The automotive and motorsport world has always had a seat at the table — it just hasn't always been yours. BeDifferential is the podcast for newcomers, outsiders, and anyone who's ever felt like they didn't quite fit in car culture.
Each week, host Eva Gregory goes behind the scenes with racers, engineers, executives, and industry insiders to share the stories, career paths, and hard-won lessons that don't make it into the mainstream. From grassroots motorsport to the paddock, from vintage cars to cutting-edge tech — if you're curious about where you fit in this world, you found the right show.
New episodes every Tuesday, plus solo industry takes every Thursday.
Want to work in motorsport but you’re not a driver or engineer? Here are the 5 side doors into a racing career, and how to start this year.
F1 hits Austin for the US Grand Prix, and Kimi Antonelli could clinch the title. But the cameras follow 20 drivers while thousands of people run the weekend. Eva Gregory breaks down the jobs behind a race weekend: operations, media, business, technical, and officials. Plus five practical ways to break in, no connections required.
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20 Oct 2026
Annie Van Orman | Helen the VW Beetle, the Hemmings Great Race, and What Air-Cooled Ownership Actually Looks Like
Meet Helen — a classic VW Beetle owned, driven, wrenched on, and genuinely loved by Annie Van Orman, the enthusiast behind @annies_vw. In this episode of BeDifferential, Annie talks about how she fell into the world of air-cooled cars, what she saw in Helen when she found her, and what years of hands-on ownership have taught her that no manual ever could. We get into the Hemmings Great Race, the best and worst roadside repair stories, the projects she's quietly given up on, and the ones she'd do all over again. Annie also shares what's in her non-negotiable roadside toolkit — including the tools she trusts when things get real, thanks to this episode's sponsor KNIPEX — and looks ahead to SEMA 2026 with advice for first-time attendees. Whether you're a seasoned air-cooled owner or someone who has always wanted to get into classic cars but doesn't know where to start, Annie has something real to say to you.
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15 Oct 2026
How to Actually Get a Job in Motorsports — No Fluff, Real Steps
Eva Gregory gets asked this question more than almost anything else: how do I actually get a job in motorsports? This week she answers it — for real, without the motivational speech.
She started as a cashier at a karting facility. She ended up as Director of Operations at Road Atlanta. The path wasn't linear, wasn't glamorous at the start, and didn't come from a motorsports degree or a connected family. It came from showing up, learning how things actually work, and developing a specific skill that made her useful. In this episode she breaks down what most people misunderstand about how this industry operates, the five steps that genuinely move the needle, and the mindset question she thinks more people need to sit with before they make the leap.
Practical, honest, and directly applicable — whether you're fresh out of school, considering a career pivot, or an enthusiast who's been quietly wondering for years.
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Topics covered: how to get a job in motorsports, motorsports career paths, corner marshaling and volunteering, track operations, mechanical empathy, career advice for enthusiasts, motorsports community, SCCA, NASA, club racing entry points.
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From New York to NASCAR: Julia Landauer on Owning Every Room You Were Never Meant to Be In
Published 12 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I loved, you know, riding my bike around Central Park and, you know, We had a little plastic Jeep that I loved driving in, and I was clearly an active kid, and I adored racing, and I loved going fast, and I won. I won in my seventh race. I was disappointed it took that long, but then once you get that feeling of winning, it's so incredible and all-consuming and intoxicating, and so I kind of got the hook. for it and knew by the time I was 12 that I only saw myself pursuing racing and had every intention of being like the next Jeff Gordon or Jimmy Johnson or something. It didn't quite work out that way but was able to pursue it for a long time. […]
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