Stepside: a show about trucks

Matt Haughey and Joel Johnson•stepside.fireside.fm

Matt Haughey (internet nerd with lots of previous trucks and a few current models) and Joel Johnson (formerly of Gawker/Jalopnik, truck lover, regular lover) meet every couple weeks to chat about trucks, what's in the news, what they like and dislike, and what they're currently driving.

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Episodes

Episode 17: Overland Expo, The Rubicon trail, and the Ford Raptor R wrecking

A quick summary of the last two months of truck news and things we've both done in our trucks.

Jul 31, 2023•1 hr

Episode 16: Tacoma launch and the ID Buzz VW Bus finally drops for the US

Our thoughts after seeing the tacoma launch, some news about the VW ID Buzz ev van, and Joel's eternal search for the perfect truck

Jun 13, 2023•57 min

Episode 15: Predictions time: It's new Tacoma Eve! Plus Rangers and more

The night before the new Toyota Tacomas drop, we predict what we'll see (spoiler: we were mostly spot-on). Plus we talk new Rangers, Jeeps, dashboard designs, and the Rivian.

May 24, 2023•1 hr 8 min

Episode 14: RVs and Trailering and EVs and trail running and scuba and motorcycles and also a little bit about trucks

Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 8 min

Episode 13: CES and Ranger buying and Rivian test driving

Jan 26, 2023•1 hr 28 min

Episode 12: The 57th Annual high honda days holiday spectacular

Joel and I talk about new trucks on the horizon, what truck Joel might finally pull the trigger on.

Dec 15, 2022•57 min

Episode 11: SEMA builds, Ford truck news, and motorcycles

Nov 07, 2022•49 min

Episode 10: Overland expo east, Jeeps, and 911s

Oct 16, 2022•1 hr 12 min

Episode 9: Catching up, EVs and Jeeps

Sep 21, 2022•54 min

Episode 8: Big summer plans, winching and camping

Aug 10, 2022•1 hr 6 min

Episode 7: Rivian R1S and the shaky future of EV trucks?

Jul 16, 2022•47 min

Episode 6: Ford shakes up the car biz and Overlanding ahoy

Jun 03, 2022•1 hr 1 min

Episode 5: 5: Joel's new house and Matt's trip to Moab

May 16, 2022•1 hr 2 min

Episode 4: Flash bang security

Apr 08, 2022•54 min

Episode 3: Ute the Bolt!

Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 4 min

Episode 2: The ID Buzz VW EV Bus launch and more

Mar 17, 2022•59 min

Episode 1: Hello and welcome to Stepside!

Matt and Joel chat about recent truck news around Jeep and their first foray into EVs, Rivian and their foibles, Dodge and their plans, as well as a review of Matt's brand new Ford Maverick along with other items

Mar 09, 2022•1 hr

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