I've Hosted Ride the Lightning, a Tesla Podcast, Every Sunday for the Past 9+ Years

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Hello Tesla community! Just thought I'd say hi on No Shame Sunday for those who don't know me. I'm Ryan McCaffrey and I host Ride the Lightning, a Tesla podcast, and I'm closing in on my 500th weekly episode. I try to structure it like a fun radio show, with news, analysis, phone callers, and a pro tip of the week. I interviewed Elon for an hour on episode 200, and I've had Franz on twice. I acknowledge that if you're subbing here you might not get a ton out of a weekly Tesla podcast since you are already following all things Tesla pretty closely, but if you're interested, I'm here every Sunday. :-) Cheers!

Love your stuff Ryan!

Long time listener. Love it. Keep up the good work.

Pretty cool! I started listening back when I first got my Tesla in 2018, and saw your podcast showing up in the car :)

Been listening since I discovered your podcast about 6 months ago. Good stuff

Listen to your podcast every week, and have followed you since the early days since I’ve been a gamer forever. It actually caught me off guard when I first found RTL because I didn’t realize you were also into Tesla.

Been listening since 2018. I love the news and Ryan's takes on it. He is such a positive person, a real joy to listen to. And bonus he sometimes talks about his dogs!

Thank you Ryan for the amazing interviews, insights (+gaming recommendations) and your ability to distill an entire week's worth of Tesla news into a concise and enjoyable program.

That’s funny, at my last job (TASER inc before they changed their name to Axon), everyone could choose to “ride the lightning” which meant get tased. Not fun getting tased.

I've watched so many of your reviews on IGN, and when I found out you had a Tesla podcast a couple of years ago, I had to check it out. Great stuff as always, man.

So great to see a check in from you. I don't listen weekly, but I have definitely enjoyed hours of your content. Thanks for it all!

What do you do on Saturdays?

Awesome job, Ryan. The amount of love and effort you bring to RTL and Podcast Unlocked is truly inspiring and an accomplishment worthy of the highest praise. Thank you for all the hard work and dedication.

As far as the podcast goes, I typically relax. I record on Friday nights. ;-)

Hi Ryan. Really love the work you do on the podcast. Glad you came over here. And if people haven’t heard your podcast yet, they should drop everything and go do so now. It’s brilliant. Thank you again for all that you do for the community.

By the way Ryan what are your personal thoughts on Lidar and HW3? Pretty big topic on the community lately.

Hi Ryan, I’ve been listening for a couple of months now. I love your podcast and your enthusiasm for all things Tesla. I exclusively listen to it when I go for a run, and I’m glad the episodes tend to be long!

Is your intro music the Metallica song of the same name? Because if not, you're missing a golden opportunity. Although on second thought, it's about someone being executed in the electric chair, so maybe not totally appropriate.

Listen to your podcast every week since 200, great info and a positive vibe. Thank you, Ryan!

Been listening since about episode 120 or so. Love the podcast. Thanks for doing it!

Love your work Ryan!

Found you a little later than some, but I made sure you catch up from the beginning. It was kind of fun listening to past episodes that we now have the present to determine what came true.

Love the pod!

It’s from Halo. :-)

I really love your podcast. I listen to it weekly and look forward to it, thanks and keep up the great work!

Long time listener from Europe here. It's good. A bit too positive and biased for a podcast imho, but good.

Waaaaaay back when it was Metallica tho. OG listeners remember. 😀

Yes! Good memory. ;-)

Been enjoying the podcast since one of your patreon supporters got me into it (Cote). Waiting for juniper to dip my toes in the Tesla waters. I’d love to hear you start placing bets on exact announcement dates.

Yes you are awesome Ryan

My annual New Year’s predictions episode will be here soon. :-) Say hi to John for me!