The What Drives Her Podcast

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We've been talking to women who are changing the automotive world for a few years now. We thought it's time we share those conversations, so we started a podcast. We discover what inspires and empowers women to build a career in automotive, to create, to lead, to take on new challenges, to not be afraid. And what they hope others will learn from them. And, there are cars! We'll talk about new cars, technology, car sales and deals and more.

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September 3, 202627 min

Supercar Blondie is the Biggest Auto Influencer in the World and How She Has Her Own Hot Wheels

Supercar Blondie, Alex Hirschi, is the number one automotive influencer in the world. Hot Wheels introduced its first Class of Legends, a group of passionate car owners whose cars will be reproduced in Hot Wheels die-cast scale models that anyone can own. Best of all, Supercar Blondie, the biggest female automotive influencer in the world, is among them, and now, anyone can own a replica of her custom hand-painted black and floral Lamborghini Huracán. Not to ignore the other Class of Legends: Soccer star Robert Lewandowski and his ‘97 Porsche 911 GT1 and Colombian singer Maluma and his Toyota Land Cruiser FJ60. We wanted to know more behind the scenes and how Alex became Supercar Blondie. Check out Supercar Blondie's story, how she got started and learn more on the podcast about her Hot Wheels diecast car, Lucy. Get our audio-only podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ga4jvlYMpzW2gsLf2XhDQ Read more about Hot Wheels and Supercar Blondie here: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/hot-wheels-class-of-legends-supercar-blondie Get more What Drives Her here: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/podcast Join our newsletter: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/join-our-newsletter And find more on our socials! facebook.com/agirlsguidetocars instagram.com/agirlsguide2cars twitter.com/agirlsguide2cars tiktok.com/agirlsguide2cars What Drives Her by A Girls Guide to Cars is wholly owned and produced by A Girls Guide to Cars, LLC. Executive producer, Scotty Reiss, Producer Natalie Merola, Editor Stephanie Howard. Find more stories about women who are changing the auto industry from the inside here . Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Catch every What Drives Her Podcast in video on our podcast channel on YouTube . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

August 20, 202653 min

Stefanie Dang, Product Planning Specialist, Kia NA, Shapes Your Drive Experience in Each Car

Stefanie Dang, Product Planning Specialist, Kia North America, is strategically thinking about what she's putting in a car, how much materials will cost, and researches what customers want or need for their lifestyles. Check out how Stefanie is shaping your experience in each Kia where you spend the most time with each other on your drive and learn more on the podcast. Get our audio-only podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ga4jvlYMpzW2gsLf2XhDQ Read more stories on: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/ Get more What Drives Her here: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/podcast Join our newsletter: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/join-our-newsletter And find more on our socials! facebook.com/agirlsguidetocars instagram.com/agirlsguide2cars twitter.com/agirlsguide2cars tiktok.com/agirlsguide2cars What Drives Her by A Girls Guide to Cars is wholly owned and produced by A Girls Guide to Cars, LLC. Executive producer, Scotty Reiss, Producer Natalie Merola, Editor Stephanie Howard. Find more stories about women who are changing the auto industry from the inside here . Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Catch every What Drives Her Podcast in video on our podcast channel on YouTube . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

August 13, 202650 min

Carolina Wagner, VP of Marketing, Kumho Tires USA, Inspires Us with How to Achieve Career Dreams

Carolina Wagner, VP of Marketing, Kumho Tires USA, worked in tires for her whole career. Out of college, Carolina wanted something fun and engaging. This story inspired us to get more strategic at how we assess who is in the room and how they got there, so we can elevate to the next level, too. If you needed inspiration and empowerment to visualize what you want out of your career, while how to go after your goals and dreams more efficiently, watch and listen to Carolina Wagner's story here. Get our audio-only podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ga4jvlYMpzW2gsLf2XhDQ Read more stories on: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/ Get more What Drives Her here: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/podcast Join our newsletter: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/join-our-newsletter And find more on our socials! facebook.com/agirlsguidetocars instagram.com/agirlsguide2cars twitter.com/agirlsguide2cars tiktok.com/agirlsguide2cars What Drives Her by A Girls Guide to Cars is wholly owned and produced by A Girls Guide to Cars, LLC. Executive producer, Scotty Reiss, Producer Natalie Merola, Editor Stephanie Howard. Find more stories about women who are changing the auto industry from the inside here . Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Catch every What Drives Her Podcast in video on our podcast channel on YouTube . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

August 6, 202650 min

Car Buying Tips with Roosevelt Gist and Avoid Being Overcharged at the Dealership

Roosevelt Gist, automotive journalist and expert car-buying consultant, has taken his decades of car buying, car selling experience, essentially working in dealerships, and enjoys working with buyers, sending them to dealers to hone down the key information that people need to know when they're preparing for a car purchase. Roosevelt has a new series called The Color of Our Money is Green. And this series is created for black car buyers who are disproportionately overcharged and they may be overcharged for the price of a car. They may be overcharged for the finance fees or interest rate. Watch, listen, and check out Roosevelt's car buying tips, which can help anybody who's shopping for a car. Check out more tips with Roosevelt on https://www.autonetwork.com. Get our audio-only podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ga4jvlYMpzW2gsLf2XhDQ Read more stories on: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/ Get more What Drives Her here: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/podcast Join our newsletter: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/join-our-newsletter And find more on our socials! facebook.com/agirlsguidetocars instagram.com/agirlsguide2cars twitter.com/agirlsguide2cars tiktok.com/agirlsguide2cars What Drives Her by A Girls Guide to Cars is wholly owned and produced by A Girls Guide to Cars, LLC. Executive producer, Scotty Reiss, Producer Natalie Merola, Editor Stephanie Howard. Find more stories about women who are changing the auto industry from the inside here . Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Catch every What Drives Her Podcast in video on our podcast channel on YouTube . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

July 30, 202642 min

Rachel D, Accessible Racing Life, Founder, Impacts the Track: Disability Pride Month Series

Rachel Durring, Accessible Racing Life, Founder, impacts the track in many ways. Watching motorsports, especially Formula 1, helped Rachel find joy and wanted to help increase fan inclusion and disability inclusion. With her online community, Rachel is able to bring awareness to tracks around the world and share actionable ways for each track to improve the fan experience and overall accessibility. For our Disability Pride Month Series, we want you to connect with Rachel on this episode and be part of the global community effort for a more accessible world one track at a time. Find more of Rachel's content here: https://www.instagram.com/accessible_racing_life/ And we have more on Disability Pride Month and these amazing leaders here: Liv Leigh: https://youtu.be/5jC-OqsLogY Tiffany Yu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJh9f4WRjrc&t=40s Torsten Gross: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQO8x5U2QNI&t=1855s Get our audio-only podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ga4jvlYMpzW2gsLf2XhDQ -- Read more stories on: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/ Get more What Drives Her here: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/podcast Join our newsletter: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/join-our-newsletter -- And find more on our socials! facebook.com/agirlsguidetocars instagram.com/agirlsguide2cars twitter.com/agirlsguide2cars tiktok.com/agirlsguide2cars What Drives Her by A Girls Guide to Cars is wholly owned and produced by A Girls Guide to Cars, LLC. Executive producer, Scotty Reiss, Producer Natalie Merola, Editor Stephanie Howard. Find more stories about women who are changing the auto industry from the inside here . Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Catch every What Drives Her Podcast in video on our podcast channel on YouTube . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

July 24, 20261 hr 6 min

Liv Leigh On Test Driving Cars and Conquering Challenges for Disability Pride Month

Liv Leigh might be the only car reviewer on the road who accommodates a prosthetic leg and some other minor disabilities, but that doesn't stop her or slow her down. After a bomb blast changed her life as a teenager, she's been on a journey to live life to its fullest, including pursuing her passion of cars, especially electric cars. We had fun chatting all things cars with her and learning how she overcomes the challenges, and where she gets her incredible drive and optimism. We are so inspired by her; you will be too. What Drives Her by A Girls Guide to Cars is wholly owned and produced by A Girls Guide to Cars, LLC. Executive producer, Scotty Reiss, Producer Natalie Merola, Editor Stephanie Howard. Find more stories about women who are changing the auto industry from the inside here . Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Catch every What Drives Her Podcast in video on our podcast channel on YouTube . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

July 17, 202654 min

Disability Pride Month: Why Tiffany Yu, Diversability, Founder Built Her Virtual-First Community

Tiffany Yu, Diversability, Founder, did a summer internship at Goldman Sachs and immersed in different employee resource groups or affinity groups that they have for their employees, for Asian employees, women employees, disabled employees and our allies. Tiffany realized that if Goldman Sachs has a disability community, every place and every space should have something like this because meeting other disabled people made Tiffany realize that she didn't need to be so isolated or feel so excluded in her experience. This is the series we produced with Tiffany Yu: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbR4KpKzqbXd2Z_UeR-6H0MUcwDSBej40 Learn more about Diversability here: https://mydiversability.com/ Watch and learn more about how Tiffany Yu's Diversability offers a sense of community, with a virtual-first approach. Read more stories on: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/ Get more What Drives Her here: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/?s=what+drives+her Join our newsletter: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/join-our-newsletter/ And find more on our socials! facebook.com/agirlsguidetocars instagram.com/agirlsguide2cars twitter.com/agirlsguide2cars tiktok.com/agirlsguide2cars What Drives Her by A Girls Guide to Cars is wholly owned and produced by A Girls Guide to Cars, LLC. Executive producer, Scotty Reiss, Producer Natalie Merola, Editor Stephanie Howard. Find more stories about women who are changing the auto industry from the inside here . Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Catch every What Drives Her Podcast in video on our podcast channel on YouTube . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

July 9, 202642 min

Christi Schimpke: From Art Curator and Historian to Founder of Crash Jewelry, and Into the Car World

Christi Schimpke didn't start in the auto world. Her love for jewelry as a hobby turned into her own jewelry line, Crash Jewelry, when she met her husband. She went from an art curator, historian, and writer to using car parts and transforming them into new life with artisanal pieces of art you can wear. Watch to hear her story here and where you can shop your next piece of jewelry from her collection: https://www.crashjewelry.com/ Read more stories on: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/ Get more What Drives Her here: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/?s=what+drives+her Join our newsletter: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/join-our-newsletter/ And find more on our socials! facebook.com/agirlsguidetocars instagram.com/agirlsguide2cars twitter.com/agirlsguide2cars tiktok.com/agirlsguide2cars What Drives Her by A Girls Guide to Cars is wholly owned and produced by A Girls Guide to Cars, LLC. Executive producer, Scotty Reiss, Producer Natalie Merola, Editor Stephanie Howard. Find more stories about women who are changing the auto industry from the inside here . Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Catch every What Drives Her Podcast in video on our podcast channel on YouTube . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

June 25, 202650 min

Travel Tips with Meagan Wristen, Mommy Travels

For summer fun, where do you start with planning your road trip or fly and drive with the family? Meagan Wristen, Mommy Travels, has travel tips to help us figure out how to plan a summer road trip, figure out the process, prepare the car with proper maintenance, and how to best plan for young and older kids traveling with you. To help your family prepare for that summer road trip, watch for our best advice. Find out more about how you can join Meagan on the Christmas Market River Cruise: https://www.mommytravels.net/christmas-market-river-cruise/ Read more stories on: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/ Get more What Drives Her here: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/?s=what+drives+her Join our newsletter: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/join-our-newsletter/ And find more on our socials! facebook.com/agirlsguidetocars instagram.com/agirlsguide2cars twitter.com/agirlsguide2cars tiktok.com/agirlsguide2cars What Drives Her by A Girls Guide to Cars is wholly owned and produced by A Girls Guide to Cars, LLC. Executive producer, Scotty Reiss, Producer Natalie Merola, Editor Stephanie Howard. Find more stories about women who are changing the auto industry from the inside here . Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Catch every What Drives Her Podcast in video on our podcast channel on YouTube . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

June 6, 202651 min

Kim Blommer, Managing Director, Auto, Pinterest Drops Tips and How Companies Use Micro-Storytelling

Pinterest is beyond just a vision board where you pin your favorite outfits and aspirational goals. Kim Blommer, Managing Director, Auto, Pinterest shares their secrets and how brands are using the app with micro-storytelling and directly connecting with their customers where they hang out. Watch more to learn how auto intrigued this Detroit gal and how to utilize Pinterest with these tips. Read more stories on: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/ Get more What Drives Her here: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/?s=what+drives+her Join our newsletter: https://agirlsguidetocars.com/join-our-newsletter/ And find more on our socials! facebook.com/agirlsguidetocars instagram.com/agirlsguide2cars twitter.com/agirlsguide2cars tiktok.com/agirlsguide2cars What Drives Her by A Girls Guide to Cars is wholly owned and produced by A Girls Guide to Cars, LLC. Executive producer, Scotty Reiss, Producer Natalie Merola, Editor Stephanie Howard. Find more stories about women who are changing the auto industry from the inside here . Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Catch every What Drives Her Podcast in video on our podcast channel on YouTube . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.