Dennis Cadorniga

 

Cars In Context

 

We’ve decided that Open Road Podcast has served its purpose as a learning tool, and it’s time to launch a more comprehensive site: Cars In Context.

Over the past year we have set up several blog sites for a range of clients, and have concluded blogging is a highly efficient platform for capturing thought and connecting with a broad audience. We also very much appreciate the flexibility of blogging: any one of us can logon at any time and post new material. There is no need to coordinate the schedules of three or four busy people to record a podcast over Skype. 

Another advantage we’ve found? The ability to build links inside the text of a blog post, allowing our viewers to efficiently explore the more arcane points we might bring up. For instance, if we reference Bauhaus, we can link to an explanation of the Bauhaus design philosophy. The viewer can quickly get up to speed, then click back to the main blog post. This method fully exploits the best information already existing on the web. 

Podcasting proved too labor-intensive, eating up time better spent with clients. We will produce podcasts only when the format perfectly suits the subject.

We are moving our most popular Open Road podcasts to Cars In Context, in particular the five-part interview with Freeman Thomas, boss of Ford Advanced Design. We will also bring along several of the more popular road tests, even if some of the cars are fading out of the market.

Here’s the link to www.carsincontext.us.

written by Dennis \\ tags: Cars In Context, CiC, Open Road Podcast, ORP

Episode #037, 2009 Audi R8 

Mr. White’s lucky streak continues unabated as he gets into an Audi R8. Unaccustomed as he is to such exotica, he proclaims the design superior to the F430, though Mr. Black and Mr. Blonde disagree. Discussion covers the engine, the lack of torque-vectoring, the fine exterior design and how it’s the best quote yet of the Auto Union GP cars of the Thirties, the Italo-Aryan interior dimensions, and the semi-auto gearbox that sure ain’t no DSG. 

Duration: 54:12
Size: 60.95 mb
Format: Enhanced AAC
Direct download: ORP-Episode037.m4a 

Duration: 54:12
Size: 74.47 mb
Format: MP3
Direct download: ORP-Episode037.mp3

written by Dennis \\ tags: Audi, Open Road Podcast, OpenRoadPodcast, Podcast, R8

Episode #031, 2008 Mini Cooper S Clubman & Smart, Part 5 

OK, we didn’t know when to shut up, so we talked about MINI Clubman, the first-gen MINIs we once owned, and then the Smart car, that hedgehog from Stuttgart. 

Duration: 23:23
Size: 21.30 mb
Format: Enhanced AAC
Direct download: ORP-Episode031.m4a 

Duration: 23:23
Size: 21.50 mb
Format: MP3
Direct download: ORP-Episode031.mp3

written by Dennis \\ tags: Clubman, Cooper, Mini, Open Road Podcast, ORP, S, Smart

written by Dennis \\ tags: Calacanis, Jason Calacanis, Open Road Podcast, ORP, Roadster, Tesla

written by Dennis \\ tags: 135i, BMW, Coupe, Open Road Podcast, ORP

written by Dennis \\ tags: BMW, IS-F, Lexus, M3, Open Road Podcast, ORP

Episode #027, The Bourne Identity

Mr Black and Mr Blonde are joined by the one and only, and apparently infamous, Scott Bourne, the man who created Internet radio. Scott talks about his adventures with World Class Driving, an event company that rents time in exotics. The three also discuss his new purchase, an R-class Mercedes. You can view the photos and video that Scott took of this event on his web site, TWIPPhoto.com. Scott also produces various podcasts including our favorites, The Apple Phone Show, This Week in Photography, and MacBreak Weekly. You can subscribe to them in iTunes or can visit his site links here.

Duration: 44:17
Size: 37.80 mb
Format: Enhanced AAC
Direct download: ORP-Episode027.m4a 

Duration: 44:17
Size: 40.60 mb
Format: MP3
Direct download: ORP-Episode027.mp3

written by Dennis \\ tags: 599 GTB Fiorano, Corvette, F430 Spider, Ferrari, Gallardo, Lamborghini, Open Road Podcast, OpenRoadPodcast, Podcast, Scott Bourne, Superleggera, World Class Driving