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How to get on Maximum Octane

Hosted by Kim Hickey.

Should you pitch it?

Guest activity
Sometimes has guests
30% of recent episode titles look like interviews
Episode length
38 min
Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.
Publishing
Weekly+
145 episodes · last 2026-09-08
Language
English
The feed says "en" without a region, so the country is unknown.
Where it's from
Not established
No .uk domain and no region in the feed language. Apple reports the storefront, not the show, so we do not guess.
Reach
81
Percentile among shows you could realistically get on. Not a download count.
Check whether they charge. Some shows sell guest slots rather than booking them, and rates in some fields run to thousands. Nothing in a podcast feed reliably says so, so we do not claim either way. Ask before you write the pitch.
Worth a pitch. This show publishes its own contact, sits outside the national chart, is independently published, and its recent episodes show it books guests.

How this show compares to other business & finance podcasts

Interviews run alongside other formats here, more often than most Business & Finance shows, so a guest slot is a normal part of the schedule.

Measured against every business & finance podcast in the directory that has published in the last year.

This show Category average
Episodes featuring a guest 30% 22%
Episodes in the last 90 days 10 7
Typical episode length 38 min 33 min
Episodes published in total 145 97
Reach percentile 81 50

Reach is a percentile among shows you could realistically get booked on, built from chart history, longevity, activity and cadence. It is not a download figure. Nobody outside a show can see those.

What the show says about itself

Maximum Octane is the high-performance podcast for automotive shop owners ready to accelerate their leadership, culture, and profitability. Hosted by industry veterans Kim Hickey and Jason Patel from Automotive Training Institute (ATI), each episode takes you under the hood of the nation's most successful auto repair shops to uncover the tools, tactics, and mindset shifts fueling next-level results. This season, Maximum Octane brings raw, real conversations from ATI SuperConference 2025 in Hawaii—featuring shop owners who are transforming their businesses by investing in what matters most: peo

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

  1. An Intimate Look into SBA Lending
  2. No Effort Will Always Equal No Reward
  3. Your Human Resources Department is Here to Help. Here’s What You Need to Know
  4. Body Shops Don't Market. Here's Why That's About to Catch Up with Them
  5. You're Paying for Shop Software You're Not Using. Here's What to Fix.
  6. If Your People Can't Change, You Have to Change Your People
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Common questions

Does Maximum Octane accept guests?

Sometimes has guests. Interviews appear alongside other formats. This is our reading of the show's recent episode titles, not a statement from the show itself.

How do I contact Maximum Octane?

Yes. Maximum Octane publishes a contact address in its own RSS feed, and it is the show's own inbox rather than a shared network desk. We hold it and release it to people on a plan. We never invent an address and never send a pitch on your behalf.

How often does Maximum Octane publish?

It publishes at least once a week. There are 145 episodes in the feed. Episodes run about 38 minutes.

Is Maximum Octane still active?

Yes. It has published within the last 90 days.

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