Hosted by Gary Russell · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 19 episodes
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Welcome to Driving Drivel, A podcast from the guys at Your Pass Driving School where our conversations are based very loosly on all things driving, from learning to drive, to taking your test, to your driving career afterwards. We plan on chatting with learners, instructors, examiners, police, road department, doctors etc from all around the world.
Gary Russell hosts Driving Drivel Podcast, a leisure show with 19 episodes published.
Episode 10 – Roundabout Rumble (with Stacey Graham) Automatic instructor Stacey Graham compares notes with Gary on life before and after becoming an instructor. They even hatch a plan to tackle each other’s notoriously t
Episode 9 – Hypnosis for Driving Nerves (with Andrew Farquharson) Andrew Farquharson, GHR-accredited hypnotherapist, explains how he helped a learner of Gary’s beat 20+ years of test nerves in just three sessions—leading
Episode 8 – Real Street or Load-a-Sheet! (with Courtney King) Estate agent Courtney King passed with Gary and now sells houses around Dunfermline. She shares driving memories, first-car stories, and takes on the hilariou
Episode 7 – Instructor Life (with Gillian Fielding) Manual instructor Gillian Fielding talks about learning to drive, why she became an instructor, and the day-to-day highs and challenges of guiding new drivers at Your P
Episode 6 – Electric Wisdom (with Martin Woolley) Long-time friend and ex-learner Martin Woolley may know more about electric cars than anyone Gary’s ever met. From EV myths to future tech, Martin flips the script and te
Episode 5 – Guess the Car! (with Sarah Lee) Sarah Lee, proud mum of Sophie from Episode 3, relives her own driving journey. Don’t miss the very visual game Car Behind the Star, where she guesses which Your Pass tuition c
Episode 4 – The Drummer & the past sleepy Instructor (with Alexander Spence) Musician Alexander Spence tells the wild story of a previous instructor who kept nodding off mid-lesson! Now learning with Gary, he talks progr
Episode 3 – Family Learners (with Sophie Lee) Sophie Lee, current learner and daughter of Episode 5 guest Sarah, shares what it’s like learning to drive with Gary. Enjoy driving chat, a rapid-fire Q&A, and our game Whose
Episode 2 – Driving with Anxiety & OCD (with Craig Muir) Gary reconnects with Craig Muir, who overcame extreme anxiety and OCD to pass his test. They talk coping strategies, the reality of first-car ownership, and play L
Episode 1 – All About Accidents Introducing Shari, Complete Accident Solutions Scotland - our new sponsor! Season 2 opens with a bang—figuratively! Gary talks openly and honestly about all accidents he's been involved in
We end season 1 of this podcast with Jim (Primrose Driving School) popping in to the studio to talk about his life as a driving instructor and explains what he did before this - wait til you find out what he carried abou
We reckon this podcast contains around 5% driving content....Gary catches up with Maggi - a blast from the past, they discuss everything from magic mushrooms to falling into a combine harvester! It's a much watch / liste
Gary chats to former learner Debbie who fills him in on what she's been up to this past 13 years she passed.
Fellow driving instructor Pete pops in for a chat with Gary, all the usual drivel you'd expect including what they'd do if they weren't driving instructors and would Gary eat at Greasy Pete's Skanky Caf. Spoiler alert...
It's been a year since Becky passed her driving test in her beloved Mk 2 Golf, she pops in to chat to Gary about how she manages her lifelong challenge of serious anxiety and the joys and troubles of owning a car that's
Kat is back in the podcast studio to chat to Gary after 8 years since starring in our Show Me Tell Me video. Find out what she's been up to, what she thinks of all those 'interesting' comments on her video and just what
Gary chats to Sean, a past learner who got their licence 8 years ago. They catch up on how it felt getting through the test, what's been happening since then and discuss what the future holds for both. Watch the video ep
One of the nicest guys in the industry. Gary chats with Sam from Forth Gear Driving School. Sam has his own YouTube channel, check that out here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBC3l_nlnzAS29S-yLvDsQg Watch the video ep
Our very first pilot episode was recorded with a few technical issues so we thought we'd skip that although the link to watch it is down below. So technically this is episode 2. Gary, host, owner of the Podcast and Your
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