Stepside: a show about trucks
A podcast about trucks
About the show
Matt Haughey (internet nerd with lots of previous trucks and a few current models) and Joel Johnson (formerly of Gawker/Jalopnik, truck lover, regular lover) meet every couple weeks to chat about trucks, what's in the news, what they like and dislike, and what they're currently driving.
Episodes
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Episode 17: Overland Expo, The Rubicon trail, and the Ford Raptor R wrecking
July 31st, 2023 | 59 mins 49 secs
A quick summary of the last two months of truck news and things we've both done in our trucks.
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Episode 16: Tacoma launch and the ID Buzz VW Bus finally drops for the US
June 13th, 2023 | 56 mins 36 secs
Our thoughts after seeing the tacoma launch, some news about the VW ID Buzz ev van, and Joel's eternal search for the perfect truck
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Episode 15: Predictions time: It's new Tacoma Eve! Plus Rangers and more
May 24th, 2023 | 1 hr 7 mins
jeep, ranger, rivian, tacoma
The night before the new Toyota Tacomas drop, we predict what we'll see (spoiler: we were mostly spot-on). Plus we talk new Rangers, Jeeps, dashboard designs, and the Rivian.
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Episode 14: RVs and Trailering and EVs and trail running and scuba and motorcycles and also a little bit about trucks
April 5th, 2023 | 1 hr 7 mins
Me and Joel hadn't talked in a while, so we talked about a lot of things
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Episode 13: CES and Ranger buying and Rivian test driving
January 26th, 2023 | 1 hr 27 mins
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Episode 12: The 57th Annual high honda days holiday spectacular
December 15th, 2022 | 57 mins 18 secs
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Episode 11: SEMA builds, Ford truck news, and motorcycles
November 7th, 2022 | 48 mins 53 secs
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Episode 10: Overland expo east, Jeeps, and 911s
October 16th, 2022 | 1 hr 11 mins
Joel recaps Overland Expo East, Matt recaps buying his first Jeep. Then we talk Joel's 911 Porsche that he threw a roof top tent on.
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Episode 9: Catching up, EVs and Jeeps
September 21st, 2022 | 53 mins 35 secs
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Episode 8: Big summer plans, winching and camping
August 10th, 2022 | 1 hr 6 mins
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Episode 7: Rivian R1S and the shaky future of EV trucks?
July 16th, 2022 | 46 mins 35 secs
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Episode 6: Ford shakes up the car biz and Overlanding ahoy
June 3rd, 2022 | 1 hr 41 secs
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Episode 5: 5: Joel's new house and Matt's trip to Moab
May 16th, 2022 | 1 hr 2 mins
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Episode 4: Flash bang security
April 8th, 2022 | 53 mins 59 secs
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Episode 3: Ute the Bolt!
March 28th, 2022 | 1 hr 3 mins
hummer, pajero, sprinter, van life, vivian
Truck news, Sprinter thoughts, a great idea to make Chevy turn Bolts into tiny pickups, a review/non-review of the Rivian from Joel, and thoughts on the EV Hummer.
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Episode 2: The ID Buzz VW EV Bus launch and more
March 17th, 2022 | 58 mins 43 secs
bronco, ev, maverick, vw
A quick tour of recent truck/SUV/van news with our thoughts and insights!