This podcast is about a number of things we talk about hot topics, give advice, answer fan questions, and more. I also talk about sports, gaming, and other topics friends. We bring guests on to talk about whatever it is that they do. Our names are Alex, Katelyn, and Mary. This podcast is a part of Alex Wood and Co.
Alex Wood, Katelyn Benson, Mary Stephens
Christopher Bell made himself the 14th different Cup Series winner this past weekend at New Hampshire during a very interesting weekend as Alex and Cory review it. Mary had a scheduling conflict & was unavailable for this week's podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
With Chase Elliott getting another win this year, Alex and Mary review the races at Atlanta, Mid-Ohio, and the Nashville Fairgrounds. Alex tries his hand at a new type of racing video game (and horribly fails at it much to Mary's amusement). Mary thinks Atlanta should either be reconfigured or removed from the NASCAR schedule. And both Alex and Mary gets a surprise in the mail that neither were not expecting whatsoever. (NOTE: The reactions to the Tyler Reddick & Alex Palou bombshells will be on next weeks episode as this weeks episode was recorded before either news story broke) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Not much going on this week so this is a quicker episode. Alex & Mary discuss Road America, Stafford, & Mid-Ohio. Alex seals his fate as Captain Dunderhead, & Mary wins a Johnny Benson chrome diecast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Our leader, host, company owner, and number one Chase Elliott fan, Alex, gets to celebrate this week because of Chase's big win this past week at Nashville. Alex and Mary also discuss the SRX race at South Boston and viewers and listeners are treated to random topics and an unboxing as well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Despite only the Trucks, NHRA, & SRX Series racing this past weekend, things still get a bit out of hand both on track & on this week's program. This might as well have been called "The Facepalm Episode". FOX sucks, but what else is new? Alex thinks he's funny & Mary vastly disagrees, Alex is flabbergasted at the prospect of Helio Castroneves in NASCAR, & Mary found a lost tote from over 12 years ago & finally proves to Alex she does have that one diecast that Alex has shown before on this program. ... Also, if you ever wanted to see a Pikachu react to Jason Jacoby, this is your video! On a more serious note, Alex & Mary would also like to send their best wishes to Clint Bowyer. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
With Daniel Suarez winning Sonoma and the truck race actually being good despite being won by Kyle Busch, lots of good things were at play this past week. Devlin DeFrancesco also has a new fan in Alex because of what he did at Road America. We also have our first three-host podcast since episode 24. This caused Alex to give Mary and Cory the challenge of creating some interesting NASCAR Thunder 2002 race combinations. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
After a race weekend that was full of things that were unexpected, Alex and Mary give their takes on how NASCAR can improve. Alex also talks about how Bell Isle did not deserve to lose its date on the IndyCar schedule. Mary also talks about how STUPID Google is in terms of NASCAR driver's relationships... And no we are not making that up! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Alex has Cory & Mary on for a couple different segments discussing the craziness of the biggest race weekend of the year... & how the Coca-Cola 600 may have just gotten itself "cancelled." Alex & Cory also discuss a bunch of strange things not related to racing. And Alex demonstrates some fantasy cars in NASCAR Thunder 2003 to Cory. Alex also talks about his big day at the racetrack! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Texas was Texas wasn't it? Well, we have it all for you as Alex & our new member of the podcast, Cory, review just how bad the All-Star race was & if Texas & the All-Star race should be removed. For those who are fans of Mary, do not worry. Alex believed that Mary needed a week off from doing recordings & she agreed. In the meantime, say welcome to our new podcast member Cory. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
On this episode, Alex & Mary discuss Kansas, Alex rants about Mega-Baddies, Mary rants about Andy Houston's car owners during his time as a driver, & boatloads of stories galore! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
On this episode, Alex and Mary review the Darlington weekend, Alex calls Mary crazy for a potential counter curse towards one of the most infamous curses in racing today, and Mary thinks Denny Hamlin is a racist & should be banned from NASCAR. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
After Chase Elliott's win at Dover, Alex (a Chase Elliott fan) decides to spend an episode laughing at all the Twitter trolls about Chase Elliott winning on an oval. He and Mary also discuss Barber as well as Zoom's stupid new decision to only allow 40-minute calls if you have the free version. There was supposed to be a hot seat this week, but the interview was not processed correctly because the folder was deleted before the file processed. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Talladega produced a result that neither Alex nor Mary saw coming. That's all there is to say --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Alex & Mary review the Bristol dirt weekend, which was not exactly what was expected or wanted. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
A very bizarre Martinsville weekend has left everyone bewildered with the racing, apparently, not being up to the expectations of the fans... although Mary thinks otherwise. Other things are also discussed concerning Martinsville, Long Beach, & a lot of concerns regarding divas in NASCAR, Jimmie Johnson's hand, Joe Gibbs Racing's existence, NASCAR's hatred of Brad Keselowski, & Truck Series cockpit fires. Also this is the week that we'd have a special guest co-host for Mary with Alex on vacation... Well... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Alex and Mary review Mary's home track of Richmond. With Joe Gibbs Racing drivers sweeping the weekend, a debate about what makes a race exciting was initiated. Alex and Mary also discuss a topic that has now affected a current driver in NASCAR, prompting a conversation Mary once again did not want to revisit...again. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
COTA was good and the new car was essentially a reset for the Cup Series. Aside from that being discussed, a story of perseverance, courage, and recovery is told as former NASCAR Cup Series winner Jerry Nadeau stops by. Nadeau talks about his NASCAR career and talks about how he wouldn't have changed a thing about his career or how it played out and he also talks about the ups and downs of his career, including his near-fatal, career ending crash at Richmond in 2003, which Mary was in attendance for, but did not see. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Atlanta disappointed Mary and Texas disappointed Alex. There might be changes that need to be made to the schedules, but maybe not. Today, opinions are shared, and people complain to an extent. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
This past race weekend was not a total bust because there were some interesting things that happened. Alex was not prepared at all for this episode and Mary enjoyed every second of it. Alex also needs to start looking at the IndyCar schedule. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Ryan Newman stopped by Pastimes to talk with Alex about his racing career and his future. It's a little bit of a rushed episode today because Alex had some other obligations to take care of. He and Mary talk about Vegas and there will be no picks this week because of how limited the time was to record. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
One of the most anticipated interviews in PAOM history finally occurs today. Former NASCAR driver David Stremme joins Pastimes to talk about his life growing up on the west side of South Bend, Indiana, his NASCAR career, revealing a lot of things we didn't know while he was in NASCAR, his dirt career, his chassis company, and many more. He also talks about the night that Alex met him at Plymouth Speedway in Indiana back in 2009 due to that being the first time Alex ever met a NASCAR driver. Alex and Mary also discuss Auto Club and St. Petersburg, preview Las Vegas, and good things and cooler heads prevailed after last week's failed unboxing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Irish Saunders probably isn't a name you may be familiar with, but you've probably heard of a lot of people he knows, including Ryan Newman, Tony Stewart, and Jeff Gordon. He joins the podcast today to tell his stories about racing in northern Indiana and southern Michigan. Alex also recounts his appearance on FS1's 100K Cams and brings in a couple other YouTubers as well --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
The racing season starts this weekend, so Alex & Mary have you covered. They preview Daytona, Alex shows off some hero card, and Mary has the realization she's probably too nice and caring. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
After premiering last week on Alex's channel, we now have an episode premiere on the channel that opened up Season 2 last year. Alex & Mary discuss the Clash, interview another member of the Old Guard Brock Beard, Mary gives her thoughts on the big game, & Alex decides to discuss things that Mary asked him not to discuss 10 billion times. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Because Alex brought his channel back, he decided to have the season 3 premiere of the Pastimes and Other Musings Podcast premiere on the channel it began on. Dave Moody took some time to sit down with him to talk about what he's seen in NASCAR and his career on MRN. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
The season has ended and Alex and Mary have chosen to take this episode and reflect on how this year was special to them personally and professionally. The next episode will air on Friday February 4, 2022 at 7 PM and hopefully, next season will have a lot more to come for the podcast. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Before the NASCAR (and podcast) season finale, a lot led up to what Alex believes is the most anticipated race of the year. Martinsville causes things to go haywire, Mary needs to talk some sense into people, and Mary explains the reasoning behind her recent video, a video she did not want to make. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
On this episode of Pastimes, Alex is happy, Mary gets rushed, Kansas was predictable, Mary voices concerns over Carson Ware, and Alex chooses a new outro slogan. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
The "lost" interview and first interview with an open-wheel personality will finally premiere this week. Jeff Andretti finally joins us this week and Alex and Mary reflect on their birthdays. Alex also makes PAOM history in more ways than one. Numerous announcements will be made in this episode as well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
This episode is premiering on Alex's birthday, so therefore, it's also the day Dan Wheldon passed away, add to that, it's 10 years to the day. Alex and Mary honor Wheldon and talk about the fateful day 10 years ago. They also discuss the Roval and Texas. The interview scheduled for this week will premiere next week. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
While Talladega may have been controversial, Alex and Mary discuss the triumph and tragedy of the weekend. Matthew Dillner from Lost Speedways on Peacock and Dale Jr. Download stops by to talk to Alex as well. This is one episode to remember for a long time. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Alex & Mary discuss the events of NASCAR in Las Vegas, IndyCar in Long Beach, some more ridiculous NASCAR controversies, & Alex discusses his feelings on deceased drivers throughout NASCAR history. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Alex & Mary discuss the events of Bristol, including multiple crazy finishes, a change in scenery for Mary, & exactly why an ass whooping against Kevin Harvick has been 20 years in the making. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
With Niece Motorsports and Circle B Diecast announcing Carson Hocevar will run Mary's all-time favorite paint scheme of her favorite driver, Alex decided they needed to dedicate an episode to that. Alex also has some things he needed to say regarding some tips people had given him about the new live chat policies. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
This past race weekend was one of several things that neither Alex nor Mary liked. They also discuss things coming up in the world outside of racing and after Mary's 10 year on YouTube celebration, Alex and Mary have set new rules for both of their live chats as well as on the PAOM YouTube channel. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Idk Player joins the podcast today to talk about his opinion on NASCAR gaming and his opinion of NASCAR '21 Ignition. Alex and Mary also make their Cup Series playoff picks and Alex explains why Kyle Larson really is the favorite for the 2021 Cup Series Championship. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
For the first time in PAOM Podcast history, a guest returns, but this time, Darian Gilliam co-hosts with Alex and Mary as they discuss a wide range of topics from this past week's Michigan race to Jason Jacoby to Mary and Darian putting their three year beef behind them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
We've got a special episode this week for you fans of Tony Stewart and Ray Evernham's SRX series that debuted on 2021 as Matt Yocum joined Alex to talk about his time in NASCAR as a pit reporter as well as growing up in their mutual home state. Mary also give her two cents about the Indy road course "shenanigans" and Alex explains why "and Other Musings" was added to the podcast's name. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
2019 NASCAR Drive for Diversity member Brooke Storer joined Alex to talk about racing and what she's been up to in relation to her racing career. Alex and Mary also set a few records straight and discuss some topics that have not been discussed for a while. It's a pretty packed episode, so be sure to stay tuned to hear some interesting perspectives. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
No racing on TV means another randomizer discussion episode, but Alex had the incredible opportunity to interview former NASCAR driver turned deployed soldier, Lyndon Amick. Amick shares his story about being a driver to being a deployed soldier in Afghanistan. Lyndon's story is something to really take in and Alex wants everyone to really listen to Lyndon and not just hear it once, but really think about what Amick is saying. Alex also has a bone to pick with Ebay sellers and Mary has one message: support your local short tracks. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Alex was able to interview the host of The Scene Vault Podcast, Rick Houston about his love for racing and NASA. Rick's goal is to preserve Winston Cup Scene (or Grand National Scene). Alex and Mary also talk about how boring life is without racing. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
For the first time since episode 23, we have an interview and it's none other than former Winston Cup Scene and Grand National Scene journalist, Steve Waid. Alex and him talk about stories about drivers such as Jeff Gordon, Johnny Benson, Dale Earnhardt, Adam Petty, and Lyndon Amick. They also discuss events that have happened recently, such as the "Breakdown of Rich Bickle" (according to Alex) and today's NASCAR. Alex and Mary also discuss Brad Keselowski's move from Team Penske to Roush Fenway Racing, and Alex has a little bone to pick with Nabisco regarding something that Mary did not expect. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Let's see: -The Cup Series has the best result of the week in NASCAR -The Truck Series race is atrocious -Paul Tracy dominates SRX headlines for Paul Tracy reasons -Atlanta is getting transformed into a mini-Daytonadega that literally no driver or fan asked for (Earth to Denny Hamlin) -Brad Keselowski is GETTING REPLACED at Penske by Austin Cindric; Matt DiBenedetto is now replaced by... Harrison Burton? Looks like it's time for Mary to go solo & roar like only she can! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
After a controversial issue caused by comments made by former NASCAR driver Rich Bickle towards Alex, which triggered such rage from Alex that his response upset prior guest Tim Packman (without him knowing what Rich had said and done), Alex and Mary are going to attempt to set the record straight and Mary attempts to repair what she sees as a rift between Alex and Tim, all as a result of what Rich said to cause this entire thing to begin with as well as comments Rich made on Facebook about rising truck series star, Carson Hocevar. They also tell random stories and explain why MRN pit reporter, Steve Post, will never be on the show. We also apologize for this going out late as there were processing issues. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Today, Alex and Mary discuss the acquisition of Chip Ganassi's Cup team by Trackhouse, Jeff Gordon leaving Fox, and for the first time since the Berlin meet up, they discuss that. Next week, they discuss another topic pertaining to something that happened regarding a former driver and a message that was sent to Alex that blew up on social media. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
With Alex recovery from surgery & Katelyn concentrating on future events for her Tuesday Tastings project, Mary once again does a solo episode reviewing the Texas All-Star weekend, the inaugural SRX race, & discusses the Charlotte truck race scare involving Johnny Sauter, Trey Hutchens, & Drew Dollar. Also, Mary has an exclusive special announcement regarding a big time video premiering on her Ultimate23Dragon channel! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
With Alex & Katelyn both taking some time off to deal with their own previously scheduled commitments, Mary decides to do an episode on her own. With no scheduled guest for this episode, Mary takes the opportunity to discuss something that has been on her mind, & heart, since the beginning of May 2021: The tragic death of former NASCAR driver Eric McClure. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
This episode was filmed before Alex took his social media break. You may see uploads on his channel, however, those are pre-recorded. He will be back in June (hopefully) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Season 2 kicks off with Alex's favorite local driver, Mary's all-time favorite race car driver, and Katelyn's dad. It is the one and only Johnny Benson. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Isabella Robusto talked with Alex about her racing career. This is not the full interview, but something is better than nothing --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
Brady Houser, the host of Out of the Fast Lane Podcast, was kind enough to sit down with me and talk about racing and his podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/alexwoodandco/message
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