Regular listeners will know that it's been my long-held ambition to have Noel Thom feature on the Reel Riders podcast. I first met Noel through various collaborations with The Trail and Adventure Motorbike Podcast, which until recently Noel was co-hosting. These days we mainly interact via the Adventure Motorcycle Film Festival, as Noel is a member of our large judging panel.

You can follow Noel on Instagram, and if brave enough, maybe even check out his YouTube channel.

In this episode, references were made to the following:

• Ed March
• Beau Miles

Tickets are now on sale for the Adventure Motorcycle Film Festival 2027, which will take place on the 26th and 27th February 2027. The festival is a joint production of the Reel Riders podcast and The Trail and Adventure Motorbike Podcast. To find out more, go to: www.advmotofilmfest.com.

We are still accepting film submissions: the deadline is 30th October 2026. Submit your film/films at the festival's page on FilmFreeway:

• AMFF (2027) at FilmFreeway

Consider giving the festival's Instagram account a follow at advmotofilmfest

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This episode is a departure from Reel Riders' normal episode format. In mid June 2026, friend of the pod, and friend in real life, Diana Postma (aka @dutch_minion_and_her_bike on Instagram) and I recorded an interview in two separate outdoor locations: firstly, overlooking Château de Vianden in Luxembourg, and then in front of a quiet rural cemetery to the west of Bitburg in western Germany.

The basis for the interview was 6-months' work done by Diana, gathering questions from former guests of the Reel Riders podcast. Those questions were for me to answer.

Tickets are now on sale for the Adventure Motorcycle Film Festival 2027, which will take place on the 26th and 27th February 2027. The festival is a joint production of the Reel Riders podcast and The Trail and Adventure Motorbike Podcast. To find out more, go to: www.advmotofilmfest.com.

We are still accepting film submissions: the deadline is 30th October 2026. Submit your film/films at the festival's page on FilmFreeway:

• AMFF (2027) at FilmFreeway

Consider giving the festival's Instagram account a follow at advmotofilmfest

*** /// DONATE AND KEEP THE REEL RIDERS PODCAST SERVERS RUNNING /// *** The podcast has operational costs associated with hosting and remote recording infrastructure. Help me cover those costs by donating via the podcast’s BUY ME A COFFEE link:

https://buymeacoffee.com/reelriderspodcast

The Reel Riders podcast is freely available as an audio podcast anywhere you get your podcasts. In addition, it is released on YouTube as an audio-only podcast. Search for “Reel Riders” to find the feed.

The Reel Riders podcast has accounts on both Instagram and Bluesky:

• Instagram
• Bluesky

For the third episode in the series of interviews with directors whose films were chosen for the 2026 Adventure Motorcycle Film Festival, Reel Riders has teamed up again with Clive Barber from The Trail and Adventure Motorbike Podcast. The festival was held at the end of February, at the Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal, in the UK's Lake District.

The subject of this episode is Eduard Unruh, director of Now I Know. You can now watch Now I Know on YouTube.

The trailer for Eduard's new film, Decoding Dakar, is also available on YouTube. Decoding Dakar has been selected for this year's TMFF Toronto motorcycle film festival, which will be held 1-3 October at the Paradise Theatre in Toronto, Canada.

During this episode, references were made to the following:

• Willem Avenant (Decoding Dakar)
• Wilderness Wheels' "Sahara Raid Experience"

Tickets are now on sale for the Adventure Motorcycle Film Festival 2027, which will take place on the 26th and 27th February 2027. The festival is a joint production of the Reel Riders podcast and The Trail and Adventure Motorbike Podcast. To find out more, go to: www.advmotofilmfest.com.

We are still accepting film submissions: the deadline is 30th October 2026. Submit your film/films at the festival's page on FilmFreeway:

• AMFF (2027) at FilmFreeway

Consider giving the festival's Instagram account a follow at advmotofilmfest

*** /// DONATE AND KEEP THE REEL RIDERS PODCAST SERVERS RUNNING /// *** The podcast has operational costs associated with hosting and remote recording infrastructure. Help me cover those costs by donating via the podcast’s BUY ME A COFFEE link:

https://buymeacoffee.com/reelriderspodcast

The Reel Riders podcast is freely available as an audio podcast anywhere you get your podcasts. In addition, it is released on YouTube as an audio-only podcast. Search for “Reel Riders” to find the feed.

The Reel Riders podcast has accounts on both Instagram and Bluesky:

• Instagram
• Bluesky