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Past Gas by Donut Media

Past Gas by Donut Media

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 Donut's Nolan Sykes and Joe Weber walk you through incredible stories behind your favorite cars and manufacturers. Episodes include underground Japanese racing clubs, bitter racing rivalries, and how some of your favorite classic cars came to be. Listen and find out why Past Gas is the #1 automotive podcast on Apple. For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com We wanna make the podcast even better, help us learn how we can: https://bit.ly/2EcYbu4 Privacy Policy: https://www.studio71.com/us/terms-and-conditions-use/#Privacy%20PolicyDonut World
Episodes
  • How Gordon Murray Designed The Perfect Car

    How Gordon Murray Designed The Perfect Car
    Jun 30 2025
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    49 mins
  • The Mustang Was Almost a Front Wheel Drive Mazda

    The Mustang Was Almost a Front Wheel Drive Mazda
    Jun 23 2025
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    38 mins
  • Lada Niva: The Meme Car That Refuses to Die

    Lada Niva: The Meme Car That Refuses to Die
    Jun 16 2025
    This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/PASTGAS and get on your way to being your best self. Join us this week as we uncover the story of the Lada Niva—a Soviet-built box on wheels that could out-climb a tank. Created to serve everyone from farmers to border guards, the Niva tackled Everest base camp, conquered Africa’s deserts, and even borrowed a few tricks from Porsche. How did this Cold War clunker become a global legend? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    56 mins
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I really like listening to these episodes and learning about car and racing histories. Also these guys are hilarious! But some swearing keeps this review from being a full five star. Keep it up though!

Best podcast ever except for some swearing

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I’ve loved consuming donut media on YouTube for a while now, and it’s awesome to have found a podcast so now I can consume donuts wherever I go and whenever I want

All fat guy jokes aside, I love this podcast and I love the cool car history that I learn, thank you guys, your podcast is awesome

Exquisite

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Definitely my favorite podcast to date just so much stuff to learn I listen to it everyday at work !

PaSt GaS

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Interesting stories about cars with hanging with your friends vibe. Makes my work day so much better.

scoop the goop

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I've been watching the YouTube channel for the longest time. I've been listening to the podcast on Spotify and now switched to audible. Great guys to listen to, funny, entertaining and lots of good history. Keep up the awesome work!

Long time follower

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As someone born an raised in Louisville, ky love you guys keep up the great work!

Loving the podcast as well as the rest of donut

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This podcast is a great way to relax and learn a little about car history and I highly recommend it

One of my favorite Podcasts

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funny, interesting and knowledgeable. 3 words to describe this podcast. this is a great podcast about cars and people like me that love cars.

Great podcast

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Genuinely THE best automotive podcast there is. The stories that the Kentucky Cobra and the milk man nolan are to die for. could not leave a higher rating but would if possible.

Flawless podcast.

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Sorry guys, but Joe doesn’t do it for me. He doesn’t for the dynamic and his inputs are off the mark most of the time.

Joe gotta go

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