4th April 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 271: White House Recognizes Induced Demand Exists Meaning There's Now a Bicycle-Shaped Overton Window That Needs Jamming Open SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Meredith Glaser and Kevin Krizek TOPICS: Discussing President Biden's American Jobs Plan and how Pete Buttigieg is shaping up to be the most people-friendly Transport Secretary since John Nolpe of the early 1970s. (Like, Buttigieg, Nolpe also cycled to the office.) LINKS: K...
Apr 04, 2021•1 hr 34 min
21st March 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 270: Streets for kids SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Alison Stenning and Sally Watson TOPICS: Play streets, cycling and the pop-up protected cycleway on the NE England coast, the Sunrise Cycleway LINKS: https://twitter.com/alisonstenning https://twitter.com/salawatson https://twitter.com/newcycling https://twitter.com/playmeetstreet https://twitter.com/sunrisecycleway https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://www.jensonusa.com/the...
Mar 21, 2021•47 min
20th March 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 269: Canaries in the Coal Mine: How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Tim Gill TOPICS: For too long, we have neglected children's independent mobility. Author and play expert Tim Gill expounds on the theory that children are the canaries in the coal mine — if cities don't work for children, they don't work for anybody. LINKS: https://twitter.com/timrgill https://ribabooks.com/Urba...
Mar 20, 2021•1 hr
The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 268: Bike Freak: Being Gary Fisher SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Gary Fisher TOPICS: I walk him Gary backyards through his life, starting now and ending in 1950, the year he was born. LINKS: https://twitter.com/gary_fisher https://www.bluetrainpublishing.com/books-blog/being-gary-fisher https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen
Feb 28, 2021•1 hr 36 min
Sunday 7th February 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 267: Put money on the table and let's get these modes moving SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Francois Bausch, Deputy Minister, Minister for Mobility and Public Works, Luxembourg Claudia Dobles Camargo, First Lady, Costa Rica Dagmawit Moges, Minister of Transport, Ethiopia Jürgen Zattler, Deputy Director General for Multilateral and European Policy, Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany Femi O...
Feb 07, 2021•35 min
Friday 29th January 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 266: Move More With The Miracle Pill Author Peter Walker SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Peter Walker TOPICS: A one-hour long conversation with Guardian political journalist Peter Walker talking about his new book, "The Miracle Pill." LINKS: https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://twitter.com/peterwalker99 https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/The-Miracle-Pill/Peter-Walker/9781471192524 https://www.jensonusa.com/thespo...
Jan 29, 2021•1 hr
Monday 25th January 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 265: Desert Skies, Warm Showers and Church Bells SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Donna Tocci and Sylva Florence TOPICS: Solo cycle touring. Donna and Carlton chat with Sylva who — among many other bike trips — rode solo from Berkeley, California to St. Augustine, Florida on Adventure Cycling's Southern Tier Route. Carlton was in Newcastle, Donna was in Boston and Sylva was in — as you will hear thanks to some melodious...
Jan 25, 2021•53 min
Saturday 16th December 2021 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 264: Bike Nerds Kyle and Sara of People for Bikes SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Kyle Wagenschutz and Sarah Studdard of People for Bikes TOPICS: Bike lanes, mobility motivations, and Mayor Pete's high-profile potential impact on transportation.
Jan 16, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Wednesday 30th December 2020 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 263: Loading close pass videos to the cloud with a smart bike dashcam that looks like a cute Pixar character SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Crispian Poon and Liz Yu of Pelation, maker of the Rebo smart bike light and dash cam. TOPICS: Pelation is a UK-government backed start-up that is to soon produce for real the Rebo smart bike light and dashcam video combo — it looks like a Pixar character and has been trialled...
Dec 30, 2020•48 min
#GivingTuesday 1st December 2020 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 262: Baron Bird: “Bikes are the future” SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Big Issue publisher Baron Bird of Notting Hill in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea TOPICS: The Big Issue publisher Baron Bird of Notting Hill loves bicycling. He lives 7 miles from Cambridge and when visiting he cycles there. His latest Big Issue project is a docked bike share scheme for smaller cities using electric bikes fettled...
Dec 01, 2020•1 hr
Thursday 26th November 2020 The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 261: Faster, smaller, cleaner: data analysis shows why delivering by cargobike makes sense SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Ben Knowles and Nicolas Collignon of Pedal Me, London LINKS: https://www.the-spokesmen.com https://pedalme.co.uk/why-cargo-bikes/ https://twitter.com/nccollignon https://twitter.com/pedalmeapp https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen...
Nov 26, 2020•29 min
The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 260: Say It With Flowers — My Guardian article's LTN interviews “When you see a bike like mine, filled with flowers, even the most steely, cantankerous Grinch will smile, because it’s a business that spreads joy." Four interviews rescued from the cutting-room floor Monday 16th November 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA — https://www.jensonusa.com/thespokesmen HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Newbie cyclist Sarah Berry, bottle shop owner Liam Plowman, cargobike florist Vict...
Nov 16, 2020•52 min
The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 259: Cyclist Detection Tech With Tome Software CEO Jake Sigal And History of Road Equity With Historian Peter Norton Monday 26th October 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Jake Sigal and Peter Norton TRANSCRIPT/SHOWNOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 45 min
The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 258: "This is a transport revolution" In conversation with Chris Boardman Thursday 1st October 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Chris Boardman. Greater Manchester's walking and cycling commissioner SHOW NOTES: the-spokesmen.com
Oct 01, 2020•27 min
The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 257: What's the Plural of Moose: Moose, Meese, or Mooses? Sunday 13th September 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: David Bernstein and Jim Moss SHOW NOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com
Sep 13, 2020•1 hr 15 min
The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 256: In Conversation with Two Ians Saturday 5th September 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Environmental psychologist and ultra-endurance cyclist Ian Walker. SHOW NOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com
Sep 04, 2020•1 hr 28 min
The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 255: Canyon Creates Concept Car (And Releases Utility e-Bikes) Tuesday 1st September 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Sebastian Wegerle, Jack Noy and Roman Arnold of Canyon. SHOW NOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com
Sep 01, 2020•1 hr
The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 254: From the Tour de Trump to the Tour de France via Arkansas Monday 24th August 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: David Bernstein and Jim Moss. SHOW NOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com
Aug 24, 2020•1 hr 6 min
The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 253: Tern's Josh Hon Unveils 2nd Generation Of The Iconic Compact Electric Cargobike, GSD Monday 10th August 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Josh Hon, team captain, Tern Bicycles SHOWNOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com
Aug 10, 2020•43 min
The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 252: Let's Not Be Stupid With Snot Rockets Monday 3rd August 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOSTS: Carlton Reid & David Bernstein GUEST: Jim Moss TOPICS: We talk about Strade Bianche, the bike boom, all things Covid-19, the likelihood of the Tour de France being staged. And this show is also available as a video on YouTube. See: www.the-spokesmen.com
Aug 03, 2020•1 hr
The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 251: Riding High — Preview of the UCI Road World Championships Course, Switzerland Saturday 25th July 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Swiss Cycling guide Christian Paul, Verbier tourism's Elise Farquet and Adam Sedgewick of Haut Velo
Jul 25, 2020•39 min
The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 250: In conversation with the rock star of parking, Donald Shoup Saturday 18th July 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Donald Shoup, distinguished research professor of urban planning at University of California at Los Angeles, and author of the groundbreaking 2005 booking The High Cost of Free Parking. SHOWNOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com
Jul 19, 2020•1 hr 24 min
The Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 249: This is not white gentrification, this is active travel infrastructure for everybody Sunday 5th July 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Clyde Loakes, deputy leader, Waltham Forest Borough Council SHOWNOTES: www.the-spokesmen.com
Jul 05, 2020•53 min
Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 248: Speed Tuesday 30th June 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Professor Rachel Aldred, Superintendent Andy Cox and — as you’ve never heard him before — Chris Boardman. SHOWNOTES: the-spokesmen.com
Jun 30, 2020•56 min
Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 247: In conversation with Leo Rodgers Saturday 20th June 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Leo Rodgers Meet inspirational amputee cyclist Leo Rodgers of Tampa, Florida. Leo was recently profiled in Bicycling magazine, including being featured on the cover. SHOWNOTES: the-spokesmen.com THANKS TO: Bicycling writer Peter Flax and photographer James Luedde
Jun 20, 2020•27 min
Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 246: "The bike world has never seen anything like this": Jay Townley on Bike Boom 2020 vs Bike Boom 1970-4 Sunday 7th June 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Jay Townley
Jun 07, 2020•1 hr 42 min
Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 245: In Conversation With Callum Skinner Sunday 31st May 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Olympian Callum Skinner
May 31, 2020•44 min
Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 244: Cycling Is Left Wing—You'll Never See Donald Trump On a Bicycle Monday 11th May 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUEST: Jack Thurston, author of "Lost Lanes" series of cycle touring books and owner of The Bike Show podcast. TOPIC: All about Jack, including his background and his views on whether cycling is a left wing thing
May 11, 2020•1 hr 37 min
Spokesmen Cycling Podcast EPISODE 243: Cycling Palestine with Sohaib Samara, Malak Hasan & Julian Sayarer Thursday 16th April 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Sohaib Samara and Malak Hasan, co-organisers of advocacy group Cycling Palestine. Travel writer and cycle tourist Julian Sayarer, author of "Fifty Miles Wide" a harrowing account of his recent cycling trips in Israel and Palestine, meeting with people on both sides of the divide. TOPIC: Cycling in Palestine. LINKS &a...
Apr 16, 2020•2 hr 13 min
Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast EPISODE 242: A Different World, A Better World, A Bicycling World Thursday 9th April 2020 SPONSOR: Jenson USA HOST: Carlton Reid GUESTS: Sydney's manager of cycling strategy Fiona Cambell. Robin Chase, founder of Zipcar and the New Urban Mobility Alliance of Washington, DC. Tim Blumenthal, president of People for Bikes, USA. PLUS: An audio interview with Automobile Association president Edmund King. TOPICS: The future for cycling in a post coronavirus world. ...
Apr 09, 2020•1 hr 37 min
