Always. Read more

You’re right that he never wanted to be referred to as a hero. Of course, that never stopped me before. He always said he wasn’t “like those other guys who fought in Italy and did all that heroic stuff,” but Jim was heroic in countless other ways. Small ways and big ways. He lived a truly remarkable life. I hope the… Read more

Thank you. Read more

I am almost positive that at the end of that video, you hear the driver very drowsily say, “what happened?” Did anyone else catch that? Read more

Take the fucking Jeep. Salvage every last thing you can from it, inside, outside, etc.  Read more

I am fully aware that I’m naive for responding, but I’m going to anyway: Jezebel has featured a ton of stuff written by men. Bobby and Rich have been a major part of that publication’s output. I would wager that a significant portion of their readership and commenting community are also men. But that site is also… Read more

Really, really, REALLY good question. And the answer is: it’s hard for me to know. She posted an extensive thread on Twitter about how she’s made some good progress in this area, but I won’t lie: it’s hard for me to hear the same things you did.  Read more

Hey, Eddie. You say you’re not being disingenuous, so I’ll take you at your word. Few things and real quick. Okay...  Read more

I can’t even begin to thank you for your kind words. Obviously, I care very much what my audience thinks. But often, my stories are personal ones for my subjects. They are putting a lot of trust in me. So I have a real stake in how they feel I’ve done with it. It means so much that they felt I did well with it and you… Read more

If you’d like to talk about it or share your thoughts with me (about the episode or your rough year), please reach out: tempest@tempestpodcast.com. I am the only one who will read email to that address. Read more

It is. It would have been easy for him, I’m sure, to just let it go. You’ll hear. Read more

Obviously, Tempest is a labor of love for me and every episode has a very special place in my heart. That said, this episode may go down as the most emotionally powerful one I’ve ever worked on. I cried many times cutting it. I can’t begin to tell you all what it felt like to have this story entrusted to me. I hope… Read more

That was fun! And we’re trying to get back out your way again in the next year or so... Read more

Yes to both. I’ve been on the bench in terms of the written stuff because my family and I just got done with a very long relocation. But I actually just emailed with Patrick (our fearless editor in chief) yesterday about an essay. As for Tempest, stay tuned. Hoping to be able to share some news as early as today. I’m… Read more

Ah, thanks so much. Way I see it, for people to take the time to leave a comment...that means a lot. Typically I’m dropping 5K - 7K word long pieces on Jalopnik. So for someone to take the time to read all of it and THEN leave a comment, hell yeah, that deserves a response from me. I’m also insanely grateful that… Read more

So glad you liked it. Spending time with a guy like Jim gives you a lot of perspective. And one of those perspectives is that with how goddamn awful the world can be, there are people in it like him who have done so much, who are such GOOD people. Read more

You know, I think he’s a little bummed that he’s not able to drive. But on the other hand, his appreciation for cars goes deeper than just being able to drive them. You can see that in how dedicated he was to officiating races. With the CTS-V, he was absolutely thrilled to not only get to ride in it, but to have a pro… Read more

Plenty more to hear from Jim, and hopefully soon... Read more

You’re so very welcome. It’s truly humbling to get to meet these folks and tell their stories. More to come! Read more

Jim is mostly blind in one eye now, and does not drive anymore. Read more