Hooniverse

About Hooniverse

Cars. Trucks. Life. Things that run. Things that don't. And anything in between. The Hooniverse Podcast is about the intersection of all things automotive and everyday life. That means we'll also talk about anything that pops into our little brains. From beer and wine to dogs to travel, and anything else that strikes our fancy in a given moment. Our attention span is nill. Our episodes are rambling. Pull up a chair, pop on some headphones or turn up the volume in your car, hit play, and stay awhile.Cheers.

Publisher

Dan Roth, Ross Ballot, (Jeff Glucker)

Category

leisure

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

6 Mar 2013

Latest episode

7 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

5 of 384 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Apr 2026

   Matt Farah's Taco Recipe

   Matt Farah of The Smoking Tire stepped off the catamaran and onto our podcast the other day. Our conversation took a meandering course starting with the premise that real luxury is going to mean "handmade." We talked about Matt's Boxster Spyder and Meyers Manx before taking a tack into sailing dinghies on Long Island Sound and the benefits of catamaran tourism. There's a lot of reminiscing from the older fellas, and you might remember the automotive enthusiast web of 2008, too. Come aboard for this shipshape hour!

2. 

   20 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Hurricane Charger and Stormy Industry Weather

   It's the perfect follow-up to last week's Vault episode with Jonny Lieberman. Ross spent a week with the gas-powered 2026 Dodge Charger R/T Scat Pack, which was a hot topic when they talked last August, too. In addition to the driving impressions, we talk about the state of the industry amid an absolute storm of fast-moving events. EVs may be dead. Or they may be ready for greatness. Give it a listen and let us know what we got right and where we struck out. See you in a week!

3. 

   13 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   Jonny Lieberman | From the Hoonivault

   Like a forgotten board tape from a Grateful Dead show (did Ithaca '77 ever actually happen?) this episode got lost under the seat of the digital Microbus that drives the Hooniverse. Jonny Lieberman joined Ross in August 2025 for a wide-ranging conversation that covered his fledgling Youtube channel Driving With Jonny (https://www.youtube.com/@drivingwithjonny), the ICE-powered Dodge Charger, wristwatches for all you horologists, and finished up with the Bugatti Mistral and Lamborghini Diablo GT. We'll get Jonny back on soon for a fresh update - drop your thoughts and questions in the comments.

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Hurricane Charger and Stormy Industry Weather

Published 20 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And you saw, like, Evie's... the way they all went into the market followed the Tesla model to a large degree where they start premium and then you filter it down. It's like the automotive version. Which Rivian is, I mean, we're seeing it right now. The R2, the Rivian R2 is the most expensive, is coming out first. And batteries were expensive. The cost of batteries has come down a lot. We didn't have battery production here. It takes a really long time to stand up the industry, to stand up the supply chain, and to just get that stuff moving. The only thing I remember being... As fast as this last change where they were like, yeah, no, all those EPA rolls and stuff like that we talked about, forget it. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

187 ratings

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