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Master the best of what other people have already figured out so you can use their lessons in your life to create an unstoppable advantage. Shane Parrish is an entrepreneur and sought-after speaker. His newsletter (https://fs.blog/podcast) offers timeless insights you can use to change your life. In The Knowledge Project, Shane interviews people at the top of their game. Every episode is packed with hard-earned lessons that you can use in your life. Tune in to create an unstoppable advantage ...
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Garage Heroes In Training

Garage Heroes In Training

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An amateur endurance auto racing team hoping to show everyone that they too can participate in performance driving or racing. We are a relatively new team and learning right along with you. Our assumption is that you know very little to nothing about the sport but are interested in learning to drive better and eventually maybe even race in a local event of interest. We will cover all forms of racing and hope to be entertaining as well as educational.
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Each episode, we discuss a book that we just finished reading. We share our thoughts, opinions, and overall impressions of the book. Listeners can write comments on our website, which will be included the podcast. So come join our book club!
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Taking Measure

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Welcome to Taking Measure; a podcast series exploring Roderick Haig-Brown's 1950 classic work Measure of the Year: Reflections on home, family and a life fully lived. In this series, host Dan MacLennan sits at the desk in the study at Above Tide, also known as Haig-Brown House, in the city of Campbell River on Vancouver Island, BC. From here, he looks out the window across the grounds at the Campbell River flowing past, just as Haig-Brown did when he wrote more than 20 books and numerous art ...
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GHiT 0609: Brian Parrish Brian Parrish started out his racing from zero and has grown into a racer that has finished in the top four for season and tenth at last years nationals at PittRace, is an instructor and may be a great/bad influence on the next generation of his family, lol. During this episode, we learn how Brian started out as a volunteer…
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Brian Halligan, co-founder and former CEO of HubSpot, discusses the journey of leading a company from the startup phase to IPO. Halligan shares his personal and professional experiences, including a snowmobiling accident that altered his life trajectory, the importance of company culture, the nuances of hiring the right people, and the complication…
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DwD 0613: Endurance Racing vs Sprint Racing One of the more popular discussions in the paddock is the difference in racing intensity, usually measured by “tenths”. We almost avoid the use of the tenths reference but we do go into the differences between racing in an endurance race and a sprint race and why there can/should be differences in the app…
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GHiT 0612: Yuri Shnirman Yuri Shnirman has been racing with us and long before. Long overdue and a ton of fun. Yuri is active in the lemons community, and also instructing with Hooked On Driving. Never bored, he is venturing forward and starting up racing in Formula Vee. Given his experience, we also go into what to do to develop a car for low budg…
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What if people aren’t buying your product or service because their idea of what it does is wrong? In this episode, Shane asks April Dunford to reveal all her secrets about what makes good and bad product positioning, how a startup should differ in its communications from a big company, and the difference between B2B and B2C positioning. Dunford als…
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Ladies and gentlemen and whoever else is listening, welcome back to the program. My guests today are Cary and Reiley Snowden, a father-son app development team and creators of Simple Migrane Tracker and most recently, Rock Logster, a music and memory journaling app for those who love concerts. A blogging and genealogy meets Yelp app of sorts. The S…
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WOoT 0611: Deadpool & Wolverine plus Mindless Meandering Jeff, Josh, Benny, Alex, Vicki, and Bill go over the latest Deadpool movie and the recent SDCC announcements before D23. With the dearth of recent superhero and related movies, we had to bring back the team in another Way Off Our Topic / Non Racing related episode. A link to the episode is: h…
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DwD 0610: Multi Car Teams Listener question: What and how should we run a multi car team and anything to look out for. Nothing makes Ben happier than listener questions, so please keep them coming. And if we left anything out, please let us know at GarageHeroesInTraining@gmail.com A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/MultiCarTeams We hope …
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Ladies and gentlemen and whoever else is listening, welcome back to the program. My guests today are sisters Ashlie Sanders (@the_nuanced_mormon) and Emilie Call, hosts of the growing podcast called That's Church. Both are lifelong members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) who are building bridges & fostering unity by exp…
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GHiT 0608: Race Review - Thompson 2024 In the Civic It is often said it is not a matter of if you wreck a car when racing, but only a matter of when. This was one of our When's. It was quite the race at Thomson this year with the 24 Hours of Lemons. Our 1993 EG Civic Hatchback was to be Driven by Jennifer, Vicki, and Bill. The weather was great but…
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GHiT 0607: Brian Wiltfang We welcomed Brian Wiltfang to the podcast this week. He is a very accomplished racing driver and instructor at Brainerd Raceway and also with Xtreme Xperience. It will be awesome to be racing with Brian at our upcoming Lucky Dog race at PittRace. Part of coming on the podcast is the honorary position of being a host and a …
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GHiT 0606: Mike Marzo – From The Italian Job team and Racing Mini’s We have a few soft spots. One is a team with a great attitude and a great theme. Another is racing Mini’s. This team hit both, hard. We are joined by Mike Marzo and talk about their racing mini and the tremendous theming they did at their first ever lemons race. Then we turn to tal…
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GHiT 0604: Tim Fokine on Racing with Rush and our Recent Event with NASA Great Lakes at PittRace Tim Fokine returns to the podcast and we start with a quick discussion of our recent weekend at PittRace with Nasa Great Lakes. Then we move on to discuss Tim’s recent racing with the Rush Series. We talk about the race car, the series the drivers and i…
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Few episodes in The Knowledge Project’s nine-year history have impacted people’s relationships and lives more than when Esther Perel shared her infinite wisdom for the first time in 2019. Shane and Esther discuss how the stories you tell yourself shape how you see the world (and what to do about that), the important conversations to have at the beg…
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GHiT 0605: Isaac Rodriguez – Sundae Cup and Beyond We first met Isaac Rodriguez at the GridLife NJMP event where he was dominating Bill in Sundae Cup. Since then, we have stayed in contact and followed along with his racing. We thought it was overdue to have him come on the podcast and catch up with his racing history and see where he is planning o…
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GHiT 0603: GHiT Garage Update – July 2024 Preparations have begun for a quick flurry of track events and as usual, the cars hate us. We try to catch up on the race car prep and the debacle of our relatively new tow pig. The worst part of racing is the cars. Lol. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/TowPigsSuck If you would like to help gro…
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GHiT 0602: Nick Barbato – How To Properly Setup Your Race Car Nick Barbato is back from his first race in GridLife’s GLTC series at the newly repaved Mid Ohio. In addition to talking about the event, we get into the long awaited part three of our series on setting up a race car. In spite of Bill’s horrible questions, Nick is able to steer the discu…
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DwD 0601: Tool Storage and Transportation Part 2 - Audience Recommendations In an earlier episode, we discussed some of the alternatives and options for tool storage and transportation to and from the track. It appears that our audience has several other options that we discuss here. Links to the items discussed are included below. A link to the ep…
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GHiT 0600: Ross Bentley Celebrating 600 Episodes Since we first started our podcast, we were hoping to show everyone that they could go racing and to help everyone to get better. One of the best guests for our podcast we could ever hope for was Ross Bentley. Being the kind person that he is, he agreed to come on and help us celebrate our 100th epis…
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Shane Parrish and Maya Shankar dive into the complexities of identity and personal transformation. They explore how significant life changes can reshape one's sense of self and explain how to navigate these transitions. Maya shares her personal stories and tips on making proactive choices and keeping a flexible, layered sense of self. They also dis…
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GHiT 0599: Team Crocs Racing We are joined by a fairly new team that has an awesome livery. Team Crocs Racing drivers Dan, Collin and Nick have had several entries into endurance racing and some have gone well, some a bit less. We talk about the car, their driving histories, and work towards some creative problem solving and potential solution path…
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GHiT 0598: Dealing with Difficulties at the Track Kaan Canturk (host of the Blind Apex Podcast) joins us to discuss a topic that happens to everyone who drives on track, difficulties with the car. Things happen on track. That can be mechanical issues, driver induced issues, and/or externally induced issues. During this podcast we go over many examp…
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GHiT 0597: Waka Motorsports Finishes the Races One of the teams that has had some terrible luck has been Waka Motorsports. However, at the recent NJMP race, things changed a bit and they had some issues, but conquered them all and finished the race. A great accomplishment for any endurance race and well earned. Hear all about it in this episode. A …
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DwD 0595: Breaking Through Limits, Self Preservation, and Plateaus In an effort to answer a listener, Ben discusses several methods of breaking through plateaus, limits, and fear on track. We get into things we can do on track, off track, and with the help of others, data, and instructors/coaches/friends. Ben even makes a gracious offer to personal…
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GHiT 0596: Double Header with the Brooklyn Bomb Squad and Slow and Mello Teams With BOTH teams winning their classes at the recent NJMP race, we wanted to talk with the Brooklyn Bomb Squad team about its (VERY) long overdue class victory and our friends at Slow and Mello who also won their class and nearly won overall. A link to the episode is: htt…
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New, Slower Version GHiT 0591: Race Recap – The MooStang at NJMP Thunderbolt 2024 The MooStang has been on quite a run recently. How did it do a this huge race at NJMP with 147 other entrants? Its in here. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/NJMP2024MooStang3 If you would like to help grow high-performance driving and racing and maybe eve…
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New and Improved, now even slower, lol. GHiT 0594: Race Recap - Slippery Slope Slides into NJMP Team Slippery Slope joins us to go over their race at NJMP Thunderbolt. In addition to Audra, Max, Bill, and Larry, they have introduced two new racers, Laura and Doug, to endurance racing. How did the BMW 5 Series perform this week? Is having your first…
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It's surprising how often we give our kids orders: "Do this!" "Don't do that!" But if we want to raise resilient and independent kids, is this the right approach? Michaeleen Doucleff argues there's a better way, and in this conversation, she explains why and shares practical strategies for solving the parenting "crisis" in the modern world. In this…
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GHiT 0593: Nick Barbato Nick Barbato has accomplished a TON in a relatively short career in racing. So many great stories. We catch up with Nick just after breaking his lap record at NJMP Thunderbolt and just before his debut at Mid Ohio with GridLife. We know you will love this one! Part one of hopefully many. A link to the episode is: https://tin…
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Today my guest is Tiffany Sowby, founder of a new foundation, Rising Violet, supporting mostly women who are trying to establish financial independence from previous partners who were the sole bread winners. Many women feel cultural expectations and pressure to rely entirely upon their partners for financial security, but due to death, divorce, and…
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DwD 0592: Ben Is Back On Track and Shaking Off Rust and Fuel Conservation? Ben FINALLY returns to the track and its with AER at VIR. We talk a bit about shaking off rust and then wander into fuel conservation options and exploring ways of driving as fast as possible while conserving gas. A link to the episode is: https://tinyurl.com/BenIsBackOnTrac…
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GHiT 0590 Race Recap - El Jeffe Trophy Truck at NJMP Thunderbolt 2024 – Part 2 The El Jeffe Trophy truck team reports in on their race at the NJMP Thunderbolt track with the 24 Hours of Lemons. This team truck was driven by Jeremy and Nick who were joined by JT and Ryan. They had their ups and downs but had a great time. Judge Tim Burr made a speci…
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Welcome back to the program ya'll. On the show today is my queer daughter Eden Strader. She came out to us three years ago. The process was a serious growth challenge for us as her parents. We handled it a little bit right but mostly wrong. Not out of malice but ignorance. A lot of damage was done but we've learned how to love better and deeper. It…
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DwD 0589: Power Steering - Good or Bad on Track? In an effort to answer a listener, Bill and Ben discuss having power steering in a race car. In a classic case of "it depends" we go over several things we like about power steering and unassisted steering. Its seemingly never a simple thing and to some point, personal preference is another factor, b…
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GHiT 0588: Race Recap – NJMP Thunderbolt 2024 – Part 1 Our race season continues with a huge field at the newly resurfaced NJMP Thunderbolt track with the 24 Hours of Lemons. Our team had 4 cars at this event and on this podcast we review the 1993 Civic (EG for the home gamers) that was driven by Vicki, Jennifer, and Bill (with a pinch hit stint fr…
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GHiT 0587: Team PGR Reviews their Second Overall Finish in the 2024 One Lap of America - Oh, Yes, It Was In Their EV On this episode, Team PGR returns to the podcast to talk about the 2024 One Lap of America. The last time Andrew DeKoning came on we talked about the plusses and minuses of competing in the OLoA in an electric vehicle. This time we t…
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Succeeding in both life and business is very difficult. The skills needed to scale a company often clash with those required to cultivate a thriving home life. Yet, Brent Beshore seems to have cracked the code—or at least he's actively working on it. In this conversation, he spills his secrets on excelling in both arenas. This episode is split into…
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DwD 0586: Understeer - Types and Potential Adjustments Ben and Bill discuss the different types of understeer and several options to improve your lap times. This includes things that you can do to the car setup. Often, you may not have time to change the setup of the car (during a race etc.) or the conditions of the tires, track etc. can change and…
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