Contains some explicit language. Learn the inspiring history behind the inception and ultimate success of Alu-Cab Campers as Alu-Cab owner/founder and CEO, Jeremy Bergh, sits down with Clay to discuss what it took to put Alu-Cab Campers at the top of the industry. Beyond the specifics of Alu-Cab and its history, Clay and Jeremy enjoy a conversation about success and fulfillment in both business and life, offering hard-won insight from this competitive area of the marketplace. Finally, see what t...
Jan 04, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Clay and Rachelle have a long and colorful history of building their brand at the SEMA Auto Show in Las Vegas. Listen to the many stories of their 12 years spent attending SEMA and how they went from wondering how to get inside the event to sharing the stage with Toyota at this year’s show. Then join in on the conversation with Clay, Rachelle, and Jimmy as Clay and Rachelle discuss Toyota’s new Trailhunter grade of vehicles and the difference between Toyota’s popular TRD grade and Trailhunter. F...
Dec 21, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Having recently returned from Iceland where he spent three weeks serving as photographer with the XO team while filming the Nordic Series, Tanner Johnson is eager to share his experiences and teach listeners all he can about overlanding and photography in Iceland. Jimmy and Tanner discuss the legal difference between “Off-Roading” and “Off-Pavement,” what it’s like to drive on Iceland’s “F-Roads,” and the experience of touring the backcountry of this remote island country. As a professional phot...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 31
When it comes to learning about winter camping and overlanding , you're in good hands with Expedition Overland founder, Clay Croft. A native Montanan, Clay grew up with winter camping and winter driving. He still ventures out regularly with his boys to camp in winter and is constantly learning new techniques and approaches to enjoy cold weather camping. Add to this Clay’s experience in dealing with an extremely cold weather environment (-41 Fahrenheit!!) during his time spent with Expeditions 7 ...
Dec 07, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 30
We talk about the MOST important thing to pack on your trip, as well as some gear to throw in as well! What is the best approach to packing for an overlanding trip or vehicle-based adventure of any kind? It may surprise you to learn that the first step is to have a conversation about desired outcomes and expectations. This is just the first nugget of wisdom you will get from listening to this podcast featuring an in-depth look at best practices for packing for an overland trip by Expedition Over...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 29
Paul May, as he put it, “was overlanding before we called it overlanding.” Paul grew up in Utah exploring the beautiful and remote vastness of the state with his parents, developing a love of vehicle-based adventure that has lasted a lifetime. Learn his story and the story behind his thriving business, Equipt Outfitters, as Paul and X Overland podcast host, Jimmy Lewis, sit down for a conversation on location in Paul's office in Salt Lake City, Utah. Paul dives into the history of overlanding, i...
Nov 23, 2022•43 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Rebelle Rally Champion and Expedition Overland co-founder, Rachelle Croft, sits down with X Overland Podcast host, Jimmy Lewis, to discuss her path to personal growth through a life of adventure, challenge, and competition. Rachelle’s own journey of personal discovery led her to Morocco where she participated in The Rallye de Aicha Des Gazelles, a female-only, nine day navigation-based rally through the Sahara Desert. In this special one-hour + episode, Rachelle shares the details of this life-c...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Many overland enthusiasts consider Patriot Camper Overlanding Trailers to be the best in the world. The story of how owner/founder, Justin Montesalvo, became inspired to create the first prototype and ultimately start the business that has led him and his family on a new life journey is all here in this insight-packed episode! Join Clay as he sits down with Justin at EXPO WEST 2022 to discuss business, overlanding, marriage, family, Covid, and what moving forward looks like for both Patriot Camp...
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 26
If you’re interested in learning about what separates a weekend trip of vehicle-based adventure from a big, international overlanding trip or expedition, and how to begin planning your own big overlanding trip abroad, this is the episode for you. Join Clay as he sits down at the hangar with Overland Journal founder and CEO, Scott Brady, to discuss how best to plan and prepare for taking a major overland trip or expedition abroad. Mindset, financial planning, vehicle selection and preparation, sk...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Having just returned from serving in the role as lead navigator for the first half of our shooting of Season 5, The Nordic Series, in Scandinavia, Kurt Williams sits down with X Overland Podcast host, Jimmy Lewis, on location at Cruiser Outfitters in Salt Lake City, Utah to share his field-tested approaches to overland navigation and route planning. Behind the wheel of a Land Cruiser since he was 15-years-old, Kurt is now a successful business owner of Cruiser Outfitters, an accomplished off-roa...
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 24
Eldest son to Clay and Rachelle Croft, at seventeen, Cyrus Croft is the youngest member of the Expedition Overland team. First joining an expedition as a full XO team member for the filming of Alaska: The Last Frontier in the summer of 2021, Cyrus returned to join the team this past summer to head to Europe to shoot The Nordic Series. Traveling for Nordic marked Cyrus’s first international experience as an overlander and expanded upon his team roles as driver, production assistant, and talent. F...
Oct 19, 2022•58 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Join Clay and Jimmy as they have the privilege to sit down with Mike Glover , former Special Forces soldier and C.I.A. operative, and owner of Fieldcraft Survival . When it comes to vehicle-based adventure travel and overlanding, we want to have fun while keeping ourselves and our fellow travelers safe. Whether we are traveling solo, with a partner, as a family, or as a highly capable team, best practices for staying safe and secure are presented here. Mike is owner/founder of Fieldcraft Surviva...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Want to know what it’s like to go overlanding in Europe? Scandinavia? Norway? Fresh off the plane and back home from filming Expedition Overland’s Nordic Series, Rachelle Croft sits down to share her experiences. Listen in as Rachelle explains the Scandinavian concept of “right-to-roam” and “off-pavement” vs. “off-road.” Learn the basics of overlanding in Europe and how the experience differs from overlanding in the U.S. and in less developed countries around the world. Learn about how and where...
Oct 05, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Host, Jimmy Lewis, sits down for a conversation with Expedition Overland’s own Tanner Johnson before he heads to Iceland to meet the team to film Season 5, the Nordic Series! Tanner joined XOverland in 2019 with a background in photography and a love of mechanics, truck-building, and overlanding. Highly talented and versatile, Tanner often runs lead on photography and cinematography while serving as talent on our global expeditions. At our headquarters in Bozeman, Tanner holds the vital role of ...
Sep 14, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Have you wondered how a family of five could transition from a conventional life in the suburbs to living life as full-time overlanders? The van Stralen family of Epic Family Road Trip provides an honest portrait of exactly what such a shift looks like. Join host, Jimmy Lewis, as he sits down with Peter and Carol van Stralen to discuss their extraordinary life story that lead to their becoming the parents of an overlanding family raising their kids on the road. Peter’s background in business, Ca...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Clay sits down for a conversation with a mentor of his own, Overland Journal and expeditionportal.com founder and CEO, Scott Brady. Join the discussion, as Scott Brady shares his own start in adventure travel and overlanding along with his current travel philosophy and approach to building overland vehicles. Clay and Scott additionally enjoy discussing their shared traveling experiences while on expedition together in Greenland and on the E7 (Expeditions 7) expedition across all seven of the ear...
Aug 31, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Episode Description: What is a “Power Management System” and why is it helpful (some might say essential) to have in an overland vehicle? How do you set up a power management system in your overland vehicle and how do you use it? Here at Expedition Overland, we have used REDARC Power Management Systems for years. As a team that films our overland adventures, a capable and reliable power management system in our vehicles is essential to our work. That’s why we are proud to be partnered with REDAR...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Episode Description Buying a vehicle with plans to set it up for overlanding adventure? Already own a vehicle you’re ready to start building into an overlanding rig? Whether you’re buying new or used, you will gain a lot of useful ideas by hearing Clay and Rachelle’s take on the Top Ten Modifications for your overland vehicle. In this episode of the X Overland Podcast, Clay, Rachelle, and host, Jimmy Lewis, share their opinions on the Top-Ten modifications to equip a vehicle for overland travel....
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Join the conversation with friendly and charming Canadian overlanding couple Richard and Ashley Giordano of Desk to Glory as the two share their origin story as an overlanding couple. Richard and Ashley’s experience will inspire anyone interested in getting started in overlanding, whether as a couple or solo. Learn how to have big fun overlanding on a small budget and what it looks like to travel the Pan-American Highway, the Arctic Circle in winter , and many places in between! This episode is ...
Aug 10, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Tanner and Clay share all aspects of building out X Overland’s newest vehicle: 2022 3rd Generation Toyota Tundra, “Orion.” Orion is the flagship vehicle for our new Nordic Series and has been built for comfortable long-distance overland travel. This truck is an all-new Toyota platform, which made for an exciting build process for our team. Join the discussion as we share our experience in building out this awesome new Toyota platform! Read the full show notes here ! This episode is brought to yo...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 14
This episode is brought to you by onX Offroad . Read the full show notes here ! What happens, exactly, when you push the S.O.S. button on your satellite communication device? Find out the answer to that question and others pertaining to the subject of Search and Rescue (S.A.R.) from Clay Croft and fellow S.A.R. team member, Matt Hopkins. The two sit down with host, Jimmy Lewis, to discuss all things Search and Rescue and, in particular, how Search and Rescue looks for overlanders. Along with bei...
Jul 27, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Episode Description: The talented daughter of Peter and Carol van Stralen of Epic Family Road Trip (EFRT) and elder sister to The Adventure Guys , Pete Jr. and Dan van Stralen, Caroline van Stralen has been raised while overlanding around the world with her family. With the van Stralen family in town lending a hand at the hangar for a few days, X Overland Podcast host, Jimmy Lewis, decides to sit down with Caroline to discuss her life and overlanding and future aspirations and ambitions. This ep...
Jul 20, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Episode Description: Ever wanted to start filming your own adventures? Then be sure to listen to this podcast to help get you started! X Overland is launching their second Overlander Film Fest in 2023!. In that spirit, the XO team would like to share some tips and insight to help new and experienced filmmakers alike. Join the conversation, and gather some insight into the creative approach of critically acclaimed filmmaker and Expedition Overland co-founder, Clay Croft, along with XO cinematogra...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 11
X Overland Co-Founder and Rebelle Rally Champion, Rachelle Croft , sits down with Ashley Giordano ( Arctic Solo Series , Desk to Glory and Senior Editor at Overland Journal and Expedition Portal ) and Megan Walthall ( Walthall Family SOLO Series and Great Pursuit Series ) to discuss women within the overlanding space. How did each of them start overlanding and why? Is overlanding really that different for women? How can others encourage more women to get outside and travel? Do you really have to...
Jul 06, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 10
X Overland Podcast co-host, Jimmy Lewis, sits down with the van Stralen brothers, Pete Jr. and Dan, of Epic Family Road Trip to discuss how to get started in overlanding by motorcycle. With Pete and Dan now having completed their first year of adventure motorcycling, the two are eager to share all they’ve learned on their new YouTube Channel, The Adventure Guys . Learn best practices for getting started on a motorcycle and approaches to beginning your overland journey on two wheels in this episo...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 9
To those who watched Alaska: The Last Frontier and asked how we did it, this podcast is for you! Join Clay, Tanner, and Jimmy for a behind-the-scenes chat about all things Alaska. Filmmaking, Father-Son relationships, and the need for growth are all included in this packed episode. Did the rain interfere with the film production? How was this Alaska adventure different from the team's first trip in 2013? And what's the story with those pants? Dive in with the team as they answer these questions ...
Jun 22, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 8
X Overland team member Tanner Johnson joins Clay and Jimmy to have a discussion about the build process behind the trucks used on the Alaska expedition to film our most recent series, Alaska: The Last Frontier . Learn about Clays’s strategy behind these truck builds and the roles fulfilled on the expedition by “Atigun,” (21' Tacoma), “Raven, (20' Tacoma),” and “The Clone", (15' 4Runner). Join in while we explore some technical vehicle questions such as 33" vs 35” tires, new suspension systems, a...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 7
“I’m a regular dude doing regular stuff. You can do it too.” This is the stated ethos of Mike Pfeiffer of Last Line of Defense . Join Clay as he sits down in our mobile podcast studio at Expo West with Mike Pfeiffer (LLOD) as the two discuss a wide variety of topics. How to become a successful YouTuber, best practices for building overlanding vehicles, gun holsters, overlanding philosophy, and even homesteading and helicopters are all part of this expansive episode! Read the full show notes here...
Jun 08, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Rachelle sits down with fellow friend and traveler, Jillian Rebekah at Overland Expo West. Join them for a behind-the-scenes look into the beginning of Jillian’s start into overland travel and where she is now. Talking about lessons learned, good and bad, making mistakes, and having the courage to be vulnerable and step into being uncomfortable, this episode is for anyone who is ready for their next challenge in life and permission to try something new. Read the details on our Website ! Find Jil...
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In the final episode of our four-part series about getting started in overlanding, Clay, Rachelle, and Jimmy focus on gearing up for overlanding adventure! Once you have selected a vehicle and built it out to meet your needs, it is time to select the gear that will complete your overlanding kit. Clay and Rachelle share their approaches to outfitting their overlanding teams for expeditions around the world while equally addressing the needs of the everyday weekender. Read the full Show Notes on o...
May 25, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 4
