Author: Chris Smith

  • KBOO Bike Show: Touring, Resilience and Healing

    Listen to the show (mp3, 25MB) Alon speaks with retired climate scientist David Goodrich about his book On Freedom Road: Bicycle Explorations and Reckonings on the Underground Railroad and his touring experiences. In the second half Nedra talks with activist Lindsay Caron Epstein about the traumatic brain injury she suffered when struck by a car, her…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Cycling in Alaska and Increasing Inclusivity

    Listen to the show (mp3, 25MB) Alon talks with Jessica Cherry, an Anchorage, Alaska Geoscientist, writer, pilot and co-editor of a wonderful new anthology called Wheels on Ice, stories and accounts of Cycling in Alaska since the 1890s.  In the second half of the show co-host Nedra Deadwyler will speak with cyclist and activist Devin Cowens, founder of the Atlanta chapter of Radical Adventure…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Journalism and Community Building

    Listen to the show (mp3, 25.6MB) In the first half Alon interviews writer and bikeportland.org reporter Taylor Griggs who will discuss her writings  about cycling and sustainable living in Portland and beyond, including her recent bicycle journey in several western European lands. In the second half of the show Nedra will speak with Kristen E. Jeffers who is the founder and…

  • KBOO Bike Show: Ukraine and NW Arkansas

    Listen to the show (mp3, 24MB) Alon talks with Dr. Olha Martynuk, a Ukranian historian who has looked at the history of cycling in the Ukraine and Soviet Union. Here is some of her work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voUcSiiMl8I In the second half Nedra talks with Bea Apple and Lauren Hildreth of Trailblazers in NW Arkansas about their BikePOC…

  • KBOO Bikeshow: Rebroadcast

     Listen to the show (mp3, 26.5MB) This month’s show includes a rebroadcast of a 2014 interview with Shannon Galphin, adventurer, author, & activist, who shares her work & activism w/ women in Afghanistan In the second half, Alon speaks with John Waterman of PEAC (Programs to Educate all Cyclists), advocates for transportation equity for those w/…