Carstories by The Petersen Automotive Museum

LIVE RECORDING: How Pixar Turned Toy Story 5 Characters into Porsches with Bob Pauley

How Pixar Turned Toy Story 5 Characters into Porsches with Bob Pauley What happens when the world of Pixar’s Toy Story meets Porsche? Recorded live at the Porsche Barns

LIVE RECORDING: Porsche Sonderwunsch with Alexander Fabig

LIVE RECORDING: Porsche Sonderwunsch with Alexander Fabig What does it take to build a Porsche that exists nowhere else in the world? Recorded live at the Porsche Barns

LIVE RECORDING: Porsche Mobil 1 Female Driver Program with Madeline Stewart & Sabré Cook

LIVE RECORDING: Porsche Mobil 1 Female Driver Program with Madeline Stewart & Sabré Cook Recorded live at the Porsche Barns during Monterey Car Week, CarStories sits dow

Racers Night live at the Petersen Museum - 3 Indy 500 winners.

Recorded live at Petersen Automotive Museum ahead of the Long Beach Grand Prix, this special episode brings together some of the biggest names in IndyCar for an unforgett

A Fast & Furious Legacy: 25 Years of Automotive Icons

Bea and Dan are joined once again by Kristen who shares the process behind our newest exhibit A Fast & Furious Legacy: 25 Years of Automotive Icons The Fast and the Furi

Gordon Murray - Special Announcement

It's Feb 12th 2026 and we are delighted to announce that 3 of Gordon Murray's greatest creations on now on display at the Museum in LA. Gordon joins us to share the stori

Josie Rimmer - All Rally, all the time at DirtFish

This week on CarStories we catch up with Head of Strategy and founder of DirtFish's Women in Motorsports program Josie Rimmer. When you think about rally, there is one de

Ben Paull - More than 59 years owning an El Camino

This week on CarStories, we sit down with Ben Paull. The average American owns a car for between 8 and 9 years for Ben he has owned his El Camino for over 59 years. Buyin

Jamie Howe - Motorsport Presenter

This week on CarStories, we sit down with Jamie Howe, motorsports presenter. Jamie has been reporting from the paddock for over 20 years. During this time she has been lu

Legends of the Dirt - The Newest Exhibit

This week on CarStories, Bea sits down with Michael McCardle to talk about the curation of the newest exhibit: Legends of the Dirt supported by Optima Batteries. Michael

Jeff Zwart - Storyteller, Photographer, Rally Driver, Pikes Peak Legend

This week on CarStories, we sit down with friend of the museum Jeff Zwart. Jeff Zwart is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer, and celebrated motorsport competitor be

Autumn Nyiri & Kristin Feay - An introduction to our new exhibit - Performance & Prestige: A History of Aston Martin

This week on Car Stories, Bea sits down with the brilliant curation team behind the Petersen’s latest exhibit — Aston Martin: Performance & Prestige — a celebration of ov

Larry Chen - Part 2 - World-renowned Car Culture Photographer

Part 2 - This week on Car Stories, we sit down with friend of the museum Larry Chen. In part two of a two-part episode we explore how Larry met Ken Block, the partnership

Larry Chen - Part 1 - World-renowned Car Culture Photographer

Part 1 - This week on Car Stories, we sit down with friend of the museum Larry Chen. In part one of a two-part episode we explore where it all started for Larry, career p

Dan Pilling - Director of Marketing at the Petersen

This week Bea Ross interviews our own Director of Marketing at the Museum. Dan Pilling has always been a car guy. Dan grew up in the UK, and spent some of his most inform

Marek Reichman - Chief Creative Officer, Aston Martin Lagonda

This week on Car Stories, we sit down with Marek Reichman the Chief Creative Officer of Aston Martin Lagonda. This season of the podcast, we’re highlighting the designer

J Ryan - Building Time Machines and Creating Good Vibes

This week on Car Stories, Bea and I catch up with J Ryan. J is a staple of LA Car Culture and a great guy to boot! J was destined for a "career" in entertainment and so

John Clinard - Over 50 years at Ford, working with Carroll Shelby, helping Ford to get into F1 and honeymooning at a race school!

This week on Car Stories, we sit down with John Clinard, a man whose name is synonymous with Ford’s rich automotive legacy. Over a career spanning more than four decade

Michael Simcoe - Over 40 Years at General Motors and what's next!

In this episode of Car Stories, we sit down with Michael Simcoe, the recently stepped down as Global Vice President of Design at General Motors. With a remarkable 42-ye

Ken Okuyama - Designing the Enzo, Wedge Cars and learning to be a good driver at Porsche

In honor of our new Wedge Exhibit, Bea and Dan catch up with Ken Okuyama, world famous designer and former head of design at Pininfarina. Ken was clearly relaxed with us