Overcrest

Benzes, Boats, Trucks, and Jake Has Something to Tell You...

Kris and Jake catch up on projects, boats, and bad decisions. Then Jake says something we did not see coming.Support this show:https://www.patreon.com/overcrest

Jun 04, 2026 63 min 118 annotations

Bailey Clayton | Hand Paint vs. Vinyl. Why It Matters Who Wins

Bailey Clayton is a sign painter who taught himself the trade before he knew it had a name. He started with calligraphy in a school notebook and now points squirrel-hair brushes and oil-based one-shot at the sides of race cars, recreating historic liveries by hand. He stands for permanence in a world that re-vinyls everything every five years, and for the belief that a number painted by hand outlasts the business that commissioned it.Support Overcrest:https://patreon.com/overcrest

May 28, 2026 57 min 52 annotations

The Death of the Runaway...

Coming off a six percent grade in 1955, your brakes were a countdown. By the seventies, they were a backup system. The story of the man who built the thing that took the death out of the descent.Support Overcrest. Get cool stuff. https://www.patreon.com/c/overcrest

May 21, 2026 50 min 100 annotations

Buddy Levy | Dying in the Arctic and the Humanity of Exploration

Buddy Levy is the author of Labyrinth of Ice, the definitive account of the Greely Expedition. In 1881, 25 men were sent to the Arctic. The government forgot about them. Only six came home. What happened at Camp Clay is one of the most harrowing survival stories in American history.Part 3 of The Forgotten Ones. We talk about what drove men into the unknown, what happens to the mind in 137 days of darkness, and whether anything like this is still possible.Check out Buddy's work: buddylevy.comSupport Overcrest: patreon.com/overcrest

May 14, 2026 67 min 9 annotations

Kris Buys... The Grandpa-est of Grandpa Cars?

The guys chat Jake buying the dumbest of all cars, and Kris buying another grandpa car. Also, some interesting and obscure news on dealership models and bear fraud.

May 05, 2026 55 min 96 annotations

Paul Kramer / Selling Cars, Rallying, and How to Not Die.

Paul didn't set out to run a dealership. He set out to build a clubhouse for car people, and AutoKennel is what happened along the way.In this episode, I sit down with Paul, the driving force behind AutoKennel, the Southern California shop that has quietly become a gathering place for enthusiasts as much as a licensed dealer and brokerage. We talk about how a passion project turned into a real business, what sets his approach apart from the typical consignment outfit, and why the people around the cars matter as much as the cars themselves.Paul also opens up about his cancer diagnosis and the road through recovery, and how the experience reshaped his perspective on the business, the community around it, and what actually matters when you strip everything else away. It's an honest conversation, and one that goes deeper than the usual shop talk.Find more on Paul here:AutokennelShifted Opinions - YouTube

Apr 22, 2026 90 min 168 annotations

Forgotten Explorers of America / Pt 2

Past the edges of the maps were mountains that killed ten men at Christmas. A bridge in New York where a man became someone else every night for thirteen years. And an Arctic camp where twenty five soldiers were abandoned by their own government and left to eat whatever was left. These are the stories nobody tells anymore. Not because they aren't worth telling, but because the men at the center of them have faded into memory, replaced by time.Support this show: https://www.patreon.com/c/overcrest

Apr 16, 2026 111 min 32 annotations

Betim Berisha / What the Mountain Takes

Betim Berisha is the founder of BBi Autosport in Huntington Beach, California. Porsche tuner. Engine builder. Pikes Peak veteran. He and his team at BBi built the Hoonipigasus for Ken Block, developed the new Project Evo, launched Type 99 as a coach-built 911 program, and have taken cars up the mountain for over a decade alongside drivers like Jeff Zwart and Loni Unser.This is his second time on Overcrest. The first episode is the origin story. These two belong together. Start there if you haven't heard it. Check out Type99 here.Support this show:https://www.patreon.com/overcrest

Apr 09, 2026 57 min 29 annotations

The Forgotten Ones: Lost Explorers of the American West / Pt 1

At one point, all the maps had foggyedges. Past those edges, nothing. No roads, no forts, no names for anything. Just grass and sky and silence stretching until it hit mountains that were further away than they looked. The men who walked into it were broke, forgotten, and had nothing behind them worth staying for. Most of them died young. Most of them died alone.A few of them came back with stories that should have been famous a long time ago.Support this show:https://www.patreon.com/c/overcrest

Apr 02, 2026 93 min 35 annotations

Chris Ashton / Ruffian Cars

Chris Ashton is the founder of Ruffian Cars, one of the freshest and most innovative custom car shops in the country. What you may not know is he also co-founded the game development studio that worked on Counter-Strike and built the legendary Left 4 Dead. Thirty years building worlds you can't touch, and then he decided to build ones you could.

Mar 26, 2026 79 min 30 annotations

Being Bald / The Most Important Top 10 List Ever Made

This episode covers 4,000 years of baldness from ancient Egypt to the modern era. We talk about pirates, wigs held together with bobby pins, a reform school kid who became champion, a man who fought an empire without raising a fist, and the most famous silhouette in history.New episodes every week. Subscribe and join the Overcrest Driving Team for exclusive content drops.🔗 LINKSOvercrest Driving Team: overcrestproductions.com/driversclubMobil1: https://www.mobil.com/en/lubricants/for-personal-vehicles/our-products/motor-oils/FCP Euro: fcpeuro.comNokian Tires: nokiantires.comOnx Offroad: onxoffroad.comCommon Gear: thecommongear.com

Mar 19, 2026 77 min 34 annotations

Vin Anatra / The Cost of Loving Cars

Vin Anatra is a former Hoonigan SVP turned independent creator who spent nearly a decade helping build one of the most influential brands in automotive media before walking away to start Driver Era — a YouTube channel and small car operation built around buying, experiencing, and selling special cars one at a time. He's a lifelong car obsessive who came up through the Volkswagen forum scene, built his way into dream-level cars he had no business owning, and is now figuring out in real time what it means to do the thing you love for a living when doing it for a living is slowly changing how you feel about the thing you love.

Mar 12, 2026 83 min 48 annotations

BMW Celebrates 40 Years of the M3, Then Kills Everything It Stood For

Kris and Jake on the Grand Tour's new hosts, the death of start-stop, China banning flush door handles and steering yokes, Lamborghini killing its EV, the RS5 outweighing an F-150, BMW ending the manual and rear-drive M car era, and a billion-dollar fraud.Support this show:https://www.overcrestproductions.com/driversclub0:00 Intro0:30 Open2:24 The Grand Tour Returns12:40 The Death of Start-Stop18:24 China Bans Flush Door Handles, Yokes & Touchscreens23:45 Porsche 718 EV in Development Hell29:50 Lamborghini Kills Its EV42:06 StopTech Fraud & Shutdown50:20 The E30 M3 Turns 4052:33 BMW Kills the Manual & RWD M Car1:01:08 The Audi RS5 Weighs More Than an F-1501:13:00 TPMS Tracking1:16:16 Your Car Thinks You're Asleep

Mar 04, 2026 80 min 46 annotations

Harrison Schoen / Living Small is Thinking Big

Harrison Schoen is a Navy veteran, content creator, and full-time vehicle dweller. He's lived in a Porsche Cayenne, built out a 1985 Mercedes Unimog, and appeared on MrBeast's Beast Games as Player 251. This is his second time on the podcast.Check out Harrison's adventures on instagram:https://www.instagram.com/harry.schoen/Support this show:https://www.overcrestproduction.com/driversclub

Feb 26, 2026 62 min 31 annotations

Brian Scotto: Mean Everything to 100 People or a Little to a Million

Brian Scotto is the co-founder of Hoonigan, the creative force behind the 400 million view Gymkhana films with Ken Block, and one of the most influential voices in automotive media over the last 15 years. Before Hoonigan, he was the editor-in-chief of Zero to 60 and Rides magazines, shaping car culture through print well before YouTube existed.He's a filmmaker, a Volkswagen kid who grew up in the scene before it was a scene, a dad with 26 project cars, and someone who walked away from the empire he built to figure out what actually matters. Now he produces films as 321 ACTION ACTION and hosts the VERY VEHICULAR podcast.You can check it out on youtube here:https://www.youtube.com/@brian_scottoSupport this show and get early access and more:https://www.overcrestproductions.com

Feb 11, 2026 110 min 51 annotations

News: Solid States, Bad News, and Kill Switches

We talked to Dr. Eric Wachsman to get the real story on solid state batteries. California wants to tax you by the mile and track your car to do it. The House voted to keep the federal kill switch mandate alive. We break down how the tech works and why the architecture already exists. Support this show!https://www.overcrestproductions.com/driversclub

Feb 04, 2026 75 min 48 annotations

Aaron Ross / BMX Legend / Manual Focus Co-Founder

Aaron Ross is a BMX OG, a builder, driver, and a guy deep in the middle of creating something big. We talk about building Manual Focus with friends, what bikes still give him today, and what it actually takes to stick with something for the long haul.Come to Manual Focus with us!Feb 6th and 7th, 2026https://manualfocusshow.com/Support Overcrest and Get Cool Stuff:https://www.overcrestproductions.com/driversclub

Jan 28, 2026 71 min 34 annotations

News: Ford vs Cadillac vs Formula One Reality (audio fixed)

In this week’s news, Cadillac enters Formula One running Ferrari power, Ford and GM trade shots over what “real involvement” actually means, F1 locks testing behind closed doors ahead of 2026, and the new hybrid era reveals a future that sounds nothing like the one people miss.Special Guest: Charles BradleySupport this show:⁠https://www.overcrestproductions.com/driversclub⁠

Jan 21, 2026 74 min 32 annotations

News: Ford vs Cadillac vs Formula One Reality

In this week’s news, Cadillac enters Formula One running Ferrari power, Ford and GM trade shots over what “real involvement” actually means, F1 locks testing behind closed doors ahead of 2026, and the new hybrid era reveals a future that sounds nothing like the one people miss.Special Guest: Charles BradleySupport this show:https://www.overcrestproductions.com/driversclub

Jan 21, 2026 62 min 32 annotations

Paul Potratz / Helderberg

Paul Potratz is the founder of Helderberg, a bespoke Land Rover Defender builder known for craftsmanship, style, and intentional design. He is also a longtime connoisseur of style and ritual, and the author of A Gentleman’s Guide to an Intentional Life: A Modern Philosophy of Meaning, Ritual, and the Well-Made LifeCheck out Paul's Book hereand Helderberg here

Jan 14, 2026 68 min 32 annotations

How Porsche Got it Wrong

We're discussing Porsche’s latest global market updates and why some legacy brands are seeing shifts in customer loyalty. We explore the rising costs of modern cars, the engineering challenges of new product lineups, and the psychology behind how we drive today. Plus, our automotive industry outlook for the rest of the year and a look at where car culture is headed.Support this show:https://www.overcrestproductions.com/driversclub

Jan 07, 2026 82 min 39 annotations

Kei Cars. Diesels, & Big (Dumb) Trucks.

In complete flip flop fashion Jake bought a new truck. That turns into a running fight about what trucks are actually for, how often they are really used, and why buying capability for hypothetical lives has become normal. From compact pickups and Kei cars to diesel versus gas, bench seats, chicken taxes, bricked Porsches, and Ferrari insisting a V6 is superior to a V12, the episode circles one question over and over: when did cars stop being tools we chose and start becoming decisions made for us.https://www.overcrestproductions.com/driversclub

Dec 22, 2025 63 min 32 annotations

Joshy Robots / Honesty, Friction, and the Things We Make

Joshy Robots is a copywriter turned maker and designer, the person behind Earth to Robots, and someone who refuses to let good ideas stay theoretical. In this episode, he and Kris talk about honesty, friction, and why the best things are usually the hardest to make, moving from advertising and design to driving, autonomy, and what gets lost when the world tries to make everything easy.Grab a pullover:https://www.earthtorobots.comSupport this show:Https://www.overcrestproductions.com/driversclub

Dec 15, 2025 88 min 7 annotations

The Wildest Car the FBI Has Ever Seized.

In this episode the guys break down the insane story of the FBI seizing a thirteen million dollar Mercedes CLK GTR roadster from an Olympic snowboarder who built a cocaine empire. WE also get into WhistlinDiesel’s tax-evasion indictment, Toyota’s surprise new V8, GM’s wild two-stroke patent, the GM rewards loophole that paid off an Escalade, Sam Altman’s bounced Tesla refund, Stellantis pushing ads into dashboards, and why plug-in hybrids are basically gas cars with homework. A full week of car news, chaos, and commentary the way we do it at Overcrest.

Dec 03, 2025 57 min 43 annotations

Is This The Worst Wrong Turn Ever?

Kris and Jes explore the tragic story of the Kim family, who took a wrong turn on Bear Camp Road during their Thanksgiving journey, leading to a harrowing survival situation in the snow. The hosts discuss the family's background, the decisions that led to their predicament, and the search and rescue efforts that followed. The conversation highlights the importance of navigation, preparation for winter driving, and the emotional toll of such crises on families.

Nov 27, 2025 51 min 25 annotations