So You Owned a VW Bus

Ryan and Miracle Ireland
  • 4.7 (15)
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We interview those who have dared to drive, ride in, or simply inhabit the coolest vehicle ever created—the VW Bus. Each episode we talk to one VW Bus owner and hear about their adventures and misadventures.

  1. 04/23/2023

    Miracle and Ryan: The End (S9, E7)

    Take one last ride with us as we take questions from our listeners and past interviewees in the series finale.

    23 min

  2. 04/19/2023 · BONUS

    Detour #10: What's in a name?

    Does a bus need a name? How did our bus, Adie, get her name? Can you rename a bus? We get to all those questions and more in this episode.

    24 min

  3. 04/19/2023 · BONUS

    One Last Detour: Revisiting the Happy Trucker Show

    Way back in the summer of 2021, one month before embarking on the trip of a lifetime in our 1979 VW Bus, we called into the flagship show of Happy Productions—a Wednesday night program called The Happy Trucker Show. Now, with the trip behind us, we decided to revisit the interview and run some commentary on our past selves.

    1 hr

  4. 03/27/2023

    Miranda and James (with Ken!) (S9, E6)

    Back in 2018, James and Miranda put their bus, Adie, up for sale on eBay. An unwitting guy from Ohio named Ryan Ireland would buy this bus and later produce a podcast called, “So You Owned a VW Bus.” It’s only fitting that the penultimate episode of the series be with with Miranda and James as they talk about their journey with Adie and the guy from Ohio who bought it.

    16 min

  5. 03/27/2023 · BONUS

    Detour #9: The Finer Things in Life

    The VW bus runs on gasoline and luck, but the inhabitants are often fueled by coffee (as is the case with us). Before we got into the VW part of the interview with Carson we geeked out about coffee and fine wristwatches. And, we gotta say, this guy knows his stuff.

    20 min

  6. 03/27/2023

    Carson (S9, E5)

    Carson is a professional musician with a story to share. For him, the VW bus is an emotional journey that has come to define his relationship with his father.

    13 min

  7. 03/23/2023

    Bonnie (S9, E4)

    Bonnie Larsen bought her bus as her marriage of many years was ending. Working on the bus and becoming part of the greater VW community helped her heal and move on, she says. As part of her journey, she opened up an online store, ToolMomStore.com

    12 min

  8. 03/20/2023

    Amanda and Matt (S9, E3)

    Amanda and Matt Hakola have owned a few buses before finally finding their current bus and landing in Oklahoma. Their bus is also the mothership for their business Ragtag Resilience—an approach to stabilizing food systems by doing a lot of little things that add up to change. (They farm their .15 acres and grow lots of amazing foods to feed their family and sell at market.) Their business caught the eye of Leonardo DiCaprio’s personal chef during on-location filming  of Martin Scorsese's “Killers of the Flower Moon" and led to Amanda and Matt catering the film’s wrap party.

    18 min
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We interview those who have dared to drive, ride in, or simply inhabit the coolest vehicle ever created—the VW Bus. Each episode we talk to one VW Bus owner and hear about their adventures and misadventures.

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  • Creator
    Ryan and Miracle Ireland
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2023
  • Episodes
    91
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025 So You Owned a VW Bus
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