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KBOO Bike Show: Pedalpalooza, City Club Study, Dishwasher Pete

Listen to the show (mp3, 25.8MB) Michelle and Steph review Pedalpalooza rides, speak with Craig Beebe of the City Club Bicycle Study Committee and interview "Dishwasher Pete" Jordan about cycling in Amsterdam.

KBOO Bike Show: Moms on Bikes

Listen to the show (mp3, 25.1MB) In honor of Mother's Day, Steph and Michelle are joined by Katie Proctor of Kidical Mass, Kelly Hansen of the Community Cycling Center and Steph's mom, Donna Routh.

Traffic Congestion and Job Accessibility

I was interviewed a few weeks ago by Dale Connelly for KFAI Community Radio. The edited interview (aired April 22, 2013) is below as an MP3 (5:51) Every so often we get a discouraging report on traffic congestion in metropolitan...

KBOO Bike Show: Trail Building

Listen to the show (mp3, 17.2MB) Tori talks with representatives of the AntFarm (a non-profit in Sandy, Oregon) and NW Trail Alliance about MTB trails, including the Sandy Ridge Trail.

KBOO Bike Show: Bike Theft

Listen to the show (mp3, 26.5MB) Michelle and Tori talk with Sgt Michael Frome of the Portland Police Bureau, Nick Watkin of Kryptonite Locks and PSU Transportation Options Manager Ian Stude about trends in bike theft, lock quality and techniques, and tips to make it easier to recover your bike if stolen.

OPB Morning News All About BRT

A well-balanced discussion of how Bus Rapid Transit stacks up against Light Rail and the corridors where it is under consideration (Southwest Corridor, Powell) as well as a discussion of Eugene's system and its planned extension. Audio (MP3) and text links.

KBOO Bike Show: Bike Portland

Listen to the show (mp3, 26.5MB) Steph interviews Jonathan Maus of BikePortland.org. Publisher? Journalist? Blogger? Advocate? Or "just a guy" with a media empire...

KBOO Bike Show: High-tech Retro

Listen to the show (mp3, 23.9MB) The Bike Show gets high-tech retro with a flashback to materials of the past that are making a splash now. In this episode we talk about wood and wool as the re-imagined, super hot, high tech materials...Show More Summary

KBOO Bike Show - Riding as Profession

Listen to the show (mp3, 25.7MB) We're talking to professionals again - this time, professional bike riders. Our listeners can probably picture the bike messengers - the lean, fast couriers with a big bag slung over their backs, zipping around downtown delivering documents. Show More Summary

KBOO Bike Show: Beer and Coffee

Listen to the show (mp3, 25.9MB) Beer + Beans + Bikes = Love. Tori is joined by Ellee Thalheimer, co-author of Hop in the Saddle a guide to Portland's craft beer scene by bike and co-host Steph Routh brings a hop-scotch journey to a few of those local brew pubs. Show More Summary

Queue myopia

Benjamen Walker has a new radio documentary out for the BBC (MP3), all about waiting on line. It's definitely worth a listen. I especially appreciated the distinction between "serpentine" first-come first-served queues of the kind you get at banks and airports, and separate queues of the kind you get at most supermarkets. Show More Summary

KBOO Bike Show: Reve Tour Ladies

Listen to the show (mp3, 26.5MB) The Reve Tour ladies who rode each stage Tour de France this year a day before the pros. We hear about their experiences as women taking on an insurmountable challenge. We also take an in-depth look at...Show More Summary

KBOO Bike Show: Emergency!

Listen to the show (mp3, 27.4MB) Disaster strikes! How can we be prepared, and how can bicycles help us manage in a time of crisis? Our guests are Carmen Merlo, Director of the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management and Ethan Jewett, Organizer of this year's inaugural Disaster Relief Trials.

KBOO Bike Show: Cycle Touring

Listen to the show (mp3, 27.1MB) This month the bike show hosts Ellee Thalheimer, author of Cycling Sojourner, the first cycle-tour guide to the state of Oregon, as well as Matt Picio, co-founder of Cycle Wild, a group that's mission...Show More Summary

KBOO Bike Show: Congressman Earl Blumenauer

Listen to the show (mp3, 27.1MB) Earl discusses cycling and transportation policy and funding, both locally and nationally with Tori and Stef. Timo Forsberg from the Portland Bureau of Transportation talks about events for May's "PDX Bike Month".

Episode 4 of Simpliflying Podcasts: Exclusive insights into the world of airline loyalty & Interview with Gabi Kool, the CEO of Baltic Miles

In this fourth episode of our SimpliFlying Podcasts we take a closer look at the world of loyalty, starting with an in-depth discussion about the current state of the loyalty industry and then moving on to an interesting interview with Gabi Kool, CEO of Baltic Miles. As usual the first, insights part of the podcast [...]

KBOO Bike Show Special: Mayoral Candidates Howie Ruben, Loren Charles Brown, Shonda Colleen Kelley and Robert James Carron

Listen to the show (mp3, 23.8MB) The Bike Show's coverage of the 2012 Mayoral race continues with a special edition featuring candidates Howie Ruben, Loren Charles Brown, Shonda Colleen Kelley and Robert James Carron.

Episode 3 of SimpliFlying Podcasts: Industry news roundup and exclusive interview with KLM’s VP for eCommerce

The third episode of SimpliFlying Podcasts features KLM’s Vice President for e-commerce Martijn Van Der Zee who explains the secrets behind the airline’s constantly innovative social media strategy and their latest, potentially game-changing KLM meet and seat social-seating initiative. Show More Summary

KBOO Bike Show: Immigrants and Refugees

Listen to the show (mp3, 25.9MB) We talk with staff from El Programa Hispano, Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), and Portland's Safe Routes to School program about walking and biking to school for our neighbors, particularly immigrants and refugees.

KBOO Bike Show Special: Mayoral Candidates Max Brumm and Sam Belisle

Listen to the show (mp3, 23.3MB) The Bike Show's coverage of the 2012 Mayoral race continues with a special edition featuring candidates Max Brumm and Sam Belisle.

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