About
Show anchor Christine has been a regular on the social networking scene after she discovered the joys of Blurty and LiveJournal in 2002. Instantly hooked, she’s been actively writing ever since.
An avid follower of Formula 1 for the last 3 seasons, you’ll find Christine putting her experience with words to good use as she currently maintains the Formula 1 section of BellaOnline (the voice of women).
Christine became interested in podcasting after hearing an episode of the British show Top of the Pods. She immediately saw the benefits of on-demand distribution and now listens to over 30 shows a week.
Her first foray into the world of podcast creation was through LibriVox, where volunteers contribute audio recordings of books in the public domain. With five joint projects and one solo book to her name, it’s clear she’s happy to put the hours in.
Writing and producing her own podcast was the next logical step, and Sidepodcast, the weekly Formula 1 podcast started at the tail end of 2006, is the result.
Broadcasting Schedule
Keep up-to-date with what we’re currently doing and planning to do with our handy page detailing our upcoming schedule.
Also visit the Show Details page for more information about the individual shows Sidepodcast offers, and where to go to catch up with the latest.
Must Comment Monday
Everybody loves to read blogs, but we don’t always comment. As a blogger, I can tell you that comments are a huge part of the reason we keep on posting. If you find yourself a passive blog reader, try out this initiative from Sidepodcast: Must Comment Monday. Get involved, improve the conversation, have your say.
Contact
The best way to get hold of us is by posting comments on the blog. We’ll always try and answer asap.
You can also call our voicemail line and leave your comments for the show: from the UK on 01 2128 TRACK or +44 (0) 121 28 TRACK internationally. We’re always open to ideas, suggestions, opinions and would love to hear your audio comments. If you’re a Skype user, you can call us free by looking up sidepodcast.
However, if you want some more direct contact, Christine’s email is:
christine [at] sidepodcast.com
What You Guys Think
“Sidepodcast has never missed a salient issue, or mis-described an important F1 event… top quality journalism.”
Brendan Stallard
“Firstly, fantastic site and excellent posting. It’s really useful to have your rss feed during Grand Prix weekends.”
Christopher Hayes
“I just caught your podcast for the first time and I just wanted to let you know that I really enjoyed it and I’m looking forward to your comments on the upcoming race.”
Chen Reed
“Great site and great podcasts, now working my way through the previous casts. thanks.”
Barrie Clarke
“The best way to get the complete preview of the race is to watch this video from Christine from Sidepodcast.TV, it does not get better than that.”
F1Wolf
“…and you look damn cute on the intro Christine. Good Job guys as usual.”
victoronehugo
Photos From the Studio
Each and every week, we take photos during the recording of our shows. The latest and greatest shots appear here while we’re recording.
Sidepodcast’s Lifestream
Everything we do, displayed as an interactive timeline. This should give a sense of when we update in addition to what we update.
October 21st, 2007 at 10:57 pmRalph Mills said:
Thanks for all you have done, a refreshing look at a sport that I have followed for the last 46 years. Carry on the good work
November 12th, 2007 at 10:08 amOwen said:
Hi there;-
Not long found you in the great “PodoShpere”, and am much impressed; especially in the “mini Sereis”; however I am at a loss as to how you could have done a series on F1 Personalities without Colin Chapman. He has probably had a greater influence on F1 than any other single person, both from a technical standpoint e.g. using the engine and gearbox as stressed members of the car construction; through to the way F1 look the Gold Leaf Team Lotus cars. So please correct this serious omission as soon as you can
November 12th, 2007 at 10:29 amme said:
cheers owen, omission noted. our mini-series tend to run for a week at a time and clearly there are more than 7 important people in the history of F1. there’ll be more F1 People in the future, no worries.
December 27th, 2007 at 1:49 amEric said:
I just wanted to say thanks for playing
our song “Looking Backwards” on the show.
F1 racing sounds exciting. I don’t get much
of a chance to watch here in the states.
Keep up the great work.
peace, Eric
January 21st, 2008 at 1:26 amSteven Roy said:
I am always looking for more info from more sources and checked out Christine’s Bella Online stuff. i was surprised to see that Massa had signed for Renault. You don’t get information like that anywhere else.
January 21st, 2008 at 8:30 amme said:
ooops! good spot, i’m sure it’ll be fixed asap
February 12th, 2008 at 3:52 pmPaul said:
Hi Christine it great to hear you talk with so much enthusiasm.
I’m a life long F1 fan and its refreshing to hear your point of view.
Love the podcast
All the best
Paul
February 29th, 2008 at 3:12 amDave Monks said:
I don’t know if ‘30 shows’ was an exciting over estimate, but would you be kind enough to post a few links to the best of them? I go through phases of trying to track down decent F1 related podcasts (hence my time here…), and would appreciate any of the shows you’ve found and enjoy.
February 29th, 2008 at 3:13 amDave Monks said:
Best of the podcasts you listen to.
March 14th, 2008 at 5:18 pmJonathan Goodbun said:
Hey Christine, have just found out your site and amazing vidcasts & podcasts for the start of this season and have not hesitated to join the facebook group, Apart from myself my fiancee Melissa is a huge F1 fan (and Alonso NUT!) last year I took her to the best race of them all Silverstone, it was my 3rd year of spectating the race along with my best mate Chuck both die hard McLaren-Mercedes supporters!
We had a great race weekend and stayed at the campsite adjacent to the main track entrance, and on race day morning we we’re interviewed live on BBC Breakfast at out tent, it made the weekend even more special, I’ll happily upload the video to show on the facebook group, we had the best time ever, shame it wasn’t the result Chuck and I was looking for but our neighbor at the camping site his son Callum seemed to have his prediction right down to the finish line.
Keep up with the fantastic work and fanx for keeping us up to date with everything F1! You on Poll!
March 14th, 2008 at 8:57 pmRobert said:
Fantastic job, Christine! Coverage of F1 here in the States is hard to find, and since the USGP left Indy, I’ve been struggling to maintain interest in the sport. I found your podcast and am once again looking forward to an exciting season. Thanks!
March 21st, 2008 at 12:52 amDaniel said:
Great work!, the BBC should hire you for 2009.
March 30th, 2008 at 7:06 pmLonnie said:
And another American F1 fan thanks you for your coverage. Good job Christine!
May 21st, 2008 at 1:01 pmme said:
just added a lifestream timeline to this page.
it’s mostly eye-candy, but do let us know if you think it’s useful at all. i like that you get a sense of how busy / lazy we’re being during any given period.
a lot of history is missing at the moment, but going forward it should become more useful.
May 21st, 2008 at 6:27 pmarona said:
hi guy’s, well i discovered your podcast and web site just before this season started so iv’e been missing out, I have listend to every f1 podcast there is and i do mean EVERY PODCAST and i can say hand on heart that you totaly blow all of them out off the water. indepth and humorous. i will try and join in on live commenting soon until then please keep up the good work.
arona
east sussex
May 21st, 2008 at 7:52 pmme said:
very much appreciated arona, and with comments like that you’re welcome anytime
May 28th, 2008 at 9:58 amIvan Simic said:
Wonderful podcast
Thank you!
June 3rd, 2008 at 2:15 pmJourneyer said:
I’d guess it’s a bit longer than that by now, Christine? Just put the 1st year you watched F1 full-time so you don’t need to keep updating it.
June 3rd, 2008 at 2:23 pmChristine said:
Ah-ha. Good point.
To be fair, it’s only a year out of date, so it would be 4 rather than 3, but I’d forgotten it even said that! Will change asap.