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
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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.
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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 hour, it's a great time!!
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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 go to the show, and what is new for this years Buggy Builders Show.
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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 what is to come this year.
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Sick Week 2025 Day One Recap with Sean and Prescott.
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On this episode we sit down with Prescott and Chuck Fryer to get a quick day zero recap.
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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 to identify what gears you may have in your transmission and we touch a little bit on what to steps to take when making a performance transmission.
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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 home built planes.
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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/@BrewCityBugTalk
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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 in a Pro Stock VW, and he now has has his own company where he continues to develop and innovate VW air-cooled parts.
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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 guy!!
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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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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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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, and enjoying Volkswagens for over 40 years. Come with us and enjoy his story.
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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.
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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 and process of the engine they built. Next episode we get their perspective of the competition and how it went.
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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 best VW Club in Milwaukee.
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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 stories.
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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 Germanaire Drag Day. Lots of fast Volkswagen's, big cash payouts, and awesome raffle cars. Come join us as we talk about it all.
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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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