Podcast appearances and mentions of Michael Marks

Deep in the woods, still waters run dark. This week on Drew Blood's Dark Tales, we trade the noise of the world for the silence of nature—but something in that silence is listening. From acclaimed author Michael Marks comes a tale that blurs the line between solitude and madness, where reflection turns to obsession and the shadows of the mind are the hardest to escape. "The Pond" by Michael Marks – Burned out and longing for peace, Marcus retreats to a secluded cabin, hoping the quiet of the woods will restore his balance. But the stillness surrounding the nearby pond carries an unsettling weight, and Marcus soon finds himself drawn to its murky depths with growing obsession. As strange sounds echo through the trees and reality begins to twist, he's forced to confront a darkness that may have been waiting for him all along. A haunting tale of isolation, unraveling sanity, and the quiet places where our demons wait to surface. To watch the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT⁠⁠⁠⁠ Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/DrewBlood⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/DrewBlood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In an hour-long special, the California Newsroom and the Texas Standard team up to examine how the Trump administration is changing life in two of the nation's largest states. To mark President Trump's 100 days in office, the California Newsroom and the Texas Standard teamed up to examine how life is changing in two of the nation's largest states - California and Texas - through the lens of politics, immigration, tariffs, agriculture, and education. The hour-long special is called 100 Days, 2 Americas and is hosted by CapRadio Insight Host Vicki Gonzalez alongside David Brown based in Austin. It includes reporting from Angela Korcherga of KTEP in El Paso, Michael Marks of the Texas Standard, Levi Sumagaysay and Carolyn Jones of CalMatters in Sacramento, Stella Chávez of the Texas Newsroom, Gustavo Solis of KPBS in San Diego, Tyche Hendricks of KQED in San Francisco, and Jessica Greenwell of KVCR in Riverside, Calif.Editor's note: The audio version of this story incorrectly identifies Arroyo Grande as a city in the Central Valley of California; it is actually located along the state's central coast. We apologize for this error.

MIT President Emeritus Dr. Rafael Reif joins host Michael Marks for a discussion about the state of U.S. competitiveness in technology, university research funding, current immigration policy, and more. Reif explains why universities remain the innovation engines of economies, educating top talent and generating the foundational research that powers emerging tech and creates new industries. He candidly assesses U.S.-China competition, warns that Chinese research output is rapidly outpacing our own, and urges renewed federal investment. The discussion explores how restrictive immigration policies threaten the flow of global talent into the U.S and his own impression of current policies as an immigrant from Venezuela himself. As a TSMC board member, Reif also touches on the strategic need for domestic semiconductor fabs, Intel's path forward, and TSMC's edge in advancing cutting-edge nodes. Lastly, he addresses gaps in the venture capital funding space and why he created MIT's The Engine incubator model to fund “tough tech” startups, which helped launch breakthroughs like Commonwealth Fusion Systems.If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform. Sign up for our newsletter at techsurgepodcast.com for exclusive insights and updates on upcoming TechSurge Live Summits.Connect with Rafael Reif on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/l-rafael-rief-b8977b231Dive deeper into Reif's career, publications, and awards. Read his full biography https://reif.mit.edu/biography Read Rafael's recent op-ed about government R&D funding: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/02/17/opinion/science-technology-research-development/Read Rafael's speech about the role of universities in building a strong U.S. economy: https://reif.mit.edu/speeches-writing/strong-universities-make-strong-united-statesExplore how MIT's Engine incubator is fueling “tough tech” startups like fusion power. Learn about The Engine https://engine.xyz/Watch Commonwealth Fusion Systems' plan to deliver commercial fusion energy. Discover CFS https://cfs.energy/Understand the roadmap to a 400 MW fusion pilot plant. Read the MIT News report https://news.mit.edu/2024/commonwealth-fusion-systems-unveils-worlds-first-fusion-power-plant-1217

Other than when we need to call 911, how often do we imagine the toll it takes on the lives of those whose job it is to save our own? More relevant than ever these variable and volatile times call upon those who remain steadfast on the front lines of caring for our citizens no matter what. Listen in while Dr. Michael Marks shares his own decades long journey supporting the mental health of those who sacrifice their own lives in order to save others. In this episode, Michael Marks distills what he's learned about the women, men— the culture of first responders from veterans of foreign wars to the everyday civilian heroes who work in paramilitary cultures— the fire, police and EMT's who put themselves into the fray between dire circumstances, their own safety— while supporting themselves and their families. To see how Dr. Marks' resiliency tools help people in the field, check out this compelling video that he recently released. It will tug at your heart and fill it with gratitude. https://drive.google.com/file/d/14ctNh49nPygB09HUq3KKLe5HvqiVbjwl/view?usp=drive_link

How a secretive gambler known as “The Joker” and his partner helped take down the Texas Lottery.A new order from the Trump administration took effect yesterday requiring documentation of cash transactions along the U.S.-Mexico border.A plan to expand the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in the Panhandle is now in peril. The Texas Standard’s Michael Marks […] The post Plan to expand Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge is in peril appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

Many in venture capital and biopharma are anointing artificial intelligence the savior of drug discovery—but what can AI actually do?In this eye-opening episode, Michael Marks sits down with Mike Nohaile, CEO of Prellis Biologics, to explore the hype versus reality in AI-enabled drug discovery. Mike details why, despite significant breakthroughs like AlphaFold and recent Nobel Prize win for computational protein design, fully AI-generated medicines still present challenges. He also discusses why we urgently need more effective medicines and details Prellis' unique system which combines laser printed human organoids and an externalized human immune system with AI, enabling the discovery of fully human antibodies. If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform. Sign up for our newsletter at techsurgepodcast.com for exclusive insights and updates on upcoming TechSurge Live Summits.Links:Explore Prellis Biologicshttps://prellisbio.com/Understand AlphaFold, DeepMind's AI model for predicting protein structureshttps://deepmind.google/alphafoldRead about the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2024/press-release/ 

Was um uns herum lebt und wächst, ist unsere menschliche Lebensgrundlage - das Ökosystem, aus dem wir schöpfen. Gleichzeitig bedrohen wir mit unserer Art zu leben und zu wirtschaften genau diese Grundlagen: Wir beuten planetare Ressourcen aus, zerstören Lebensräume von Tieren und Pflanzen und sägen damit am eigenen Ast. Seit den Dinos hat es kein größeres Artensterben gegeben als jetzt. Und oft sind es die Kleinsten, die einfach verschwinden, ohne dass wir es merken. Die letzten Weltnaturkonferenz in Kolumbien im November 2024 ist abgebrochen worden, weil sich die Staaten nicht einigen konnten, wer für den Artenschutz aufkommt. Das soll jetzt nachgeholt werden, im zweiten Teil der Konferenz, in Rom. Wir holen uns ein Update der Verhandlungen, reden über den Zusammenhang von Biodiversität und Klimaerwärmung, blicken auf die ganz Kleinen, aber sehr bedeutsamen Akteure unseres Ökosystems und schauen uns aktuelle Kunst an, die sich mit Artenschutz und der Rettung unserer Lebensgrundlagen beschäftigt. Mit dabei Katrin Böhning-Gaese vom Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung in Leipzig, Jasmin Schreiber, Schriftstellerin und Biologin und Michael Marks, Kurator und Galerist. Podcast-Tipp: Weird Animals Die Welt ist im Dauerstress. Das Einzige, was hilft: Raus in die Natur - wo die kuriosesten Tiere wohnen. Bei Weird Animals widmen sich die Hosts Robinga Schnögelrögel und Tereza Hossa den schrägen, spannenden und lustigen Seiten der Tierwelt. Eine Liebeserklärung an Axolotl, Kalikokrebs und viele andere. Vor allem aber ist Weird Animals ein Comedy-Wissenspodcast. Jede Woche stellt ein Host dem anderen ein Tier vor und erklärt, was es weird macht. Dabei nehmen sie auch stets das große Ganze in den Blick - Biodiversität, Artensterben, Klimawandel und die Zukunft von Mensch und Tier. Jeden Dienstag gibt es eine neue Folge. https://www.ardaudiothek.de/sendung/weird-animals/13490917/

In this latest episode of Chilling Tales for Dark Nights, prepare to step into the unknown with two gripping tales that will haunt your thoughts long after the lights go out. From a haunted house that knows your darkest secrets to a remote wilderness alive with unseen dangers, this episode promises a journey through terror you won't soon forget. With masterful narration by Geoff Sturtevant and stories from author Michael Marks crafted to chill you to the core, courtesy of Velox Books, "Devils at the Door" invites you to turn off the lights, lean in close, and embrace the fear waiting just on the other side. Are you brave enough to open the door? Get an extended 30-day free trial at https://www.dipseastories.com/chilling To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: http://bit.ly/ChillingTalesPod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode, host Michael Marks dives into the transformative role of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Michael is joined by Dr. Alex Sardiña of WhiteRabbit.ai and Kalyan Sivasilam of 5C Network, two early adopters bringing AI to medicine through sharply contrasting market models in the U.S. and India, respectively. The discussion unpacks how AI is revolutionizing diagnostics, helping to address labor shortages, and improving patient experiences. Learn about breakthroughs in cancer detection, radiology efficiency, regulatory challenges, and the global potential of AI-driven solutions in medicine. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to AI in Healthcare 02:01 AI Applications in Cancer Detection 04:56 Addressing Radiologist Shortages with AI 07:47 The Reality of AI in Medical Imaging 12:06 Data Acquisition and Its Challenges 16:25 The Future of Radiologists in an AI World 22:00 Improving Accuracy in Medical Imaging with AI 23:25 AI in Diagnostic Imaging 25:18 Building vs. Partnering in AI Healthcare 29:40 Navigating Regulatory Environments 34:23 The Role of Insurance in AI Adoption 39:39 Overcoming Hurdles for AI Acceptance 43:56 Competition and Innovation in AI Links https://www.5cnetwork.com/ https://www.whiterabbit.ai/ Keywords AI, healthcare, medical imaging, cancer detection, radiology, diagnostics, technology, healthcare investment, patient care, data acquisition, AI, healthcare, diagnostic imaging, regulatory environment, insurance, competition, innovation, technology, partnerships, patient care

At least 95 people have died in Europe's deadliest floods since 2021 - and possibly the worst to hit Spain in modern history. Michael Marks, professor of medicine at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and consultant in infectious diseases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London, talks to Tech & Science Daily about the first case of ‘a more spreadable strain of mpox' which has been detected in London.Also in this episode: Have dating apps killed love at first sight? The London Standard investigates US election: Elon Musk summoned to court over $1m giveaways to registered votersRussia fines Google more than world's entire GDP for blocking YouTube accounts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join host Michael Marks as he discusses the transformative potential of technology in the construction industry with leaders from three innovative companies: Ash Bhardwaj, CEO and co-founder of Onx Homes; Trevor Schick, CEO of Slate.ai; and Camilo Restrepo, CEO of Biomason. The conversation delves into the challenges of disrupting the construction sector, the roles of AI and data in improving productivity, and novel approaches to sustainability and affordability in home building. Explore the future of construction technology and the strides these companies are making towards resilient, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly construction solutions. Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Construction Technology Challenges 02:59 Innovative Approaches in Home Building 05:49 Data Utilization and AI in Construction 08:46 Sustainability in Construction Materials 11:57 Biomason's Unique Approach to Cement 14:56 Sustainability and Resilience in Home Building 18:06 Addressing Housing Affordability 22:43 Understanding Home Upkeep Costs 27:04 Innovative Building Practices for Resilience 28:12 Real Estate Insights and Affordability 31:37 Marketing Innovative Construction Solutions 37:56 The Future of Technology in Construction ‍ ‍Keywords construction technology, home building, AI in construction, sustainability, carbon footprint, housing affordability, innovative materials, data utilization, construction industry challenges, emerging technologies, home building, construction innovation, affordability, insurance savings, energy efficiency, resilient homes, marketing strategies, technology in construction, generative AI, sustainable materials ‍ Links https://www.onxhomes.com/ https://slate.ai/ https://biomason.com/

This week on Drew Blood's Dark Tales, a tale of cosmic horror from author Michael Marks. LINK for GOFUNDME: https://gofund.me/f98965d8 To watch the podcast on YouTube: http://bit.ly/ChillingEntertainmentYT Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/DrewBlood If you like the show, telling a friend about it would be amazing! You can text, email, Tweet, or send this link to a friend: https://bit.ly/DrewBlood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the business world, some stories stand out not just for their success but for the bold decisions and risks that paved the way. Michael Marks, founding partner at Celesta Capital, is one such figure whose journey from Missouri to Silicon Valley is about the spirit of entrepreneurship and the transition from operator to investor. His career, marked by strategic moves and seizing opportunities, offers invaluable lessons for entrepreneurs at every stage. Celesta Capital has funded top-tier companies like Aurascape, Auradine, Recogni, and Agnikul.

Marks discusses global supply chains, manufacturing and his stint as interim CEO at Tesla in 2007.This episode was first released on Nov. 22, 2023.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Michael Marks, professor of medicine at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and consultant in infectious diseases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London, explains everything we know so far about the mpox virus outbreak and reveals how concerned we should be in the UK.Juice spacecraft to pass over Earth in ‘world first' fly-by. Friend of the show, Ben Dryer, Research Fellow at The Open University's Centre for Electronic Imaging, discusses the significance and reveals where we're up to with the mission.Also in this episode:Tinashe beats Sabrina Carpenter and Billie Eilish to claim TikTok's song of the summerRussian volcano erupts triggering ash cloud alert for aircraft amid stronger second earthquake warningHow to see the rare blue supermoon tonight Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Former CEO of PepsiCo and New York Times bestselling author Indra Nooyi joins host Michael Marks for a wide-ranging conversation to share her insights on the growth of big tech companies, the impact of AI, CEO-board relationships, and much more. Indra currently serves on the boards of Amazon, Phillips, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the National Gallery of Art, and is a Dean's Advisory Council Member at MIT School of Engineering. Her New York Times bestselling memoir My Life In Full offers insight and a call-to-action from one of the world's most-admired business leaders on how our society can blend work and family — and advance women — in the 21st century. She is widely considered to be one of the world's top CEOs for her leadership at global giant PepsiCo over 12 years. Chapters 00:00 Introduction and State of the Markets 02:47 The Disruption of Technology Companies and the Role of AI 12:55 The Importance of Board Governance and CEO Succession Planning 20:32 Supporting Working Families and Advancing Women in Business 30:26 Navigating Geopolitical Challenges in a Global Economy 36:17 India's Potential and the Need for Disciplined Democracy Links https://www.amazon.com/My-Life-Full-Family-Future/dp/0593421329 https://www.linkedin.com/in/indranooyi/

Driven both by surging demand and rapid technology advancements, an emerging area of health innovation called “bioconvergence” is driving improvements in human health and sustained interest from investors. This episode will explore these new applications merging engineered technologies with scientific disciplines, including in diagnostics, therapeutics, and elsewhere. Nobel Laureate Dr. Jim Rothman, Dr. Melanie Mathieu of Prellis Biologics, and Daniel Dornbusch of Excision join host Michael Marks for an in-depth discussion covering advancements in CRISPR technology, the role of AI in drug discovery, the future of personalized medicine, and much more.

I tried to tell myself I was just paranoid... but after that, I couldn't deny it anymore... CREEPYPASTA ► "My Roommate Let Something into Our Apartment, and I Don't Think It's Going to Leave" written by Michael Marks (deadnspread), narrated by ClancyPasta ► https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1e13mov/my_roommate_let_something_into_our_apartment_and/ Here are ways to support the channel if you wish ~ MERCH ► http://teespring.com/stores/clancypastastore PATREON ► https://patreon.com/clancypasta Here's where you can find me, and also links to the audio version of the show ~ TWITTER ► http://twitter.com/clancypasta INSTA ► https://instagram.com/clancypasta SPOTIFY ► https://open.spotify.com/show/51DHHPsFnEvDAGfRiZPMF7 ANCHOR.FM ► https://anchor.fm/clancypasta MUSIC ► "Come Play with Me" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Gathering Darkness" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Ice Demon" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ "Sunset at Glengorm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

At the Republican National Convention, speakers including Sen. Ted Cruz make claims about immigration and crime they hope will resonate at the polls in November. The Texas Newsroom’s Julián Aguilar has details.Some in Congress want to create a new military branch, one without a physical domain, to specialize in cyber warfare.The Standard’s Michael Marks has […] The post Folks cut off from a public Texas waterway take their case to court appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

In this episode, Prof. Michael Marks, Chair of the International Alliance for the Control of Scabies, is joined by medical doctor and researcher Romain Blaizot to delve into a recently published paper on scabies. They explore the challenges of treating scabies in diverse territories and communities, focusing on the knowledge, attitudes, and practices linked to treatment failures. The discussion covers factors driving treatment failures in French Guiana, the need to adapt treatment programs to cultural settings, and the difficulties of conducting effective follow-up treatment amongst remote communities. Additionally, they consider potential community-wide strategies for controlling the spread of skin health issues and fungal infections.   Link to article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jdv.19688   Link to video version: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2DbuyADMP5mFx4sZqS_vQtdTGOGIbwb1   You are invited to participate in our survey to improve the show. Your feedback is valued and appreciated to allow us to better serve our audience: https://eadv.org/eadv-podcast-survey/

Legendary technology founder and venture investor Vinod Khosla joins host Michael Marks for a wide-ranging discussion on the future of AI, major tech cycles, the importance of being honest with founders, and much more. Vinod shares his predictions for the next 25 years of technology advancement and how we should be assessing the risks and benefits as the adoption of artificial intelligence continues to accelerate.

To coincide with the launch of LGIM's 13th annual Active Ownership report, we discuss the depth and breadth of our work in 2023 on the issues of nature, biodiversity and artificial intelligence, while also discussing what's front of mind for 2024. The panellists are: Michael Marks, Head of Investment Stewardship and Responsible Investment Integration Madeleine King, Head of Research and Engagement for Investments Shuen Chan, Head of Responsible Investment & Sustainability, LGIM Real Assets  This podcast is hosted by Harry Brooks, Content Manager. Apart from those listed below, all numbers quoted in this podcast are from LGIM's Active Ownership report, 2023.  The figure relating to our assets under management in UK real estate equities is from internal LGIM data as at 31 March 2023. Figures cited in relation to the Ecuador debt-for-nature swap are cited in the Reuters article ‘Ecuador seals record debt-for-nature swap with Galapagos bond', published May 2023.   For professional investors only. Capital at risk.

This week on Fresh From The Field Fridays from The Produce Industry Podcast Dan The Produce Man is joined by “Your Produce Man” Michael Marks host of What's in Season on CBS TV 13 in Sacramento. The two produce men have a great time yucking it up about spring goodies. What are artichoke variety is the best of the season? When is the pristine season for California strawberries and asparagus? Find out how many seeds are on a strawberry? Tune in and Turn on to find out!FANCY SPONSORS: Flavor Wave, LLC.: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://flavorwavefresh.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Noble Citrus: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://noblecitrus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Buck Naked Onions/Owyhee Produce, Inc.: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.owyheeproduce.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, John Greene Logistics Company: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.jglc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and Summer Citrus From South Africa; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.summercitrus.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CHOICE SPONSORS: Equifruit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://equifruit.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Arctic® Apples: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://arcticapples.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sev-Rend Corporation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.sev-rend.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Jac Vandenberg Inc.: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.jacvandenberg.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , WholesaleWare: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.grubmarket.com/hello/software/index.html⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Continental Fresh, LLC: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.continentalfresh.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and RPE/Tasteful Selections:

This week on Fresh From The Field Fridays from The Produce Industry Podcast Dan The Produce Man is joined by “Your Produce Man” Michael Marks host of What's in Season on CBS TV 13 in Sacramento. The two produce men have a great time yucking it up about spring goodies. What are artichoke variety is the best of the season? When is the pristine season for California strawberries and asparagus? Find out how many seeds are on a strawberry? Tune in and Turn on to find out! FANCY SPONSORS: Flavor Wave, LLC.: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://flavorwavefresh.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Noble Citrus: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://noblecitrus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Buck Naked Onions/Owyhee Produce, Inc.: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.owyheeproduce.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, John Greene Logistics Company:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.jglc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,  Bell Harvest Sales; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.belleharvest.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Summer Citrus From South Africa; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.summercitrus.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CHOICE SPONSORS:  Equifruit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://equifruit.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Arctic® Apples:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://arcticapples.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sev-Rend Corporation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.sev-rend.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Jac Vandenberg Inc.: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.jacvandenberg.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , WholesaleWare: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.grubmarket.com/hello/software/index.html⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Continental Fresh, LLC:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.continentalfresh.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠and RPE/Tasteful Selections: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tastefulselections.com/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Apeel Sciences: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.apeel.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Thx! Dreams ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thxdreams.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and Golden Star Citrus, Inc.: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.goldenstarcitrus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theproduceindustrypodcast/support

This week on Fresh From The Field Fridays from The Produce Industry Podcast Dan The Produce Man is joined by “Your Produce Man” Michael Marks host of What's in Season on CBS TV 13 in Sacramento. The two produce men have a great time yucking it up about spring goodies. What are artichoke variety is the best of the season? When is the pristine season for California strawberries and asparagus? Find out how many seeds are on a strawberry? Tune in and Turn on to find out!FANCY SPONSORS: Flavor Wave, LLC.: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://flavorwavefresh.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Noble Citrus: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://noblecitrus.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Buck Naked Onions/Owyhee Produce, Inc.: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.owyheeproduce.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, John Greene Logistics Company: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.jglc.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and Summer Citrus From South Africa; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.summercitrus.com ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠CHOICE SPONSORS: Equifruit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://equifruit.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Arctic® Apples: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://arcticapples.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sev-Rend Corporation: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.sev-rend.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, Jac Vandenberg Inc.: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.jacvandenberg.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , WholesaleWare: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.grubmarket.com/hello/software/index.html⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Continental Fresh, LLC: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.continentalfresh.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and RPE/Tasteful Selections:

A federal judge is considering holding Texas in contempt of court over ongoing problems in the state’s foster care system. Bob Garrett of The Dallas Morning News joins us with the latest. Chronic wasting disease, for which there is no known cure, has been detected in a Texas deer breeding facility. The Standard’s Michael Marks […] The post Chronic wasting disease ravages Texas Parks and Wildlife facility appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

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Bloomberg News Real Economy Team Reporter Mark Niquette discusses his conversations with UAW's striking workers from the picket line. Elisabeth Staudinger, Managing Board Member for Siemens Healthineers, talks about the potential for AI to reshape the healthcare industry. Michael Marks, Founding Managing Partner at Celesta Capital, discusses VC investing in the deep technology space. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Technology Reporters Julia Love and Davey Alba share the details of the Businessweek Magazine cover story Google's User Data Has Become a Favorite Shortcut of Police. And we Drive to the Close with Samana, Senior Global Market Strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg News Real Economy Team Reporter Mark Niquette discusses his conversations with UAW's striking workers from the picket line. Elisabeth Staudinger, Managing Board Member for Siemens Healthineers, talks about the potential for AI to reshape the healthcare industry. Michael Marks, Founding Managing Partner at Celesta Capital, discusses VC investing in the deep technology space. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Technology Reporters Julia Love and Davey Alba share the details of the Businessweek Magazine cover story Google's User Data Has Become a Favorite Shortcut of Police. And we Drive to the Close with Samana, Senior Global Market Strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With an impeachment trial looming, suspended Attorney General Ken Paxton is facing new scrutiny from the feds in San Antonio, with a federal grand jury convened to hear from witnesses close to him. Emergency steps are being taken due to a disease threatening the state’s $4 billion deer hunting industry. The Standard’s Michael Marks has […] The post Chronic wasting disease threatens deer and Texas' hunting economy appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

To coincide with the launch of LGIM's 12th annual Active Ownership report, we discuss the depth and breadth of our work in 2022 on the issues of deforestation, biodiversity, cybersecurity and the effect of climate change on real assets, while also discussing what's front of mind for 2023. Panellists include: Michael Marks, Head of Investment Stewardship and Responsible Investment Integration Amelia Tan, Head of Responsible Investing Strategy for Investments  Shuen Chan, Head of Responsible Investment & Sustainability, LGIM Real Assets  This podcast is hosted by Frances Watson, Content Manager. All numbers quoted in this podcast are from LGIM's Active Ownership report, 2022. The 50% statistic regarding The Dolphin Shopping Centre, Pool is NHS Dorset, as at March 2023. For professional investors only. Capital at risk.

This week we have gravel racer, Ian Lopez de San Roman in the studio to talk about his upcoming season. At 19 years old, Ian will be the youngest competitor in the Life Time Grand Prix. With early season results in the Grasshopper series and Rockcobbler, Ian is certainly an athlete to watch. Episode Sponsor: Logos Components Support the Podcast Join The Ridership  Automated Transcription, please excuse the typos: [00:00:00] Craig Dalton: Hello, and welcome to the gravel ride podcast, where we go deep on the sport of gravel cycling through in-depth interviews with product designers, event organizers and athletes. Who are pioneering the sport I'm your host, Craig Dalton, a lifelong cyclist who discovered gravel cycling back in 2016 and made all the mistakes you don't need to make. I approach each episode as a beginner down, unlock all the knowledge you need to become a great gravel cyclist. This week on the show. I want to introduce you to ian Lopez de Santa Ramon. A 19 year old from Sonoma county here in Northern California, who got accepted to participate as a professional athlete in the lifetime grand Prix series in 2023. As you'll see this young athlete found his way to the bike. Not super early and didn't see remarkable results as a junior in his own words. But yet over the last few years, he's really found his stride cutting his teeth, both on the grasshopper series. Here in Northern California, as well as impressing Michael Marks when participating in the Belgian waffle ride series. As we enter the 2023 grand Prix. I thought we'd take a chance and get to know Ian. I managed to catch the Inn on his way, home from a bike fit and Monterey. And so how did over in the studio for quick conversation? Before we jump in, I need to thank this week. Sponsor logos components. You may recall my episode with my co-host Randall Jacobs around the launch of logos components and the three new sets of carbon wheels that they're bringing to market. 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Again, check them out at logos components. Dot com when you have a second. With that said let's dive right into my conversation with Ian. [00:02:48] Craig Dalton: Ian, welcome to the studio. [00:02:50] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Thanks for making it happen. It was a little last minute. [00:02:53] Craig Dalton: Yeah. Studio is a euphemism for the shed office in my backyard, but I appreciate you coming over and it was actually pretty cool to see your bikes getting out of the car. [00:03:03] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Yeah. You got a, you got a sweet set up here. [00:03:05] Craig Dalton: It was a shed that held the bikes and then we hired a contractor to drywall and put it all together. So it's kind of a covid investment, so I could have an [00:03:12] Ian Lopez de San Roman: office at home. Nice. It looks, it looks legit. It looks well made, [00:03:16] Craig Dalton: and I got my bikes on the wall, so That's all right. [00:03:19] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Something to look at. [00:03:19] Craig Dalton: So, you're actually just coming off competing at low gap, right? In one of the grasshoppers. Yep. How'd that go yesterday? [00:03:27] Ian Lopez de San Roman: I made a lot of mistakes. Yeah, let's talk about it a little bit. Yeah. So I went into the race and I was like, , I kind of really wanna win this race. It's kind of like my home race and I know Pete's on good form and everybody there is like really fast. So I just decided like I, I'm not usually not nervous for races, but I was actually nervous for low gap, which is weird. So I slept kind of weird. Started the race, , it was like super hot on the first climb. And then I, I was thinking about what I did the night before the race. Mid race for some reason. And then I was like, dude, I didn't charge my shifting. And then I look back and I see the blinking red light on the axis and I'm like, dude, really? You forgot to charge your shifting. And so I think it was like halfway through the race I roll up to the aid station. So the shifting died on this like cement climb and then I roll into the aid station, I'm yelling, Blake, give me an access battery. Blake, which is like my friend. . Everyone from the shop I used to work for was there, and I was like, dude, I'm gonna get so roasted about this later. I'm gonna, yeah, people are gonna have, this is gonna be the story people are telling. And so they didn't have an access battery. Usually they have a pile of 'em and they just sell 'em out and give 'em to I see my old Nica coach, Mike, Mike Warren is there and he's I was like, Mike, Mike, I see you're here. Gimme your access battery. And he's no, man, no man. I have to ride outta here. Come on. Come on. And then I was like, I'm racing gimme your access battery. He's no, no, no, no, no. And so I got in, like I spent like a minute and a half like arguing him and finally I get his battery. And so I go in and he's dude, you're really stranded me out here. You owe me. And he is he was like really mad. And so I took his battery and then I'm still kind of working out a couple kinks on the new bike. And so I dropped my chain, lost some more time, but then, I think my fitness is pretty good right now. So then I caught up to Lance who is in. , which I guess was like fourth place. And then we caught up the Tyler, which was third place, and then we see Chris Blevins right down the road. And then I was all like, I was like, yeah, okay, maybe I'll sudden a little flyer at the end and try to get these two Legion Crisp printers. But I didn't really think I had a very good chance. And then half a mile from the finish, I flatted. , and I was like, like my rear tire was kind of bouncy and I could feel the rim. And I was like, really? This is so stupid. So then Tyler went, he did 1500 watts and he got third. And then I took Lance to the line. Like I, I made him fight for it, but I, I got fifth. So, not a bad [00:05:44] Craig Dalton: result. You would've thought with all that negotiating to try to get an access battery, you wouldn't even be part. [00:05:50] Ian Lopez de San Roman: The event. It wasn't a very, I didn't have very good luck that day. Like right after the race, me and like Stan and a couple other people went and rode around and then like we rode up the old low gap finish and then like my friend Taj was like next to me and then he like got too close and hit my rear brake going or my front brake going like 20 and then I crashed and flooded my other tire on the front. And then, It was always like lying on the ground with another flat tire, like after the race. And I was like, what am I doing? So then like a log a truck with some logs came by and then we put my bike in the back and I held onto the back like a garbage man and rode five miles down the road on the back of this truck. And then I was like, I was just like so bummed, but whatever. Not a, not a [00:06:32] Craig Dalton: terrible result. And best to get that bad [00:06:34] Ian Lopez de San Roman: luck out of the way. This part of the season. Yeah. Something to improve on. And so we'll go from there and see. [00:06:38] Craig Dalton: Let's start at, let's take a step back and just understand one, you're from Sonoma County in California, right? Yeah. And two, you've, you were the youngest person to get accepted in the Lifetime Grand PR pre for 2023. [00:06:54] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Yeah. Yeah. Super excited on that. And your age is? I'm 19. [00:06:59] Craig Dalton: Okay. So at 19, how did you find the bike? Like when did you find the bike originally, and what was your progression like? How does a 19 year old find the. with the capability and skill to race at a professional level on the gravel scene? [00:07:11] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Yeah. Honestly, I don't really know how I'm, how I'm here, , I started like actually kind of riding when I was like third or fourth grade. Like me and my mom would kind. Be like, yeah, yeah, we should, we used, started mountain biking. So my aunt is a pro. She went to the Olympics like twice I think. And so we always kind of, me and my sister kind of looked at it like, man, that's, that's kind of cool. And then we just we just had some like really crappy, like old bikes. And so we started kind of riding a little bit, and then there's like a local Wednesday night race called dirt C crits. And then we I had ridden like maybe like a total of like couple days like cumulatively like a one. Not like one week, but you know what I'm saying, like seven total days over a couple months. And I was like, my friend invited me to this local race. I went and I was like, man, that was pretty fun. And then like my sister came and showed up and watched and she's nah, never. I'm never riding a bike like that. I'm never riding a bike. And then like I kind of just kept riding from there. And now my sister's racing, cycling cross in Belgium. And I'm here in the Grand Prix . I don't know I honestly don't know, like in, I feel like we're missing a few [00:08:17] Craig Dalton: pieces there. So then you, you sort of, you discover it through the local dirt Cris series [00:08:22] Ian Lopez de San Roman: at Local Dirt Cris. And then I kind of slowly, I raised that whole series and it was just like every Wednesday night you go and it's just like juniors beat down. Like it's just like a fight with ev all the juniors. It was so fun. the bike pedler, like they didn't put like the winner got $150 gift card. It was like super cool. They, they cm c h at the time, right? Yeah. And they'd take these old like motorbike trophies and it was awesome. And so, yeah, I kind of just kept going through and then my sister and I got a coach. Did you get, did you get involved in the Nica scene? Yeah. So we got involved in the Nika scene when I was in like fifth or sixth. I want to say like I started riding with him and then like pretty quickly, like I was always kind of riding with the varsity group and so if you've been riding with a varsity group since you were in like fifth or sixth grade, once you're actually in the Nike varsity, it's a little bit weird. , but it must have been nice to [00:09:15] Craig Dalton: have those older student athletes just kind of teaching you the ropes a little bit and showing you like, Yeah, you're capable of riding a 35 mile mountain bike [00:09:24] Ian Lopez de San Roman: ride or whatever it was at the time. Yeah. Back in the day, we barely rode it all. 15 miles was like such a big day. , it was good. We didn't have, we had a pretty strong scene, but it was like the people who were like a year or two older than me that were good, the people that were like, Older that we were actually in were, were like, I feel like the level was a little different then. But yeah, it was super solid. We got the kind of ride like every Saturday. But from there I don't know, we just kind of rode a lot. And then as you were, as you were in [00:09:53] Craig Dalton: high school, competing in [00:09:55] Ian Lopez de San Roman: like a mountain bike races? Yeah. Actually now I remember. So the point where it actually got serious was like, I think it was like 2016. , we like worked, did like a couple cycle cross races, and then we met this kid Paul, and then his dad like coached people and then like his brother Gavin had been to like Europe as a pro and then was kind of on the way out. And so then he just kinda took us under his wing and was like, , I'm gonna coach you guys. And he was a super cool dude. He was like, well, I'm, he was like super religious and he was like, well, I don't charge you guys anything. We're coasting coaching. So I can say a prayer before the races. And he'd get you together. And he'd be like, God, what He was, he was an awesome guy, awesome guy. Love that guy. He got us pretty serious. He gave us psycho cross drills and then we just like kind of kept going from there.. It was weird. Like I wasn't a very good junior. Like I always followed exactly like exactly what the coach gave me, but , it like was not working. And so, it's really weird to say, but junior racing is a lot of who develops first? . And so I was like super late and so I was going to these Nire races and I was just getting likes like o obliterated. Yeah. In every single race. And I was like, I was getting like super done with it and I was like, I'm falling all this coaching, like nothing's working. And then, , it was covid, COVID year is when I think it, like when I really got serious, it was like three years ago. And then I, I think I like, back then I thought I had three months. of writing, and I was like, dude, I'm gonna be done in three months. And I never really thought like I actually had a future as a pro. Like I just thought, I wasn't you're not built for it. Yeah. And so, I was like, all right, like I had a really bad relationship with my previous coach. I don't really want to like, like talk trash or anything, but then I just like switched coaches and then I was like, it. A couple months later, I was like, whoa. I'm like actually getting like faster, like really quick. And then it's just been like a, like an up from there. And , it honestly might be a good thing because like it kind of kept me hungry and I had no success. Obviously sucks to lose races, but if you're, if you're out there every single weekend just getting your face kicked in, like I feel like at some. You're gonna, you're gonna win. And hopefully that's this year. Yeah. I think, I [00:12:14] Craig Dalton: mean, that's part of the process, right? Yeah. We all start out as this lowest person on the ride. And you, you know, you get to the top of a climb and you're the last person there and everybody's ready to leave. And you keep doing that, you keep plugging away and next thing you know, you're not the last person to arrive at the top of the climb. And I think that's, you know, the nature of developing as a cyclist. It's interesting in your case, like developing as a young cyclist and having to have that patience. , you know, ultimately discovering Hey, I actually am talented even though I've been getting my teeth kicked in for a few years. [00:12:45] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Yeah, yeah. And yeah, junior cycling is interesting. Like it's, it's funny how like a result as a as a good junior can like really land you on a team, but it's also like those kids like long term, might not be in the sport. And so, I've once I kind of figured out like you actually could do. I kind of had the mentality like maybe I'm not the most like naturally talented, but I'll be there, I'll be there to take these kids sponsors once they burn out, or, it was kind of my joke. I don't wanna say it like that, but I'll be, I'll be there like to put in all the work and then it's all the work you don't see. And I feel like a lot of people were kind of like, well, where did this Ian kid come out of? And it's I, the past three years, it's like I, I. Missed a day of training without being like, oh, I'm sick, or whatever. Right. So so a certain point, process point [00:13:30] Craig Dalton: sounds like in the last three years is really when you picked up road cycling and [00:13:34] Ian Lopez de San Roman: gravel cycling. . I would say like more two years for the road. I I'm super green on the road. I think it like it helps that I like, I'm naturally like fit, like I have experience in the pack on gravel, like a little bit, but I've just kind of. I just I went to a couple South American like road tours and just threw myself in the deep end. Let's get some handling skills and let's, let's go ride. And that that's super fun and I really had nothing to lose and like people down there really had all to lose, right? Because like I was just some like random American kid no one had heard of and then I was just down there having a good time. Nice. [00:14:08] Craig Dalton: And so as you thought about like where you wanted to go with your cycling, there's obvious. going on the road and there's sort of a process for ultimately getting into the world tour, and that may start with development teams. It may start with kind of going and finding your own opportunities in Europe. How were you thinking about what was gonna be next for you as, as we came to 2023? [00:14:32] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Yeah, I mean like are you asking about what my decision, my decision. [00:14:38] Craig Dalton: Yeah. It sounds you know, in getting to know you a little bit, you did have an opportunity to kind of stake your claim and say, I'm, I'm going to kind of go down the road path full, full force Yeah. Where there's this other opportunity to go gravel and potentially there's another one where it's kind of a little bit of [00:14:53] Ian Lopez de San Roman: both. Yeah, yeah. What do you, what are you thinking? It's hard. Like I, there's not really a, like a, a manual for how to do this, and I'm like super on the untraditional side of this. there's like the regular use act development path where you kind of hop around the teams and then you go race with the national team and like I've never raced for the national team. I, yeah, I would love to, but I just haven't. And so I've kind of been like, I've been under the radar and so yeah, I, I like when I went to these South American Road race, I like I got noticed by an agent and he was like, yeah, I'll put you on a road team. So I sent him some power numbers and he got me a spot on a team. And then, is it north of Spain? And so like the road scene there is or the amateur road scene is what it was for. So it's like super high level races every weekend. They're very underrated, like very hard races. Yeah, I had an opportunity to go there. I was gonna sit in an apartment with this like Costa Rican kid I met in Panama. And it was gonna be pretty cool. And I was pretty, I was pretty, decided I was doing that. And so, and then what happened was I had negotiated this guest ride spot for, to go to B W R Kansas In B w R or no, no big sugar in Arkansas. And yeah, I like. . I just got picked up by the ma la team and I was just like, the vibe of the team was really good and I was like, man, you guys are making this, this decision a lot harder. And I literally had a decision to decide like that week. And you had to, you had a [00:16:29] Craig Dalton: successful gravel season last year in 2022, right? You did. Yeah. [00:16:33] Ian Lopez de San Roman: People say it was like this breakout season, but I mean I didn't even have that crazy of results or anything. I just kind. Just put my, put myself in as many races as I could. Like I basically had no sponsors. Supportful helped me out a little bit with some kits and I just was like, all right let's make a mark. And yeah, I just got myself like I see like where I had friends in the country and be like, all right, I'll go to that gravel race. I can stay at their house. And so, [00:16:58] Craig Dalton: and also probably fortunate that you've got the Grasshopper series in your backyard. Yeah. So you can hit all those. At this point, MIGS done such an amazing job with that series. They're both so much fun and so competitive that if you can get your name on the top step there for the series as you did, that's huge. Like people are gonna take [00:17:17] Ian Lopez de San Roman: notice. Yeah. I don't know. I don't, I feel like the series win wasn't that big of a deal last year. Like I, I was like, whatever. It's just it's another series when I didn't actually win the race. [00:17:28] Craig Dalton: , I'm gonna have to hype you up as that is a big deal winning the Grasshopper series. And why don't you talk about some of the other races that you did and how they performed at the [00:17:36] Ian Lopez de San Roman: bws. I switched to gravel as I was like, I'm traveling all over the country and then I have this series in my backyard that's like world class. And so that's where my kind of switch to gravel came. And I was like, I always knew I wanted to do longer events and I realized my power profiles more built for that. And so like I switched to that. I kind of started over a year off with some grasshoppers and then I went to B W R San Diego. And I, like I met, , Michael Marks the, the kind of BWR founder. And the story is like I double flighted the first day. I like made it like I, I closed this big old gap. I made it back to the front group. People were like, whoa, whoa, okay, who is this little kid in the group? And then, and then I like, and then I started like barfing at like hour five or six or something and I was like, gone. Gone. And I finished like 17th. So it wasn't like a super great day. And then I. And then they hit the wafer the next day and I was like, yeah, let's trace the wafer. Like this will be, this will be super fun. And then it was in a front group, and then I. , like I hit a pothole going like 35 and no one had called it out in the group of four of us. I was holding on my water bottle and I just yard sailed and so I like cracked my bar. I was like, I was super scraped up and so then Michael Marks picked me up off the road and he was like, dude, and like you were about to get second. And he was like super, he was like super bummed for me and so I actually it was kind of a get, I don't know, it was kind of weird, like it was that really. That was a kind of pivotal moment in the season where he I met him, we had a really great like connection and so then we kinda drove around the rest of the day. I was like bleeding all over the inside of his Bronco and yeah, like he had kind of helped me. He was like, dude, you're really fast. He kinda helped me get to the rest of his races. And so then I did the B W R series and then I finished fifth like overall. And so I didn't like, I didn't really think that was possible, but it was a pretty big result with. with having STNA win and then like Griffin and Brennan. So like it was kind of big names and I was like, whoa. Like I'm really standing on the podium with Yeah. Giants right now. Yeah, [00:19:38] Craig Dalton: that's huge. So then you decided, as you mentioned, you kind of made that connection with the La Mazda team. Yeah. You got an opportunity to race with them as an option in 2023. Yeah. Did you decide to do that before you got accepted to the Grand Prix? [00:19:53] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Yeah, I did kind of take that gamble cuz I. . If I, if I don't get in the Grand Prix, like everyone kept telling me I could get in and I was like, I, I don't know. There's a chance I don't get in. And yeah I was kind of planning on doing most of the races anyways, except and maybe I probably wouldn't have done Unbound if I hadn't got in. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. But [00:20:13] Craig Dalton: obviously like the, the Grand Prix creates a lot of structure to the season. Yeah, because you've got. Seven events, six, you know, you get to drop whatever that you need to focus on as you think. Does that change your mentality going into the year or do you and your coach have that kind of figured out like how you're gonna prepare for these different [00:20:31] Ian Lopez de San Roman: events? I think we're gonna play it like, and see how it starts out and so I don't know. I'll go in the sea with pretty good farm hopefully, and then we'll see how it goes from there. Yeah, I don't know, it doesn't really change anything. I think. I like, I think it, I find it I can kind of race into form and so I can, yeah, like I basically was doing like last, last season, I think there was like, I had six consecutive race weekends and it was just like Grasshopper, Nike race, other gravel race, grasshopper. And it was just like back to back to back to back. And it like, I was hitting at a hundred, like after Sea Otter, I came out with 150 ctl and then, . I got one of the whatever, like Sea Otter sickness was going around that like everyone had. I got something in there and I was like so wiped out for Sea Otter last year. It was so bad. But yeah, I don't know. I'm excited for the season. I don't really, I'm not gonna put too much oh, what's the Grand Prix? I'm just gonna treat it as another race. Yeah. Do your [00:21:29] Craig Dalton: thing and be consistent along the way. It sounds like given your background with the Nica mountain bike racing and obviously the gravel experience you have, it's not. A roadie going into the series being intimidated by, you know, the mountain bike style racing, the mountain, actual mountain bikes race you're gonna do. Is there anything on the calendar that does seem intimidating in the [00:21:49] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Grand Prix to you? Obviously Unbound, but honestly I think big sugar is the one I'm like the most apprehensive about. Cuz like this last year I went to Pig Sugar and I got six. And I was just like, so done. So I finished the race. I don't even know why I finished the race. It's just part of I don't, I don't really quit on races, but it was just so stupid. Like it was like 17 miles in. I flatted it and then I like put all my like CO2 s and plugs in that tire and then like it was gone. And then I was like, well, and then I had tube and so I went. , I went to this Arkansas local's house. I like knocked on his door and was like, yo, you got a pump? And so I rode up his driveway and everything. So I went to his garage and I just tuned my bike up, like we pumped up my tires. And so like I had already lost like 20 minutes in the first like 17 miles of the race. And then it was just like flat after flat after flat. And then like it was so early in the race, no one was giving me tubes. So yeah, I was honestly like a little. I'm, I'm honestly like, oh, I have to really go back to big sugar. That's like what I'm not looking forward to, but whatever it'll be. Yeah. Maybe some tire [00:22:54] Craig Dalton: inserts and some different tires, [00:22:56] Ian Lopez de San Roman: man, next year. Oh, like the bike I was running, I could only fit, like I was running 30 eights that measured forties and that was like the biggest, and it was like rub on the front derailer and there was like rubbing on the frame, and so I. I'm maxed, I'm totally maxed. And every, I was running like 45 psi, which is like, everyone was like, well, like Ste had told me, no wonder you flat as you just bounced off the rocks. And and I was like, come on. Like I'll doing everything I can. Not flat , but. So [00:23:24] Craig Dalton: this, this season what, what is your equipment choice? [00:23:27] Ian Lopez de San Roman: What are you riding? I'm on the LA sla. Yeah, it's a sweet bike. It's pretty light. Yeah, I have a couple different setups. I can kind of run it. But yeah, [00:23:34] Craig Dalton: having just helped you take it off your car, it's definitely a light rig. Yeah. It look like it could take a bigger tire than what you were describing from last [00:23:40] Ian Lopez de San Roman: year. It takes if you can put like a 2.5 on it, and I, I'll just say I'll never, I'm not gonna be running that ever. But , it's cool. I I have mud clearance. Yeah. If Unbounding is mud, you know, [00:23:54] Craig Dalton: I think pros of these days, everybody likes to take a little bike packing trip, so maybe you can [00:23:58] Ian Lopez de San Roman: get some two fines off. Yeah, maybe I'll do that. [00:23:59] Craig Dalton: Is there any particular event in, in the Lifetime series or otherwise that you're very excited about [00:24:05] Ian Lopez de San Roman: for this year? I would say Leadville, like I kind of showed up last year and like I feel like I kind of showed that like I did have some potential to do a little better at that event and so I'm excited for that one. I think I'll probably I'll, that's probably like my, that Target one, maybe Crusher and the Tusher as well. . I don't know, as I live at two level, but I seem to actually like the altitude. Like I can adjust. I think at least I think I can adjust pretty quick. And [00:24:30] Craig Dalton: do you, do you feel like, the way you're built and the way you ride, are you, would you categorize yourself as more of a climber? [00:24:36] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Yeah, I still haven't hit those those world tour power numbers, like the people in the, the series. But I would say I have the body type of a climber and I'm, I. I'm on the way to developing the numbers to have as a climber. [00:24:48] Craig Dalton: Yeah. Nice. Well, it's gonna be super exciting to see how you do. I am always rooting for the NorCal guys and [00:24:55] Ian Lopez de San Roman: girls to do well. Thank you. Yeah, I'm excited. I think we've got some of the [00:24:59] Craig Dalton: best training in the world, and, , you're a product of that environment. Just all the great roads and great mountain bike trails you have up in Sonoma County. [00:25:07] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Yeah, yeah. We definitely have it going on here. Yeah, I'm super excited. Yeah. Well, [00:25:14] Craig Dalton: awesome. Well, thanks for coming over to the studio and if I don't see you before, I'll see you down at Sea [00:25:19] Ian Lopez de San Roman: Otter. Yeah, I'll see you there. Thank you. Big, thanks to Ian for stopping by and talking to us. I hope you enjoyed getting to know em, and you are as excited as I am to see how he fairs throughout the year and the lifetime grand Prix. As you guys know, I've got a strong bias to the Northern California athletes. So I'm super excited to see another one joining our strong contingent to compete throughout this gravel season. 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The tZero was a sleek sportscar that began life powered by lead-acid batteries that could get from zero to 60 in just over four seconds and run for 80-100 miles. They used similar regenerative braking that can be found in the Prius (to oversimplify it) and the car took about an hour to charge. The cars were made by hand and cost about $80,000 each. They had other projects so couldn't focus on trying to mass produce the car. As Tesla would learn later, that takes a long time, focus, and a quality manufacturing process.  While we think of Elon Musk as synonymous with Tesla Motors, it didn't start that way. Tesla Motors was started in 2003 by Eberhard, who would serve as Tesla's first chief executive officer (CEO) and Tarpenning, who would become the first chief financial officer (CFO), when AC Propulsion declined to take that tZero to market. Funding for the company was obtained from Elon Musk and others, but they weren't that involved at first. Other than the instigation and support. It was a small shop, with a mission - to develop an electric car that could be mass produced.  The good folks at AC Propulsion gave Eberhard and Tarpenning test drives in the tZero, and even agreed to license their EV Power System and reductive charging patents. And so Tesla would develop a motor and work on their own power train so as not to rely on the patents from AC Propulsion over time. But the opening Eberhard saw was in those batteries. The idea was to power a car with battery packs made of lithium ion cells, similar to those used in laptops and of course the Rocket eBooks that NuvoMedia had made before they sold the company. They would need funding though. So Gage was kind enough to put them in touch with a guy who'd just made a boatload of money and had also recommended commercializing the car - Elon Musk.  This guy Musk, he'd started a space company in 2002. Not many people do that. And they'd been trying to buy ICBMs in Russia and recruiting rocket scientists. Wild. But hey, everyone used PayPal, where he'd made his money. So cool. Especially since Eberhard and Tarpenning had their own successful exit. Musk signed on to provide $6.5 million in the Tesla Series A and they brought in another $1m to bring it to $7.5 million. Musk became the chairman of the board and they expanded to include Ian Wright during the fundraising and J.B. Straubel in 2004. Those five are considered the founding team of Tesla.  They got to work building up a team to build a high-end electric sports car. Why? Because that's one part of the Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan. That's the title of a blog post Musk wrote in 2006.  You see, they were going to build a high-end hundred thousand dollar plus car. But the goal was to develop mass market electric vehicles that anyone could afford. They unveiled the prototype in 2006, selling out the first hundred in three weeks. Meanwhile, Elon Musk's cousins, Peter and Lyndon Rive started a company called SolarCity in 2006, which Musk also funded. They merged with Tesla in 2016 to provide solar roofs and other solar options for Tesla cars and charging stations. SolarCity, as with Tesla, was able to capitalize on government subsidies and growing to become the third most solar installations in homes with just a little over 6 percent of the market share.  But we're still in 2006. You see, they won a bunch of awards, got a lot of attention - now it was time to switch to general production. They worked with Lotus, a maker of beautiful cars that make up for issues with quality production in status, beauty, and luxury. They started with the Lotus Elise, increased the wheelbase and bolstered the chassis so it could hold the weight of the batteries. And they used a carbon fiber composite for the body to bring the weight back down.  The process was slower than it seems anyone thought it would be. Everyone was working long hours, and they were burning through cash. By 2007, Eberhard stepped down as CEO. Michael Marks came in to run the company and later that year Ze'ev Drori was made CEO - he has been given the credit by many for tighting things up so they could get to the point that they could ship the Roadster. Tarpenning left in 2008. As did others, but the brain drain didn't seem all that bad as they were able to ship their first car in 2008, after ten engineering prototypes. The Roadster finally shipped in 2008, with the first car going to Musk. It could go for 245 miles a charge. 0 to 60 in less than 4 seconds. A sleek design language. But it was over $100,000. They were in inspiration and there was a buzz everywhere. The showmanship of Musk paired with the beautiful cars and the elites that bought them drew a lot of attention. As did the $1 million in revenue profit they earned in July of 2009, off 109 cars shipped.  But again, burning through cash. They sold 10% of the company to Daimler AG and took a $465 million loan from the US Department of Energy. They were now almost too big to fail.  They hit 1,000 cars sold in early 2010. They opened up to orders in Canada. They were growing. But they were still burning through cash. It was time to raise some serious capital. So Elon Musk took over as CEO, cut a quarter of the staff, and Tesla filed for an IPO in 2010, raising over $200 million. But there was something special in that S-1 (as there often is when a company opens the books to go public): They would cease production of the Roadster making way for the next big product. Tesla cancelled the Roadster in 2012. By then they'd sold just shy of 2,500 Roadsters and been thinking through and developing the next thing, which they'd shown a prototype of in 2011. The Model S started at $76,000 and went into production in 2012. It could go 300 miles, was a beautiful car, came with a flashy tablet-inspired 17 inch display screen on the inside to replace buttons. It was like driving an iPad. Every time I've seen another GPS since using the one in a Model S, I feel like I've gotten in a time machine and gone back a decade.  But it had been announced in 2007to ship in 2009. And then the ship date dropped back to 2011 and 2012. Let's call that optimism and scope creep. But Tesla has always eventually gotten there. Even if the price goes up. Such is the lifecycle of all technology. More features, more cost. There are multiple embedded Ubuntu operating systems controlling various parts of car, connected on a network in the car. It's a modern marvel and Tesla was rewarded with tons of awards and, well, sales. Charging a car that runs on batteries is a thing. So Tesla released the Superchargers in 2012, shipping 7 that year and growing slowly until now shipping over 2,500 per quarter. Musk took some hits because it took longer than anticipated to ship them, then to increase production, then to add solar. But at this point, many are solar and I keep seeing panels popping up above the cars to provide shade and offset other forms of powering the chargers. The more ubiquitous chargers become, the more accepting people will be of the cars. Tesla needed to produce products faster. The Nevada Gigafactory was begun in 2013, to mass produce battery packs and components. Here's one of the many reason for the high-flying valuation Tesla enjoys: it would take dozens if not a hundred factories like this to transition to sustanable energy sources. But it started with a co-investment between Tesla and Panasonic, with the two dumping billions into building a truly modern factory that's now pumping out close tot he goal set back in 2014. As need increased, Gigafactories started to crop up with Gigafactory 5 being built to supposedly go into production in 2021 to build the Semi, Cybertruck (which should begin production in 2021) and Model Y. Musk first mentioned the truck in 2012 and projected a 2018 or 2019 start time for production. Close enough.  Another aspect of all that software is that they can get updates over the air. Tesla released Autopilot in 2014. Similar to other attempts to slowly push towards self-driving cars, Autopilot requires the driver to stay alert, but can take on a lot of the driving - staying within the lines on the freeway, parking itself, traffic-aware cruise control, and navigation. But it's still the early days for self-driving cars and while we make think that because the number of integrated circuits doubles every year that it paves the way to pretty much anything, no machine learning project I've ever seen has gone as fast as we want because it takes years to build the appropriate algorithms and then rethink industries based on the impact of those. But Tesla, Google through Waymo, and  many others have been working on it for a long time (hundreds of years in startup-land) and it continues to evolve. By 2015, Tesla had sold over 100,000 cars in the life of the company. They released the Model X that year, also in 2015. This was their first chance to harness the power of the platform - which in the auto industry is when there are multiple cars of similar size and build. Franz von Holzhausen designed it and it is a beautiful car, with falcon-wing doors, up to a 370 mile range on the battery and again with the Autopilot. But harnessing the power of the platform was a challenge. You see, with a platform of cars you want most of the parts to be shared - the differences are often mostly cosmetic. But the Model X only shared a little less than a third of the parts of the Model S.  But it's yet another technological marvel, with All Wheel Drive as an option, that beautiful screen, and check this out - a towing capacity of 5,000 pounds - for an electric automobile! By the end of 2016, they'd sold over 25,000. To a larger automaker that might seem like nothing, but they'd sell over 10,000 in every quarter after that. And it would also become the platform for a mini-bus. Because why not. So they'd gone lateral in the secret plan but it was time to get back at it. This is where the Model 3 comes in.  The Model 3 was released in 2017 and is now the best-selling electric car in the history of the electric car. The Model 3 was first shown off in 2016 and within a week, Tesla had taken over 300,000 reservations. Everyone I talked to seemed to want in on an electric car that came in at $35,000. This was the secret plan. That $35,000 model wouldn't be available until 2019 but they started cranking them out. Production was a challenge with Musk famously claiming Tesla was in “Production Hell” and sleeping on an air mattress at the factory to oversee the many bottlenecks that came. Musk thought they could introduce more robotics than they could and so they' slowly increased production to first a few hundred per week then a few thousand until finally almost hitting that half a million mark in 2020. This required buying Grohmann Engineering in 2017, now called Tesla Advanced Automation Germany - pumping billions into production. But Tesla added the Model Y in 2020, launching a crossover on the Model 3 platform, producing over 450,000 of them. And then of course they decided to the Tesla Semi, selling for between $150,000 and $200,000. And what's better than a Supercharger to charge those things? A Megacharger. As is often the case with ambitious projects at Tesla, it didn't ship in 2020 as projected but is now supposed to ship, um, later. Tesla also changed their name from Tesla Motors to Tesla, Inc. And if you check out their website today, solar roofs and solar panels share the top bar with the Models S, 3, X, and Y. SolarCity and batteries, right? Big money brings big attention. Some good. Some bad. Some warranted. Some not. Musk's online and sometimes nerd-rockstar persona was one of the most valuable assets at Tesla - at least in the fundraising, stock pumping popularity contest that is the startup world. But on August 7, 2018, he tweeted “Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured.” The SEC would sue him for that, causing him to step down as chairman for a time and limit his Twitter account. But hey, the stock jumped up for a bit.  But Tesla kept keeping on, slowly improving things and finally hit about the half million cars per year mark in 2020. Producing cars has been about quality for a long time. And it needs to be with people zipping around as fast as we drive - especially on modern freeways. Small batches of cars are fairly straight-forward. Although I could never build one.  The electric car is good for the environment, but the cost to offset carbon for Tesla is still far greater than, I don't know, making a home more energy efficient. But the improvements in the technology continue to increase rapidly with all this money and focus being put on them. And the innovative designs that Tesla has deployed has inspired others, which often coincides with the rethinking of entire industries.  But there are tons of other reasons to want electric cars. The average automobile manufactured these days has about 30,000 parts. Teslas have less than a third of that. One hopes that will some day be seen in faster and higher quality production.  They managed to go from producing just over 18,000 cars in 2015 to over 26,000 in 2016 to over 50,000 in 2017 to the 190,000s in 2018 and 2019 to a whopping 293,000 in 2020. But they sold nearly 500,000 cars in 2020 and seem to be growing at a fantastic clip. Here's the thing, though. Ford exceeded half a million cars in 1916. It took Henry Ford from 1901 to 1911 to get to producing 34,000 cars a year but only 5 more years to hit half a million. I read a lot of good and a lot of bad things about Tesla. Ford currently has a little over a 46 and a half billion dollar market cap. Tesla's crested at nearly $850 billion and has since dropped to just shy of 600. Around 64 million cars are sold each year. Volkswagen is the top, followed by Toyota. Combined, they are worth less than Tesla on paper despite selling over 20 times the number of cars. If Tesla was moving faster, that might make more sense. But here's the thing. Tesla is about to get besieged by competitors at every side. Nearly every category of car has an electric alternative with Audi, BMW, Volvo, and Mercedes releasing cars at the higher ends and on multiple platforms. Other manufacturers are releasing cars to compete with the upper and lower tiers of each model Tesla has made available. And miniature cars, scooters, bikes, air taxis, and other modes of transportation are causing us to rethink the car. And multi-tenancy of automobiles using ride sharing apps and the potential that self driving cars can have on that are causing us to rethink automobile ownership.  All of this will lead some to rethink that valuation Tesla enjoyed. But watching the moves Tesla makes and scratching my head over some certainly makes me think to never under, or over-estimate Tesla or Musk. I don't want anything to do with Tesla Stock. Far too weird for me to grok. But I do wish them the best. I highly doubt the state of electric vehicles and the coming generational shifts in transportation in general would be where they are today if Tesla hadn't done all the good and bad that they've done. They deserve a place in the history books when we start looking back at the massive shifts to come. In the meantime, I'l' just call this episode part 1 and wait to see if Tesla matches Ford production levels some day, crashes and burns, gets acquired by another company, or who knows, packs up and heads to Mars. 

To begin Season 4, we’re going to be doing a best-of series for the next 4 weeks. Today, we’ll be looking at the best moments in Timber Talks so far, on the topics of innovation. In this episode you’ll hear from: Michael Marks the Founder Of Katerra on the inefficiencies in construction and a new paradigm of designing Michael Green Director at MGA, on how to improve the supply chain Adam Strong, formerly at Strongbuild, on importance of early supplier involvement  Karim Khalifa, Director at Google-owned Sidewalk Labs on the importance of cost certainty Karla Fraser, Director at Hive Projects on the utilisation of virtual modelling Richard Maddock Associate Partner at Foster and Partners on digital design Christophe Sigrist Professor at Bern University in Switzerland Ola Skoglund, COO at Randek on innovation in Robotics Sign up to the WoodSolutions Webinars, every second Tuesday of 2021: https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/podcasts/woodsolutions-webinars-2021 Check out the WoodSolutions Technical Design Guides: https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/publications If you’ve got any feedback on the show you can find me on Linkedin: httpwww.linkedin.com/in/adamjoneswoodsolutions/?originalSubdomain=au  

In this exclusive interview, Alec and Mark — alongside Michael Marks, who captured their story — pull back the cloak on the origins of the operation to build, test and field the first Predator drone and recall what it was like to view, for the first time, a live feed of a target area through the eyes of a UAV. Not only did the pair lead the clandestine mission, they actually put eyes on Usama bin Laden in Afghanistan — through the Predator — before the 9/11 attacks. After 39 months of back and forth with the CIA and DoD Publication Review Boards, their manuscript has finally been fully cleared for release. Their tale is chronicled in their new book, Never Mind, We'll Do it Ourselves. With commentary from Charlie Allen former Assistant Director of Central Intelligence, Lieutenant General John Campbell, USAF (Ret) and USAF Lieutenant Colonel Gabe Brown, survivor of the Battle of Robert’s Ridge, this book will introduce you to the unlikely team of patriots, innovators and rule-breakers who defied the odds to relentlessly prosecute America’s most pivotal mission. A testament to the accuracy of this book is that the CIA fought for almost four years to prevent it from ever being published. Don't miss this first hand account of the early days of the CIA's mission to track Usama bin Laden, the start of the War in Afghanistan and the legacy of the Predator Drone in modern warfare. Want to get SOFREP on your phone? Download our free mobile app for Apple and Android devices. Subscribe to get access to our podcast, SOFREP Radio, our library of veteran-authored books, and our exclusive Team Room Forum.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

January 22, 2021 The Mitchell Institute hosts an Aerospace Nation event with the authors of the new book Never Mind, We'll Do It Ourselves: The Inside Story of How a Team of Renegades Broke Rules, Shattered Barriers, and Launched a Drone Warfare Revolution. Retired USAF Col Mark Cooter, former CIA case officer Alec Bierbauer, and co-author Michael Marks, give us an inside-look into the story behind the armed Predator program and the dawn of unmanned aerial warfare. Join our discussion as we look at how RPAs became a critical airpower asset. Never Mind, We'll Do It Ourselves: The Inside Story of How a Team of Renegades Broke Rules, Shattered Barriers, and Launched a Drone Warfare Revolution is available NOW on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Never-Mind-Well-Ourselves-Renegades/dp/151072091X 

Our young lovers (in terms of years they’ve been together) explore what it means to embrace “what is” and how we adopt our relationship to new norms. So many partners have shared their relationship difficulties with our Dr. Andrea and her resilience expert partner - Dr. Michael Marks. Pull up a chair and have a listen...and let us know how this has helped you develop a new perspective.

How would a psychologist approach this challenging time we’re in? We have the rare privilege to have two psychologists share what they’ve discovered from combined 80+ years of practice and working with people. Our own Dr. Andrea interviews her husband - Dr. Michael Marks about his best coping strategy for the way we live now. It’s sweet listening to this couple share their experience and know-how.

French horn player Spencer Park joins Ariana to talk about the importance and rewards of physical fitness, mindfulness, and setting goals. You'll also get to hear Spencer's heartfelt tone when he reveals a performance of one of most beautiful horn solos in the classical repertoire, from Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony. Spencer invited a few friends from all different corners of the country to collaborate- he knitted it together for the final product. The other musicians in the recording are Natalie Gaynor, violin; Karen Iglitzin, viola; Ariana Nelson, cello; Michael Marks, bass; Mayu Isom, oboe; Sean Krissman, clarinet. Spencer is based in Houston, TX where he is a member of the Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet orchestras. He studied at BYU and Rice University. Spencer has also created a special practice app for brass players, called Quality Tones. If you're a brass player, or even if you're not, check it out! Find him on Instagram @spencer.w.park Thanks for listening! Hit that subscribe button and please rate, review, and share with your friends :) New episodes uploaded every Friday. Contact me with questions/suggestions via my website www.ariananelson.com Follow along on Instagram at @keeping.cup.with.ariana --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ariana-nelson/support

Double bassist Michael Marks joins Ariana today to talk about all things orchestra auditions! Michael studied at the Colburn School and at Rice University, and won his first orchestral audition when he was just 19. Since then he has taken many more auditions, and recently won a BIG one. Michael shares his biggest takeaways from his auditions, and who has inspired him. He and Ariana discuss the importance of being kind and encouraging to yourself through the process. Get your notebook out for some hot tips! ATTN BASS PLAYERS: Michael forgot to mention that he did in fact change his strings before his National Symphony Audition, to FLEXOCOR DELUXES. This is very important info :) Find Michael on Instagram @michaelmarksthespot Thanks for listening! Hit subscribe so you get notified when new episodes are uploaded. Contact me with comments/suggestions via my website www.ariananelson.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ariana-nelson/support

A father and daughter team of darkness lead you deep into the shadow world with three tales of utter terror!  “The Man on the Ground” by Robert E. Howard, “The Tornado Sirens Warned us of the Coming Storm” & “A Brand New Man” by Michael Marks  (featuring the guest vocal talent of Abby Robertson)

A father and daughter team of darkness lead you deep into the shadow world with three tales of utter terror!  “The Man on the Ground” by Robert E. Howard, “The Tornado Sirens Warned us of the Coming Storm” & “A Brand New Man” by Michael Marks  (featuring the guest vocal talent of Abby Robertson)

Darren and Michael go off on tangents about past bands, recording, mixing, and profess their love for Ron, who is not present, all while enjoying some bourbon.Huge thanks to Podcorn for sponsoring this episode. Explore sponsorship opportunities and start monetizing your podcast by signing up here: https://podcorn.com/podcasters/and also sponsoring is RDS Music and Media https://www.rdsmusicandmedia.comEmail us at: musiciansguidepodcast@gmail.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/musiciansguidepodcastTwitter: @MGMIPodcastEnd of the episode is a song Engineered and Mixed by Michael Marks by Old Town Ghost "The Ghost of Carolina", followed by a song Engineered and Mixed by Darren Makins by Cody and the Blue Jays "Beauty Queen Death Machine" b

Talk about doing what makes you happy and not caring what people think.

Charlie Rogers is joined by Hattiesburg Head Coach Tony Vance to discuss last week's loss to Picayune and this Friday's matchup against Pearl River Central. Special guest Michael Marks also talks about the Hattiesburg Public School District Foundation's Hall of Fame 2019 inductee class.

At least two dead, nearly 4 feet of rain and some parts of southeast Texas calling it worse than Hurricane Harvey. Our own Michael Marks joins us with the latest on tropical storm Imelda’s toll in Texas. Also, you’ve heard the phrase ‘it takes a village’, but to go to Mars? Why SpaceX is offering...

Conversations with Sam Ames, producer of SoCal's RockCobbler and El Gravelero and Tim Farrar, producer of Canada's Paris to Ancaster. Rockcobbler Website Paris to Ancaster Website Thesis Website  Tech Corner sponsored by Thesis: Today we’re going to talk about one of the most fundamental yet overlooked aspects of getting the perfect bike: fit.  Put simply, a bike that’s fit to your unique body and biomechanics will reduce risk of injury, improve comfort, power, and efficiency, and ultimately make you a faster, happier rider. Here are the components to focus on:   First, frame. Everyone starts with frame size, but unfortunately many get it wrong and few go any further.  Second, crank. Getting the length right will enable a smoother pedal stroke throughout a wider range of cadences. I’m 5’11” and perform best on 170mm cranks. My cofounder Alice is 5’2” and needs 155s to get a similarly dialed fit. Few companies offer cranks this short, so if you’re a smaller rider or have flexibility issues, pay special attention here.   Third, handlebar. You want the width at the tops to be roughly equal to that of your shoulders, and for gravel I recommend some degree of flare for increased control in the drops.   Forth, stem length. This determines where your handlebar can be positioned in space, which in turn affects effective reach, hip angle, mass distribution, handling, and aerodynamics.    Of course, the right parts are just a starting point. To truly become one with your machine, you need to calibrate it to your body. This is why I always recommend working with a professional fitter. Whether you’re dealing with pain or discomfort, or looking for a performance edge, a professional fit as the single best bang-for-buck investment you can make in your cycling.   And with that, back to Craig and this week’s guest. Automated Transcript (forgive the typos): Sam Ames -- Rockcobbler + El Gravelero Sam, welcome to the show. Well, thanks for having me. Yeah, I'm excited to talk to Sam. I always like to start off by learning a little bit more about you and what your background is as a cyclist and then how you came to event promotion. Yeah, happy to share. , I got into road cycling during the summer of 1985, early 85. Uh, actually I picked it back 1984. , I had seen a, uh, bike race on TV, which at the time was Paris Roubaix. Uh, and in those days we were getting to the John Tesh tour to files coverages and those sorts of things. So I just kinda got inspired sitting there watching very rubric and people sort of, you know, riding through the mud and, and you know, gnarly conditions. And so I'd worked all summer pulling a great boxes onto a truck. It's called there being a swamper here in the central valley as I was making a whopping $5 an hour. And I felt rich. So I immediately went to the bike shop and, uh, bought my first motor, a road bike for $235, and, uh, started riding in sneakers and just, uh, loved the sport. So stayed after it and stayed on it. , did a little bit of racing in Europe when I was younger, uh, raised at the cat one level for a while, , and then really gravitated towards, , rotting into dirt more. So cyclocross became a big love for me and I had some good success, , on the cross, serve it as, as an elite for a little while, uh, way back in the day and then pick the sport back up after a hiatus, , with jobs and kids and their parents and life and a little bit of masters and using in and around southern California and other parts of California and really loved cross. So that sort of was the precursor to what everybody knows as gravel now. And, uh, that was something that I kind of felt like I've been doing forever and ever. , so yeah, there's the sports just been, uh, a huge, huge part of my life. And from there we, , we really got into, uh, I had a business partner for a few years, uh, well for many years. We started in 2010 and we started sandbar and promotions. , and I dabbled in a few races here in Kern county, in Bakersfield for awhile, but then we started the promotion company and really wanted to, to share some of the venues that we had. We've pretty good with the course and pretty good area to do some cyclocross races and mountain bike races. So we did that for quite a while. And, , I think some of the emphasis was shifting that the stars are lining up differently and we really, , what having some of the successes Bakersville kind of in a funny location geographically, we're part of southern California, but we're really not and it's just sort of stuck in the middle. So it was difficult for us to get decent attendance. And, uh, so we kind of started slowly putting a few events on the show and, uh, and then we, uh, when we got into the cobbler and all the stuff we're doing now, so there's a, there's the brief history. And when did the cobbler, the first Rockcobbler event come to be? So the rock cobbler was created out of say, or, you know, what was your inspiration or what were you seeing? And it was, it was two falls and it was actually quite specific. We had gone, I had been riding, you know, rode bikes in the dirt and all screwed and glued to a few already bikes, you know, that I eventually broke several of those. And those were kind of the hot cycle cross bike back in that early 90, late eighties. , I was, you know, doing a ton of what I would call gravel or adventure riding. And so I never really thought much of it. I was really maybe one of only a handful of people that was doing that besides traditional mountain biking. And, uh, so we , went one year down to event that we had heard about, which was the Belgian waffle ride and a, of course mark, everybody has Michael Marks now. And I did not know Michael. I knew of him and he had actually come to bigger scope for one of our cross races. So we went to, I think it was either the second or third VWR and wasn't a ton of people compared to what they're doing now. It started at spy headquarters. It was maybe 150 people. And when I heard more about it and kind of knew what the course was and there was going to be dirt sections on a road bike, I was like, oh, this is, this is going to be gray. So we have an awesome cha on. Often times we'd defended Michael and shared some, some fun stories with him and kind of hit it off. So the next year we came back and we kept talking about VWR and talking about all local trails and stuff we wanted to do. And so we just started pitching around names and this was in maybe November and a buddy of mine, we were, I know exactly where we're geographically, he's like, what about rock toddler? We, I'll stop and look at each other and that's the name that's going to stick. So this will be our seventh year. , so we started with uh, the , the cobbler in 2012, I guess 2013. So, , yeah, it's just something that we, we kind of wanted to put our own spin on and , that's how I, that's kind of literally how it was born. So I went back and toasted beers and they were like, nobody's going to come to this. We'll have, you know, 15 people and sharing them. After we got a phone call from Neil Shirley and he said, hey, I heard about your ride. I think I'd really like to come, you know, doing some stuff that road bike action and that, that was really a failure on the hat for us from day one. He, he was a big fan and he hadn't even been here. And I could just tell by talking to him that I thought we really would enjoy the route and what we did. And uh, and he did. And the, you know, the successes, it's sort of grown very organically and, and very naturally since then. And what was your intent with the original route? How far is it, what's the elevation gain and how has it evolved over the last seven years? So the terrain that we have, if you, if you really kind of define, , gravel, I think, , dirty Kansas, some of the Midwest events and things that have been going on, you know, longer than astro or at least an equal amount of time. There's really kind of true traditional, , gravel starts on gravel, finishes on gravel, whether it's got a lot of elevation and it's flat, I think it doesn't necessarily matter. So the cobbler very similar to, to BWR and it's concept is not really a gravel ride or I mean you, we, we kind of say it's sort of a mixed bag of multi surface. , so we, we looked at it and we said, well, we don't really have the, the, you know, the, the true ingredients or the gravel race. So we're going to take the best of what we call our, our backyard special, the or out. We'd have some private property that we were very fortunate to get early on orchards and vineyards and in various components. So we looked at the distances and we sort of settled on anywhere from 80 to a hundred. , and then the elevation would, we'd just kind of evolve, you know, we tried to find, you know, stupid trail that people didn't necessarily want to do that were too steep. And of course that led into our every year legendary, you know, Hika bikes that people can't believe, I'm gonna make them hike, uh, offend. Uh, so we're kinda known for that. So that was sort of the distance and then maybe five to 7,000 feet of climbing in total. So we try to really do a little bit of everything, single track, double track, gravel, road, asphalt, , you know, any, anything that we can find. And then we changed the route every year. There, there were a few staple features, , a couple of canyons and goalies that we always try to use, , certain sections just because of how the route has to go. , generally stay the same. And then from there we just try to find new stuff and then add that into the mix. And, and obviously we're well known for keeping the, the Shenanigan meter high as well. So yeah, that's kind of our m o we, we, we, the little team of guys that I worked with on and we say, you know, we're not changing every year and doing stuff that other people aren't doing. We got to really look at it. So we just, we try to be different and they're very, , they're very Bakersfield where, yeah, that's awesome. I think, you know, it's interesting, there's, there's something to be said for going back to the same course every year as an athlete. But for me it's super exciting. The prospect of going to an event that I know is well put together who spices up the course. So we have different things to think about every year. Yeah, that's, you know, that was really a big element for me. And sometimes I think a lot, you know, male, female, doesn't matter. Friends and cyclists and people that are very, , very passionate, very energetic, very excited that to want to share, you know, we, we'd love, we're get so happy to bring people to Bakersfield or even for local people to kind of have that like, oh gosh, I wonder what they're going to do next. And I wonder if we're going to ride through his house again. Hey, I wonder if we're going to ride through a church. I wonder if we're going to do that trail. I mean, that for us really is the reward gets turned into a tiny little business and, and we're grateful for the support. But that's really the fun element for us is how can we keep tweaking it? And you know, after, after a couple of beers, everybody starts getting excited and they're like, hey, let's, let's hang bags taken off of sticks. And I'm like, no, no, somebody's already done that. Let's, uh, let's put a water slide and nobody's done a water slide. We just, we just have so much fun trying to prove with respect to events that really don't change. And the first one that comes to mind, which is actually my favorite gravel event, is the, uh, texture crusher. So a Burke swindlehurst came to getting concerns with Neil and he's come to a couple of cobblers and, and I really hit it off with him as well. And, you know, he's got a route that's very traditional every year and he sells it out and in like lightning speed. And I've been three times and every time I go, I just love it, you know, so maybe it's enough time as tab. It's got enough features for me that I really love how it all sort of comes together. So, you know, I think people dig the changes and that's sort of our emo. But the big part is, you know, we, we are all cyclists and we caught out. We have a mom culture that's, you know, quality events by writers, for writers. That's part of my San Blind, uh, you know, slogan. And, uh, and that's really true. Put on a great event, keeping me and have fun with it. So as with the diversity of terrain that you put people through, what kind of advice are you giving people? As far as the type of equipment and tires they should be riding? So because it does have elements that can be a little bit more dramatic, we've had a lot of people with great success on a mountain bike and by and large most people are bringing a gravel or cross style bike with 38 up to 42 millimeter tires. I mean we've, we've had a few people attempt and actually succeed with doing the a cop, a lot of road bike. , very difficult with some of the rocky sections and things that we have. So you know, I think like other events that are similar to ours that you, that have the multi-surface elements, you get a pretty wide variety. But if we were to align all the machines that, you know on the morning of rock harbor, we recommend to them, you know, minimum of 34 millimeter definitely, you know, file tread are more aggressive and uh, and that's sort of, you know what, we're after, you know, 34 by 36 I'm daring for, for somebody that needs a maybe a little bit lower, you can go lower. It's always safer. So we're still kind of recommending that sort of gravel bike adventure setup. And usually when we're testing the course and we're trying to find the features, you know, you've got that varying degree of ability. But somebody will do on a mountain bike, I might be crazy enough to try out a road bike, but then there's somebody else who's going to be walking down, you know, a trail or whatnot. So we try to have fun without being too nutso. , but then you have another nature and you can't do anything about her. So sometimes things can get a little treacherous. So now, long story short, gravel, gravel bike was a slightly bigger tire and wheel veering we think is a great setup. It going back to shenanigans, I'm not exactly sure how riders are going to understand how to plan for riding through a house on their gravel bike. Yeah. Yeah. So the short story of that evolution was obviously what I previously discussed. We wanted to try to find, you know, you need crazy stuff. , so the riser, the house thing had come to me many years ago before we even did it the first time and I couldn't figure it out. Number one, whose house we were gonna use. Although we did use my house last year and it, it's sort of [inaudible], it's hard to have to turn people around and go down the street. He came in and whatnot. But we, we made it go. So the first year we did it, two years ago, I have a buddy who actually worked with and he lives not too far away just around the corner and you have a, a dirt field entrance to his backyard. Just luckily enough. And then a good street ran out in the front. So we got the talk and I think we're getting ready to remodel. And his wife is just, she's such a game where she's kind of one of the guys and so we were drinking wine and sitting around and he says, I check you out. Let's do it. And we didn't really expect that response. So we worked pretty hard on how are we going to get across this road. It's recently busy. , and sort of hide the house. We didn't want anybody to see it or they got there and it, it really couldn't have gone better. Like they dropped in off this little trail with a bunch of tall grass that they couldn't see and it was like right into the fence and people were just, you know, his whole family and friends are over there. People were just going nuts. And some of the early, some of the video's still floating around. You can, you can see the look on people's places. I mean, they're riding through a gate, they're going around a cooler and going through a sliding glass door and you know, out the front. I mean, it was just, it was just so ridiculous, , that it was just so good. So we accomplished the first year of riding through a house with a cobbler. And last year, you know, we all sort of look at each other and said, well, nobody's going to envision that. We're going to do this twice. Like we didn't breathe a word about it. People would ask, they can, I don't know what we're going to do that again. And I said, no, there's no way we're going to do a house fly if we can't do it. While, while the meantime, we were secretly plotting of whose house are we going to do and how are we going to do it? So we ended up putting it all together and doing the best we could to make the route sort of script work. And it worked out just fine. And, uh, you know, it really did cost me a trip to the beach and a trip to the beauty salon. For my wife. She was like, I am out of here. She wasn't quite the game or that my buddy Randy's wife is and about writing through it, write it in that chesty and fantastic. We had red carpets, , that a local rental place had used. We'd had a lot of rain and they'd had supplied into a wedding. So he called me because he saw my need or the event was coming up and said, hey, I got all this red carpet that were thrown in the trash because it's ruined. And I said, I will take every bit we can. So we cut up the red carpet and I think it's still the, the, the photo on my Facebook page with a caption that says, you know, why stop now? So we rolled out the red carpet and that went over as a big hit and rolled everybody down my front lawn. So you know where we go from there on, you know, a other thing I do, it's tough to call. We, we won't beach balls at 'em. We've, uh, had dark girl, Langley done some fun stuff and we do have a pretty good list of shenanigans so we'll, we'll certainly come up with something. So 2020. Yeah, I have to say I have seen some of those videos and some of the images from riding through the house and it is just, it's, it's so funny to watch some of the expressions and everybody's having such a good time. I'll definitely put a link to some of those that I can find in the show notes for this event because I do think, you know, these shenanigans as you were saying earlier, such that they go viral and it makes people enthusiastic too. You know, I'm in northern California, maybe a four hour, five hour drive down to Baker's field, but it's like it's on my list of things to do because I want to go see what kind of shenanigans you're going to throw out next. Yeah, no, the fun part is bigger. So at that time of year, you know, we always do bigger self help stuff. I founded my entire life and I have lived here my entire life. People asked if I'm from Bakersfield, I'm like, I wasn't born here. I was actually born overseas and I, my parents were both in the military, but my mom was on Bakersfield. And so yeah, I've lived here my entire life. So instead of [inaudible] things get quite green and usually the, the dirt is he wrote there and we just had amazing weather every year. Last year was the first year we had rains. And in some ways I'm really glad we did because it, it wreaked a little bit of havoc was , some course marking. I learned a couple of valuable lessons. We had a few people go the wrong way, but the funny part is not all, but almost all of those writers turned around and went back. So they had already done this gnarly hike, a bike, and it was money. They ended up going back and finishing, you know, the whole course. And, and that's to kind of talk about shenanigans or people smiling and having fun. The rider base of what cobbler brains or a BWR brains. And, and we, we don't call the cobbler race. I mean it's definitely much more of an organized ride and you know, people can make it as competitive as they want, but having fun is just paramount. And for us, we've, you know, want to call it gravel on surface or adventure rides or whatever. That's really the name of the game. We, we get a large audience of people that, some of them I've known for some time in the cycling community that things very competitive and still are. But there's just a, I think there's really a desire for, for people that want to just go and have a great experience, you know, they want to have good party, they want to have a hard ride, they want to feel challenged. But you know, sending a number on and trying to be everybody. A ritual for use is really not that, not the name of the game for us. So we just, we really, really want to treat him like a customer. I think that leans into everything that's great. A great bow, gravel, that kind of intention. Like there's plenty of opportunity to go fast and push yourself and try to be the first one across the line. But it's also about enjoying the day, making new friends, having a true adventure. , two rock cobbler was in February, so we missed it this year. But you've got a second event that is going through a name change. So can you tell us about how Grapes of Wrath has evolved to El Gravel Arrow he'll grab aware of. So yes, we had, uh, one of our good supporters and riding buddies, , and family friends, uh, his family operated in those at a table grade company and kind of just out in Kern county, but just outside of Baker. So for a long time, like 80 or 85 years. And unfortunately they, they ended up kind of closing up shop and some family wanted to do something else, so it sort of went away. But we had an event called Grapes arap and it was another route that was probably more BWR. Like it didn't ha it doesn't have all the cobbler elements pretty straightforward on, on the gravel road. You know, there's no single track, there's not a lot of, you know, technical dirt descending was very, very straightforward, but it was an amazing route. Uh, so unfortunately when there great business, , folded, we lost the venue, we had a kind of a big dirt field in the vineyards and had these really big reservoirs. We'd go swim in the reservoir. So it's just kind of like a camping weekend of some deer riding and some road riding and a ton of eating and drinking and campers and cause it was awesome and it was slowly starting to gain some traction. This last year, , Ryan steers came. We've had several other writers of note that are known that just like, man, here's a little nother little kid in gym that these guys as they're doing, so it's spaced out enough that it works. So we needed to retool the event with a new venue, which we have fortunate enough to go back to some private property that we use for the cobbler, which is real Bravo ranch here towards the mouth of the canyon that goes up to Lake Isabella. So we'll be positioning the venue and the food and our festivities and things that Real Bravo and we've retooled the route. And in that process we came up with grab Alara, which is actually a trademark name that belongs to another cycling buddy. We just happen to love the name. I said, man, if there was anything that ever worked for, you know, the free spirit of adventure riding, it's these guys that called themselves the gravel Leros. And uh, so my buddy Alex, yeah, let's, you know, let's, , you can use it like near the name and we wrote out on a cocktail Napkin and, and here we are. So it's a shorter route. We've taken some of the climbing out, but we really think it's just another great combination of a little bit of everything. And this year we will have the opportunity to do quite a bit of dirt descending. So there's a very long road. It's actually almost a 34 mile climb. If you go from the bottom and it just runs this entire ridge of some of the southern Sierras and it's called furniturea. So we're going to do the course clockwise instead of counterclockwise so it will still get all the farmland and oil fields and some of the funding preachers there. And then we've got a pretty gnarly three mile section of climbing, , averages 16% in 1500 feet in less than, less than like a mile and a half, two miles I think. So it's pretty, pretty nasty. But then you get this really cool sort of mentally challenging, physically challenging focus, challenging descent on a pretty chopping, uh, sections of ranch area. And then now we'll drop people right back into the end of the ranch where the venue is. So I think it's just going to work wonderfully. We've got a ton of traction already. People are excited and I'm so we're, we're very, very much looking forward to bringing that one into the fold and, and evolving it. That's awesome. Well, I'm excited to see more about that later in the year in October. And I wanted to thank you, Sam, for joining us on the show today and thank you, especially for putting on such great events. , it's really important to the gravel community that we have events that are professionally produced and are stable and kick up these amazing experiences so that people want to keep coming back and keep talking about why having an adventure style bike or a gravel bike is so important and such a great opportunity. So thanks for making the time, Sam. I can't wait to hear about the events later in the year. Well, thank you for having me. And, uh, we, you are welcome to out at our house anytime. So don't, don't be a stranger. Come, come down and play with us and we can experience it all firsthand. Cheers. Tim Farrar -- Paris to Ancaster Tim, welcome to the show. Well, it's great to be here. I'm excited to learn about Paris to Ancaster. I've read a little bit about it. I've seen some pictures and for anybody listening, go online and check out pictures from this event because it seems like you have everything from tarmac to double track to fire roads, to county roads to a single track, a heap of mud. It looks like a hell of a lot of fun. And then to learn that 2020 is going to be the 27th edition of this race. I was pretty staggered and excited to have you on board. So Tim let, let's start off with just learning a little bit about your background as a cyclist and what got you to the point 27 years ago to organize this crazy event. Well, my cycling background goes even deeper than they started cursing cast or I started a bike racing as a road racer when I was 13, 14. And got progressively more involved. A actually hit category one status on the road when I was uh, in my twenties. But more recently, I've just been, uh, a masters, masters Roadie and even more recently just a bike rider rode for a ride. So that's where I, uh, but when I came into organizing, I was a recently, uh, recently I graduated college student with a couple of buddies and that's where Paris and gastro started. So it wasn't commonplace obviously for people that are putting on gravel events that the pure term as we think about it today wasn't even invented at that point. What made you decide to put an off road event that wasn't a mountain bike event at that time? Well, at the time we had a, uh, same two buddies, uh, and the, I in college had a business doing, uh, photo timing and results for bicycle road races, you know, like, uh, stage races and stuff. And that grew out of our first event, which was a criteria in which grew to a road race, which could, was stage race. And we had some pretty, uh, big international years in the early or the mid eighties, late eighties. And, uh, we were looking for an event to basically get our season started. In nearly early spring. We had lots of work between May and October, but we didn't have much in the spring. So we, uh, basically put on a Perry Roo Bay tribute event as a closet mountain bike race. And I believe you shared with me that you had 266 participants that year. What were they writing? What were they into interested in doing? Well, the, the kind of interesting thing I think about race is that the, uh, they were the people, men, women, the one we're on cross bikes right away. And that was partially deliberate because I was pretty well tuned into the local, uh, road racing scene. So anybody that, uh, thought they needed a mountain bike, we sort of told them it was really more of a cyclocross race. And, uh, as it turned out, the guys, the men and women that won the first year were, you know, oh, actually one of them is from, uh, uh, northern California, Mark Halati. Uh, your listeners might know him in the, uh, group from the group ride community in north, in North San Francisco area. That's where he lives now. But he had a career as a division three pro, um, around the time that he won the race. And the first woman, the one was Krissy Retton who, uh, went on to represent Canada at the Olympics. I think it was Sydney, I'm not sure which year off offhand. So the, the thing about our sanctioning body at the time was they had all these mountain bike races starting up in the, uh, early and mid nineties. And there were all kinds of crazy things, you know, like, uh, you know, bike stage races that had a hill climb, a, uh, a descent competition across country and trials stage. So they had no idea how to officiate all of this, uh, all this of, but they did have a category for a, a mountain bike citizen race. And according to the rules of mountain biking at the time, it only had to be like 60% on, uh, unpaved surfaces. So that's what we called it. But we told everybody it was a cyclocross race. And, uh, most of the, you know, a good portion of the distance was on, you know, Polish dirt roads. So it was fast, like a road race and that's how it took off. And has that course changed over the years? Well, quite, uh, quite a bit. Uh, but we do have one guy who's written every edition, so he's probably a better authority on it. Uh, but two of the, two of the largest sections of our race are on rail trails and they have been for the entirety of the event. But one of those rail trails in the first years was, you know, they just taken the rails up. It hadn't been regraded or you know, uh, a chip, uh, filing, you know, the, to pack it down. It was, you know, rough rail bed with the railway ties still in place. So it was more of a hike and bike section in some, uh, some areas. But, uh, other than that, there's been a few, um, a few roads that were gravel that have now been paved. And, uh, we've recruited more and more private landowners to let us daily on their property for, uh, a couple of hours on a Sunday morning in April. Nice. So if I'm an athlete, considering it for 20, 20, walk me through the length of the event, the amount of climbing and what type of terrain I should be looking at. Well, the [inaudible] of the race is basically, it's a two hour winning time from their back. It could be, you know, anything from, uh, well a couple of seconds to a couple of hours covering all the, uh, uh, all the age groups. But we started off in waves and the basic principle is the fastest guys go first. So people have qualified well from previous years, get into the elite wave, invited pros and stuff, get into the elite wave, and then the other wave is fill up, um, as after registration opens. So we think it's pretty egalitarian in that mean two hours. So if you're in the neighborhood of two hours, two and a half hours of your regular ride, the ride is within reach. Uh, as for the, uh, the elevation, there's really not a ton of climbing, but the climbing that there is this kind of rolling hills, uh, you start off on one or Riverside rail trail for 10 kilometers, that's, you know, virtually flat. Then there's some punchy little, a little climbs, but nothing, uh, sustain into the seven or eight minute range. You know, they're, uh, they're short. But at the finish line, you finish at the top of the gravel road that's got, well, it, they seemed like 25% pitches. They may, they may not be too, might as well be a lots of people walk, let's put it that way. The final pitch, and it's, so over the years, how have you seen the equipment evolve from, you know, the winners to the participants? What are people riding? You said, you mentioned the sort of started with a, a cyclocross sort of skew and imagine that's where the bikes were at that time, but over the years, what have you seen show up at the start line? Well, we've seen almost everything show up and, uh, but the, the bulk of the top 100, even since year one has been cyclocross oriented. And I don't differentiate in recent years between cyclocross oriented and gravel oriented cause it's, but, and you know, but right from the very first year the men's and women's women's winters were on cyclocross bikes ever steel with canteens. But you know, the pilots were good. Um, but in the meantime, we've also had, uh, mountain bikers with, you know, 26 year olds size wheels, uh, paired right down to one inch slicks on and, uh, they would be well in the mix. And one a few years, uh, we had a guy who went two years in a row, uh, first on a cyclocross bike with candies. And then next year on the, one of the, uh, newer, uh, 20 niners years. Never seen that before. And then, uh, recently it's been guy gravel bikes and cyclocross bikes. But we also had a year where a guy won on road bike. And, um, of course he later that season he was world junior time trial champion. So you had a little bit of an engine and some good luck. Well, it certainly, it looks like you've created a interesting event. Uh, again, like looking at the pictures online and some of the videos people have shot over the years. It just looks like it. It's a great way to start your season in that part of the country and kind of push your limits across a bunch of different types of terrain. It looks like the event has grown quite substantially. Is there a rider cap next year? Yes there is, but it's a, uh, uh, it by distance cap. So we do have a limit in the 70, uh, nominally 70 kilometer race and nominally 40 kilometer race. But the, we also have a 20 kilometer family ride, which we're nowhere near approaching a limit on. So, uh, yeah, there is a, uh, there is a limit, but the, uh, um, registration opens in November. Typically when we get all our stuff together, um, and, uh, it doesn't sell out right away, that's for sure. Okay. And where can people find out more information about the event and if they wanted to register, where should they go? Well, a, our website does lead you to a, uh, uh, address. It's a pair of thank after.com. Um, a lot of the questions that website will know likely most likely be somewhat out of date. That's why if this is been broadcast in real time, uh, but generally where the last weekend in April and a lot of the FAQ is, or no answered there. But uh, we'd certainly like to talk to anybody about the race it's been, you know, yeah. Well, well yeah, hats off for, for completing 26 additions of the race so far and it continues to go on and on and on. So I'm excited. I appreciate it. On behalf of the community, always appreciate talking to event organizers because it's a lot of hard work. I know you've got a, a big volunteer base team that puts a lot of effort in every year and it's not inconsequential. Keeping the website up and doing all the logistics and making sure everybody's safe and having fun. So Tim, on behalf of the community, thanks for putting on the event. For everybody out there. Definitely do a Google search for some videos and images. There's lots that I found out there. It looks like a hell of a lot of fun if you can find yourself in that part of the country. Um, during the spring season, said, Tim, thanks for joining us. Hey, that was cool.

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Epiosde links.  SBT GRVL website, Instagram, Facebook    Automagical Transcript Below -- please forgive the typos. All right, mark, thanks for joining us on the podcast this week. I'm really excited to talk to you and learn more about your event. Yeah, thanks for having me. So we all just like starting out on The Gravel Ride, learning a little bit more about your background as a cyclist and how you got into the gravel scene. Sure, yeah, I, um, I've been riding bikes for a while. I'm, you know, I'm, I'm a for context, I'm 50 so I've been, I've been endurance athlete for what I would say a 30 year window for me getting into cycling, really came from having a mountain bike in college and then moving into maybe more triathlon type background and then as I got older and, and running was starting to take its toll on me personally. I really ended up just writing a lot of bikes and so I'm like a lot of folks, I think, you know, your race, road bikes, you want to get off the road, um, uh, exploring new places you have maybe liked the speed of a road bike. So maybe I'm not a. So I started mountain biking. I really don't mountain bike a ton nowadays, um, but I really found gravel which was kinda that, that best of both worlds scenario for me and I'm really, once I started doing that, there was, there was no looking back, I still raised the road, but I think I look forward to gravel rides more than anything else so that, that sort of a, at least my, my, my entry into it. You're located in steamboat springs at this point, is that right? Yeah, I am. I spent the last couple of years in La, um, and I was road racing for the race team if you guys are familiar with, with that crew and Los Angeles and um, but moved back to steamboat this, uh, this August full time and uh, we'll probably be here for good. Nice. Well, I'm eager to learn a little bit more about the terrain you called home around steamboat for the gravel bike and I'm excited to introduce our listeners to the event you're putting on. So why don't you tell us just in broad strokes about the event you just announced. Sure. Well, for, for everybody, um, uh, it's called SBT GRVL. We're fortunate to be presented by Canyon Bikes, which is, as you guys know, is based in California. And um, we, um, we wanted to put together an event, um, I have two partners in the race, a guy named Ken banished and a woman named Amy Charity. Both, um, you know, x or racers, amy, um, was on the US national team. Kenza a former, a really elite cross racer and uh, you know, the three of us all live in steamboat and, and we were really talking really a couple of days this summer saying, Gosh, you know, there's so many great races out there, but none of them are really that close to home. I mean, for us, um, for the larger races that exist. The closest one is the crusher, which is a fantastic event, but it's still a seven hours away from steamboat. And so, um, we either have to drive, you know, The Crusher in June or go out to a BWR or some of these other, um, land run these great races, but they're all pretty far away. So we had been riding gravel in steamboat for a long time. There's this amazing combination of the High Alpine with the ski area, um, and then these endless, endless, connected, um, gravel roads that support ranching and mining and an industry in Colorado and they just saw happen to come together and steamboat. And so the three of us were saying, well, look, why don't we introduced the world to our roads. Um, and so, you know, there were some other preceding a events and great introductions to too many people have the gravel roads in steamboat one in 2016. Rafa did a prestige ride in steamboat which hit 130 miles of gravel for the most part. Um, a lot across many of the same roads that we're going to have into the three courses. Um, the moots ranch rally, which has been going on to support agriculture in, in steamboat and get people out and about has been going on for a decade. And um, you know, some of the same roads are used. And so we had some good insights from some folks from, from prior years. And we started looking at courses and we started looking at what we could accomplish and you know, we came up with this really amazing combination of exploration, uh, where we can see lots of different aspects of our community or a north in the middle and then south is steamboat. Um, and then the beauty of just Colorado. And, and uh, as we got talking more and more, we said let's do it and let's put something together. And so here we are with it with SBT GRVL. That's amazing. And you decide your team decided on three different course. What are they and what was the rationale behind that? Yeah. So the three different courses, um, you know, what, one of the things, you know, I think every race has its own thing, right? And you know, I think a lot of people would would say similar things about what certain races are, what they are or who they appeal to or, or you know, what the feel or vibe was. And, and for us, we're no different. We wanted to, our race to be inviting. We want it to be engaging. We wanted it to be certainly a challenge, but what we really wanted a lot of people to be able to participate. And so, um, we put together courses that are challenging but they're fair. We've got three distances. So if, if you're, if you're new to a gravel racing or even cycling for that matter. And I think that's really important is that we've got a 37 mile course with a couple thousand feet of climbing over rolling terrain that is about 50 slash 50 gravel and road that you can do on any bike. And we saw that as a starting point. That was really, really important. Um, I think one of our jobs, if we're going to be a successful race promoter or an advocate for cycling, I'm not just gravel cycling, but cycling is to get more and more people involved. And so, um, we wanted to have something unique where, um, you know, many gravel races, it's a, it's a gravel race. You need to potentially new gravel bike or at least, uh, you know, a mount bike to participate at any level. And for this course, we wanted to make sure that if you have access to a bicycle and you want to give it a shot, you can and you can be a part of the weekends. And so that 37 mile course, we'll start with the dea with the big group, um, but about, uh, not really, only about six miles into the race, it's going to veer off to the left and the, the other two races are going to go off and hit some more challenging stuff. But we're actually really, really excited about that. That 37 mile course I'm in the middle is what we're calling sbt gravel blue. Um, and that's a 100 mile course. It's got about 6,000 feet of climbing, um, and it mirrors the black course, which is the big one for the first 85 miles. Then it veers off. And, uh, it really cuts out the back 40 miles of the, of the dig course. Um, the way that we're describing sbt gravel blue, it's, it's the best to steamboat in 100 miles. You know, it's something that most cyclists could, um, put on their calendar and, and accomplished, um, but it's not going to wipe somebody out, um, you know, for a long period of time, you know, it's going to be a fair challenge. But, um, we think a lot of people are gonna really be interested in, in that course. Um, and then, you know, the big one, spq gravel, black, um, that's a 141 miles. It's 9,000 feet of climbing and we can get into this course a little deeper. It, um, you know, this is if you really want to see what steamboat and Routt county and the surrounding communities have to offer for cycling and you're going to see it all in, in, in one day. And so, um, uh, we, we're really, really excited about it. We think it's really challenging. Um, but we think it's really fair. Um, and we think that the diversity of the terrain and what you're going to expect there is going to be really, really, really a fun different. Um, all types of variety. And uh, you know, it's all at elevation. So it's going to be really exciting. So. So, um, yeah, we can dig into that course as much as you would like, but it's going to be a, it's going to be a great one. Yeah. One hundred and 41 miles. That seems like a big chunk of work. It's interesting. We often talk with event organizers about the profile of their rides because it really is difficult to compare one type of terrain to another. I was just down doing Peloton scrabble mob in. Oh, hi. A few weeks back and that was 8,000 feet of climbing over 60 miles. I did it last year. Yeah, yeah, it was awesome. Yeah, it's so, it's so interesting to me that you can take a ride that's that much shorter in length and pack that much verdin that's similar to what we experienced here. I was just before this ride I went out for a lunch ride and I realized like, it's pretty difficult for me to do an hour around mill valley without accumulating a thousand feet of climbing. Whereas when I was on the east coast, you know, a thousand feet of climbing might be something I would get over a 60 mile ride. Right. No, totally. No, that, that's a, that's so true. I mean, the Gat gravel mob. Yeah. Going up that second section before you go into the, the really gnarly single track down hill section is, you know, you're questioning why you're still want to be out there, right? Because it, it just doesn't end right. But, um, but yeah, no, they're all different, you know, I think for our course to describe it to, to the audience and the listener, I think, um, it's, it, it, it gets a, what's the best way to put this? It's gonna wear on you. Okay. So we have a lot of climbing, you know, it's 9,000 feet of climbing, but it's not that much relatively speaking. I'm in 141 miles. Um, it's a lot but um, but it, it's spread out and then it's back heavy. So the last, um, 35 miles have about 3000 plus feet of climbing. And so I think the, the key to doing well, um, and defining well, right, whether you're racing, which, that, you know, that 10 percent of the field will be racing and 90 percent is going to be out there having a great time and just a personal accomplishment, which I think is the great thing about gravel in it in its own right. Um, but that lasts 30 miles is, is going to be tough. And so, um, we're gonna have a spg gravel sponsored gravel rides every Saturday and Sunday and steamboats starting in April. And now what we're going to be talking about with people as we dissect sections of the course, um, is that obviously pacing a nutrition are going to really important. I'm finding people that you can ride with, um, and to help you get through the day and certainly the first, um, 100 miles of the course with as much energy possible. I think going to be really important because you, um, you can and as I'm sure you've seen in the races that you've done or are your friends who have done, you can overamped in these things and get going and you know, you see, um, you know, these really fast guys up front and you say, you know what, I want to stay connected and, you know, come mile 90, you might be reconsidering. Right. Um, that whole strategy. So, um, so the lay of the land for the black is, um, you know, it, it basically goes into big circles around the north and south. The steamboat with a parallel section, the middle, that would maybe be the best way I can, I can describe it. And um, but the first 20 miles of that course though, they only have about 1500 feet of climbing, it will feel like there's a lot more. And I'm one of the roughest gravel sections, at least the way the roads were functioning this year. And they always change, you know, depending on how the winter goes. Um, but one of the roughness sections I'm coming out of the gate starts at mile seven and goes to mile 15. Um, it's called fly Gulch and um, it's got some punchy climbs. It's got some loose gravel and then it's got some silt. And so if it rains, that silt gets really mucky. If it doesn't, it gets really dusty. Um, and it causes problems. And so I think, um, there's gonna be opportunities for people to get away right away. I'm in that race, um, you know, it winds around for a little bit after that section and you hit 'em a little bit of a downhill. And then, um, we're fortunate we're going to get the racers on about four miles of private land, um, that no one ever gets to ride. I'm one of the ranchers in the community has been so generous and is offered up that a option for us. So we're gonna ride that it's going to go through his farm, it's going to go past, um, you know, in 19 forties, retired a greyhound bus. It's going to go through some really cool things and then it's going to get to really the first climbing section of the day, which is called steamboat lake. It's going to be a formal climb, um, it'll average in, you know, seven to 10 percent zone. And I think right out of the gate there, Mile Twenty five to 30, you're going to really start remembering that you're at, you know, seven thousand eight thousand feet of racing. I'm in steamboat. So, um, so that's kind of the first section of the course. Once you get to that, through that climb, you ride through some terrain, you do a long road descent, which I think a lot of people will actually appreciate when they can recover from, from, uh, really the first 35 miles will be almost exclusively on gravel. Um, and you'll get to that dissent. You'll retrace a little bit, um, and then you'll get to some really rolling ranch section. Then you'll get back into some climbing than some really fast gravel descending on, um, again, loose rocky terrain, which will, you know, make sure that you pick the right tires and the right equipment, which I think that will come into play a little bit certainly on, for this race or ride. Certainly for the descending. I don't think I'm, the tires are going to be a massive factor for riders. I'm on the flat sections or the climbing. Um, but the descending is where, um, you know, things like that are really gonna come into play. Are the writers mostly on fire roads to begin with? Yeah. Mostly, you know, and it's really, I'm not even, I wouldn't say it's defined as a fire road because you're not going up like the ski area or a big Alpine climbs, but I think it's comparative. Um, road quality to fire roads for sure. They're open gravel roads that are servicing the ranching community for the most part. So, um, vehicles can travel on those and they do, um, you might not see a car for four hours, but, but, um, that's the type of, of road. Yeah, that you would see, and then actually, once you get past this, um, this first, let's say 75 miles that I just described and the terrain shifts because you, you actually do then get out into more of an alpine environment again. Um, you go up a big climb at about mile 90, which is where I think the race is really going to separate, um, it's called Trout Creek. It's going to be about a nine mile climb. Um, it's gradual the first five or six miles and then it gets quite steep the last three and then you have this long sweeping 10 mile descent on fire road, exact description, but with really loose sections and some washboards depending on how, how the the summer goes. And so again, you're going to be tired. You're going to be four or five, six, seven hours into it by then and um, you know, then you're going to really be making, um, decisions on just how you get through that last 40 miles. So, um, so yeah, that's sort of a description of the first hundred, the last 40 miles of that steamboat gravel black. Um, the best way to describe it is that you're just going to get punched in the mouth. Um, by six or seven, one, two, two mile climbs, they're all going to be six to 10 percent. Um, some will be on the road, some will be on gravel. I'm at mile one slash 28. There's a climb called the corkscrew that's about one mile average, about 11 percent, which is going to be tough. Uh, you get outta there. You do two more clients and then need to send back into steamboat. So like I said, it's um, it's going to be challenging towards the end. Um, the, the, the riders that really have done well on nutrition and pacing, um, are going to do great. Um, everybody's going to have a great time, but it, um, it'll wear on you at the end. It sounds like it. I bet a number of my listeners are licking their lips saying this sounds awesome. And another banter shaking in their boots right now. Yeah, I think for those that are those guys that like a big challenge above climbing, they like, I'm back heavy courses, they're going to absolutely love racing it. Um, but I do think that everyone hopefully listening saying, wow, I'm going to get to see an incredible amount of steamboat and the terrain around there. It's all kinds of varied options. Um, you know, you're going to see Sam silt, rocky glass, fire roads, you know, as perfect as you can possibly get where you can make up some time or at least recover and eat and take care of yourself. And I'm the one thing that I think that we can really agree on, at least the of the steamboat residents. It's just going to be beautiful. Um, it's going to be really well supported. We're going to have the course heavily marked. Um, you're not going to get lost. You're going to have all the things that you need to get you through the day and, um, we're going to have a ton of volunteers out there. So, um, I, I think from that aspect it's going to be really, really fun. And, you know, the rider is going to be able to focus on writing, um, they're not going to have to worry about, um, a lot of those things that caused me stress. I know I always really get worried about making a wrong turn, you know, I just don't, I don't want to burn those attention units on that. Um, and we're going to do our best to make sure that doesn't happen. Everyone will have the gps of course, but um, we'll have it well marked. Um, you, we will have a ton of nutrition. You know, Google is going to be a partner for us. Um, we'll have maverick oncourse with neutral and um, and uh, it's going to be really, really fun. Now that the course distance, I've spoken about this on a number of occasions as well. It seems like you've got one camp of race organizers that are sort of tending towards this ultra distance type racing, which 140 miles I think we'd categorize there. And then the other side of it, it's a shorter, the shorter, faster races. Were there some races or types of races that you were modeling this around and said you're yourself, you know, five years from now we'd like people to be thinking of us in the category of this type of race? Yeah, yeah. Maybe I think, I think, as I said, maybe earlier that each of the races that, that we really liked doing. And I mean my, you know, my partner amy came in sixth dirty Kanza, um, this summer. My partner Ken was, I think 11th at the crusher. Um, you know, we all love dwr and are going to all race that, um, this, this spring. Um, and really love what Michael is doing there. So I think we were maybe inspired by all of those races. Just the ones that we do. The gravel mob was, was fantastic. I really had fun with that. Um, as an example. And honestly I think for us it was, we wanted something that was challenging. We didn't want something necessarily that people. I'm just bucket listed. Maybe we're, wow, I'm going to do that once and I'm never coming back. You know, we, and, and maybe some people will think that for sure, but, but we, we were more interested in having a variety of options for the racer and then maybe even, I think hopefully seeing some people say, well, this year I did a 37 mile course, next year I'll do the 100 and, and they have this big aspiration for the SBT gravel, black. But, um, I think, I think all the races are so different and their terrain so different. I think that's what makes them great. And they have these different profiles. Um, you know, if you talked with Michael Marks, he doesn't even like to have his race called a gravel race, right. You know, it's a spring classic. Um, and so, um, I think we, we tried to look at, um, the type of race that may be the three of us would want to do, right, well, you know, do we want to have our own navigation or do we want to have people telling us where to go? We all said we'd like to take that out of the equation. Right. Tell us where to go. Right. So, um, you know, do we want to have a bunch of people supporting us or not? Right. And, you know, we made a decision that we would like to, to have at least most of what you would need available oncourse and um, that's great. And you know, everybody has different versions of that. So, um, I think that the real delineation for us is that we really wanted us back in the racer, um, whether you're racing for prize money, which, you know, a lot of people have have debated if prize money should be a part of the gravel community. Um, you know, we see both sides, but we're looking at it. I'm not in changing gravel or changing the dynamic, which, you know, maybe it will do, maybe it won't, I don't, we'll have to see when our race goes, but, but we're looking at that more as investing back in eraser. We want people that are looking at doing this for a living or doing this as a, as a really, um, significant hobby, um, to potentially be rewarded for that. And so, um, you know, that was in, that was a decision that we had to make, you know what I mean. So I think for us, I'm investing back in the racer introducing people to the beauty of, of the region and then having a really strong option for people to race in the rocky mountains that had something for everybody. But those were probably, um, you know, the big motivators and you know, we'll see, you know, registration opens next week and we'll hope that a bunch of people want to want to be a part of it. And um, you know, we hope that we can come through as organizers and have a great experience for them. Yeah. I liked one of the things you said earlier, which was just you and your partner is just wanted to showcase how great a gravel riding destination steamboat is. And I think with, with that or would that origin the course is going to speak volumes, right? Because you guys live there. These are the roads do you are choosing to share with your community, which should be really excited citing for anybody from out of town to come in and participate in. Yeah, totally. And I think it's, it's really gonna be fun. I think this spring, um, you know, we hope and, and uh, are really anticipating a bunch of people once they register and are planning their calendar and how they're going to train and all of that. Um, to come and visit, you know, steamboat once or twice, you know, for, as you said, this is a, it's a long race if you're going to do the, the, the black horse and um, you know, I know for sure back to any race I've ever done. If I have familiarity with the course, I've just so much more confidence. Right? And how my day's going to go and how I plan, how I manage. And so we're hoping that on these weekends, spt gravel sponsored rides, that's a lot of people will come up, whether they're, you know, just from the front range of Denver, Boulder, um, they drive over from Salt Lake or, or they make a weekend or a week of training out of it. Um, the beauty of it is that you can get to any part of this course from downtown steamboat in about an hour and a half ride time, you know, so you can bite off, for example, if you want to come for three days and, and hit the three primary sections of spt, grab a black. You can do 3:50 mile rides from steamboat and see it all and, you know, not totally wipe yourself out, right? A couple of sections multiple times. Really get an understanding of, you know, maybe where you'll be at this point in your day and how to plan for it. And, you know, we'll have a bunch of support for those rides. I'm Amy Ken and I will be on them every weekend. Um, I think, I think for us, we think that's really, really important that, you know, the, the organizers, um, understand what's going on with the race and the course. And so, um, we're excited to have a bunch of people visit, show them around and go have a beer, have dinner with them, talk about the course and talk about steamboat. I, we, we, um, in every sense of the word. I think we want this to be an ambassador type event for our community and um, you know, really bring, um, this aspect of it. Speaking of which, what else should we expect during the weekend if we come to steamboat? Yeah, no, great question. We have a lot planned and we're racing on Sunday. Um, and that was really on purpose. We wanted people to be able to come to steamboat with their families. We didn't want to. Maybe this is the road racer in me personally, but I didn't want to have people show up late Friday, you know, get up, get your race number it on, do your race Saturday morning and go home, which is, you know, the majority of the road races I've ever done personally have gone that way. And um, we wanted people to have the ability to bring their families or bring their friends, race with their friends, um, and enjoy the weekend because there is so much to do for your family member, your spouse, your significant other, your kids in steamboat in the middle of August. It's just amazing. It's an amazing time to be, to be in this part of the country. And so, um, we've got all these things. You know, the steamboat is famous for its hot springs. It's famous for its ski area. I'm hiking, fishing, mountain biking. We're going to have an expo on Saturday. We're going to have a group ride Saturday morning, um, before that. Um, but the expo and registration or check in for the race is going to be held in conjunction with the steamboat farmer's markets. So you're going to have 150, um, food and, and other types of vendors. I'm part of our race expo where all of our sponsors and other folks that want to hang out with us and ride bikes and talk about their products and businesses are going to be, um, we're going to have, um, a symposium on a variety of topics, uh, sponsored by some folks. You know, one of the things that, um, you know, aspirationally we have is, is the parody angle of, of cycling in general. Um, and so with our race, you know, we have big goals. I'm certainly of having 50 slash 50 participation men and women. Um, we're certainly having a with our prize purses, you know, we're paying five deep to the men's and women's pro field, equal prize money. Um, we think that's really, really important. So think we're going to have some partners talking about women in sport, women in cycling. There's some other topics that are really, um, important to us that we may get to, talking to around potentially a Tbi, mental health, things of that nature. Um, at this symposium. And then certainly having a lot of our elite athletes hopefully be interviewed and, and be able to engage and talk with some of the other racers. So we'll have that all going on on Saturday. And then Sunday 6:30 sharp, we'll get off and race and you know, hopefully last finisher will come in around 9:00 PM. We'll um, we'll have a great support for people all weekend and they want to keep making it an annual thing. That's, that's really, um, at the end of the day, that's the goal is to have people come with their families and, and have a great time and then maybe come back even in the winter and now we're even linking up some winter ski benefits for all the racers that they enter. So it, uh, it's a, it's a big, it's a big a rallying cry for our community. But I think people are going to have a great time. That's great. You touched on it a little bit earlier in passing, but just just to nail it home from an equipment perspective on the black roots, you, you've mentioned sort of on some of the descents that was going to be where tire choice may come into play versus on the climbs you might be able to get away with something fairly narrow. Yeah. Yeah. I, I mean, I, I absolutely, and we say this on our website and our race or guide right now. I mean, you could get through this course on a bwr style with a, you know, a robot in 28. Um, I think it'd be very challenging to win. I'm a, or get through it as fast versus being on a road bike, you know, um, our race, it's 140, one miles, 125 of those are on grass, you know, Michael's race, which is amazing, but it's 100 miles on the road, you know, and so his, his race is certainly way more complicated from an equipment standpoint. You know, it's, I mean, I, I, I bet you, I think about his tire choice for his race most days, right? Because I just don't, there's so many different, different options and um, but for our race, you know, I think, you know, what we're recommending is, is um, you know, panel racers sponsor, so we, we think that, you know, the gravel king that they have in a 38 or the gravel King Ski, a 35 are, are probably the best ways to go, but that with, regardless of the brand that you, you know, you select, do you want a ride? Um, we think is probably right. Um, you know, there are some pretty rough desense, um, there's some really fast corners where, you know, that that sk or a Knob I'm a or tread pattern is going to really help you around those corners. Um, you know, it, it's just going to be, I think important and especially if it gets washboard, which we've seen. So, um, and there are some pretty long descents on, on gravel, so, so that's sort of the thinking there. Yeah. It's always an interesting conundrum going into a new event, trying to figure out what tire is optimized for the course that sits in front of me. Yeah. And we, you know, all of my partners and I, everyone in steamboat that rides a lot of gravel has written all these roads. I'm on 28. Um, I can tell you all of the Klms and all of the KLM is on defense and fastest times today have been on gravel tires and those are just going same exact rider, same fitness. I'm against the road bike with 28. So, um, so I, that would be our recommendation for sure. But um, you know, we'll see every, it's always interesting to see what people show up with and um, you know, the, the only thing that we're saying that, um, we, we really aren't going to want his arrow bars because there's just so much time on, on a, a mountain up and down. Um, and, and you're going to need your breaks a lot. And Man, I hope if you show up on a road bike, at least have disc brakes. That's really cool. Really. It's not mandatory, but, but man, it would be highly recommended. Well, this is a lot of great information, mark. I appreciate you joining us on the show. I think it's a great adventure. The website. Super Informative and I'll post a note to that in the show notes so everybody can go check it out. And remind me again what the url is and when the exact date of entries open up. Yeah, the url you can find us@sbtgravel.com. And a registration for general entry opens December fourth, but if you go to sbt gravel.com before the weekend, um, you can guarantee entry and get 20 percent off by opting into our email. So we're going to send, um, a, an entry code basically out, um, for everyone to get in. And then that registration for people with code is going to be actually on Monday, 7:00 AM mountain time, December third. So, um, we, we, uh, we have no idea on how fast the race has kind of fill up, but we have had a lot of interests. So we hope that people take advantage of, um, you know, the discount and get guaranteed under the race on December third. Great. And once we've got our entry, are there some social channels that we should follow to get a little sneak peeks of the course and some of the training rides if we're not local to Colorado? Yeah, absolutely. I mean we've got everything is at SBT GRVL for twitter, facebook, instagram and youtube. And um, there's actually a couple of really good videos out on the course already. Um, uh, Jason O from Gravel cyclists was out and did a really cool review of the course. He was able to prewrite it and so he put a video up on gravel cyclists.com. That's pretty cool. And um, we've got, uh, and we'll have a full analysis of every section of the course monthly, um, on our sbt gravel youtube channel. So, um, I would highly recommend checking those out. They're going to be anywhere from two to three minutes, you know, nothing too big from a time commitment standpoint, but we'll really dive into going through that course section. Talk about really what you should be thinking when you're in that section where you might be in a proximity to aid stations, the sense other support and things of that nature. So we'll really dissect the course, I think, um, some other races have done a great job. Leadville with their podcast talks about sections and we really thought that was a good idea. So we'll add some video elements to that, but it should be pretty cool. That's great. I think sharing all that information will be awesome for anybody preparing for the event. So mark, thanks again. I'll let you go. You have a good evening and you know, we look forward to talking to you again soon. No, thanks a lot. I really appreciate you having me on.

Episode Links: The Gravel Mob Event Lauf Cycling Crusher in the Tushar   Automated Transcript (forgive typos). Neil, welcome to the podcast. Thanks for. Thanks for having me on. Absolutely. I always like to start off by finding out a little bit about how you discovered gravel, where you're coming more from the mountain or road side. Well, I guess like going way, way back, you know, my, my background is I'm a pro mountain biker for three years before transitioning over to the road, but it was, I'd say honestly like my past and gravel came from, came from the skinny tires and it was just being out of my training rides like I grew up in San Louis Obispo where there's just some really killer dirt road to ride gravel roads, you know, in the midst of a road ride. And so I'd hit some of those than I lived in San Diego and you know, same, same idea again, you just like stuff like va Haas grade and Boulder Creek road. Some of those, you know, travel sections that did just complete a really cool road ride. So I'd say that was like the first kind of my entry into it, but then, you know, when I quit racing professionally is when I got head over heels into gravel. And when was that? So my last pro race was US Pro road race 2010 in September. So then I'm kind of hung it up, wasn't sure how much I was really going to ride a bike anymore and took a job as the editor of road bike action magazine. Um, and then it was literally like within a year that kind of did like the first Belgian waffle ride. And that really was like, whoa. That was, that would, I would say that was probably my path into grab walks. That would be the first event that I actually ran different equipment on a road bike than I normally would have to ride. And Yeah. And then it was like, it was all about gravel after that. What kind of equipment changes could you make at that point? Back in 2010 if you can remember? Yeah. So, you know, forget what bike I rode in for the first few are. So, so the first Bwr I guess would have been 20, 2012 maybe. And that was a, just go in with a road bike and putting, putting essentially just 20 ac tires on it. I'm lowering the pressure a little bit. Um, but even, even then you were only. No, you didn't even have a wide selection of really good tubeless tire, so you know, it was running like a Grand Prix, you know, continental Grand Prix, 3004 seasons. So just a really tough all around tire. Um, so yeah, it was really just is really just wider tires was about it. Um, and then my first real entry into, you know, what we'd really categorize gravel as now would have been crushed the [inaudible] I'm out in Utah and it's my good friend, teammate on the road, Birch swindlehurst put on that event and you know, it really worked out that, you know, while I was working I was at road bike action. We wanted to do a project like, and there are some small, you know, independent builders that were just getting into gravel. I mean you couldn't go out and buy a gravel bike for mania that big brands like term didn't even really exist yet. So I went to Kathy and had them build a custom dragon fly road frame with um, what, what we call a just like adventure geometry. And that allowed me to run up to a 35 tire and disc brakes. And so I was like my first true gravel bike and it was seeing was pretty amazing when you think about it, like going back to 2012. Yeah, that's, that's pretty amazing. You often hear a lot of people from the road side of the sport reference crusher and Natasha and Bwr and I think part of it, his crusher with Brent. It's brand right? Who organizes it? A Burke Burke, sorry. With Burke's road background. I think he naturally drew in a lot of his friends who were looking for an adventure. And that adventure then started to become known to other riders and athletes who were like, hell yeah, I want to give that a try. Yeah, I'd say that's a good way to phrase it. Say both, like Bwr in crusher really pushed kind of that race and maybe crusher doesn't do it as much now, but early on it was. It was really about the race and it was one of the only gravel events that actually has a price person. They still do. And you know, the winter both male and female and get a thousand dollars for the win and, and Bwr very much same way even though there isn't a, you know, a cash purse. I'm Michael Marks, you know, the event founder like he, he really comes from that road scene and it's that kind of that so cal race mentality and that's, you know, that's really, I think what's built up the hype around event was kind of the roadside and coming in and pushing the limits of what you can do on a road bike. Yeah. And I've heard Michael defend very aggressively against it being called the gravel grinder or gravel race. You really wanted to have, you know, that road orientation, like a Belgian classic, which I think is interesting because as we noted it's, it is exciting and the amount of dirt in that particular races small enough that in a roadies are coming out and riding it hard and just taken their lumps in the dirt and discovering that the dirt part was actually quite fun. Yeah. No. And it's true. And I mean the first year of that event and the first couple of years like you just didn't, you know, there, there's still the range now, like if you went to the Bwr this year, like the range of equipment is, is mindblowing out there. You have someone you know from a road bike with 25 see tires all the way to the guy with, you know, a gravel bike, six wheels and two point one and mountain bike tires. But early on like those, those extra, you know, the extreme of the six slash 50 b and then all the gravel options and tire sizes, all that. Stuff like that really didn't exist. Then. Like that's really just been within the last handful of years that we have so much equipment available to us. Yeah, it's true. I imagine, and I've heard others refer to this back in the early days of crusher that you'd see all kinds of bikes show up there from mountain bikes to modified cross bikes to straight up road bikes with the fattest tires they can handle on it. Yeah, I mean I think, you know, my setup the first year I did it in 2012 on that calfee, like I, I went, I essentially had no budget because I could call up these companies and tell them what I was doing and this would be a big feature in the magazine. So getting the equipment was, was easy and so I had the best stuff I could, I could pick, but I was still very much limited. Like I ran, I envy the cross Pepsi Mountain bike wheels in tubular because clinchers at that time were, the wheels were support so heavy and the tire options were so limited as well. I mean you only had only had cyclocross tires and with the UCI limit of cyclocross tire being 33 cm in width, there just weren't high volume tires available. Um, so I was out there tubulars, now I look back and it's like kind of comedy, you know, because we have such a myriad of, of tire ranges, every brand basically in tubeless option or tubeless ready options. So you know, it's a good. Anyone getting into the segment of the sport now is like, you know, good for you because you have so much equipment available at prices that are, that are pretty economic now. Yeah. The the riders who started out early on, we were more a controlled by constraints in the industry, so we were just picking things that were incrementally bigger or better than where we were able to ride previously and now to your point, there's just been an explosion and the gravel bike, it's such a broad definition and I think manufacturers are approaching it from so many different perspectives. You definitely see on the more road side manufacturers just allowing for larger tires to give a little bit more freedom and potentially make them accessible for light gravel use and then on the opposite end of the spectrum, you've got companies that are coming from more of a bike packing perspective that are building these burly monster cross off road machines with drop bars that are totally different ends of the spectrum and it's really fascinating. I think for a lot of my listeners who are just getting into the sport, try to figure out where in that spectrum does it make sense to place their ownership? Yeah, I think that that's true. And it, you know, to your point, it's great that all these options exist, but also for the consumer, the person just getting into the scene, they know it can be a little bit overwhelming because there is such a range in bikes. All kind of categorized is gravel or adventure bikes. And so like if you're coming in and you know like where, what side you air on like extreme or kind of the, you know, the road bike with just a little more clearance that can take us 33 c or something like that. So, you know, I think with those options it's like consumer education is a big part of it. So podcasts like this are just a great, a great tool for people getting into it. Yeah, I agree that it's, it's totally confusing for consumers getting in once they really peel the onion around gravel and try to grab a bunch of resources to try to figure out what does this brand manufacturer, what's the approach, what will this bike enable me to do is a ton of thought that goes into it. I know that was my personal journey. I ended up getting a commuter bike that was enabled me to have dyspraxia and you know, it's fairly wide, 700 see tires and the moment I started riding off road in Marine County I just started to think that fatter would be better and ultimately ended up with something that could take 6:50, b one nine tires and I pretty much ride big fat tires all the time at this point. Yeah, I'm kind kinda right there with. I used to early on like I'd go out to Rebecca is private Idaho or something on the run, you know like the 33 see specialized trigger because I thought it would be so much faster than a 35 or something. And now, you know, as I've, as I've written more groundwater than more events, I've seen like some of the test data coming out from some of these companies, it's like air pressure's going down, tire volume is going up, rim volume is going up, all these things improve the rhymes so much. So now I'm like, I don't really have a reason to go smaller than like a 40 c with a 700 seat. We'll, um, unless I was doing like maybe grab a world and I was really looking for the most efficient setup possible. I could go narrower because I mean those, those roads, like I grabbed the world which is in Lincoln, Nebraska, they're there gravel. But it's such a hard pack. The link, you know, like the tire lane, um, might as well be pavement. I know you've worked a lot with envy over your career and you mentioned that you see a trend for rims going lighter. Can you get into that a little bit more for us? Yeah. So I, you know, there's, there's a number of, you know, head was one of the first ones really that got into the wide rim trend with some of their, um, road wheels and then envy has been right there with them kind of pushing that. And this year envy came out with their g 23, there are specific gravel we'll um, which as a 23 millimeter internal and it's easy to get caught up on just thinking like, okay, wider, wider is better. But, so the, like the [inaudible] three is, is kind of designed after the m five, two five, which is the cross country mountain bike rim, but the [inaudible] three is two millimeters narrower. And so that's really just to go with a 35 to 40, 40 to see tire, kind of that range that they're running. So it's not always just about wider is better at it, you know, how it works. And with the tire size, what is the benefit of that width to the rider? Um, it has, it has multiple benefits. One is just, again, overall overall volume is you're opening up. If you're increasing the volume, um, you know, you have more pinch flat protection, um, you can decrease the pressure, um, you know, without, if you decrease the pressure to have a nice ride on a narrower rim, the opportunity, it's easier to get a pinch flats. Um, so yeah, I would say that that's the biggest one of the biggest improvements. And does that end up translating into something different with the tires you're running when you're running a little bit less pressure and you kind of get maybe a flatter footprint. Is it changing the way tire manufacturers are looking at what they're producing and tire manufacturers are definitely looking at it, but I'd say more so on, on the road side. So you see some of these, um, with like say the new cannondale aerobic stitches came out, it comes with a 25 c tire, which you would think, you know, maybe it's not that wide, but you look at the rim that it's on. All of the sudden, like he measured, it's probably like a 28 or 29 millimeter wide tire on the super wider rims that are coming stock on the bike so that all that all comes into the play and that, um, it all counts as overall overall air volume. You have to factor in the rim and the tire it. I'm kind of an interesting thing that envy did on their website is they put together a tire tire pressure chart and it factors in right away rim width. So it's not just and be specific, you can figure out, you know, what your, your inner rim width is on brand x. we'll you can go in and look at, see what they suggest, like whoa. A highlight, high range and low range for tire pressure. It's a pretty handy guy. Um, that I think will surprise people on kind of how low they recommend on, on some of the setups. Yeah. I think that's common with a lot of people I talked to you is that they've found that they've just gotten lower and lower on the pressure because they're not getting any negative consequences to that. I've been learning a little bit more about what you were talking about around tire width relative to rim width and how you know the measurement of the tires are. We can't just do chronically think of these millimeters anymore because with a wider rim it's going to fat now to a little bit and it's gonna feel like a bigger tire then maybe you think you've specked on your bike. Yeah, exactly. You really have to kind of look at it as it as a system, right? Rather than just the individual than just a rim or the tire. It's like both combined because that's. That's what you're writing, right? Yeah, absolutely. In the right direction, that's for sure. Yeah. Yeah, and it overwhelmingly seems like to a degree fatter and wider or better. Obviously we'll find the outer bound of that statement, but I always encourage everybody is listening to go to go fatter than they think they should go initially because I rarely hear of anybody complaining about that choice. Yeah, for sure. And the the, you know, the only thing you have to keep in mind is as that air volume increases, you need to. You need to decrease the pressure. That's kind of the, you know, the fine point in at all. If you, if you're running a 35 see tire on on a rim and you put a 40 on the same rim and you run it at the same pressure, it's going to feel like the pressure is increased. So bring, bring that pressure down as you go bigger and you'll be very happy. Right. Well, it's been interesting talking about the evolution of the equipment and with you. I know coming from a mountain bike background, you're maybe more open to a lot of the trends and innovations that have come into the gravel market. I'm particularly curious to talk to you about the dao fork as we've had benedict on the show. If you episodes ago, and it was really fascinating conversation, so I'd love to get your take on writing that Lao fork on your bike and what you see the advantages are and if you think more and more people are going to start going down that route. Yeah. The amount of, uh, questions I get about that fork are, it's incredible. So three years ago at dirty Kanza, I used one of the, one of the Lao grit forks, I put it on an open and didn't really get to ride it much before the race, but then just absolutely loved it in the race itself. Um, and then I had an opportunity this year to ride the truth, the true grit, so the frame and fork that they build, um, and couldn't be happier. It's a to 30 millimeter, you know, amount of travel using just the carbon leaf springs and you know, it. I first went in and thinking like, okay, this is really going to just kill it on the washboard chatter stuff. And it does. If it improves that for sure. But where I was really surprised was when I'm getting into a little more extreme terrain and like big rain roads going sideways and you're hitting those things. Then normally with a rigid fork you kind of hit, you know, hit that, hit a ring, right, going sideways and your wheel front wheel wants to deflect and go sideways. But with that fork it's just enough to keep your front end pointed the right direction. And I feel that it actually gives me not only night ride a little bit faster, but I have more control. So I'll take, I'll take better control. Went on some sketchy, sketchy gravel road descent. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, did you find that over the longer events that you were less fatigued using the fork? Yeah, I, I, I would have to say so it's like all those, you know, the, the micro vibration that we deal with over the course of, even if it's, you know, a 100 mile ride, but especially as you start stretching out when you're on the bike all day long, like just reducing that in your shoulders, your neck. Um, all of that. It really, you know, I think in an event like dirty Kanza, you don't really find out your weak links until you're in something like that. It just really stretches you and this year at decay like I, you know, I should do upper body workouts and stuff like that, but I don't. I'm lazy and you know, it, it's pretty amazing. Like how well my upper body held up and I really do attribute it a lot too just to that front end. Right now you and I were both down in big bear at the spandex stampede event, which had a decent amount of climbing for the mileage. Yeah. How do you feel about the fork when climbing, obviously it adds about a pound of weight to the bike. Do you feel like the advantages overall kind of outweigh that weight? Yeah, I think so. Especially especially on gravel. I'm just, you know, the advantages I just was talking about, I mean my bike is still only like 17 and a half or 18 pounds and so that, that seems plenty of light to me. Um, and for, you know, I do most of my climbing, seated, climbing so I have no idea that that work is even, they're going up hill, you know, you're not getting any bobbing out of it if, you know, if you stand up a lot and maybe you don't have like really good form and you're kind of bouncing on the friend, like I could see that bothering you a little bit, but I think you've kind of work on your, if you felt that you kind of work on your form and you actually improve your climbing form, just by realizing if you're bouncing, you know, if you're bouncing around and wasting energy. Yeah, that makes sense. What about for our listener who rides a little bit more on the road in their gravel bike journeys? How, how does the fork feel on the road and you know, is it, is it really for someone who is writing mostly off road? I would say like if you're, if you're predominantly on the road, you know, there's just the benefits of it obviously diminish. Um, but you know, I raised it Belgian waffle ride this year and is a first time I'd ever actually written a bike other than a traditional road bike. And I on it, I really thought like I would give up, I'd really be given stuff up on some of the climbing, some of the rope climbing parts in the group and I was astonished. It was a great setup. I ran 30 see tires on it and the bike was so capable, like anytime we hit the dirt it was just like, I felt like I was at such an advantage. That's really interesting. That's really good feedback. I think. I'm glad to hear that. I do think, and I've mentioned this before on the podcast that to a degree gravel sort of aligns itself with road biking than mountain biking. And as such we've got this sort of preconceived notion as to what the bike should look like and how we should dress, et cetera. And I think the leading edge companies are trying to blow that away and really make people think about, well, how does the bike perform? Let's forget about the heritage of maybe why this sector of the sport started to evolve and I think the law fork is a prime example of that, that it probably is faster and a lot of respects for a lot of the terrain that people are riding and definitely racing on, but there's a little bit of resistance to people grabbing hold of it and putting on their bikes. Yeah, I agree. I mean the road, the road side, you know, traditional bunch for sure. Um, you know, you look at how long it's taken, you know, just for disc brake acceptance, um, that's kind of a shame because guess what, so many people can benefit greatly from disc brakes even if those people aren't. The pros like that shouldn't matter. Um, so yeah, I would say, you know, mountain bikers and even track athletes like triathletes or read their apt to try anything that they think is going to improve performance. Like they'll, they'll give anything a go. So it is cool to see like the gravel niche and like people not afraid to just, you know, try new things and even just like the spandex event like you were talking about in big bear, like I saw a number of labs out there and I, I think that there's going to be more and more, you know, they're gonna keep selling those bikes just as the word gets out. What, what an advantage it is. Yeah, definitely. And I mean obviously we've seen a couple of other fork manufacturers dip their toe in the water and I think life is going to lead the way, but others will follow. Yeah. Now, uh, now they just need a good proper post with suspension. It will be sad. I was just going to move onto dropper posts because it's been something that's come up a few times on the podcast and I, I'm, I'm curious about it for sure. You're definitely gonna see one on my bike in the coming months as I test it out and try to understand its affects more. Yeah. I have yet to use the dropper posts on and gravel bike. And, and to be honest, I probably only use the dropper post on a mountain bike a couple of times, so it's kind of new. It's new territory for me, but I, you know what, like I'm totally open for, for running one because I liked, I liked to do like some true mountain biking, all my gravel bike. I think it's, it's really fun. And you know, a dropper posts would be an advantage in situations. Like I tell people like I can get a rush, I can get an adrenaline rush, all my gravel bike in dirt going 15 miles an hour, 20 miles an hour. And if I wash out in a wreck, you know, doing something technical, I'm probably not going to get hurt to get an adrenaline rush on the road bike. I have to be going really fast when things go wrong. Like it really hurts if I can, if I can push the limits on the gravel bike, like that's, that's totally fine. I'm probably going to walk away if things go wrong. Yeah, exactly. I keep keep messaging the guys over at thesis spike who are specking a bike with a dropper post or at least as an option and I'm always saying like, oh, I just wrote this really steep terrain on my bike and I could definitely use the dropper post and Randall, the designer over there. I will always come back to me saying, yeah, you'd love it there, but trust me, it wouldn't just be there. It'll be when you're descending on the road when you're doing lots of things that you wouldn't think of. When you finally have one on your bike. You'll discover that your speed and safety can both go up and it's. I'm really curious to test that hypothesis. Yeah, that's. That's a good idea. Someone it afford dirty cans and kind of. When we already knew that the aero bars, we're going to be a big deal this year at some of these events and someone was trying to figure out how they could make a dropper post where there was just maybe a centimeter of difference so that when they're in the aero bars and up on the nose of the saddle, they could use the post to go off a centimeter and then when they're out of the, out of the aero bars and you know, just on the hoods are the top how they could use the dropper to go down to the centimeter. So I think we're gonna see there's gonna be a lot more kind of going on in this world, you know, tech advantages, some for just having fun like a dropper post. And then like still race geeks that are like looking to get every, you know, be able to get a little bit faster. It's, it's fun because, you know, it's like mountain biking in the early nineties, you know, we're just, everyone's just throwing stuff out there and we'll see what sticks. Yeah. Yeah. It's great. And I want to transition a little bit away from equipment and just talk about racing and the community and the events. And that's a great segue because I think both you and I share this vision of gravel as it is now as being similar mountain biking back then where, you know, you still saw people camping before the race. It was always a festival atmosphere. So talk a little bit about that and maybe some of the events that you've done and how community is playing a role in, in gravel and how you're enjoying it personally. Yeah. So I mean honestly it, it takes me back to when I first got into mountain biking when I was 14 and you know, I'd go to the races with my dad and we got an rv just to go to the races and camp out because all of our friends did that too. So we'd be at Keysville classic, you know, the night before the race at the bonfire and all the vehicles circled around. Same with camping out there for a week. And then, you know, when I transitioned into the road and did the pro racing thing, like there was, there was none of that like you had no, there just wasn't. There just wasn't really a community. You went out and you did your job, you know, that was great who hopefully you have a good race if not you move onto the next one. But with gravel now it really takes me back to when I first fell in love with bikes and you know, that was that community part of it and being out there and you make a full weekend out of it, then you're just hanging out with people like that's such a huge draw of it. And I think that's something, you know, as mountain biking has declined and you know, people got into road racing. That's really been a, a big, you know, kind of big missing piece or cycling. Um, now we, now we have it again and there's so many. There's like events like grinder or where it isn't just a one day ride, it's a full weekend event and Grapes of Wrath which is put on by the guys that put on a rock cobbler. Again, a full weekend event where is not just encouraged, you know, for you to be there the whole weekend. It's kind of mandatory is what is what it's all about. So I, you know, I hope that there's more and more events like that and you know, Rebecca's prime died but which is coming up, you know, Labor Day weekend. That's, that's a perfect example again of being out there and Rebecca has created just like this community of people to go experience her favorite writing and guess what, it's turned out that like people want that because these events that have just been nothing but growth. Yeah. I think today's gravel athletes are looking for new terrain. They're looking for all the community and you know, post race barbecues and camping that you're describing. And to me it is like my experience with mountain biking as well. I remember signing up for mountain bike events primarily because I knew someone had taken the time to create a course in a different part of the country that I could get to and I'd get to go experience some new terrain without overthinking the navigation piece of it. Yeah, no, it's true. And I think even better with what's fun with gravel and you know, I hope we don't start seeing like a lot like mountain biking where you do like four laps or something like that. I, I see gravel is like this exploration and this adventure, so going out and doing one big ass flap, whether it's 80 miles or 200 miles, whatever it is, 50 miles, as long as you're seeing something really cool and you're getting to experience whatever this area is and what's special and unique to the area. I'm, that's, that's really, those are the events that really intrigued me and it turns out like you can be in Nebraska or Kansas or bakersfield and on the dirt bike there is so much cool stuff to see out there. Like on the road road, the road surface, you can ride through some great areas, but road surface never changes and I think with gravel, the gravel events, you know, one of the, one of the key things is that you really never know what you're getting in each area with the type of terrain you're gonna get. And that's just a whole different. Just a whole different element that makes you have to stay really checked in and engaged with what you're doing and very much in the moment. Yeah, totally agree. And for the middle of the pack guys such as myself, just finding those different areas to ride in and the unique adventure of being all over the map. Like I was down at the old growth classic this weekend down by Santa Cruz and I hiked on some of that terrain and written some of the legal stuff, but I'd never kind of created this massive loop. So there was times I had no idea where I was, but it just kept plugging away and enjoy the fact that I was just discovering this terrain in a different way and give big props to that course designer because you just created a hard loop that, that tested the equipment across the board, depending on which end of the spectrum you are on. If you had the big fat tires or narrow tires, there are parts of the course that we're going to suit either or. But no one left that course thinking I had the right equipment for every single pedal stroke, which I think is the hallmark of great gravel course design. Yeah, I agree. I think it's, it's, it's pretty fun to like be underbite not all the time but like be in situations where you're like, ah yeah, I, you know, yeah, a mountain bike would be good here. But as a whole, looking at it as the entire course as a whole course, like you know, often the gravel bike is, is the ideal setup and that, you know, the old growth classic like Dallas, like that looks like a special event that they put together and that area has like, you know, you have the grasshopper adventure series up there and like they're. So there's so many great, like Kinda grassroots style events to choose from. Yeah, absolutely. I'm stoked to see how it's grown all over the country really. I keep hearing about new events thinking, oh I want to go down and do that. And I was stoked that I would just happen stance took me down to southern California and as able to do that big bear event because previously the only other one I'd done was gravel mob, which I totally love. Yeah. Yeah. Gravel. Mom's a great one in. Oh, hi there. And unfortunately like all of that, all those mountains burned, you know, this past this past year. So hopefully they, hopefully they're still able to put on the event, you know, and it, it won't be maybe quite as beautiful, but that just, that whole area is, is really spectacular up above Ohio. Yeah. I just actually got an email alert from the guys at Peloton magazine and it's definitely on. Oh good. Then yeah, that's, that's great to hear. They do a good job with it. I've done it a couple times and it's so hard day in the saddle, that's for sure. Yeah, it's another fun one. Soup to nuts I think. Yeah. Yeah. And then like, you know, as, as you're talking about you finish up, give high fives, grab a beer, grab Tacos, everyone's hanging out for hours afterward, Sharon stories and no one is eager to get out of there. Um, so pretty special vibe. Absolutely. So I'm curious as someone who's raced a lot of these events, at least kind of on the west coast, the events are going a couple of different directions. You Got Short, fast, punchy events and then you've got other events exploring kind of the ultra distance side of the sport. Like with the Dk xl this year, what's your reaction to, to what's going on in terms of the length of course race, the race is, etc. I, I really liked that. There's so many optIons now. The basically, you know, lIke dirty kanza scares the crap out of me and so that makes me want to train and be able to like be as prepared as possible just to get through it, but I don't want, I don't want that feeling more than once or twice a year. So then to have opportunities for something like spandex stampede where it's 40 to 45 miles and you can be done in two and a half, three hours and then just kind of hanging out. I Think those are like, that's kind of how I like to do it. Like mixing stuff like spandex, um, rock cobbler. I think it's really cool that all of the sudden we have opportunity to kind of pick and choose. Whereas five years ago it was like, whoa, what do you know? There's a gravel event in California. Cool, let's go do it. Now we have, you know, probably 20 good choices, you know, over the course of the summer. Um, so they, they all kind of, they all speak to me in different ways and you know, I probably am not going to be signing up for dk xl anytime soon. I think, you know, I've told jim come into the promoter like 200 and you know, the course is actually 207 miles for the, for the normal dk. That's more than enough for me. So I think I kind of tapped out at that 200 mile distance personally. Yeah. I don't blame you at all. I think 200 is a monster effort, one of which full disclosure, I've never done an in any circumstances you're adding 200 miles. So anybody who crosses that finish line I think is amazing. I do think on the xcel side is going to be interesting because the quote unquote racers that you hear about it, it's a different type of character that's going to want to do those, that type of mileage. I mean you're kind of getting into tour divide territory more than kind of one day bike race territory. Yeah, it's really interesting. And just to see like who is successful out there? Like Rebecca Rush, you know, she, I think ended up for overall out of men and women and you know, just dominated the women's field. Whereas she was up against a couple women that maybe in the 200 mile distance at this point could have eat rebecca. So it's just as, as you stretch the mile out, almost double the amount of miles, like the different types of athletes emerge that, you Know, seems crazy to say 200 miles is too short for them. But it's kinda kinda how it is. Yeah, it's really interesting. I mean it goes back to my original arrival in gravel. I credit more towards the notion of bike packing, then gravel itself. I just sort of became fascinated in those overnight and multi day and month long races that people were doing and started following them and looking at the equipment. And that got me thinking just a lot more about adventure in my writing and something that was sorely needed in my life as a cyclist at that moment in time. And I kind of got drawn in and I'd never done any of those bike packing races. But that's what got my toe in the water and started becoming so passionate about gravel riding in general. Yeah, that's, that's cool. So interestingly enough, I, like I would say I started on the other side of the spectrum. My, it was the racing side that brought me into it and you know, I wanted to go, I want to do, you know, when belgian waffle ride and, and when crusher and the tuscher and I wanted to win dirty kanza and it took me, took me a few years to, you know, of course I would still love to go when dirty kanza that's just not reality now. But I would say early on it was, that was kind of my main. That was my biggest goal and my first dirty kanza ever. I went into it and I was so incredibly fit. Just basically did pro mile leading up to it and really wanted to win it and had my rear derailleur break off 25 miles in. and it was like at that moment I was like, okay, well I'm not racing races over how can I finish? And I was on the side of the road for an hour, rigging up a single speed and did the next 175 miles on a single speed and was able to finish. And the real kind of eyeopening experience was riding with the people I was around, which were mid to back of the pack typewriters. Um, because I was really limited on how fast I could go because of my, my gear ratio and the people out there were like. So I went into it thinking, okay, I just want to dominate. I want to win this thing. And these other people, it was such, such a different task for them. They were, they were literally just trying to survive to get through it. And really from then on really changed my thinking and going, you know, going to these events and look at the bigger picture. and it's not just about racing and trying to go fast, it's, it's such a marginal part of the day. And so I always try and remind myself and I, you know, I, I can't win many races anymore, but still like that, that's an experience that like just really remains with me and I'm really fortunate. I feel fortunate for having that happened to me because it, it really just opened my eyes to everything around me. Yeah. I imagine it really shaped your professional perspective in working with brands at this point that just to have that visceral understanding of like, hey, these guys, they don't really care if someone passes them. They don't really care if they pass anybody else. They're just really. they're out there for the adventure. And the adventure includes everything between the start line and the finish line. Yep. And, and they're the real, like they're the ones that need to be celebrated at 1:00 AM, you know, a dirty cans or any event like that. That's kind of, you know, the mid back, the people, they're working way harder. They have such such a harder day than the people that are finishing in the top three, top 10. They are what they go through out there just to will themselves to the finish of some of these big long events. It's really inspiring. Yeah, I totally agree with you. totally agree wIth you and I think those sentiments are really wide. There's such a huge opportunity for the industry with the sport of gravel because we can really. the event organizers continue to create the community atmosphere and the great adventure courses. I think people come in and will continue to come into the sport and discover that it is really this gem that is right there at their fingertips and right outside a lot of people's doors are these back roads and dirt roads that can show them parts of their community that they never even imagined before. Yeah. It's just. It's just fun. Like for me, It's brought to open the door. Even though I've lived in the same area for eight years. when I go out on the gravel bike, it's like I have all new rides available to me and I don't want to get like negative and talk about cars and drivers, but when I'm, when I'm on a dirt road or a trail somewhere, I don't have to worry about anything going on around me. I can just focus on my ride and enjoying and kind of let my, you know, a little bit of peace of mind and you know, if I'm going out in the middle of the day for a lunch ride, that kinda decompressor it's great. Just going in and hitting dirk. I don't have anything else to think about. Yeah, absolutely. There's a lot of peace to be had out there on the gravel trails. So neil, this has been a great conversation. I really appreciate all the time and your perspective on the sport and your continued commitment to growing it. Yeah, it's, as I told you before, I, I can talk about driving all day, so it's really fun. It's, you know, the scene is brought me, kind of renewed, my passion for writing, so it's great to be on the podcast. Thank you. Yeah, you're welcome. ThankS for coming in. All right man. That was great. I think we've got some good material. Good deal. Yeah. Well thanks again for thinking of me. I'm stoked to, uh, to be a part of this.

It's episode 17 of Season 11. On this week's show we have five tales about frantic families, familiar flyers, and frightful finals. "Dead Air"† written by M.J. Pack and performed by Addison Peacock & Mary Murphy & Atticus Jackson & Alexis Bristowe & Nikolle Doolin. (Story starts around 00:03:20) "My Dog Freddy"† written by Nick Snyder and performed by Matthew Bradford & Mick Wingert & Kyle Akers & Corinne Sanders. (Story starts around 00:30:00) "The Test"‡ written by Tom Hawkins and performed by Alexis Bristowe & Nikolle Doolin & Addison Peacock & Elie Hirschman. (Story starts around 01:01:15) "Whispers in the Woods"† written by Michael Marks and performed by Dan Zappulla & Nikolle Doolin & Mike DelGaudio & Erika Sanderson & Erin Lillis. (Story starts around 01:26:00) "The Mystery of William Wilson"¤ written by Troy H. Gardner and performed by Kyle Akers & David Ault & Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts around 01:50:00) Click here to learn more about the voice actors on The NoSleep Podcast   Click here to learn more about Sennheiser AMBEO Smart Headset Contest Answers   Click here to learn more about M.J. Pack   Click here to learn more about Michael Marks   Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone Audio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski† & Jeff Clement‡ & Jesse Cornett¤ "Dead Air" illustration courtesy of Charlie Cody Audio program ©2018 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.  

It's episode 17 of Season 11. On this week's show we have five tales about frantic families, familiar flyers, and frightful finals."Dead Air"† written by M.J. Pack and performed by Addison Peacock & Mary Murphy & Atticus Jackson & Alexis Bristowe & Nikolle Doolin. (Story starts around 00:03:20)"My Dog Freddy"† written by Nick Snyder and performed by Matthew Bradford & Mick Wingert & Kyle Akers & Corinne Sanders. (Story starts around 00:30:00)"The Test"‡ written by Tom Hawkins and performed by Alexis Bristowe & Nikolle Doolin & Addison Peacock & Elie Hirschman. (Story starts around 01:01:15)"Whispers in the Woods"† written by Michael Marks and performed by Dan Zappulla & Nikolle Doolin & Mike DelGaudio & Erika Sanderson & Erin Lillis. (Story starts around 01:26:00)"The Mystery of William Wilson"¤ written by Troy H. Gardner and performed by Kyle Akers & David Ault & Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts around 01:50:00)Please visit www.thenosleeppodcast.com for full show notes and links to learn more about our authors, voice actors, and producers.Executive Producer & Host: David CummingsMusical score composed by: Brandon BooneAudio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski† & Jeff Clement‡ & Jesse Cornett¤"Dead Air" illustration courtesy of Charlie CodyAudio program ©2018 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.

In this episode Positive Space speaks with Michael Marks, Associate Professor of Art and Foundations Program Coordinator at the South Carolina School of the Arts at Anderson University. Michael discusses the foundations program at Anderson University and the release of FATE in Review.

The Secret Government Organization, a.k.a. "S.G.O.", is sending it's best and brightest to investigate reports of odd happenings and strange occurrences from around the world. Join Master Sargent Bob Ross, Hans Perkins, and Carl, armed with knives, pistols, and mind-altering tic-tacs as they make their way through popular horror tropes and scary stories found on the internet!Episode 6 - "Creeping Crimson" - Carl, Bob, and Hans are ordered to stay the night at the Hedges Motel and Motor Lodge to investigate claims of missing people.Original story by Michael Marks - https://www.facebook.com/deadnspread/https://twitter.com/deadnspreadThe original reading of "Creeping Crimson" can be found on The No Sleep Podcast -www.thenosleeppodcast.comhttps://www.thenosleeppodcast.com/episodes/s6/6x25Other Digital and Dice Podcast Links:Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/digitalanddiceTwitter - https://www.twitter.com/digitalanddiceWebsite - www.digitalanddice.comPatreon - https://www.patreon.com/digitalanddiceDiscord - https://discord.gg/5RHcPVWNightmare - TabletopAudio (tabletopaudio.com)Forest Night - Tabletopaudio.com (tabletopaudio.com)Malicious - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the last two months Michael Marks has turned down a dozen offers to make keynote speeches at conferences. His company, construction startup Katerra, is three years old, but the attention surge is very recent. “Construction technology has gotten kinda buzzy,” he says. That may be. But more likely, interest in Katerra has spiked because in January, the company landed an astounding $867 million in venture funding led by the SoftBank Vision Fund.

In 1882, Michael Marks fled the violence and confusion in the Pale of Settlement to move to the North of England.  A refugee, he went on to found one of the most well known British businesses today, M&S.  ___________________ Music Credits: Too Shy to Live by The Female Fiends Brittle Rille - Reunited by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Drone in D by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Light Thought var 4 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Smooth Sailing (with Guitar) by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Readers! Do You Read by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Chance, Luck, Errors in Nature, Fate, Destruction As a Finale by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Prelude No. 4 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Prelude No. 5 by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Calm by Silent Partner __________________ northernpodcast.com Instagram @kaitlyn.badger

In this ninth episode of _[Scary Stories Told in the Dark](http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/shows/scary-stories-told-in-the-dark/)_, we bring you two terrifying tales from [Michael Marks](http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/authors/michael-marks/) and [Arthur Conan Doyle](http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/authors/arthur-conan-doyle/), performed by host and narrator [Otis Jiry](http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/performers/otis-jiry/), which in its protagonists' efforts to explore and exploit newfound heights promises to give new meaning to the phrase “_Fear of Flying_.” See full episode details, including the text of the featured stories, here: [http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/series/scary-stories-told-in-the-dark/s1e09/](http://www.simplyscarypodcast.com/series/scary-stories-told-in-the-dark/s1e09/) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's episode 08 of Season 10. On this week's show we have four tales about insidious injuries and tempting tomes. "The Whispering Forest"‡ written by Alexander Hay and performed by David Ault & Penny Scott-Andrews & Erika Sanderson & Jessica McEvoy & Peter Lewis & Elie Hirschman & Addison Peacock. (Story starts around 00:03:30) "Aaron's Magic Boxx"† written by William Dalphin and performed by Kyle Akers & Elie Hirschman & Matthew Bradford. (Story starts around 00:26:00) "What They Deserved"† written by Annemarie Hartnett and performed by Mary Murphy & Dan Zappulla & Jesse Cornett & Atticus Jackson & Erika Sanderson. (Story starts around 00:59:30) "First, Do No Harm"¤ written by Michael Marks and performed by Mike DelGaudio & Jeff Clement & Erin Lillis. (Story starts around 01:41:40) Click here to learn more about the voice actors on The NoSleep Podcast   Click here to learn more about the Escape the Black Farm Tour   Click here to learn more about our Urban Legend Contest   Click here to learn more about the Scary Stories Told in the Dark podcast   Click here to learn more about William Dalphin   Click here to learn more about Annemarie Hartnett   Click here to learn more about Michael Marks   Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone Audio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski† & Jeff Clement‡ & Jesse Cornett¤ "Aaron's Magic Boxx" illustration courtesy of Naomi Ronke Audio program ©2018 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.  

It's episode 08 of Season 10. On this week's show we have four tales about insidious injuries and tempting tomes."The Whispering Forest"‡ written by Alexander Hay and performed by David Ault & Penny Scott-Andrews & Erika Sanderson & Jessica McEvoy & Peter Lewis & Elie Hirschman & Addison Peacock. (Story starts around 00:03:30)"Aaron's Magic Boxx"† written by William Dalphin and performed by Kyle Akers & Elie Hirschman & Matthew Bradford. (Story starts around 00:26:00)"What They Deserved"† written by Annemarie Hartnett and performed by Mary Murphy & Dan Zappulla & Jesse Cornett & Atticus Jackson & Erika Sanderson. (Story starts around 00:59:30)"First, Do No Harm"¤ written by Michael Marks and performed by Mike DelGaudio & Jeff Clement & Erin Lillis. (Story starts around 01:41:40)Please visit www.thenosleeppodcast.com for full show notes and links to learn more about our authors, voice actors, and producers.Executive Producer & Host: David CummingsMusical score composed by: Brandon BooneAudio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski† & Jeff Clement‡ & Jesse Cornett¤"Aaron's Magic Boxx" illustration courtesy of Naomi RonkeAudio program ©2018 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.

It's episode 14 of Season 9. On this week's show we have five tales about those things which hide in the dark and abscond with what we hold most precious. "The Missing Radio Hosts"† written by T. Weaver and performed by Elie Hirschman & Addison Peacock & Peter Lewis & Eden. (Story starts around 00:06:00) "Beware the Sunnyside Retirement Center"‡ written by S.A. Newman and performed by Dan Zappulla & Erin Lillis. (Story starts around 00:15:20) "A Forgotten Curio Shop"† written by C.M. Scandreth and performed by Erika Sanderson & Nikolle Doolin. (Story starts around 00:36:00) "They Stalk the Thicket"‡ written by Michael Marks and performed by Mike DelGaudio & Jesse Cornett & Alexis Bristowe & Atticus Jackson. (Story starts around 01:07:30) "Old Maggie's Pool"† written by Michael Whitehouse and performed by David Ault & Erika Sanderson & Andy Cresswell. (Story starts around 01:31:00) Click here to learn more about the voice actors on The NoSleep Podcast   Click here to learn more about Jessica McEvoy's new audiobook, "Donn's Hill"   Click here to learn more about William Dalphin's book, "Don't Look Away"   Click here to learn more about S.A. Newman   Click here to learn more about C.M. Scandreth   Click here to learn more about Michael Marks   Click here to learn more about Michael Whitehouse   Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone Audio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski† & Jeff Clement‡ "They Stalk the Thicket" illustration courtesy of Jörn Heidrath Audio program ©2017 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.  

It's episode 14 of Season 9. On this week's show we have five tales about those things which hide in the dark and abscond with what we hold most precious."The Missing Radio Hosts" written by T. Weaver and performed by Elie Hirschman & Addison Peacock & Peter Lewis & Eden. (Story starts around 00:06:00)"Beware the Sunnyside Retirement Center" written by S.A. Newman and performed by Dan Zappulla & Erin Lillis. (Story starts around 00:15:20)"A Forgotten Curio Shop" written by C.M. Scandreth and performed by Erika Sanderson & Nikolle Doolin. (Story starts around 00:36:00)"They Stalk the Thicket" written by Michael Marks and performed by Mike DelGaudio & Jesse Cornett & Alexis Bristowe & Atticus Jackson. (Story starts around 01:07:30)"Old Maggie's Pool" written by Michael Whitehouse and performed by David Ault & Erika Sanderson & Andy Cresswell. (Story starts around 01:31:00)Please visit www.thenosleeppodcast.com for full show notes and links to learn more about our authors, voice actors, and producers.Executive Producer & Host: David CummingsMusical score composed by: Brandon BooneAudio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski† & Jeff Clement‡"They Stalk the Thicket" illustration courtesy of Jörn HeidrathAudio program ©2017 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.

It's episode 13 of Season 9. On this week's show we have four tales about contemptible cravings, sinister substances, and malicious matrons. "The Story of My Grandfather’s Missing Arms"† written by Jimmy Juliano and performed by Mike DelGaudio & Erin Lillis & David Cummings. (Story starts around 00:03:00) "Unleashing Atlas"‡ written by T. Weaver and performed by Dan Zappulla & Peter Lewis. (Story starts around 01:01:45) "My Name is Jake, and I’m an Alcoholic"‡ written by Michael Marks and performed by Jesse Cornett & Atticus Jackson. (Story starts around 01:26:25) "Mrs. Michaud's House"† written by V.R. Gregg and performed by Matthew Bradford & Elie Hirschman & Jeff Clement & Erin Lillis & Erika Sanderson. (Story starts around 01:53:30) Click here to learn more about the voice actors on The NoSleep Podcast   Click here to learn more about Jimmy Juliano   Click here to learn more about Michael Marks   Click here to learn more about V.R. Gregg   Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone Audio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski† & Jeff Clement‡ "The Story of My Grandfather’s Missing Arms" illustration courtesy of Charlie Cody Audio program ©2017 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.  

It's episode 13 of Season 9. On this week's show we have four tales about contemptible cravings, sinister substances, and malicious matrons."The Story of My Grandfather’s Missing Arms"† written by Jimmy Juliano and performed by Mike DelGaudio & Erin Lillis & David Cummings. (Story starts around 00:03:00)"Unleashing Atlas"‡ written by T. Weaver and performed by Dan Zappulla & Peter Lewis. (Story starts around 01:01:45)"My Name is Jake, and I’m an Alcoholic"‡ written by Michael Marks and performed by Jesse Cornett & Atticus Jackson. (Story starts around 01:26:25)"Mrs. Michaud's House"† written by V.R. Gregg and performed by Matthew Bradford & Elie Hirschman & Jeff Clement & Erin Lillis & Erika Sanderson. (Story starts around 01:53:30)Please visit www.thenosleeppodcast.com for full show notes and links to learn more about our authors, voice actors, and producers.Executive Producer & Host: David CummingsMusical score composed by: Brandon BooneAudio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski† & Jeff Clement‡"The Story of My Grandfather’s Missing Arms" illustration courtesy of Charlie CodyAudio program ©2017 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.

It's episode 09 of Season 9. On this week's show we have five tales about confined kids, striking storms, and freaky forests. "The Secrets Inside Dune"† written by Jared Roberts and performed by Matthew Bradford & Erin Lillis. (Story starts around 00:03:30) "I Bought The House I Died in as a Child"‡ written by Olivia White and performed by James Cleveland & Erika Sanderson & Andy Cresswell. (Story starts around 00:17:30) "An Unwelcome Audience"† written by Steven Schrembeck and performed by Peter Lewis & Jessica McEvoy & Jesse Cornett & Dan Zappulla. (Story starts around 00:43:25) "It Came With The Storm"‡ written by Christine Druga & Seamus Coffey & Ash Ellinwood & E.K. Skinner & Lindsay Moore & Michael Marks and performed by Dan Zappulla & Erin Lillis & Wafiyyah White. (Story starts around 01:15:20) "When It Rains in the Woods"† written by T. Weaver and performed by Jesse Cornett & Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts around 01:45:00) Click here to learn more about the voice actors on The NoSleep Podcast   Click here to learn more about Erin Lillis   Click here to learn more about Wafiyyah White   Click here to learn more about Jared Roberts   Click here to learn more about Olivia White   Click here to learn more about Steven Schrembeck   Click here to learn more about Christine Druga   Click here to learn more about Seamus Coffey   Click here to learn more about Ash Ellinwood   Click here to learn more about E.K. Skinner   Click here to learn more about Lindsay Moore   Click here to learn more about Michael Marks   Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone Audio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski† & Jeff Clement‡ "When It Rains in the Woods" illustration courtesy of Lukasz Godlewski Audio program ©2017 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.  

It's episode 09 of Season 9. On this week's show we have five tales about confined kids, striking storms, and freaky forests."The Secrets Inside Dune"† written by Jared Roberts and performed by Matthew Bradford & Erin Lillis. (Story starts around 00:03:30)"I Bought The House I Died in as a Child"‡ written by Olivia White and performed by James Cleveland & Erika Sanderson & Andy Cresswell. (Story starts around 00:17:30)"An Unwelcome Audience"† written by Steven Schrembeck and performed by Peter Lewis & Jessica McEvoy & Jesse Cornett & Dan Zappulla. (Story starts around 00:43:25)"It Came With The Storm"‡ written by Christine Druga & Seamus Coffey & Ash Ellinwood & E.K. Skinner & Lindsay Moore & Michael Marks and performed by Dan Zappulla & Erin Lillis & Wafiyyah White. (Story starts around 01:15:20)"When It Rains in the Woods"† written by T. Weaver and performed by Jesse Cornett & Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts around 01:45:00)Please visit www.thenosleeppodcast.com for full show notes and links to learn more about our authors, voice actors, and producers.Executive Producer & Host: David CummingsMusical score composed by: Brandon BooneAudio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski† & Jeff Clement‡"When It Rains in the Woods" illustration courtesy of Lukasz GodlewskiAudio program ©2017 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.

It's episode 02 of Season 9. On this week's show we have five tales about nasty nature, agonizing art, and inhuman inconveniences. "The Suicide Orphan"† written by C.M. Scandreth and performed by Erika Sanderson & Penny Scott-Andrews. (Story starts around 00:02:45) "It's Usually Quiet Between One and Five"† written by Michael Marks and performed by Mike DelGaudio & Dan Zappulla. (Story starts around 00:27:20) "The Glaring Man"† written by Elizabeth Ryder and performed by Nikolle Doolin & David Ault. (Story starts around 00:54:40) "Mold Kills"‡ written by A.N.A. and performed by Nichole Goodnight & Matthew Bradford & Erika Sanderson. (Story starts around 01:10:30) "Don’t Go Camping Alone, Ever"† written by T. Takeda Wise and performed by Jessica McEvoy & Atticus Jackson. (Story starts around 01:29:30) Click here to learn more about the voice actors on The NoSleep Podcast   Click here to learn more about Penny Scott-Andrews   Click here to learn more about C.M. Scandreth   Click here to learn more about Michael Marks   Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone Audio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski† & Jeff Clement‡ "It's Usually Quiet Between One and Five" illustration courtesy of Naomi Ronke Audio program ©2017 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.  

It's episode 02 of Season 9. On this week's show we have five tales about nasty nature, agonizing art, and inhuman inconveniences. "The Suicide Orphan"† written by C.M. Scandreth and performed by Erika Sanderson & Penny Scott-Andrews. (Story starts around 00:02:45) "It’s Usually Quiet Between One and Five"† written by Michael Marks and performed by Mike DelGaudio & Dan Zappulla. (Story starts around 00:27:20) "The Glaring Man"† written by Elizabeth Ryder and performed by Nikolle Doolin & David Ault. (Story starts around 00:54:40) "Mold Kills"‡ written by A.N.A. and performed by Nichole Goodnight & Matthew Bradford & Erika Sanderson. (Story starts around 01:10:30) "Don’t Go Camping Alone, Ever"† written by T. Takeda Wise and performed by Jessica McEvoy & Atticus Jackson. (Story starts around 01:29:30) Please visit www.thenosleeppodcast.com for full show notes and links to learn more about our authors, voice actors, and producers. Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone Audio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski† & Jeff Clement‡ "It's Usually Quiet Between One and Five" illustration courtesy of Naomi Ronke Audio program ©2017 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.

We're in-between Seasons 8 and 9 so to tide you over we have two stories while you wait. "The Thing in the Rust"** written by Michael Marks and performed by Peter Lewis & Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts at 00:02:10) "The Pancake Family"† written by AA Peterson and performed by David Cummings & Mike DelGaudio. (Story starts around 00:37:00) Click here to learn more about the voice actors on The NoSleep Podcast   Click here to learn more about Michael Marks   Click here to learn more about AA Peterson   Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone Audio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski Audio program ©2016-2017 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.

We're in-between Seasons 8 and 9 so to tide you over we have two stories while you wait. "The Thing in the Rust" written by Michael Marks and performed by Peter Lewis & Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts around 00:02:10) "The Pancake Family" written by AA Peterson and performed by David Cummings & Mike DelGaudio. (Story starts around 00:37:00) Please visit www.thenosleeppodcast.com for full show notes and links to learn more about our authors, voice actors, and producers. Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone Audio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski Audio program ©2016-2017 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.

If you’ve ever peed on a plastic wrap toilet, found crickets in your sleeping bag, or raided a camp kitchen, you’ll appreciate this week’s April Fool’s-themed episode about pranks and the campers & counselors who pull them. We talk to Camp Sierra Vista lifer, Sarah Marks, and her radio-producer, bird-call expert husband (and literal Boy Scout), Michael Marks, about escalating prank wars, shower shenanigans, dining hall antics, and the general mayhem created when the summer camp season starts. The conversation was so much fun we’ll be bringing it to you in two parts...look for Part 2 on April 1st (no joke!). You’ll also hear a brief history of pranks at Sara’s camp, including a dramatic reading of a soon-to-famous poem entitled “I Know Nothing”, which was written by a guy who Sara is pretty sure knows quite a lot.

It's episode 15 of Season 8. On this week's show we have four tales about dark entities that dwell deep within. "The Truth of the Thornton House"† written by Michael Marks and performed by Dan Zappulla. (Story starts around 00:02:40) "The Fetal Position"† written by Marcus Damanda and performed by Mike DelGaudio & Nikolle Doolin & Corinne Sanders. (Story starts around 00:29:40) "Two Facts You Should Probably Know"† written by Henry Galley and performed by David Ault & Oliver Gyani & Erika Sanderson. (Story starts around 01:01:10) "All Roads Go Somewhere"‡ written by Renea Reasoner and performed by Jesse Cornett & Nikolle Doolin. (Story starts around 01:31:10) Click here to learn more about the voice actors on The NoSleep Podcast   Click here to learn more about the Sleepless Live 2017 Tour   Click here for the NoSleep Podcast Twitter page   Click here for the NoSleep Podcast Facebook page   Click here to learn more about Michael Marks   Click here to learn more about Marcus Damanda   Click here to learn more about Henry Galley   Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone. Additional music for "All Roads Go Somewhere" provided by Nic Oppenheimer Audio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski† & Jeff Clement‡ "The Truth of the Thornton House" illustration courtesy of Lukasz Godlewski Audio program ©2017 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.

It's episode 15 of Season 8. On this week's show we have four tales about dark entities that dwell deep within. "The Truth of the Thornton House"† written by Michael Marks and performed by Dan Zappulla. (Story starts around 00:02:40) "The Fetal Position"† written by Marcus Damanda and performed by Mike DelGaudio & Nikolle Doolin & Corinne Sanders. (Story starts around 00:29:40) "Two Facts You Should Probably Know"† written by Henry Galley and performed by David Ault & Oliver Gyani & Erika Sanderson. (Story starts around 01:01:10) "All Roads Go Somewhere"‡ written by Renea Reasoner and performed by Jesse Cornett & Nikolle Doolin. (Story starts around 01:31:10) Please visit www.thenosleeppodcast.com for full show notes and links to learn more about our authors, voice actors, and producers. Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone. Additional music for "All Roads Go Somewhere" provided by Nic Oppenheimer Audio adaptations produced by: Phil Michalski† & Jeff Clement‡ "The Truth of the Thornton House" illustration courtesy of Lukasz Godlewski Audio program ©2017 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.

This is a short teaser of the hour-long Epsiode 1 which will be published January 11th, 2017. This teaser contains the entire narrative of what may be the most dramatic and successful pivot ever. In our inaugural episode, angel investing prodigy Michael Marks tells fascinating stories that take us from the precocious founding of his first company to his being a highly-prized investor in hundreds of startups today. The narratives are interwoven with entertaining observations of subjects ranging from comedians to co-founders. Some of the most interesting pivots (radical changes of business plan) are elucidated. Michael's dry wit and unassuming manner make his deep wisdom accessible to all of us.

It's episode 22 of Season 7. On this week's show we have four tales about the little things which creep around us in the dark. "Down in the Library Basement - Finale"* written by Rona Vaselaar> and performed by Jessica McEvoy & Nikolle Doolin & Erika Sanderson & Alexis Bristowe. (Story starts around 00:04:00) "I Gave Birth To Something"** written by R. Riddell and performed by Erika Sanderson. (Story starts at 01:04:40) "I Shouldn’t Have Called an Exorcist"** written by David Crabtree and performed by David Ault & James Cleveland & Oliver Gyani. (Story starts at 01:20:00) "The Thing in the Rust"** written by Michael Marks and performed by Peter Lewis & Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts at 01:37:00) Click here to learn more about the voice actors on The NoSleep Podcast   Click here to learn more about fundraising for the Adrian Branch Library   Click here to learn more about Rona Vaselaar   Click here to learn more about Michael Marks   Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone Audio adaptations produced by: David Cummings & Jeff Clement* & Phil Michalski** "Down in the Library Basement" illustration courtesy of Charlie Cody Audio program ©2016 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc.. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.  

It's episode 22 of Season 7. On this week's show we have four tales about the little things which creep around us in the dark. "Down in the Library Basement"* written by Rona Vaselaar and performed by Jessica McEvoy & Nikolle Doolin & Erika Sanderson & Dan Zappulla & Alexis Bristowe. (Story starts around 00:04:00) "I Gave Birth To Something"** written by R. Riddell and performed by Erika Sanderson. (Story starts at 01:04:40) "I Shouldn't Have Called an Exorcist"** written by David Crabtree and performed by David Ault & James Cleveland & Oliver Gyani. (Story starts at 01:20:00) "The Thing in the Rust"** written by Michael Marks and performed by Peter Lewis & Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts at 01:37:00) To learn more about fundraising for the Adrian Branch Library, please go to library.thenosleeppodcast.com Please visit www.thenosleeppodcast.com for full show notes and links to learn more about our authors, voice actors, and producers. Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone Audio adaptations produced by: David Cummings & Jeff Clement* & Phil Michalski** "Down in the Library Basement" illustration courtesy of Charlie Cody Audio program ©2016 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc.. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.

It's episode 10 of Season 7 - Our 5th Anniversary Celebration. On the show we have six tales about devilish desires, sinister sights, and agonizing anniversaries. "The Black Paths of Sheol" written by C.M. Scandreth and performed by Erika Sanderson & David Ault. (Story starts at 00:07:15) "Bennington Snodgrass Goes Courting" written by D.G. Collins and performed by David Cummings & Jesse Cornett & Mike DelGaudio & Elie Hirschman. (Story starts at 00:27:00) "Is Anyone Else Feeling Thirsty?"* written by Henry Galley and performed by Brian Mansi & David Ault. (Story starts at 00:50:00) "Memories in the Mirror" written by Rona Vaselaar and performed by Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts at 01:13:50) "The Last Letter of Marcus Finch"** written by Michael Marks and performed by Mike DelGaudio & James Cleveland. (Story starts at 01:34:45) "Anniversary" written by Kerry H. and performed by Matthew Bradford & James Cleveland & Nikolle Doolin. (Story starts at 02:03:20) Click here to learn more about the voice actors on The NoSleep Podcast   Click here to learn more about The Black Tapes Podcast   Click here to learn more about Small Town Horror Podcast   Click here to learn more about Pseudopod   Click here to learn more about the Lore Podcast   Click here to learn more about TANIS   Click here to learn more about The District of Wonders   Click here to learn more about Uncanny County   Click here to learn more about C.M. Scandreth   Click here to learn more about D.G. Collins   Click here to learn more about Henry Galley   Click here to learn more about Rona Vaselaar   Click here to learn more about Michael Marks   Click here to learn more about Kerry H.   Executive Producer & Host: David Cummings Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone Additional music by Phil Michalski Audio adaptations produced by: David Cummings & Jeff Clement* & Phil Michalski** 5th Anniversary illustration courtesy of Sabu Audio program ©2016 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc.. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.  

For the first San Antonio CurrentCast, reporter Michael Marks interviews San Antonio FC Head Coach Darren Powell. This is San Antonio FC's first season, and Powell discusses how he put together the team on short notice, what he likes about the city so far, and the plan to bring Major League Soccer to San Antonio. "San Antone" by Garrett T. Capps CurrentCast logo by Sarah Flood-Baumann

It's episode 25 - the Season Finale of Season 6. We conclude our season with four tales about otherworldly visions surrounding our reality. "Every Leaf is a Flower" written by M.J. Pack and fully produced, narrated, and scored by Jeff Clement. (Story starts at 00:04:10) "The Highway" written by Jeff McFarland and read by Jesse Cornett & Alexis Bristowe. (Story starts at 00:14:40) "Creeping Crimson" written by Michael Marks and read by Dan Zappulla & Nikolle Doolin & Jessica McEvoy & Otis Jiry & Nichole Goodnight & Carrsan Morrissey. (Story starts at 00:32:00) "Better Days" written by Robert Ahern and read by Mike DelGaudio & Erika Sanderson & David Ault & Rima Chaddha Mycynek & Dan Zappulla & Nikolle Doolin. (Story starts at 01:13:00) Click here to hear "Soft White Damn," the first tale on episode S5E18 (starts at 04:20)   Click here to hear "Sure to Follow," the first tale on episode S6E08 (starts at 04:45)   Click here to learn more about M.J. Pack   Click here to learn more about Jeff McFarland   Click here to learn more about Michael Marks   Click here to learn more about Robert Ahern   Click here to learn more about Jeff Clement   Click here to learn more about Jesse Cornett   Click here to learn more about Alexis Bristowe   Click here to learn more about Dan Zappulla   Click here to learn more about Nikolle Doolin   Click here to learn more about Jessica McEvoy   Click here to learn more about Otis Jiry   Click here to learn more about Nichole Goodnight   Click here to learn more about Carrsan Morrissey   Click here to learn more about Mike DelGaudio   Click here to learn more about Erika Sanderson   Click here to learn more about David Ault   Click here to learn more about Rima Chaddha Mycynek   Podcast produced by: David Cummings Music & Sound Design by: Brandon Boone & David Cummings. "Better Days" illustration courtesy of Sabu Audio program ©2016 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc.. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.

On this week's show we have six tales about churlish children, fiendish friends, and a forest finale. The full episode features the following stories. The free version features only the first three tales. "I Was an Observant Child" written by Lauren Munera and read by Nikolle Doolin & Erika Sanderson. (Story starts at 00:03:50) "Don’t Touch That Dial" written by Alex Beyman and read by David Ault. (Story starts at 00:18:00) "Undying Love" written by Michael Marks and read by Peter Lewis & Erika Sanderson. (Story starts at 00:36:20) "Blue Dollars" written by Matt Dymerski and read by Dan Zappulla & Jeff Clement. (Story starts at 01:01:40) "Wearing Black" written by Marcus Damanda and read by Jessica McEvoy & Jeff Clement & Dan Zappulla & Erika Sanderson. (Story starts at 01:25:00) "Search and Rescue – Pt. 5" written by R. Brauer and read by Mike DelGaudio & Jeff Clement & Kyle Akers. (Story starts at 02:06:15) Click here to learn more about Lauren Munera   Click here to learn more about Alex Beyman   Click here to learn more about Michael Marks   Click here to learn more about Matt Dymerski   Click here to learn more about Marcus Damanda   Click here to learn more about R. Brauer   Click here to learn more about Nikolle Doolin   Click here to learn more about Erika Sanderson   Click here to learn more about David Ault   Click here to learn more about Peter Lewis   Click here to learn more about Dan Zappulla   Click here to learn more about Jeff Clement   Click here to learn more about Jessica McEvoy   Click here to learn more about Mike DelGaudio   Podcast produced by: David Cummings Music & Sound Design by: Brandon Boone & David Cummings. "Search and Rescue" illustration courtesy of Luke Godlewski Audio program ©2016 - Creative Reason Media Inc. - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media Inc.. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.

It's episode 10 of Season 6. On this week's show we have six tales about the maniacal manipulation of victims by phantasmagorical fiends. The full episode features the following stories. The free version features only the first three tales. "Greetings, Janet" written by Keith McDuffee and read by David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:04:00) "Collecting Clocks" written by Michael Blake and read by Mike DelGaudio & Corinne Sanders. (Story starts at 00:15:30) "The Medicine Was Black" written by Michael Marks and read by Peter Lewis & Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts at 00:33:45) "They Told Me to Stay Out of the Basement" written by Michael Orzechowski and read by David Ault & Erika Sanderson. (Story starts at 01:04:00) "I Give Children Nightmares" written by Jackson Laughlin and read by Jesse Cornett & David Cummings. (Story starts at 01:15:45) "My Husband Saw Something Terrible" written by N. Luca and read by Nikolle Doolin & David Cummings. (Story starts at 01:40:15) Click here for the NoSleep Podcast Store   Click here to learn more about Keith McDuffee   Click here to learn more about Michael Blake   Click here to learn more about Michael Marks   Click here to learn more about Michael Orzechowski   Click here to learn more about Jackson Laughlin   Click here to learn more about N. Luca   Click here to learn more about Mike DelGaudio   Click here to learn more about Corinne Sanders   Click here to learn more about Peter Lewis   Click here to learn more about Jessica McEvoy   Click here to learn more about David Ault   Click here to learn more about Erika Sanderson   Click here to learn more about Jesse Cornett   Click here to learn more about Nikolle Doolin   Podcast produced by: David Cummings Music & Sound Design by: Brandon Boone & David Cummings. "I Give Children Nightmares" illustration courtesy of Jörn Heidrath Audio program ©2015 - Creative Reason Media - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media. The copyrights for each story are held by the respective authors.

During the break between seasons 5 and 6 we'll be featuring two episodes featuring stories from the Season Pass 4 feed. Enjoy these stories and the keep you sleepless between seasons. Trigger Warnings "My Mother's Roses" written by Michael Marks and read by Mike DelGaudio & Jessica McEvoy & Alexis Bristowe. (Story starts at 00:03:00)   "The Lovers" written by Michael Marks and read by David Cummings & Nikolle Doolin & Mike DelGaudio. (Story starts at 00:34:15)     Click here for the Season Pass order page.   Podcast produced by: David Cummings Music & Sound Design by: Brandon Boone & David Cummings. ©2015 - Creative Reason Media - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media.

It's episode 22 of Season 5. We have four tales this week featuring stories about sonorous spirits, mystical muses, and suspending suspense. The full episode features the following stories. The free version features only the first two tales. "Voices in the Spirit Box" written by Michael Marks and read by Jesse Cornett & Jessica McEvoy & Rima Chaddha Mycynek & Nikolle Doolin. (Story starts at 00:03:55) "My Grandfather's Journal" written by Paul Bae and read by David Cummings & Peter Lewis & Jeff Clement & Paul Bae & Nikolle Doolin. (Story starts at 00:31:50) "Out from the Ashes" written by Michael Kemp & C.K.Walker & Michael Marks and read by Peter Lewis & Mike DelGaudio & Tim Valencia & Iris Orion. (Story starts at 01:03:30) "Beacon House" written by Raymond Taylor and read by Mike DelGaudio & Nikolle Doolin & David Cummings. (Story starts at 01:28:30) Click here to learn more about Michael Marks Click here to learn more about Paul Bae Click here to learn more about Michael Kemp Click here to learn more about C.K.Walker Click here to learn more about Jesse Cornett Click here to learn more about Nikolle Doolin Click here to learn more about Jeff Clement Click here to learn more about Mike DelGaudio Click here to learn more about Peter Lewis Podcast produced by: David Cummings Music & Sound Design by: Brandon Boone & David Cummings "Out from the Ashes" illustration courtesy of Lukasz Godlewski ©2015 - Creative Reason Media - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media.

It's episode 20 of Season 5. We have six tales this week featuring stories about otherworldly creatures and the devil incarnate. The full episode features the following stories. The free version features only the first three tales. "Need Not Apply" written by Ryan Grind and read by Jesse Cornett & Alexis Bristowe. (Story starts at 00:04:45) "The Real 'Men in Black'" written by C.M. Monroe and read by Alexis Bristowe & Erika Sanderson. (Story starts at 00:16:20) "My Grandfather's Last Story" written by Michael Marks and read by David Cummings & Jesse Cornett. (Story starts at 00:28:00) "My Girlfriend's Loving Limbs" written by John Contad and read by Aiko van Wingerden & Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts at 00:55:50) "Grayson's Statement" written by Matt Dymerski and read by Jesse Cornett & David Cummings. (Story starts at 01:16:35) "She Beneath the Tree" written by Michael Marks and read by Peter Lewis & David Cummings & Alexis Bristowe. (Story starts at 01:42:35) Click here to enter the Devils in the Dark audiobook contest Click here help out the Tales to Terrify podcast Click here to learn more about Ryan Grind Click here to learn more about Michael Marks Click here to learn more about John Contad Click here to learn more about Matt Dymerski Click here to learn more about Jesse Cornett Click here to email Alexis Bristowe Click here to learn more about Aiko van Wingerden Click here to learn more about Peter Lewis Podcast produced by: David Cummings Music & Sound Design by: Brandon Boone & David Cummings "My Grandfather's Last Story" illustration courtesy of Sabu ©2015 - Creative Reason Media - All Rights Reserved - No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of Creative Reason Media.

It's episode 17 of Season 5. We celebrate four years of The NoSleep Podcast with six stories about fractured families, desolate destinations, and nasty nocturnal admissions. The full episode features the following stories. The free version features only the first four tales. Trigger Warnings "The Perfect Family" written by L. Matuse and read by Jessica McEvoy & Nikolle Doolin & David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:12:35) "From Hell, You Must Entertain Heaven" written by Alice Lily and read by David Ault & David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:29:55) "Love, Abby" written by L. Stark and read by Corinne Sanders & Erika Sanderson & David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:55:55) "The Screaming Starts At Midnight" written by Michael Marks and read by Peter Lewis & Nikolle Doolin. (Story starts at 01:13:15) "Elsewhere, Kentucky" written by Seamus Coffey and read by Mike DelGaudio & Nichole Goodnight & David Cummings. (Story starts at 01:42:55) "Nearby" written by Michael Whitehouse and read by David Cummings & Nikolle Doolin. (Story starts at 02:02:35) Click here to learn more about Nikolle Doolin Click here to learn more about Erika Sanderson Click here to learn more about Peter Lewis Click here to learn more about Mike DelGaudio Click here to learn more about Michael Marks Click here to learn more about Seamus Coffey Click here to learn more about Michael Whitehouse Click here to learn more about William Dalphin Click here to read more from T.W. Grim Podcast produced by: David Cummings Music & Sound Design by: Brandon Boone & David Cummings "From Hell, You Must Entertain Heaven" illustration courtesy of Lukasz Godlewski This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons License 2015.

It's episode 10 of Season 5. We have six tales this week featuring stories about frightening forests, craving creatures, and paralysing possession. The full episode features the following stories. The free version features only the first three tales.  Trigger Warnings "Whistling from the Well" written by Michael Marks and read by Jesse Cornett & Nichole Goodnight & Jessica McEvoy & David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:04:30) "They Walk Slowly, But They Never Stop" written by Michael Marks and read by David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:19:25) "Mr. Wednesday" written by Edwin Crowe and read by Peter Lewis & Nikolle Doolin & Jessica McEvoy & David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:37:55) "All Doors Lead To The Hallway" written by William Dalphin and read by David Cummings & Alexis Bristowe & Mike DelGaudio & Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts at 00:59:30) "The Baby-Fruit Tree in Bleachers Woods" written by Kevin Thomas and read by David Ault. (Story starts at 01:22:50) "A Possessed House" written by Father John Raptor and read by Mike DelGaudio & David Cummings & Jeff Clement & Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts at 01:37:25) Click here for David's "Talent Around the Block" article. Click here for David's interview on Podcasting 101 Click here to learn more about Michael Marks Click here to learn more about Edwin Crowe Click here to learn more about William Dalphin Click here to learn more about Kevin Thomas Click here to learn more about Father John Raptor Click here to learn more about Nikolle Doolin Click here to learn more about Mike DelGaudio Click here to learn more about Jesse Cornett Click here to contact Alexis Bristowe Click here to learn more about Jeff Clement Podcast produced by: David Cummings Music & Sound Design by: Brandon Boone & David Cummings "Mr. Wednesday" illustration courtesy of Lukasz Godlewski This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons License 2015.

It's episode 8 of Season 5. We have six tales this week featuring stories about fiendish families, intense insanity, and devilish dolls. The full episode features the following stories. The free version features only the first three tales.  Trigger Warnings "The Worst Thing About Growing Old" written by Eric Ponslee and read by David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:04:45) "The Prank" written by Harlan Guthrie and read by Mike DelGaudio & Elie Hirschman & Jessica McEvoy & David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:22:25) "Spring Cleaning" written by Doug Hantke and read by David Cummings & Rima Chaddha Mycynek. (Story starts at 00:37:25) "The Wishing Tree" written by J. M. Kendrick and read by Mike DelGaudio & Elie Hirschman & Rima Chaddha Mycynek. (Story starts at 00:51:25) "The Strange Case of James Monroe" written by Michael Marks and read by Peter Lewis & David Cummings. (Story starts at 01:02:35) "The Doll House" written by C.K. Walker and read by Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts at 01:27:10) Click here for to discover The Sonic Society and audio dramas Click here to learn more about Harlan Guthrie Click here to learn more about Doug Hantke Click here to learn more about Michael Marks Click here to learn more about C.K. Walker Click here to learn more about Mike DelGaudio Click here to learn more about Elie Hirschman Podcast produced by: David Cummings Music & Sound Design by: Brandon Boone & David Cummings "The Worst Thing About Growing Old" illustration courtesy of Lukasz Godlewski This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons License 2015.

It's episode 5 of Season 5. It's episode 5 of Season 5. We have five tales this week featuring stories about ghoulish games, grasping groups, and glassy graves. The full episode features the following stories. The free version features only the first three tales. "I Used to Hack Baby Monitors" written by Manen Lyset and read by David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:03:45) "The Puzzlers' Box" written by Andrew Harmon and read by Nichole Goodnight & David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:19:55) "The Atlas Room" written by Leonard Petracci and read by Mike DelGaudio & David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:38:00) "The D&D Group" written by Fernando Espino and read by David Cummings & Mike DelGaudio & Rock Manor & Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts at 00:54:35) "Madness Above the Clouds" written by Michael Marks and read by Peter Lewis & David Cummings. (Story starts at 01:41:15) Click here to discover more about Podcasting 101 Click here to discover more about the Sonic Society Click here to discover more about Manen Lyset Click here to discover more about Michael Marks Click here to discover more about Andrew Harmon Click here to sign up for the mailing list for author Leonard Petracci Click here to discover more about Mike DelGaudio Click here to discover more about Rock Manor Podcast produced by: David Cummings Music & Sound Design by: Brandon Boone & David Cummings "The Atlas Room" illustration courtesy of Lukasz Godlewski This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons License 2015.

It's episode 1 - the Season Premiere of Season 5. We have five tales to kick off the new season featuring stories about chilling childhood memories, alarming artwork, and devilish diners. The full episode features the following stories. The free version features only the first three tales.  Trigger Warnings "Do You Remember the Lullaby Girl?" written by Jimmy Juliano and read by Jessica McEvoy & Elle Hama. (Story starts at 00:04:30) "Radio Silence" written by M.N. Malone and read by Rock Manor. (Story starts at 00:17:05) "Pictures of a Nightmare" written by Jimmy Juliano and read by David Cummings & Otis Jiry. (Story starts at 00:30:05) "Painting of a Hallway" written by William Dalphin and read by David Cummings, Mike DelGaudio, Alexis Bristowe, and Rock Manor. (Story starts at 00:52:00) "Free Coffee with Order of Pie" written by Michael Marks and read by Mike DelGaudio, Jessica McEvoy, and David Cummings. (Story starts at 01:16:00) Click here to learn more about William Dalphin Click here to learn more about Michael Marks Click here to learn more about Rock Manor Click here to learn more about Otis Jiry Click here to learn more about Mike DelGaudio Click here to contact Alexis Bristowe Podcast produced by: David Cummings Music & Sound Design by: Brandon Boone & David Cummings "Pictures of a Nightmare" illustration courtesy of Lukasz Godlewski This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons License 2015.

It's episode 24 of Season 4. We have five tales for you this week, featuring tales about nasty neighbors, musical madness, and sentimental psychosis. The full episode features the following stories. The free version features only the first three tales.  Trigger Warnings "A Shortcut Home" written by Julie McGinn and read by Jessica McEvoy, Corinne Sanders, David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:05:35) "Birdseed" written by E. Blackburn and read by Peter Lewis. (Story starts at 00:24:20) "Why You Can't Talk to the Dead" written by T.E. Parker and read by Nichole Goodnight & Nikolle Doolin. (Story starts at 00:38:40) "Martellato" written by Catriona Richards and read by David Ault & L. Bentley. (Story starts at 00:47:20) "The Lovers" written by Michael Marks and read by David Cummings & Nikolle Doolin & Mike DelGaudio. (Story starts at 01:19:30) Click here to discover the Reddit podcast, "Upvoted". Click here to learn more about Julie McGinn Click here to learn more about Nikolle Doolin Click here to learn more about Mike DelGaudio Podcast produced by: David Cummings Music & Sound Design by: David Cummings & Brandon Boone "Why You Can't Talk to the Dead" illustration courtesy of Lukasz Godlewski The NoSleep Podcast uses the PSE Hybrid Library exclusively for its sound design. This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons License 2014.

It's episode 22 of Season 4. We have six tales for you this week, featuring tales about elusive entities, persecuted police, and freaky families. The full episode features the following stories. The free version features only the first three tales.  Trigger Warnings "Eater" written by Myra Beth Doughty and read by Rebecca Peason. (Story starts at 00:05:00) "Relationships are Hard" written by K.J. Rath and read by Alexis Bristowe & David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:20:55) "Her Seventh" written by M. Thomas and read by David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:37:55) "Abandoned Bases" written by M. Thomas and read by David Ault. (Story starts at 00:52:50) "I'm Not One of Those Kinds of Cops" written by H. K. Reyes and read by David Cummings. (Story starts at 01:05:25) "My Mother's Roses" written by Michael Marks and read by Mike DelGaudio & Jessica McEvoy & Alexis Bristowe. (Story starts at 01:39:20) Click here to learn more about Rebecca Peason Click here to learn more about M. Thomas Click here to learn more about H. K. Reyes Click here to learn more about Michael Marks Click here to learn more about Mike DelGaudio Like Us on Facebook Follow Us on Twitter Check Us Out on Tumblr Check Us Out on Instagram Podcast produced by: David Cummings Music & Sound Design by: David Cummings & Brandon Boone "Eater" illustration courtesy of Lukasz Godlewski The NoSleep Podcast uses the PSE Hybrid Library exclusively for its sound design. This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons License 2014.

It's episode 19 of Season 4. We have five tales for you this week, featuring stories about disturbed doctors, malicious memories, and frightening forests. The full episode features the following stories. The free version features only the first two tales.  "Experiences of a Hypnotist" written by Paul Robinson and read by David Cummings & Jessica McEvoy. (Story starts at 00:07:05) "The Church Basement" written by Michael Marks and read by David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:25:45) "Long-Term Care" written by Cliff Barlow and read by David Cummings. (Story starts at 00:49:15) "Edith's Memory" written by C.C. Arbs and read by David Cummings & Jessica McEvoy & Wendy Corrigan. (Story starts at 01:12:45) "Rocking Horse Creek" written by C.K.Walker and read by Rock Manor. (Story starts at 01:50:20) Click here to learn more about Phase Melt Digital Click here to learn more about Michael Marks Click here to learn more about Cliff Barlow Click here to learn more about C.C. Arbs Click here to learn more about C.K.Walker Click here to learn more about Rock Manor Podcast produced by: David Cummings Music & Sound Design by: David Cummings & Brandon Boone "The Church Basement" illustration courtesy of Lukasz Godlewski The NoSleep Podcast uses the PSE Hybrid Library exclusively for its sound design. This podcast is licensed under a Creative Commons License 2014.

Michael Marks, Stanford Professor of Radiology, and Robert Dodd, Stanford Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery and Radiology, discuss three pathologies: strokes, aneurisms, arteriovenous malformations. (January 26, 2010)

Gloria talks to Michael Marks, the author of Get a Great Girl. In this entertaining show, you'll learn how Michael teaches men to meet and attract a woman for a meaningful relationship and how “Pick-Up Artists” and “Dating Gurus” harm men and their relationships with women. Both men and women will learn from Michael's experience […] The post Secrets Of Dating And Relationship Success – Get a Great Girl with Michael Marks appeared first on WebTalkRadio.net.