The lives of technicians and auto repair shop owners are not easy. You operate in a world of ever-changing technology with critical deadlines everywhere. Plus, almost all the work is hands on!
So how can you keep yourself updated on the fast-paced automotive market around you while getting your day-to-day work done? Simple—podcasts!
What to expect from auto repair podcasts
Introducing the shop management show
The Shop Management Show, AutoLeap’s new weekly podcast series, covers every aftermarket industry topic imaginable. We speak with shop owners and industry leaders about their business experiences, overcoming challenges, and the lessons they have learned.
AutoLeap’s podcast provides a unique space for shop owners to share their management ideas and perspectives. These discussions will help you optimize your shop management experience, from enhancing your digital marketing efforts to mastering your cash flow.
Subscribe The Shop Management Show today! The podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and most popular streaming services.
Category: Automotive aftermarket
Introducing the Remarkable Results Podcast hosted by Carm Capriotto, where success stories in the automotive aftermarket are uncovered and shared. If you’ve ever wondered what sets apart thriving businesses in this industry and have a keen interest in exceptional leadership, effective business strategies, and the pursuit of uncovering the secrets behind their achievements, this podcast is tailor-made for you.
Each episode features insightful interviews on topics ranging from diagnosing the aftermarket from A-to-Z to learning techniques for retaining top talent. In these candid conversations, you get to hear straight from successful entrepreneurs and professionals in the automotive aftermarket, including service providers, car technicians, shop managers, and other industry leaders.
Tune in every week to listen and learn. Aim to take away at least one valuable nugget that you can implement in your own shop management endeavors or pass on to others. Catch new episodes of Remarkable Results on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, iHeartRadio and more every day except Sunday!
Category: Automotive aftermarket
This captivating podcast is hosted by Chris Cotton from AutoFix. Chris is a business coach with over 25 years of experience in the automotive industry. His coaching business AutoFix has an incredible motto called “Save Our Shop” which he uses to connect with clients and help them evolve their shops.
Chris’s passion and expertise will guide you through the growing and changing state of the industry in each podcast conversation. He touches on everything from how to track and measure business metrics, optimize profit margins, develop great leadership skills and improve work culture.
Strap in car enthusiasts as you journey to fuel your knowledge of all things automotive! You can catch a new episode of The Weekly Blitz every Monday on Spotify and Apple podcasts, and we promise you will learn a thing or two about running a successful shop.
Category: Industry trends and business growth
David Roman and Lucas Underwood host this engaging automotive podcast. Both veteran podcasters welcome frequent guest speakers, who are industry veterans and experts in their respective areas. Two notable examples of guests include Jeff Compton, a 23-year veteran of the automotive industry and Haakan Light, the Training and Development Manager with Topdon.
In these podcasts, they cover pressing topics that almost every shop struggles with and pose the question—is it worth training your technicians on ADAS? How important is it to hire coaches to train individual technicians? How can you further develop and grow your business?
This podcast is a great way to gain some insight from experts in the field on major discussion topics within the industry to help improve your decision-making.
Additionally, they also sit down and have conversations with technicians from auto repair shops to explore the challenges they face within the industry and how to maintain a positive attitude through it all.
They release weekly episodes on Monday, which are available on Spotify, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts along with many other platforms!
Five more suggestions for auto repair podcasts
Automotive Diagnostic Podcast
Category: Service focused and technician growth
Exploring the world of automotive technology with its rapidly growing and expanding changes is an overwhelming task to keep up with. However, it is absolutely essential for any technician to balance shop efficiency with honing their skills.
Sean Tipping’s Automotive Diagnostic Podcast is a great way for technicians to keep themselves up to date and improve their skill set. Sean was in the automotive field for 16 years working as a technician before he went on to teaching at a technician school for 3 years!
Now, his podcast releases weekly episodes focusing on ways to sharpen diagnostic skills, service information and tools while also providing learning resources and consulting with experts in the field for further insights. His podcasts are a great way to navigate through the constantly evolving technology in the automotive industry.
Two Guys Garage Podcast
Category: Industry trends and business growth
The Two Guys Garage Podcast is hosted by Kevin Byrd and Willie B, along with guest speakers that include many industry leaders. One of their most notable podcasts involves a conversation with Brint McLellan, who works as a technical analyst at Fragola Performance Systems. In this episode, they discuss the changing use of fluid lines, along with the right ones to use for services ranging from fuel, power steering and brakes.
Other popular podcast episodes in 2022 also welcome business owners and CEOs who are not only familiar with the industry trends, but also share helpful insights into how they run their business smoothly. Some of these inspiring guests featured include the CEO of Lubrication Specialities Inc. and Spectra Premium. In great detail, both executives covered the products they develop as well as the way they each approach running their businesses.
Episodes of the Automotive Diagnostic Podcast air every Sunday at 10 am and are also available on various platforms including their website!
Femcanic Garage Podcast
Category: Industry trends
Femcanic Garage Podcasts focuses on breaking through stereotypes and barriers faced by women in the industry, while also spreading awareness by featuring multiple women within the automotive industry. Some guest speakers in their recent podcasts include Lori Johnson, a veteran in the automotive industry for over 20 years with experience in all back-end operations and Rachael Alfonso, a children’s book author and the Director of Operations of Exotic Car Hacks.
Moving forward in any industry in the world, inclusivity is becoming more and more critical ,which is exactly what Femcanic Garage is all about. The podcast hosts aim to elevate and empower one another by creating a platform focusing on women within the auto repair world.
They release three episodes per month, with their podcast available to stream on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Soundcloud and more.
Office Hours with John Gardner
Category: Business growth
This podcast is hosted by John N. Gardner, the founder executive chair of a non profit organization focusing efforts on excellence within undergraduate education and connecting professionals with student success.
While John’s podcasts are not restricted to focusing only on the automotive world, the podcast episodes are great for business owners learning how to tackle various problems they may face. His podcast episodes cover topics such as building communities that can thrive, along with overcoming intimidation and bias—two areas critical to building up a strong and empowering work space and culture!
Another topic covered extensively within John’s podcasts is understanding the higher education ecosystem. This is a critical space for business owners to analyze, particularly when it comes to the growing problem of technician shortages. Understanding how the education space works is vital for tackling issues such as how to make the automotive space more appealing for high schoolers, It also helps dispel some of the major misconceptions about the industry.
Diagnosing The Aftermarket A-Z
Category: Industry trends and technician growth
Diagnosing The Aftermarket A-Z is a podcast show hosted by Matt Fanslow—a diagnostic shop manager at Riverside Automotive who has worked in the industry since 1996. As a shop manager, his main skills involved diagnosing driveability, electrical issues along with programming, coding and more! So when it comes to understanding vehicle diagnostics better and gaining more skills, this is the podcast for you.
The best part about Matt’s podcast is that it does not solely focus on diagnostic related topics. A recent podcast by Matt also covered the way technicians communicate with clients, filled with helpful tips and insights into how to ensure effective communication with customers!
Diagnosing The After Marketing A-Z releases weekly episodes and is available on Google Podcasts, Spotify, RSS Feed and more!
Closing thoughts
There’s a never ending list of auto repair podcasts out there for you to explore and navigate through. You may find yourself enjoying more while others may even come across as boring. However, these few options are a great place to start experimenting with and learning more about the industry while on the go. Time to get a nice pair of headphones and give one of these podcasts a try!
