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Auto Collabs — 261 episodes

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What Happens When Amazon’s Convenience Meets the Dealership with Carlos Mojica

2

Your Dealership AI Is Only 90% Right. That’s the Problem.

3

Why Association-Dealer Relationships Should Start Before There’s a Fire With Zach Doran

4

Is GEO Real, or Is It Just SEO With Another Acronym? | Chad Graves

5

Why the Car Business Has to Stop Sitting on the Bleachers with Don Hall

6

Why The Same Bad Car Keeps Getting Sold At Auction with Travis Baldwin

7

Why Most Automotive AI Projects Fail with John Coles

8

How Dealer Associations Help Navigate Compliance Changes with Laura Perrotta

9

How Dealers Can Create New Revenue Streams with Sam Weaver

10

How Training Turns Marketing Into Revenue with Eric Mercado

11

How Dealers Are Adapting to New Compliance Standards with Kevin Frye

12

How TrueCar Is Building the Future of Car Buying Tech with Scott Painter

13

What Does A Transparent Dealer Look Like? | Zach Shefska

14

Transparent Dealership Pricing Starts with Marketing | John Fitzpatrick

15

Building a Dealership Culture That Can Scale with John Osborne of Carter Myers Automotive

16

Why Most Dealers Are Solving The Wrong Problems With AI

17

The Industry Needed Answers On Pricing Transparency. So He Built The Room

18

What the Internet Boom Taught Beth Hill About the AI Hype Cycle

19

The Startup Rule That Beats Billion-Dollar Competitors And Dealers Should Pay Attention To

20

The State Dealer Association That Cracked the Technician Shortage

21

The #1 Reason Dealers Lose Customers (It's Not What You Think)

22

Why “Good” Is the Most Dangerous Word in Retail Automotive | Auto Collabs

23

Why “Friction” Is Killing Your Sales (And What Carvana Got Right)

24

AI Isn’t a Bolt-On Anymore And Dealers Are Running Out of Time

25

Why Honda Is Doubling Down on Hybrids | NY Auto Forum

26

Why Pricing Transparency and Affordability Are The Top Issues of 2026 | NY Auto Forum

27

The Hidden Cost of Success in the Car Business | NY Auto Forum

28

How To Earn Customer Trust in the Service Drive Before It’s Too Late | NY Auto Forum

29

The New Rules of Service Customers Expect Today | NY Auto Forum

30

The Type of Auto Dealer That Will Succeed In 10 Years | NY Auto Forum

31

Why Auto Shows Still Matter in a Digital World | NY Auto Forum

32

Why This US Senator Is Drawing a Hard Line on China | NY Auto Forum

33

Why Dealers and OEMs Must Work Together or Risk Losing Everything | NY Auto Forum

34

The Truth About FTC Crackdowns & Dealer Transparency | NY Auto Forum

35

(Re-Upload) Inspiration Over Motivation With Erroll Bomar III

36

You’re Not in the Car Business (And You Never Were)

37

Chinese EVs, Amazon, and the Future of the Dealer Model with Ted Smith

38

74% of Service Customers Will Buy Again, If You Don’t Lose Them First with Shane Wilson

39

The TIME Dealer Nominee Who Built a Business Around Humility (Not Hype) with Emily Marlow Beck

40

(Re-Release) Unreasonable Hospitality = More Than Cars with Will Guidara

41

AI Is Only As Smart As Your “Regular-I” with Bob George | Auto Collabs

42

How Toyota Thinks About Affordability, AI, and the Guest for Life with Marcus Williams

43

Why Cheap Cars Can Still Be Great Cars with Alex Kwanten | Public Policy Day 2026

44

What Really Happens to EV Batteries After They Fail with Brian Skalovsky | Public Policy Day 2026

45

Why Consumer Choice Is the Real Fight in Auto Policy with Drew Ferguson | Public Policy Day 2026

46

Why the Average Car Price Is Misleading Everyone with Erin Keating | Auto Collabs

47

Why The F&I Office Feels Like A Timeshare Presentation with Robert Steenbergh, Esq. | Auto Collabs

48

What Chinese Vehicles in Canada Means For The USA | Public Policy Day 2025

49

Most People Don’t Want Self-Driving Cars. They Want Safer Ones | Public Policy Day 2026

50

Why One-Third of Americans Can’t Afford a New Car—and What Dealers Must Do Next | Public Policy Day 2026

51

How Washington Shapes What We Drive | Public Policy Day 2026

52

He Built an AI Wingman for Dealers… and It’s Not What You Think with Jay Ku

53

Throwback To Our First Conversation with Senator Bernie Moreno

54

(Re-Release) Don't Make the Process Shorter, Make It Funner with Jesse Cole of the Savannah Bananas

55

(Re-Release) "So we had to..." with Jim McKelvey

56

What Auto Investment Really Does to American Communities with Drew Ferguson | The Merge 2025

57

The Fight for America’s Auto Future with Congresswoman Debbie Dingell | The Merge 2025

58

Inside Mercedes-Benz’s Biggest Product Push Ever with North American CEO Jason Hoff | The Merge 2025

59

China Is the Only Story That Matters Right Now with Michael Dunne | The Merge 2025

60

Why The Auto Industry Can’t Afford to Keep Reinventing Software with Jeff Walker | The Merge 2025

61

Senator Bernie Moreno on The Real State of the Auto Industry | The Merge 2025

62

Why Auto Is Using Less Than 10% of Its Data with Jason Tryfon

63

Inside the Most Anticipated Comeback in the Auto Industry with Ryan Decker of Scout Motors

64

Why Communities Are Choosing Their Own Energy Future with Cara Renee

65

How Better Data Could Transform the Entire Dealership Experience with Paul Hilton

66

What Auto Retail Can Learn From Casinos About Guest Experience

67

The Simple Device That Gives Any Car Autopilot with Will Bright

68

Inside Honda’s Zero-Fatality Plan for 2050 with Brian Bautsch

69

Why Electric Boats Make More Sense Than Electric Cars with Mitch Lee

70

The Personal Aircraft You Can Fly With No License: Inside Pivotal’s Helix with Cal Cruickshank

71

The New Way Consumers Shop for Cars (And What Dealers Must Do Next with Amie Lindaas

72

Why Dealers Need Orchestrated AI, Not More Point Solutions with Marianne Johnson and David Foutz

73

A Smarter Way to Build Charging Infrastructure for Fleets and AVs with Brett Hauser

74

How Real-Time Data Is Reshaping Product Planning and Retail Decisions with Luis Brizuela

75

Why Auto Shows Still Matter with Andy Steinhauser

76

You Won’t Get Rich on Mobile Service — But You’ll Lose Without It with Joe Castelino, Ephraim Barcelo and Cody Collins

77

Inside Honda’s Olympic Strategy with Jennifer Symington

78

Automobility LA: Why Every Car Shopper Is Overwhelmed Right Now with Jennifer Newman

79

What’s Really Breaking Trust Between OEMs and Dealers From Someone Who's Lived Both Sides with Igor Skinder

80

Why Most ‘Guest Experience’ Programs Fail... and What Actually Works

81

Stop Guessing, Start Testing with Derek Hansen

82

The Data That Stops Wasted Follow-Ups (and Saves Your BDC) with Kristine Lentz

83

“I Wouldn’t Buy a Car From Me” (This GM Helped Ford Redesign the Showroom) with JB Burnett

84

Outcomes vs Attribution: We're Measuring The Wrong Thing with Michael Kraut

85

Auto Shows Are Quietly Driving ROI (But Dealers Aren’t Paying Attention) with Jennifer Morand

86

This One Stat Explains Why Customers Still Hate Buying Cars with David Thomas

87

The Reason Your Dealership Tech Stack Sucks (It’s Not What You Think) with Nick Askew

88

Why Customers Don't Trust Mechanics (And How to Fix It) with Curtis Gardner

89

The AI Reality Check Every Automotive Vendor Needs with Laurie Halter

90

Why the Next Big Auto Story Won’t Start on Social Media with Jamie Butters

91

The #1 Thing Dealers Want from Vendors: Communication, Not More Tech with Tina Cuatto

92

How To Be Your Own CDP with Nick Askew

93

Nobody Asked... But Recycled Metals Built Your Car with John Sacco

94

Training AI To Fix The Little Things with Sanjay Varnwal

95

Why Customer Loyalty Starts with Smarter Tech with Thuy Adomitis

96

Rewriting the Vendor–Dealer Playbook with Jade Terreberry

97

How Dealers Can Do More With Less... Right Now with Greg Uland

98

From Sandwich Artist To CEO with Kaylee Felio

99

The Future of Retention is Data-Driven (and Your Tires Know It) with Shane Wilson

100

The F&I Manager's Voicemail Is Full with Adam Marburger

101

Time-Lapsing A Moldy Whopper with Glenn Lundy

102

Playing Car Dealership At 4 Years Old with Alain Nana-Sinkam

103

ROI Over Reach with Chad Graves

104

Find the Pony with Carol Marshall

105

War Stories From the F&I Office with Rudy Graff

106

Listening To 4000 AI Phone Calls with Monik Pamecha

107

The 88% Problem with David Steinberg

108

From Paper to Parts Robots with Greg Uland

109

The Auto Dealer's Covenant with Eric Flow

110

Focus on the "And" with Cindy Allen

111

Do The Things You Told Yourself You Would with Nick Askew

112

Inspiration Over Motivation with Erroll Bomar III

113

How To Actually Reach In-Market Shoppers with Dave Karasick

114

A Journalist’s Perspective On Automotive with Brian Armstead | Public Policy Day 2025

115

What Car Buyers Want: Affordability, Reliability, and Value with John Vincent | Public Policy Day 2025

116

Luxury, Customization, and the Bentley Experience with Tate Attia | Public Policy Day 2025

117

Why Trust and Relationships Matter More Than Ever in F&I with Adam Marburger | Public Policy Day 2025

118

EVs, Tariffs, and Market Trends: A 2025 Outlook With Erin Keating of Cox Automotive | Public Policy Day 2025

119

The Art of the Fight: Applying Martial Arts to Leadership and Success with Adam Marburger | Public Policy Day 2025

120

The Resurgence of Car Culture with John O'Donnell | Public Policy Day 2025

121

Why Tech, Not Design, Will Define the Cars of the Future with John Bozzella | Public Policy Day 2025

122

Why Senator Bernie Moreno Believes in the Franchise Model | Live Interview From Public Policy Day

123

Making M&A About More Than The Acquisition with Dave Cantin

124

How To Prove To Customers That You Actually Care with Ted Rubin of ActivEngage

125

Avoid the Digital Retailing Trap with Bobby Gaudreau of Activator

126

Solving the "Coming Soon" Problem with Colby Joyner of Liftkit.io

127

The Art of Human Connection in the Data-Driven Automotive Industry with Carol Marshall

128

Why Customers Leave Bad Reviews with Matt Murray

129

The Impact of Aligning The Right Inventory With The Right Market with Susanna Cunningham

130

Changing the Culture Through An Employee Stock Ownership Plan with Bethany Sobczak

131

Seeing and Knowing The Person Behind The Click with Tina Cuatto

132

How In-Person Events Create Innovation And Collaboration with Greg Uland

133

Unlocking Potential In The Auto Industry by Mentorship and Training with Jack Pearson

134

Applying Farming Principles To The Service Drive To Harvest Customer Retention with Nick Shaffer

135

Merchandising: Fixing The House Before Inviting People To It with Daniel Able

136

Building The AI Authority In The Automotive Vertical with Devin Daly

137

Blending Storytelling and AI Feedback To Create The Ultimate Training Experience with Abby Vietor and Kathy Munoz of Ford University

138

The Future of Financing is Faster with Keishawn Batts of Upstart

139

Running A Business Is Like Coaching An 8-Year-Old Baseball Team with John Fitzpatrick of Force Marketing

140

Making Accounting Sexy with Laurent Charpentier of Yooz

141

Make It Pretty, Then Make It Ugly with Luis Delgado of Altura Automotive

142

Compliance is the Green Lantern of Automotive with Sherryl Nens of ComplyAuto

143

The 13-Year-Old Auto Industry Advocate with Kaylee Jewert

144

Pushing Back Against Pessimism with Peter Kelso

145

AI Is a Tool, Not a Solution with Brad Title | Auto Collabs

146

Learning To Drive in 2039 with Jimmy Douglas

147

Just Take Good Pictures of The Cars with Jason Tropp

148

The Highest Level of Intelligence with Kelly Good Stoop

149

Passion, Aggression, Humility with Diana Lee of Constellation

150

For The Sake of Retail Auto with Nick Askew

151

Fixed Ops To The Front with Dan Shine

152

A Data Refrigerator Full of Takeout Boxes with Bobby Gaudreau

153

There Are No EV Chargers At The US Capitol with Hilary Haron

154

Give the Customer All the Pieces to the Puzzle with Andrew Breedlove

155

Unreasonable Hospitality = More Than Cars with Will Guidara

156

The Highest Rated Dealership on Glassdoor with Sam D'Arc

157

Keep Climbing with Bill Zadeits

158

Retention, Defection and Conquest with Greg Uland

159

The Tyranny of Over-Disclosure with Brian Maas

160

Exceed Your Customer's Curiosity with John Foley

161

Innovative Ideas are Born at ASOTU CON with Phil Gill

162

Attacking Experience with Michael Wood

163

Clever is the New Creative with Erin Richmond

164

What I Do Is Not Who I Am with Troy Duhon

165

Do The Work 3 Years Ago with David Spisak

166

Fighting Doberman Pinschers In The Rain with Jeremy Stephens

167

Tomorrow's Standard Equipment with Karen Byrd

168

"Charging" Forward (yes, that's an EV pun) with Elena Ciccotelli

169

Would You Work For YOU? with Alan Brown

170

Teaching Automotive to 18-Year-Olds with Elgie Bright

171

The EV Professor with Alex Lawrence

172

39 Feet of Paper with Greg Uland

173

The When, Why and How of Marketing with Steve DeWitt

174

The Most Effective Sales Tactic with Will McGinnis

175

One Billion Lines of Data Every Month with Steve White

176

Kamping with the Kilways with Jarrod Kilway

177

Eating Your Own Dog Food with Lindsay Ciavattone

178

Tesla is Apple, Everything Else is Android with Jimmy Douglas

179

All In, All the Time with Steve Roessler

180

Solutions You Didn't Know You Need with Tony Vigiletti and Shane Bell

181

Consistency Across All Platforms with Charlie Wineke and Ryan Dooley

182

A Job Your Mother-In-Law Would Be Proud Of with Matthew Haiken

183

Covering EVs Since 1997 with Jamie Butters

184

Why Cut The Turkey In Half? with Hoss Devine

185

The First Rule of Sales with Art Dessein

186

From Vendor To Dealer with Andrew Diffenderfer

187

Shooting 3/4 Shots of Malibus with Peter Duffy

188

Digital Paradigm Shift with Melissa Cartagena

189

The Past Is Gone, The Future Is Not Here Yet with Danny Zaslavsky

190

My Level of Service will Determine My Outcome with Evan Riley

191

Quit Shortening Your Sales Process with Jesse Cole

192

For The Love of Automotive with Steve Laureys

193

Digital, Data-Driven, Different with Lucas Neiderer

194

90 Minutes Each Way with Felicia Rey

195

Jedi Mind Tricks with Ed Roberts

196

Traveling Through the Matrix with Chris Adams

197

The $91 (Canadian) Dollar Marketing Campaign with Devin Sooley

198

It's a Real Job with Bruce Miller

199

More Hype than Hope with Rick Ricart

200

Pushing a Billy Goat with Ron Smith

201

Grinning from Ear to Ear with Jordan Cox

202

Answering 1 Million Phone Calls a Day with Ben Ayed

203

From Mountain Drives to Bachelorette Parties with Alan Krutsch

204

Meet the New Boss Who’s Always Been In Charge with Melanie Wilson

205

Why We Should Let The Market Decide with Santosh Viswanathan

206

From Homeland Security to Auto with Amir Hever

207

Using Your Own Tech with Steve Roessler

208

Loading the Statue of David with Michael Cirillo

209

Students of the Industry with Michael Lucki and Matthew Vollmers

210

Snowboards to SAAS with Mike Colacchio

211

Talking in Parables with Ben Hadley

212

Teaching Through Personal Pain with Durran Cage

213

An Expert on Yesterday with Tom Ryan

214

Bobby Knight Prepared Me For Auto with Jason Stein

215

Economists Are Cool Too with Charlie Chesbrough

216

The “And” Mindset with Matt Jones

217

Fake Beards and Flat Brims with Nathan Hollenbeck

218

Local Scale vs. National Scale with Alan Haig

219

Transfer of Emotion with Rick Ricart

220

Nice Guys and Robots with Slawek Potasz

221

Customer Facing Implications with John Clavadetscher

222

It Started at a Shoeshine with Ryan Osten

223

Fresh Out of Retail with Carol Marshall

224

Ringing the Bell with Dan Moore

225

From Disrupted to Disruptor with Anthony Jingoli

226

The Consumer Has Moved with Alex Vetter

227

Part-Time Actor, Full-Time Brand with Brian Ortega

228

It Started With An iPhone with Nathanael Greklek

229

The Future of Conversation with Josselyn Boudett

230

From 1997 ‘Til Now with Doug Miller

231

Digging For Story with Erin Sparks

232

The Middle Between Supply and Demand with Mike Darrow

233

Outsider Coming In with Jeff Gonzales

234

Focused for the Long Term with Ilana Shabtay

235

Ten Thousand Hours with Sarah Carter

236

Auto Throws a Punch with Darren Doane

237

Relevant Near Me with Jeff Revilla

238

What is the Real Mission? with Steve Apicella

239

The View From Down Under with Michael Johnson

240

Three Letter Words with Chad Graves

241

One of Us Has To Be Right with Tim Cox

242

Buy Center In a Tent with Eric Hall

243

Air Traffic Control with Colby Joyner

244

Pain of Discipline vs. Pain of Regret with Tommy Gibbs

245

Unpacking Social Comparison with Dr. Nicole Lipkin

246

Bridging the Gap with Brian Singh

247

The Story So Far...

248

Podcasting During a Delivery with Matt Lasher

249

Being Good People In Business with Liza Borches

250

Frameworks that Free You with Glenn Pasch

251

Hello From The Other Side with Brian Kramer

252

Transactional vs Relational with Scott Simons

253

Building Communities of Impact with David Long

254

Used Cars & Human Nature with Todd Caputo

255

Out Of Town Experts with Danny Zaslavsky

256

The Internet and 1998 with Jasen Rice

257

Somebody's Going To Quit with Glenn Lundy

258

All Roads Lead to Greenfield with Steve Greenfield

259

Breaking the Barrier of Trust w/ Damon Lester

260

“So we had to…” w/ Jim McKelvey

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