{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"“You Can’t Fail - Impossible to Fail” - TJ Hunt’s Journey and What’s Next","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/you-can-t-fail-impossible-to-fail-tj-hunt-s-journey-and-what-s-next","audioUrl":"https://2.gum.fm/op3.dev/e/pdcn.co/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/media.transistor.fm/6964f044/847b0b30.mp3","description":"\n        For the final episode of season 3, Very Vehicular is delighted to present none other than TJ Hunt! Rolling up to the studio in a minty white V8 Vantage, with the all-time longest Very Vehicular episode record firmly in his sights, TJ hasn’t come to play, he’s here to win! In a departure from form, Scotto has the mic turned around on him as TJ unleashes his pent-up questions in desperate need of answers. This reverse interview has it all: origin stories, the dawn of YouTube, the art of growing a business (and what happens when you lose one!), love, loss and identity, even movies: it’s practical therapy, people! So unhook your phone (shout out, landline generation), slip out to grab some milk & cigarettes, do whatever you must - this episode is not to be missed! Most of all? As ever, enjoy.@TJHunt@BrianScotto @321ActionActionPartners:Vyper IndustrialFCP EuroHeatwave VisualWera ToolsKW SuspensionProducer: Nick Rutter @nickrutterartsMusic: SlikSound Patreon: https://patreon.com/u37266647https://bio.site/321actionactionpodcasts@321actionaction.com00:00 - Welcome & Introduction00:36 - Heat Wave Visual & KW Suspensions02:15 - The Name’s Hunt… TJ Hunt (that new Vantage)05:10 - California Cop Stories08:45 - That Time TJ Was in a Ford GT Commercial10:45 - Early Days on YouTube and Vlogging19:11 - BRZ Forums and Blackjack23:22 - A Shift of Business Mindset30:30 - GT3 Conversions. For When You’ve Run out of Kinks38:29 - Cars as Trading Cards39:07 - Why Builds Beat Driving40:34 - Back When TJ Was Kinda Hating on Hoonigan44:37 - There’s Always a Bigger Fish50:03 - How the Hoonigan Zumiez Deal Happened50:48 - Sponsor: FCP Euro01:05:23 - How Daily Transmission Happened01:13:12 - Studying Ken Block’s Playbook01:15:31 - Formula Drift or NASCAR?01:17:46 - Getting Back to Just Having Fun in Cars01:21:14 - Dreams From Magazines to Movies01:24:38 - Hollywood Gatekeepers and Indie Film01:29:40 - Trauma, Burnout, and Identity Therapy01:48:55 - Scaling the Business of TJ Hunt01:51:59 - Would Hoonigan Survive Today?01:57:38 - Skills Learned Building Hoonigan01:59:44 - When I First Met Ken Block, I Wrote This Down02:03:56 - Sponsors: Vyper Industrial & Wera Tools02:05:12 - Wheel Pros Renaming - TJ’s Take02:07:52 - Why YouTube Beat TV02:11:01 - Just Down the Block from the Berrics02:16:45 - Is Racing the Next Chapter?02:23:40 - Competitiveness And Hyperfixation02:26:33 - Building Hunt & Co and Street Hunter02:28:42 - Culture Vultures - When Collabs Aren’t the Real Deal02:42:55 - What’s After YouTube for TJ?02:59:10 - Would Scotto & TJ… Make a Film Together?\n      "},"annotations":[{"id":418545,"startTime":77.4,"endTime":81.2,"type":"car","title":"Ford RS 200","url":"/cars/ford/rs200","image":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/1984-1986_Ford_RS200_%2832309891905%29.jpg","quote":"As my buddy, Ken Block, discovered when he bought his Ford RS 200. 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