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Alex Vespestad
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There's something about being in an old car. Is it loud? Yes. Does the AC work? Absolutely not. Are the seatbelts load-bearing? Debatable. But outside the window everything shifts to another place and time. Podcast journalist Alex Vespestad picks up musicians in vintage rides and drives the California coast. They talk career highs, late nights, the stories that've never made it to an interview. And when the conversation reaches an end, they get in the back for a serenade under the open sky. It's a feeling you've known your whole life...you've just never heard it like this.

Episodes

  1. 1d ago

    when it rains it tsunamis - James Ghareeb

    James Ghareeb is a folk songwriter and one of my closest friends. Which means this one goes deep fast. James is in the middle of what he calls wreckage. A breakup he didn't want. A homeland under attack. Family in Beirut he checks on morning and night. You're gonna hear about the summer he was 11, when war broke out in Lebanon, the airport was bombed, and a US military helicopter carried him and one handbag out of the country while most of his family had to stay. And you're gonna hear why he doesn't believe when it rains it pours anymore.  He plays for us "Time Enough". He texted me the night he wrote it and said it might be the best song he's ever written.  He might be right. Listen to James Ghareeb Sign Up for the TRUCK Newsletter Message us at: info@truck.live YouTubeInstagramTikTokFacebook

    when it rains it tsunamis - James Ghareeb

  2. Jul 15

    my mom punched Courtney Love in the face - DINER

    First guest ever. It took some work (and hours of mechanical repairs) to get here, but dammit did we make it happen. And couldn't be more stoked about this singer.  She goes by DINER. It’s not her real name, but when you have the secrets to the world’s best french toast recipe, it’s a name you deserve. DINER is a hell of a country singer, planting her flag for the genre out here in California, not Nashville, of all places to pursue country.  You're gonna hear how she’s fighting in a major standoff to win back her own masters. How she ended up on a Stagecoach stage and playing on a literal NASCAR track. And how, somewhere in all that, she figured out how to survive this industry with nobody's hand on her back but her own. And at the end of the talkin’, in the back of this 1970 Ford, sky wide open, she plays us a song nobody's heard yet. Brand new. Unreleased. Hitting air this summer of 2026. It’s called "Traditional." And trust me. It's about a whole lot more than you think.  Listen to DINER https://open.spotify.com/artist/7dvHlnKgD5EWy243QylvvC?si=L14YqWsiRpKF37ljZ81laQ Follow DINER:IG: https://www.instagram.com/localdinergirlTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@localdinergirl

    my mom punched Courtney Love in the face - DINER
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There's something about being in an old car. Is it loud? Yes. Does the AC work? Absolutely not. Are the seatbelts load-bearing? Debatable. But outside the window everything shifts to another place and time. Podcast journalist Alex Vespestad picks up musicians in vintage rides and drives the California coast. They talk career highs, late nights, the stories that've never made it to an interview. And when the conversation reaches an end, they get in the back for a serenade under the open sky. It's a feeling you've known your whole life...you've just never heard it like this.

Information

  • Creator
    Alex Vespestad
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Alex Vespestad
  • Show Website
    TRUCK