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Takona Tlks.

An automotive podcast that celebrates connection, community, and interesting stories.Every two weeks Takona founder Lewis Warren sits down for a casual conversation with an interesting guest, normally someone from within the automotive world. These conversations are designed to act as an example; talking can be casual and conversations can lead us in a variety of directions. If mental health and well-being comes up, its okay. After all, ITS OK TO TLK. By Takona, the brand driving mental health

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All Episodes

1:07:44

Dominic Taylor Lane - Association Of Heritage...

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2024/07/04

Takona Tlks with Dominic Taylor-Lane A regular face around much of the classic car community, and a man working to make a difference for the future of engineering skills. Dominic is the founder of the Association of Heritage Engineering, working to create a network of skilled craftspeople with a goal of passing on knowledge and helping future generations to maintain the engineering industry. Dominic is also one of the directors at the Classic Collective in Bicester, providing specialist service,

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1:23:44

Giles Gunning - The Classic Valuer - Episode 68

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2024/06/20

Takona Tlks with Giles Gunning, founder of the classic valuer, providing key pricing and valuations on classic cars. The Classic Valuer provide prie guides, trends, and valuation reports across the classic and collector car market.See more about Giles and the Classic Valuer Here.See more from Takona Here. Get bonus Takona content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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55:59

Neil Clifford - Kurt Geiger CEO - Episode 66

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2024/06/06

Takona Tlks with Neil Clifford, CEO of Kurt Geiger and well known petrol head.Neil kindly invited me down to Kurt Geiger HQ for a chat about how he got into doing what he does and how cars have played a pivotal role throughout his life. Get bonus Takona content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:09:29

Jake Hill - BTTC Racing Driver - Episode 65

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2024/05/23

This episode Takona Tlks with racing driver Jake Hill. Currently competing in the BTTC for the Laser Tools team along with various bits of other motorsport such as historic racing in a variety of exciting cars, and taking the Calsonic R32 up the Goodwood Hill at the festival of speed. A huge thank you to the Scalextric team for putting Jake and I in touch to make this episode happen, the continued support from them in not only sponsoring episodes but also helping make things happen really has been

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1:01:06

Dale Masterman - Automotive Marketer - Pipercross &...

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2024/05/09

From building iconic show cars, to planning a SEMA stand, Dale has built a reputation for some of the most innovate automotive marketing out there.Dale has been behind some huge successes in the automotive space, taking the Meguiars social media accounts to over 1 million followers and now working for Pipercross starting their resurgence into being the go to name for air filters. Get bonus Takona content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:51:36

Grant Williams - Racing Driver - Episode 64

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2024/04/23

Had the absolute pleasure to sit and chat with Grant Williams to talk about his adventures racing, and the ups and downs that can bring. Most notably recognised for putting on a tremendous show at the Festival of Speed and the Goodwood races in his Iconic "BUY 1" Mk1 Jaguar, you know the photo of the Mk1 in a huge cloud of smoke on the Goodwood start line? yeah? that guy, a legend. Grant is also the person who helped Williams Heynes get an engine sorted for the Goodwood Revival, a lovely moment to

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3:07:09

Stuart Quick - Quick Fit Safety Belt Services -...

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2024/04/09

Takona Tlks with Stuart Quick, a personal friend and a man helping keep people safer in their cars, we have an explore into the world of safety harnesses, retrofitting seatbelts, and wander down some automotive tales.Stuart and I met over coffee in west London at a car meet, of course, and have become good friends ever since. We attended the Octane Magazine Historic Motoring Awards together, and often head to a lot of the same car events. Stuart has had some of his lovely cars on our stands at

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1:39:11

Antony Ingram - Automotive Writer - Episode 62

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2024/03/26

This episode Takona Tlks with Antony Ingram, Freelance car journalist and writer. Antony and I met in unexpected circumstances (and thanks to twitter) when I created a mazda inspired t-shirt and was on the lookout for a local enough RX7 to grab some photos with. Antony being the gent kindly offered to let me pop over and get the photos and our friendship started there. Often spotted at car events around the country, Antony's back catalogue of work is extensive and covers not only writing for EVO and

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59:30

Dave Edmonston aka Petrol Ted - PistonHeads Founder -...

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2024/03/12

Takona Tlks with Dave Edmonston, the founder of PistonHeads, now working with Collecting Cars, and has spent time building and developing websites and platforms across the automotive world. With his latest venture being Driving Masters helping people to learn how to better handle the roads safely.Dave's influence across the automotive world is somewhat profound, being behind some of the communities that have brought so many people together, and having helped to improve existing platforms that people

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1:45:19

Jon Hancock - Car Builder + Race Odyssey Founder -...

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2024/02/27

Takona Tlks with Jon Hancock, Car builder, race odyssey founder, and somewhat feature guest on the upcoming Paddock Speedshop TV shop.Jon and I became friends thanks to coffees and cars of all things, having met at one of the Paddlup meets last year. We've since spent time at events and bumped into each other at various car shows around the country, a real life example of the Takona idea bringing people together and capturing the spirit of the automotive world. Jon has built a name for himself

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1:48:00

Dan Allard - Rollhard Founder - Episode 59

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2024/02/13

Takona Tlks with Dan Allard, one of the founders of the RollHard Brand.Dan and RollHard have built a name for creating not only amazing events catering towards the modified car world, but also some fantastic clothing and automotive merch. Dan and I met, as many do, at the Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble and immediately became quite good pals, sharing a common interest in both the automotive and the communities that create around it.This episode is one of our Scalextric Sponsored episodes, use

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1:35:23

The Reverse Episode Where Lewis is the Guest -...

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2024/01/30

Our good friend Tim Oldland suggested that we do a reverse episode where Takona founder Lewis (me) answers some questions about Takona and how it all came to be and where it might (hopefully) be heading. So after luring me into BMW's M2 Press Car in the car park at Caffeine and Machines newest location The Bowl, we sat down for a chat about what's been happening, how things got started, and answer some of the questions you lovely people sent in. Get bonus Takona content on Patreon Hosted on Acast

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1:50:40

William Heynes - Jaguar Restorer and E-Type...

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2024/01/16

Takona Tlks with William Heynes, Jaguar restorer specialising in early E-Types.I rather ignorantly didn’t know that much about William till we sat down for this chat, other than his amazing workshop and being married to Amy Shore (now Heynes). It turns out the William Heynes name goes back to his Grandfather, who Sir William Lyons approached to be chief engineer when starting Jaguar. William goes through this story properly in our conversation and shares an incredible insight into the ordeal that

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1:19:22

Paul Wooding - Cloudera & Mission Motorsport -...

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2024/01/09

Last weeks an episode didn't come out, because Christmas and new years messed up planning for recording. Fortunately ahead of the Sunday Scramble I was able to sit down with Paul Wooding at Hagerty's Clubhouse. Paul is the man we have to thank for the Cloudera GT86's which I created a special edition t-shirt for, along with the replica Goodwood Scalextric track. It's all a bit of a small world isn't it! Paul shares his story of how his life in the military enabled him to step into civilian life with

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1:45:00

Ralph Hosier - Engineer and Host of TV Show...

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2023/12/19

Takona Tlks with Ralph Hosier, Engineer, Electric Vehicle Builder, Automotive Skills teacher, and host of TV's Megabuilds. Ralph and I sat down for a good ol chat about his career, what he's up to now, and life within the automotive world in general. The conversation steered into the topic of ADHD and Autism towards the end and we explore how society isn't necessarily catering for neurodivergent people, but there are some things that can help. A thoroughly interesting chat with a very lovely guy. To

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1:08:07

Cesar Pieri - Car Designer & founder of Gasoline...

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2023/12/05

This episode Takona Tlks with Cesar Pieri, Car designer, Artists, and founder of Gasoline Juice (one of our coffees and cars locations). Cesar and I met just under a year ago when he took over the former CarNatter space in Weedon Bec, since then we've become good friends. Cesars Design work most famously includes the Jaguar Project 7, a story which he shares the history of in our chat. You can find more of his design work here. And more on Gasoline Juice Here.As always, Takona topics, including the

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55:48

Claire Johnson - Motorsport fitness coach - Episode 53

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2023/11/21

Takona Tlks with Claire Johnson, aka The Naked Warrior. Claire is a motorsport fitness coach, dietician, author, and racing driver.We sat down to talk about her work helping racing drivers to improve both their physical and mental wellbeing to improve their performance both on and off the race track, we also talk about her new motorsport training app helping people to train specifically for motorsports. You can find out more about whatClaire is up to at: linktr.ee/thenakedwarriorAs always you can

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1:02:58

Joana Fidalgo - Writer and Automotive Engineer -...

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2023/11/07

This episode Takona Tlks with Joan Fidalgo. Best known publicly for her writing for the Intercooler, and owning some interesting cars including a Suzuki Cappuccino and a Toyota Sera. Get bonus Takona content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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1:20:02

George Williams - GF Williams Automotive...

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2023/10/24

This Episode Takona Tlks with George Williams, commercial car photographer and builder of a particularly purple Lotus Exile known as Hell Slow.George has been shooting commercial grade photography for many years now, having worked with the likes of Zenvo, Maserati, Rimac, and Czinger to name a few. To find out more about George and what he does you can visit his site here or search GFWilliams on socials.For all things Takona head to our site here. Get bonus Takona content on Patreon Hosted on Acast

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1:19:29

Mark Rose - Redline Magazine - Episode 50

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2023/10/10

This Episode Takona Tlks with Mark Rose, founder of the new Redline Magazine. Mark and I met up at the original coffees and cars location, Squisita, to talk about how he started, what he's up to now, and what he's hoping the future holds. You can learn more about Redline and get your hands on the mag here.As always find out more from Takona here. Get bonus Takona content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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