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The Spokesmen Cycling Roundtable Podcast

The Spokesmen Podcast is a roundtable discussion of all of the issues and events surrounding the world of cycling. It features cycling insiders including those from the media, marketing, manufacturing, racing, and advocacy. The show has been produced since 2006 by David Bernstein and Carlton Reid.

EPISODE 361: FUD and collywobbles with EV evangelist Ade Thomas

35 mins; September 02, 2024

EPISODE 360: Zsolt Schuller — Boosting cycling to National Trust properties and places

31 mins; August 16, 2024

EPISODE 359: Is there such a thing as a good riot? Amsterdam, 1975

48 mins; August 10, 2024

EPISODE 358: Active Travel England CEO Danny Williams and Wayne Hemingway

38 mins; July 16, 2024

EPISODE 357: Rob King on A-to-Zedify

36 mins; July 07, 2024

EPISODE 356: Simon Warren & his 100 climbs empire

31 mins; June 19, 2024

EPISODE 355: City Thread Awards Four U.S. Cities With Grants

41 mins; June 02, 2024

EPISODE 354: Enjoy Waltham Forest Turns 10 — Panel at Landor Links' birthday bash

66 hours 35 mins; May 19, 2024

EPISODE 354: Enjoy Waltham Forest Turns 10 — Panel at Landor Links’ birthday bash

66 hours 35 mins; May 19, 2024

EPISODE 353: Bike Town is 10 — Inspiring Speeches From 10 Years of Enjoy Waltham Forest Reception

24 mins; May 16, 2024

EPISODE 352: Laura Laker

67 hours 53 mins; April 21, 2024

EPISODE 351: Andy McGrath — God is Dead

70 hours 1 min; April 15, 2024

EPISODE 350: AA’s Think Bike Redux

6 mins; April 07, 2024

EPISODE 349: Turn on Strava for everyday journeys, it could reshape streets for the better

49 mins; March 17, 2024

EPISODE 348: Jonathan Kambskarð-Bennett of Komoot

78 hours 16 mins; March 10, 2024

EPISODE 347: Richard Fletcher, Mr Cycling on the Isle of Man

52 mins; February 24, 2024

EPISODE 346: Monica Garrison of Black Girls Do Bike

30 mins; February 20, 2024

EPISODE 345: 24 hour racing with Josh Reid on Scotland's Strathpuffer

21 mins; January 27, 2024

EPISODE 344: Computer Modelling of How Cyclists (And Motorists) Hit Potholes

34 mins; December 28, 2023

EPISODE 343: Mr & Mrs McAleese moving to Oz

54 mins; November 21, 2023

EPISODE 342: Yorkshire Coast Gravel With Markus Stitz

28 mins; November 03, 2023

EPISODE 341: In conversation with Carla Francome

48 mins; October 25, 2023

EPISODE 340: In conversation with Zack Ham of Ride with GPS

51 mins; October 20, 2023

EPISODE 339: Balance bikes, Bikeability and the St Piran team at the Tour of Britain

44 mins; September 14, 2023

EPISODE 338: Bikemap: In conversation with Bruna de Guimaraes

39 mins; September 05, 2023

EPISODE 337: Cycle.Travel: In Conversation with Richard Fairhurst

58 mins; September 05, 2023

EPISODE 336: 'we're crazy about human bikes': Mike Sinyard on e-bikes, the new Tarmac SL8 and more

28 mins; August 10, 2023

EPISODE 335: The Potential for Cargo Bikes

38 mins; July 17, 2023

EPISODE 334: From Bam-bu to Dott via Sustrans, Fettle, Flitbike and the Diagram Club

73 hours 14 mins; July 12, 2023

EPISODE 333: Playing God: Bike Infrastructure Folks at Move Conference

36 mins; July 10, 2023

EPISODE 332: Emily Kerr

25 mins; June 27, 2023

EPISODE 331: Carmageddon — LTNs, Tokyo and the libertarian case against cars

72 hours 15 mins; June 19, 2023

EPISODE 330: Andy Boenau — White Collar Epidemic

53 mins; June 13, 2023

EPISODE 329: Hilltrek's revival of a 1950s cycling jacket: the Greenspot

31 mins; June 05, 2023

EPISODE 328: BBC Bike Bureau with Anna Holligan and Kate Vandy (and Jack)

38 mins; May 26, 2023

EPISODE 327: LTN Bollards Have Not Created Jesmond Ghetto: In Conversation With Dr. Tony Waterston

34 mins; May 11, 2023

EPISODE 326: I Cycle Therefore I Am — Book Chat With Authors James Hibbard and Max Leonard

104 hours 47 mins; April 10, 2023

EPISODE 325: Benchmarking Bicycling: How Good Is Your City For Cycling?

55 mins; April 06, 2023

EPISODE 324: Bike lanes are empty? Prove gibe wrong with this €199 window-mounted traffic counting camera

52 mins; March 31, 2023

EPISODE 323: Bike Advocacy Woes In Motor-mad Malta

47 mins; March 24, 2023

EPISODE 322: Seeing Sensors With Philip and Irene McAleese

57 mins; February 21, 2023

EPISODE 321: Sustainability in action: Vaude CEO Antje von Dewitz

42 mins; February 05, 2023

EPISODE 320: Get SUVs Off Our Streets: In Conversation with Critical Mass musician Dan Abrahams

28 mins; January 25, 2023

EPISODE 319: German word for beer diluted with lemonade is "cyclist" — oh, and Jim was probed by robots

60 hours 54 mins; January 08, 2023

EPISODE 318: Chris Boardman explains Active Travel England's Capability Fund

42 mins; January 02, 2023

EPISODE 317: Masterplanning Milan: Real Estate Developer Reshaping the City With Active Travel

32 mins; December 22, 2022

EPISODE 316: Milan to banish cars, Mayor promises manager of Eroica Caffe

30 mins; December 13, 2022

EPISODE 315: World Champion Transportation Cyclist Beryl Burton — Book Chat With Author Jeremy Wilson

102 hours 24 mins; December 08, 2022

EPISODE 314: Book Talk With Hannah Reynolds and Ned Boulting

45 mins; November 26, 2022

EPISODE 313: Tour de Luxe — riding with legends on Ibiza with upscale Leblanq

58 mins; November 17, 2022

EPISODE 311: You don't have to be horrible to win

62 hours 34 mins; October 30, 2022

EPISODE 312: Good Move: How Bicycles Could End the Occupation of Cars in the EU capital of Brussels

52 mins; October 30, 2022

EPISODE 310: Cycling legends roundtable with Mark Cavendish, Oscar Freire, Adam Blythe, Johan Museeuw & Matt Stephens

74 hours 48 mins; October 27, 2022

EPISODE 309: Old crew is back

80 hours 5 mins; October 10, 2022

EPISODE 308: In conversation with Legion’s Justin Williams

51 mins; October 06, 2022

EPISODE 307: Kidical Mass: How, Why, Where, When

29 mins; September 24, 2022

EPISODE 306: Eco Adventure on Proposed Sail-powered Bike and Foot Ferry From Dover to Boulogne

50 mins; September 22, 2022

EPISODE 305: Sexy Urban Bike: In Conversation with Knog CEO Hugo Davidson

34 mins; August 29, 2022

EPISODE 304: In conversation with e-bike guru Ed Benjamin

60 hours 1 min; August 10, 2022

EPISODE 303: How five US cities built 335 miles of separated cycleway networks in two years

44 mins; July 20, 2022

Episode #302 – Three ultracyclists explain how and why

71 hours 17 mins; July 18, 2022

Episode #301 – Milan-shaped Conversation with Janette Sadik-Khan

28 mins; June 25, 2022

Episode #300 – Chef's Bike Tour of Sardinia

39 mins; June 18, 2022

Episode #299 – In conversation with Marco te Brömmelstroet

64 hours 10 mins; June 01, 2022

Episode #298 – Bicycle Mayors Program Founded To Counter Reducing Numbers of Dutch Cyclists

44 mins; May 28, 2022

Episode #297 – Stop motorways, remove parking, boost bicycling, says Sweden's Climate Law Inquiry

36 mins; May 23, 2022

Episode #296 – Explore Your Boundaries

44 mins; May 08, 2022

Episode #295 – The best electric car is a bicycle — in conversation with sustainability scientist Kim Nicholas

55 mins; April 21, 2022

Episode #294 – Building a Better World — an Activist Planner’s Network Analysis of Bike Lanes in Paris

58 mins; March 27, 2022

Episode #293 – Beacons with Kevin Mayne

42 mins; February 28, 2022

Episode #292 – What Would Jesus Ride? An Audience with the Pedaling Pastor

37 mins; February 05, 2022

Episode #291 – Bike bubble has popped, says industry analyst Rick Vosper

61 hours 37 mins; January 16, 2022

Episode #290 – Launch of Gravel Grinding Hall of Fame with Guitar Ted

45 mins; January 11, 2022

Episode #289 – Two Volcano Sprint winner and bike entrepreneur Andrew Phillips

48 mins; December 22, 2021

Episode #288 – Why is anti-roads campaigner John Stewart against LTNs?

53 mins; December 13, 2021

Episode #287 – Chris Froome and Hammerhead CEO Pieter Morgan

32 mins; November 22, 2021

Episode #286 – COP26 SPECIAL: The Transition to Zero Cars

94 hours 29 mins; November 14, 2021

Episode #285 – Ride For Their Lives

56 mins; October 29, 2021

Episode #284 – Birmingham to become a super-sized low-traffic neighbourhood

48 mins; October 04, 2021

Episode #283 – Autonorama

78 hours 24 mins; September 19, 2021

Episode #282 – Veloforte

48 mins; September 12, 2021

Episode #281 – "If you look at the tree, you hit the tree": eMTBing Guiding Masterclass With H+I's Chris Gibbs

35 mins; September 05, 2021

Episode #280 – Jus, not gels: In conversation with LeBlanq's foodie founders Justin Clarke and Ashley Palmer-Watts

43 mins; August 22, 2021

Episode #279 – Bike Portland's Jonathan Maus

66 hours 21 mins; August 15, 2021

Episode #278 – The Midlife Cyclist with Phil Cavell

76 hours 50 mins; August 01, 2021

Episode #277 – Le Tour: Too Hot to Handle?

66 hours 34 mins; July 11, 2021

Episode #276 – Steve Silk

49 mins; June 20, 2021

Episode #275 – Pump for Peace with Claudio Caluori

29 mins; May 17, 2021

Episode #274 – Curbing cars with Chris and Melissa Bruntlett

66 hours 48 mins; May 09, 2021

Episode #273 – Ralph Buehler and John Pucher On Cycling For Sustainable Cities

74 hours 18 mins; May 08, 2021

Episode #272 – Revolutions: How women changed the world on two wheels

60 hours 1 min; April 20, 2021

Episode #271 – White House Recognizes Induced Demand Exists Meaning There's Now a Bicycle-Shaped Overton Window That Needs Jamming Open

94 hours 17 mins; April 04, 2021

Episode #270 – Streets for kids

47 mins; March 21, 2021

Episode #269 – Canaries in the Coal Mine: How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities

60 hours 19 mins; March 20, 2021

Episode #268 – Bike Freak: Being Gary Fisher

95 hours 41 mins; February 28, 2021

Episode #267 – Put money on the table and let's get these modes moving

35 mins; February 07, 2021

Episode #266 – Move More With The Miracle Pill Author Peter Walker

59 mins; January 29, 2021

Episode #265 – Desert Skies, Warm Showers and Church Bells

53 mins; January 25, 2021

Episode #264 – Bike Nerds Kyle and Sara of People for Bikes

66 hours 20 mins; January 16, 2021

Episode #263 – Loading close pass videos to the cloud with a smart bike dashcam that looks like a cute Pixar character

47 mins; December 30, 2020

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