About your host

This website and podcast is produced and hosted by Andrew McPhee from Wodonga in NE Victoria, Australia.

My vitals...

Age: 45
Status: Separated and not looking
Kids: Three (one son 7yo, and two daughters 17 & 21yo)
Height: Not enough
Weight: A little too much
Hair: Greying, but hanging in there
Job: In between

F1 fan since: 1985
Favorite F1 Team: Williams
Least-favorite F1 Team: Ferrari
Favorite current F1 Driver: Lewis Hamilton
Favorite F1 Drivers: Gilles Villeneuve, Jackie Stewart, Alain Prost

Interests: Photography, Motor Sport, Genealogy, Web Design
Musical Prefs: Rock, Blues, Jazz
What makes me laugh: Classic British comedy
Recent Book: The Racing Driver by Denis Jenkinson
Recent Movie: The World's Fastest Indian
Recent CD: Morph The Cat by Donald Fagen
Computer: Apple Mac Pro
Software: Open Source whenever possible
Car: 2003 Subaru Forester 2.5XS
Camera: Olympus E-500 and thirty other Olympus models (I collect)

Why am I making this Podcast?

For fun. And because I have become aware that quite a few F1 fans are lacking in their knowledge of F1 history. I think F1's past is exciting and interesting, and awareness of what has gone on in the past will add to a fan's appreciation of modern F1.

Resources used to make this Podcast

F1 Racing magazine (issues #1 to present).
Motorsport magazine (issues from 1996 to present)
F1 books (approx. 30).
F1 race videos (1996 to present).

What Podcasts do I listen to?

At the moment, about eighty (they're all listed on this site's links pages). Subjects include tech, web design, photography, Formula 1, and basically anything thought-provoking.

So how do I listen to Podcasts?

I use iTunes to download podcasts. Then I put them onto a USB thumb drive and listen to them in the car.

I spend about five hours in the car every day and after putting up with listening to the crappy radio stations around here discovering podcasts was a breath of fresh air!

I'm thinking of buying an iPod, will probably get the new 8GB Nano. It'll be the first mp3 player I've owned (call me a late adopter).