Hosted by Joe Rode · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 73 episodes
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On the Powerboat Talk podcast, we talk everything performance boats including offshore powerboats, lake racers, jet boats, v-drive boats, race boats. Featuring interviews with leaders and influencers in the performance boat industry.
Joe Rode hosts Powerboat Talk, a leisure show with 73 episodes published.
In this episode of Powerboat Talk, we sit down with drag boat racing pioneer Mary Rife, the first woman ever licensed to drive a Blown Fuel Hydro and the only woman in history to surpass 200 mph in a boat. Long before wo
In this episode of Powerboat Talk , we sit down with offshore racing legend John Connor to explore a career that helped define the sport's golden era. As throttleman and crew chief for Paul and Betty Cook, Connor played
In this episode of Powerboat Talk , we sit down with Cade Wilson, the new owner of Sterling Engines , a name deeply rooted in offshore racing history. After a successful corporate career and a leadership foundation built
In this episode of Powerboat Talk, we sit down with veteran flatbottom K-boat driver Ty Newton of Phoenix, Arizona, a multi-time national champion and member of the American Power Boat Association Hall of Champions (2009
In this episode, recorded before the 2025 racing season, we sit down with Dave Villwock, the most successful driver in Unlimited Hydroplane racing history. At the time, Villwock had amassed 67 career wins, 10 national ch
As the founder of Customer Marine, Inc. (CMI) , Joe Zelinski stands as a central figure and true innovator in the high-performance marine world. For decades, CMI headers have set the benchmark for performance marine exha
In this episode, the 2nd of two parts, we talk with racer Tyler Speer following the 2025 drag boat racing season as he breaks down the continued progress of his A Fuel Nitro Hydro, Georgia Outlaw , through the 2025 seaso
Tyler Speer is one of the most versatile racers in modern drag boat competition and a rising force in nitro-powered hydro racing. Today he campaigns an Injected Nitro Hydro in the Top Alcohol Hydro class, pushing the lim
This episode of Powerboat Talk is a recording of a livestream that we did at Eddie Marine in Rancho Cucamonga for Eddie's SoCal Performance Expo opening night party. We had the privilege of interviewing 23 marine and aut
This week's episode features an inside look at the Boat Alcohol Displacement (BAD) Boat Challenge in Australia with Stock Racing team members Gordy Jennings ( Jennings Motorsports ) and Paul Fitzgerald ( Southern Thunder
On this episode of Powerboat Talk, we welcome Tate Ramsey, an Australian circuit boat racer, three-time winner, and reigning National Drivers Champion. Ramsey is also the current BAD Boat Challenge champion, and he puts
In this episode, we sit down with one of offshore powerboat racing's most accomplished throttlemen, Richie Powers. Over the course of more than three decades, Powers amassed an extraordinary record, more than sixty victo
Alan Stoker is a world-renowned boat racer and the builder of Stoker Boats. An innovator whose career spans the formative decades of Mod VP outboard racing and tunnel-hull development, Stoker was raised in Southern Calif
In this episode of Powerboat Talk, I talk to three new flatbottom circle boat racers—Nash Thorpe, Nick Balayan, and Travis Hill—who share their backgrounds, experiences, and insights from their first race at the Southern
Fred Inman is the owner and founder of Inman Marine Corporation (IMCO) , one of the largest and most respected performance aftermarket marine manufacturers in the world. Like many entrepreneurs, Inman, a metal fabricator
In this episode, I sit down with Chris Davidson, longtime publisher of Hot Boat Magazine and current publisher of Speedboat Magazine , to reflect on nearly four decades in the performance boating industry. Chris shares h
Reality and YouTube star Mike Finnegan returns on this episode of Powerboat Talk . Finnegan fills us in on his new role as a full-time YouTuber following MotorTrend's recent shutdown of all its TV shows. He also gives an
In this episode, we're talking with the team behind Freedom One Racing , a new name making waves at this year's Lake of the Ozarks Shootout . The Shootout's loose rules invite wild setups, and Freedom One didn't disappoi
Slug Hefner's Dirty Duck Racing team made history at the 2024 Lake of the Ozarks Shootout (LOTO) , breaking the 200 mph barrier for the first time. After falling just short of the milestone in 2023, Hefner's 438 Skater —
Billy Moore stands as one of the most successful offshore powerboat racers competing today. Following in the footsteps of his father, Bobby Moore —widely considered the first throttle man in offshore racing—Billy "works
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Bob Brown
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Jason Johnson
2025 NC Principal of the Year, 2026 National High School Principal of the Year · Christian Alliance for Orphans
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Ian Morgan
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Andrew Tate
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Chris Palmer
assistant professor of psychiatry · Harvard Medical School
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Jim Schultz
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Jeff Bennett
Aerospace Engineer, Jet Pump Set Up Expert and Performance Bottom Designer · Multiply Project
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Randy Davis
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