Out Driving Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/out-driving The spoken half of the Out Driving journal. Road essays and conversations with the kind of people who point a car at the horizon and go find what they love. © 2026 Out Driving LLC ef81fd85-969d-5b74-b06b-2cc6914dfbd4 yes en Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:14:49 -0400 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:15:23 -0400 https://www.outdriving.com/podcast https://img.transistorcdn.com/lvbQs4G6R5ULsflqZM_t-FnVOBjOEhHcs65b9XaLfHg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lOTA1/NDMzMDQ0NWUzNjY2/ZTQxMWYyOWY4YmRh/MWE4NC5wbmc.jpg Out Driving https://www.outdriving.com/podcast episodic Robert Dillman The spoken half of the Out Driving journal. Road essays and conversations with the kind of people who point a car at the horizon and go find what they love. The spoken half of the Out Driving journal. road trips, driving, travel, adventure, cars Robert Dillman robert@outdriving.com No No My First Car | How The Fast and the Furious Changed My Life 3 3 My First Car | How The Fast and the Furious Changed My Life full f9ac3f7d-88bc-4b5c-81f7-c3537015706c https://share.transistor.fm/s/e62b15e7 My first car was a 1996 Toyota Supra. I was a junior in high school; I’d just watched The Fast and the Furious, and I wanted to be Brian O’Conner. I kind of pulled it off. I just did it in the wrong order. Brian was a cop who became a street racer. I was a street racer who became a cop, and eventually, the guy who teaches people how to drive.

In this episode:

  • Begging for the Supra, and my dad flying to Texas to drive it home
  • Car meets, cruises, and the friends I still have more than twenty years later
  • A tree, a hill, and a one-year ban from my local mall
  • The Driving Tip: why every big feeling, good or bad, changes how you drive

Your turn: what was your first car, and what did it teach you? Send me a postcard at outdriving.com or answer in the comments on any of our posts. Yours might end up on the show.

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PusbCDqEg2A
Read the Journal: https://www.outdriving.com/thejournal

]]> My first car was a 1996 Toyota Supra. I was a junior in high school; I’d just watched The Fast and the Furious, and I wanted to be Brian O’Conner. I kind of pulled it off. I just did it in the wrong order. Brian was a cop who became a street racer. I was a street racer who became a cop, and eventually, the guy who teaches people how to drive.

In this episode:

  • Begging for the Supra, and my dad flying to Texas to drive it home
  • Car meets, cruises, and the friends I still have more than twenty years later
  • A tree, a hill, and a one-year ban from my local mall
  • The Driving Tip: why every big feeling, good or bad, changes how you drive

Your turn: what was your first car, and what did it teach you? Send me a postcard at outdriving.com or answer in the comments on any of our posts. Yours might end up on the show.

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PusbCDqEg2A
Read the Journal: https://www.outdriving.com/thejournal

]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0400 Robert Dillman Watch on YouTube Robert Dillman 447 My first car was a 1996 Toyota Supra. I was a junior in high school; I’d just watched The Fast and the Furious, and I wanted to be Brian O’Conner. I kind of pulled it off. I just did it in the wrong order. Brian was a cop who became a street racer. I was a street racer who became a cop, and eventually, the guy who teaches people how to drive.

In this episode:

  • Begging for the Supra, and my dad flying to Texas to drive it home
  • Car meets, cruises, and the friends I still have more than twenty years later
  • A tree, a hill, and a one-year ban from my local mall
  • The Driving Tip: why every big feeling, good or bad, changes how you drive

Your turn: what was your first car, and what did it teach you? Send me a postcard at outdriving.com or answer in the comments on any of our posts. Yours might end up on the show.

Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PusbCDqEg2A
Read the Journal: https://www.outdriving.com/thejournal

]]> first car, Toyota Supra, Fast and the Furious, car culture, driver safety, road trips No The Roads We Inherit | Mount Rushmore 2 2 The Roads We Inherit | Mount Rushmore full 79e3b68d-22e9-494f-83b6-d605515ab77b https://www.outdriving.com/podcast Some places we go because somebody we love went first, or tried to. My dad drove all the way to Mount Rushmore when he was younger, and the morning he got there it was fogged in. So he's been to Mount Rushmore. He just hasn't seen it.

This week: the roads we inherit, why the trips that go wrong are the ones that get handed down, how to drive in fog (low beams, more room, and patience), and a postcard from Karen, who has sixty-five years of road behind her.

What's a place you inherited? Or what's your family's fog story? Send me a postcard: https://www.outdriving.com/contact?topic=postcard


Watch the film, American Stories | Mount Rushmore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3H3qyLY9kI

Read the full story and my Milestone rating: https://www.outdriving.com/journal/visiting-mount-rushmore


Get one story like this every Sunday: https://www.outdriving.com


Find the drive that moves you.

]]> Some places we go because somebody we love went first, or tried to. My dad drove all the way to Mount Rushmore when he was younger, and the morning he got there it was fogged in. So he's been to Mount Rushmore. He just hasn't seen it.

This week: the roads we inherit, why the trips that go wrong are the ones that get handed down, how to drive in fog (low beams, more room, and patience), and a postcard from Karen, who has sixty-five years of road behind her.

What's a place you inherited? Or what's your family's fog story? Send me a postcard: https://www.outdriving.com/contact?topic=postcard


Watch the film, American Stories | Mount Rushmore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3H3qyLY9kI

Read the full story and my Milestone rating: https://www.outdriving.com/journal/visiting-mount-rushmore


Get one story like this every Sunday: https://www.outdriving.com


Find the drive that moves you.

]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2026 14:43:18 -0400 Robert Dillman Robert Dillman 454 Some places we go because somebody we love went first, or tried to. My dad drove all the way to Mount Rushmore when he was younger, and the morning he got there it was fogged in. So he's been to Mount Rushmore. He just hasn't seen it.

This week: the roads we inherit, why the trips that go wrong are the ones that get handed down, how to drive in fog (low beams, more room, and patience), and a postcard from Karen, who has sixty-five years of road behind her.

What's a place you inherited? Or what's your family's fog story? Send me a postcard: https://www.outdriving.com/contact?topic=postcard


Watch the film, American Stories | Mount Rushmore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3H3qyLY9kI

Read the full story and my Milestone rating: https://www.outdriving.com/journal/visiting-mount-rushmore


Get one story like this every Sunday: https://www.outdriving.com


Find the drive that moves you.

]]> road trips, Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, family stories, fog driving tips, driving in fog, travel stories, road trip memories, Black Hills, Out Driving No The Things That Slow Us Down | Dignity of Earth and Sky 1 1 The Things That Slow Us Down | Dignity of Earth and Sky full 7a410f1d-239b-4693-8e5f-59f5622741e7 https://share.transistor.fm/s/14420983 On the way home from Montana, I had one stop planned in South Dakota: Dignity of Earth and Sky.


I wanted to stop. I had planned to stop. And somehow, as I got closer, I still caught myself wondering whether I should just keep driving.

That small moment led to this week's Conversation: Why do the things that make a trip memorable sometimes start to feel like they're getting in the way of the trip?


We also talk about keeping your attention active during long interstate drives, and Patty Kelley sends our very first Postcard from Richmond, Indiana.


The Conversation: The things that slow us down
This Week's Driving Tip: Keep your eyes moving
Postcards: What I missed in Richmond, Indiana


Watch the Dignity of Earth and Sky film on the Out Driving YouTube channel.

The road is waiting. Go find the drive that moves you.

]]> On the way home from Montana, I had one stop planned in South Dakota: Dignity of Earth and Sky.


I wanted to stop. I had planned to stop. And somehow, as I got closer, I still caught myself wondering whether I should just keep driving.

That small moment led to this week's Conversation: Why do the things that make a trip memorable sometimes start to feel like they're getting in the way of the trip?


We also talk about keeping your attention active during long interstate drives, and Patty Kelley sends our very first Postcard from Richmond, Indiana.


The Conversation: The things that slow us down
This Week's Driving Tip: Keep your eyes moving
Postcards: What I missed in Richmond, Indiana


Watch the Dignity of Earth and Sky film on the Out Driving YouTube channel.

The road is waiting. Go find the drive that moves you.

]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2026 14:16:03 -0400 Robert Dillman Watch on YouTube Robert Dillman 693 On the way home from Montana, I had one stop planned in South Dakota: Dignity of Earth and Sky.


I wanted to stop. I had planned to stop. And somehow, as I got closer, I still caught myself wondering whether I should just keep driving.

That small moment led to this week's Conversation: Why do the things that make a trip memorable sometimes start to feel like they're getting in the way of the trip?


We also talk about keeping your attention active during long interstate drives, and Patty Kelley sends our very first Postcard from Richmond, Indiana.


The Conversation: The things that slow us down
This Week's Driving Tip: Keep your eyes moving
Postcards: What I missed in Richmond, Indiana


Watch the Dignity of Earth and Sky film on the Out Driving YouTube channel.

The road is waiting. Go find the drive that moves you.

]]> road trips, driving, travel, Dignity of Earth and Sky, South Dakota, road trip stories No Robert Dillman