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The Whole Story // risking it all for electric motorsport dreams

'Life is good, life is hard, these two truths are unrelated.' In the middle of a global pandemic, my family decided to risk it all and follow our teenage son Ellis's passion for racing, leaving everything behind in the US and heading to Europe. This podcast is a series of audio recordings of the journal I've been keeping since the day we got on the road. Shamelessly authentic and always with a sense of humor, I hope this story gives you a look behind the sheen of social media of what it's like to risk it all with the...

episode_102 // still jet-lagged in Vegas

7 mins; September 09, 2025

episode_101 // jet-lagged jotting

9 mins; September 02, 2025

episode_100 // saying no for the first time in 4 years

11 mins; August 26, 2025

episode_99 // back of the napkin math

21 mins; August 19, 2025

episode_98 // the lonely road, feeling stupid and other ponderings

7 mins; August 12, 2025

episode_97 // in situ, alone, in Dusseldorf

8 mins; August 05, 2025

episode_96 // time is a slinky

8 mins; July 29, 2025

episode_95 // 45th birthday thoughts

4 mins; July 22, 2025

episode_94 // a rant on Renegade-ness

10 mins; July 15, 2025

episode _93 // bring the Renegade home?

8 mins; July 04, 2025

episode_92 // going next level in Las Vegas

10 mins; July 03, 2025

episode_91 // hitting the dirt & biting the bullet

8 mins; July 02, 2025

episode_90 // Welcome to Season 5

7 mins; July 01, 2025

episode_89 // a season 4 low key finale

9 mins; November 19, 2024

episode_88 // an American Thanksgiving experience in Germany

9 mins; November 12, 2024

episode_87 // a moment of existential crisis

4 mins; November 05, 2024

episode_86 // birthday plans, derailed

9 mins; October 29, 2024

episode_85 // holding opposing ideas

10 mins; October 22, 2024

episode_84 // another laundrymat musing on paralell realities

6 mins; October 20, 2024

episode_83 // a regroup on a deflated season ender

8 mins; October 19, 2024

episode_82 // coming home empty handed

9 mins; August 27, 2024

episode_81 // reflections from a swedish laundry room

5 mins; August 20, 2024

episode_80 // life is good, life is (really) hard

14 mins; August 13, 2024

episode_79 // the merry go round is on warp speed

9 mins; August 06, 2024

episode_78 // life in the multiverse

8 mins; July 30, 2024

episode_77 // A Story and A Half

36 mins; July 24, 2024

episode_76 // *warning* proud mom moment incoming...

8 mins; July 16, 2024

episode_75 // my mind's moshpit & a reflection on value

6 mins; July 09, 2024

episode_74 // the most unwanted Mother's Day gift ever

8 mins; July 02, 2024

episode_73 // there are only two types of days

4 mins; June 25, 2024

episode_72 // a three week blitz

5 mins; June 18, 2024

episode_71 // musings from the laundrymat

4 mins; June 11, 2024

episode_70 // the threshold for uncertainty

3 mins; June 04, 2024

episode_69 // change of scenery, part two

13 mins; May 28, 2024

episode_68 // we're moving, again

8 mins; May 21, 2024

episode_67 // anything but normal

12 mins; May 14, 2024

episode_66 // Season 4 Kicks off on the Age of Light!

8 mins; May 07, 2024

The Whole Story // episode_65

8 mins; February 13, 2024

The Whole Story // episode_64

5 mins; February 06, 2024

The Whole Story // episode _63

6 mins; January 30, 2024

The Whole Story // episode_62

5 mins; January 23, 2024

The Whole Story // episode_61

4 mins; January 16, 2024

The Whole Story // episode_60

8 mins; January 09, 2024

The Whole Story // episode_59

6 mins; December 12, 2023

The Whole Story // episode_58

8 mins; December 05, 2023

The Whole Story // episode_57

7 mins; November 28, 2023

The Whole Story // episode_56

9 mins; November 21, 2023

The Whole Story // episode_55

5 mins; November 14, 2023

The Whole Story // episode_54

8 mins; November 07, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_53

13 mins; October 31, 2023

A Story and a Half // episode_48

36 mins; October 24, 2023

The Whole Story // episode_51

9 mins; October 24, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_52

6 mins; October 24, 2023

The Whole Story // episode_50

4 mins; October 10, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_49

5 mins; October 03, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_47

10 mins; September 19, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_46

3 mins; September 12, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_45

6 mins; September 05, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_44

7 mins; August 29, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_43

7 mins; August 22, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_42

6 mins; August 15, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_41

5 mins; August 08, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_40

5 mins; August 01, 2023

A Story & A Half // episode_39

35 mins; March 14, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_38

7 mins; March 07, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_37

7 mins; February 28, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_36

4 mins; February 21, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_35

6 mins; February 14, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_34

6 mins; February 07, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_33

7 mins; January 31, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_32

7 mins; January 17, 2023

TheWholeStory // episode_31

4 mins; January 10, 2023

A Story & a Half (new year's special!) // episode_30

23 mins; January 03, 2023

A Story and a Half // episode_29

26 mins; December 20, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_28

7 mins; December 13, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_27

9 mins; December 06, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_26

5 mins; November 29, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_25

9 mins; November 22, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_24

8 mins; November 15, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_23

7 mins; November 07, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_22

8 mins; November 01, 2022

A Story and a Half // episode_21

32 mins; October 25, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_20

5 mins; October 18, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_19

4 mins; October 11, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_18

5 mins; October 04, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_17

6 mins; September 27, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_16

4 mins; September 20, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_15

7 mins; September 20, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_14

3 mins; August 16, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_13

4 mins; August 09, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_12

8 mins; August 02, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_11

6 mins; July 26, 2022

A Story & A Half // episode_10

28 mins; July 19, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_09

6 mins; July 11, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_08

8 mins; July 04, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_07

10 mins; June 27, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_06

14 mins; June 21, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_05

9 mins; June 13, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_04

8 mins; June 07, 2022

TheWholeStory // episode_03

9 mins; June 02, 2022

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