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Overland Journal Podcast :: Andy and Mercedes Lilienthal

Andy and Mercedes Lilienthal

Overland Journal Podcast Episode 199

Andy and Mercedes Lilienthal are the dynamic, bespectacled duo behind Crankshaft Culture, one of the most creative automotive and adventure travel media outlets going. Globetrotters, award-winning journalists, denizens of road rallies around the world, and connoisseurs of JDM trucks (particularly Mitsubishis), Mercedes and Andy have an undeniable enthusiasm for the four-wheeled life in all its forms. That love of adventure comes through loud and clear in this interview with host Scott Brady at Overland Expo West.

Special thanks to our sponsor this week, onX Offroad.

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Guest Bios:

Andy Lilienthal

Andy Lilienthal is an award-winning writer and has written professionally since 1999. He has over 13 years in the automotive aftermarket, working at companies including Warn Industries, Bushwacker, and Lund International. Editorial works include writing and photography for off-road print magazines, to new-car reviews online. He’s a photographer with images in multiple magazines, blog sites, Expedition Portal, and The New York Times.

Andy Lilienthal

Mercedes Lilienthal

Mercedes Lilienthal is also an award-winning journalist and photographer who specializes in vehicular adventure travel, the automotive industry as a whole, and inspiring women within it. Mercedes, a dual citizen of the United States and Germany, grew up with an international identity and loves to document her travels through rally competitions, various events, and other endeavors. Her work includes journalism and photography for a wide array of publications in multiple countries, including The New York Times, Car and Driver, and Expedition Portal.

Mercedes Lillienthal

Host Bio:

Scott Brady

Scott is the publisher and co-founder of Expedition Portal and Overland Journal and is often credited with popularizing overlanding in North America. His travels by 4WD and adventure motorcycle span all seven continents and includes three circumnavigations of the globe. His polar expeditions include two vehicle crossings of Antarctica and the first long-axis crossing of Greenland. @scott.a.brady

Scott Brady

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Images: Andy and Mercedes Lilienthal, Scott Brady

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Stephan Edwards is the Associate Editor of Expedition Portal and Overland Journal. He and his wife, Julie, once bought an old Land Rover sight unseen from strangers on the internet in a country they'd never been to and drove it through half of Africa. After living in Botswana for two years, Stephan now makes camp at the foot of a round mountain in Missoula, Montana. He still drives that Land Rover every day. An anthropologist in his former life and a lover of all things automotive, Stephan is a staunch advocate for public lands and his writing and photography have appeared in Road & Track, The Drive, and Adventure Journal. Contact him at edwards@overlandinternational.com and @venturesomeoverland on Instagram.