Kate was able to purchase her first car, a 1966 Jeepster Commando that she worked on with her father and brother. It would be that Jeep that inspired her to combine her two loves into an artistic technique she calls “pinstripe ill…
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While Anja Kempermann may be the U.S. Events Manager and Race Series Manager for Masters Historic Racing, it’s her zest for life and her mantra of choosing to be happy that will have you smiling from ear to ear while listening to her chat with host Amanda Busick about her journey to her “happy place”. Her passion for life coupled with her love for …
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Her love for Ford Mustangs started in high school when she was looking for a “cool car” with her dad. When her parents met, her mom had a 1965 Mustang Coupe while her dad drove a 1966 GT. Growing up, her dad would share stories about how much fun he had with his car, so when the time came to purchase her first ride, she knew she wanted a Mustang. H…
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Her love affair with Porsche started with a “FOR SALE” sign on a Saturn Yellow ’72 914 that Mia Walsh saw while on her bicycle just prior to her 16th birthday. Somehow, she convinced the owner to let her take it for a spin. It wouldn’t be until 25 years later that she and her husband would purchase their first Porsche and join the Potomac Region of…
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It all started with a chat just prior to the start of the 2021 Indianapolis 500. Racing legend Lyn St. James has been a longtime advocate for women in motorsports and had basically run out of gas while carrying the banner for equality. But, when she witnessed first-hand what Beth Paretta was doing with her Paretta Autosport team at the Indy 500, sh…
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Sonia Rief is vice president, Vehicle Connected Services & Program Management Office for Nissan U.S. and Canada. She was appointed to this position in March 2019. In this role, Rief is responsible for managing vehicle line profitability and leading Nissan’s Connected Services organization. Overseeing the Connected Service organization includes plan…
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17-year-old Chloe Chambers is truly driven to succeed. From an early age, she had her sights on Formula 1 Racing, and now her dream is becoming reality as she races on the same circuits in the W Series with hopes of one day running F1 as one of its first modern-day female drivers. She is confident that she’s prepared, having mastered go-karting at …
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Automotive expert Lauren Fix is the nation's industry-leading expert in all things automotive and appears weekly on national television and radio as well as His Turn-Her Turn™ and Car Coach Reports. Lauren is an automotive authority who teaches drivers everywhere to love their choices and love their cars. She has written three books on automobiles …
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Southern Californian Sara Price has been racing most of her life. She first raced at the age of eight and by 16, she was racing professionally. In 2010, she was the first female factory-supported motocross racer with Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing. She has won 19 national motocross championships. Prior to making the switch to four-wheeled racing in…
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Stefy Bau was born and raised in Italy. As a child, she barely remembers a time when she wasn’t on a motorcycle. She was first introduced to bikes by her father at age 4 and by 6, she was hooked on motocross. At that point, she told her parents that she would one day race professionally and live in the United States. Because her parents supported h…
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She was boundless. She was Betty Skelton – a woman left behind until three determined women worked tirelessly to uncover her story. Producers Pam Miller (8-time Emmy award winner and NASCAR on FOX producer), Lindsey Mandia (Vice President of Production at FOX Sports), and Cindy Sisson (CEO of GSEvents LLC) are the women behind the woman in this fir…
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In Episode 15 of our Women Shifting Gears Driven by Hemmings Podcast, we first introduced you to Renée Brinkerhoff and her Project 356 World Rally Tour. At that time, she had raced in six of the seven continents. In last week’s show (Episode 39), host Amanda Busick, along with Renée and her daughter Christina, set the stage as they made their way t…
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For episode twenty-one, I spoke with Sam Fuqua about the proposed library district for the Boulder Public Library System. Sam was a member of the Boulder Library Commission for five years, was an elected member of the BVSD school board of education for eight years, and worked at KGNU for twenty years as news director and […]…
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They had accomplished six out of seven continents in their quest to end child trafficking with their Valkyrie Racing Project 356 campaign. The last leg was a cold reality… literally. Even though there had been months (and a COVID year) of preparation, this final journey to Antarctica did not go off without a hitch. The mother-daughter team of Renée…
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It’s all about the fan experience. This week’s guest, Jessica Fickenscher, is the Chief Experience Officer for Speedway Motorsports and makes it her daily mission to ensure race fans at their eleven premier NASCAR facilities have an experience of a lifetime. Speaking of experiences, Jessica has experienced a lot in her 25+ years at Speedway Motorsp…
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TV personality Jamie Little is a woman of many firsts… the first female pit reporter for the Indy 500 and the first-ever female pit reporter to cover both the Indy 500 and Daytona 500 for network TV’s live flag-to-flag coverage in the same year. Most recently, she became the play-by-play voice of the ARCA Menards Series, making her the first woman …
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For episode twenty, I spoke with Ralph Frid who is a systems engineer who volunteers his time with the BVSD District Accountability Committee as the chair of the Budget and Finance sub-committee and Meghan Carrier who is the deputy directory of Together Colorado which is a non-profit that brings faith communities together to work on issues such as …
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She comes from motorsports royalty. With a racing father in John Force, Brittany Force and her sisters grew up at all the tracks she’s now racing. She feels quite at home at these tracks where her team is also her family – a family that she enjoys celebrating the highs with and learning from their lows. In just five seasons, Brittany Force went fro…
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