I really wanted to like the podcast and was hoping for insight on Tesla and EVs. Ten minutes in it was just a group of guys complaining for nine minutes and one minute of actual news. Just not what I’m looking for.

I would disagree that Ride the Lightening is a bar to try to achieve since that person talks so much about himself that it has now become a drinking game for me every time he mentions himself during his podcast. I also don’t need to hear about his dogs, entertainment suggestions or what sports game he attended. So I like your forum so much better. Ryan needs someone (anyone) to limit his content and time because in his words, he wants to be respectful of our time. 15 minutes of advertising is NOT respectful of my time.

I would live to see this podcast be a great success but I would like to make some suggestions 1. The audio from one speaker is on a speakerphone and is not good quality or equal volume to the other two. 2. The script seems to meander to a distracting effect. If your going to hand off to someone to talk about Giga Berlin he should have the info up on his screen not say “Let me get that screen up to read my notes” 3. In episode 2 there is a lot of FUD about the change in gas prices and it’s impact on EV demand and Tesla sales. The price changes have had zero effect on Teslas demand for at least 6 months since that’s the backlog of orders and petroleum will probably be $75 by then. 4. I think the show should have a section on the top posts in TMC for the past week so the group can discuss what forum hit spots are. I think you need to script tighter and have more incisive points to provide. For example the section on Berlin provide no new information it was a lot of fan boy stuff mixed in with guesses about things. Listen to Ride the Lightning for a great example of a well thought out format and smooth podcast. Very respectfully Steve