Brew City Bug Talk
A Volkswagen Podcast with two VW enthusiasts from the Midwest. Prescott Phillips is the author of VW Air-cooled Engine: How to Rebuild, long time drag racer with Underdog racing, and performance engines and transmission builder. Sean Smith is a long time mechanic and rescuer of all things rusty. Together the two discuss the culture and history surrounding Volkswagen. They will have weekly guest come on the show to share their stories about racing, driving, and rebuilding Volkswagens throughout the years.
Episodes
37 episodes
Volkswagen VW Beetle Case Inspection **Audio from YouTube Video**
**This is the Audio from the Video on YouTube**With swap meet season starting soon, we walk you through the process of checking that old VW case you might find to make sure it is good to use in a future build. Link to YouTube...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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35:55
VW Collective President Mark Cox
Car Show season is almost here in the Mid-West, so we sit down with the VW Collective of Milwaukee car club's President Mark Cox. He breaks down what is new with the club and what is all happening this season. Pretty much we yell at him for an ...
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Episode 28
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1:01:47
Michigan Buggy Builders Show
On this Episode we talk with Mike Carey.Mike is the man behind the best VW Swap Meet in the Midwest, The Michigan Buggy Builders Show. We get the history behind the show, from when it first started, we talk about what to expect when you ...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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36:51
Texas vs The World
On this episode we talk with Clint Cox and Jason Poynter, these two are the masterminds behind what has become one of the Biggest Volkswagen Events in the US called Texas vs The World. We talk all about how the event came into existence and wha...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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53:55
Sick Week 2025 Day One Recap
Sick Week 2025 Day One Recap with Sean and Prescott. Feel free email us with all your questions or comments: BCBugTalk@gmail.com Follow us on Facebook for some exclusive content: https://www.facebook....
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19:37
Sick Week 2025 Day Zero Recap
On this episode we sit down with Prescott and Chuck Fryer to get a quick day zero recap. Feel free email us with all your questions or comments: BCBugTalk@gmail.comFollow us on Facebook for some exclusive content:
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9:45
Volkswagen Beetle Transmission 101
This is the audio from our video we made for our Youtube channel, in this episode we go over the VW Beetle manual transmissions throughout the years. How to identify what version of transmission you have, Swing Axle or IRS, what is the best way...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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36:50
Let's Talk VW Powered Airplanes
Happy New Year, We are back for our second year!!On this episode we talk Shawn Wiedenhoeft, who is a retired Marine Corps pilot that builds experimental aircraft powered by VW engine. We get hear about all his ups and downs with his hom...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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59:09
Year in Review!!
Sean and Prescott sit down and reminisce over the last year. We take a look at our first year doing the podcast and we talk about what's next in 2025 for Brew City Bug Talk. Check out the Video for this show on YouTube at www.youtube.com/...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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54:29
The Long Lost Pat Downs Episode
Today we talk with Mr. Pat Downs, this man is a living legend in the VW world. He worked at CB Performance helping to develop some of the coolest and most innovative products on the market, he holds the world record for the fastest quarter mile...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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55:41
VW Party Time with Dan Leadbetter VW Trends and Adam & Tanner Seward Speed Shop
Party Time!!Dan Leadbetter from VW Trends Magazine made the trip up to see Adam & Tanner from Seward Speed Shop, so naturally we made the trip down, it was awesome!! Great time recapping all the cool things happening with these...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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1:05:46
81 Years Old, VW Racer, Still Racing to this Day!
We talk with Vic Frazzell, our oldest guest to date. He has been involved with Volkswagens since 1965 and still actively road races his own 1968 Beetle race car. He takes on his wild adventures throughout the years, come hear his story.
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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58:23
CornPanzer Time!!
We talk with one of the original founding members of the Corn Panzers VW Group Mr. David Conklin. He has been building and racing VW's for year, we talk about his time with the web site Cal-Look.com and everything Volkswagen.
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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55:59
From Cali to Wisconsin, Corn Panzer Racer, Engine Builder, Mr. David Ward
On todays episode we are talking with another long time VW enthusiast David Ward. He grew up and lived in Anaheim California eventually moved to the mid-west and now calls home near the frozen tundra of Wisconsin. He has been building, racing, ...
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Episode 18
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1:09:55
EMPI Engine Builder World Champs Part #2
The second part of this two part series with Seward Speed Shop. We get into the competition, The EMPi Engine Battle!! We talk about how everything went from the time they left Rockford to the moment they were crowned World Champs.ht...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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1:37:32
World Champions Engine Builders!!! Empi Engine Battle Champs Seward Speed Shop Part #1
In this episode we travel to Rockford IL to meet with the guys from Seward Speed Shop, Adam and Tanner are the winners of the Empi Engine Battle. In the first episode of this two part series, we meet the guys and find out all about the concept ...
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Episode 16
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47:26
VW Collective of Milwaukee Car Club
Today we are on location at the first annual VW Collective of Milwaukee car clubs' Picnic/Car Show. We sat down with the President of the club Mark C and the Social Media/Marketing director Mindy B. to get the history and future plans for the b...
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Episode 15
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39:32
Old Volks Home
This week we talk to owner and operator of Old Volks Home Wes Pichler, a long time running and popular Volkswagen shop in the Milwaukee area. Wes has been working on and building Volkswagens for year, come join us as he shares some great ...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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48:07
VW Drag Night & Germanaire Drag Day
All the way from South Carolina, long time Volkswagen enthusiast, racer, and organizer of some of the coolest Volkswagen racing events in South Carolina, Mr. Scott Sain. Every year he puts on two great events VW Drag Night and Germanai...
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Episode 13
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36:48
Weekend In Review
On this episode we take a few minutes and talk about some of the Volkswagen related events that happened in the Mid-West over the weekend.
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Episode 12
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20:08
Sick Summer Day #5 The End
Sick Summer Day #5 Recap.Today was the last day of our adventure, We got the band back together!We were back at Byron Race track to close out the Sick Summer Drag Week.
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25:32
Sick Summer Day#4
Sick Summer Day#4 Recap The End is Near!! We are in Wisconsin our Home track Great Lakes Dragaway for day 4 of racing.
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35:17