ParrotTalk is back this week with a couple of Donald Kaul's Over the Coffee columns, celebrating Clarence Pickard, and proper training for your backside.

Note: if you would like to learn more about the inimitable Clarence Pickard, stop by the RAGBRAI exhibit at the State Historical Museum of Iowa in Des Moines.

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Jared Fenstermacher was 18 days into a cross-country bicycle ride in 2016 when he was hit by a truck on a lonely highway near Hinton, Iowa. He broke his back and both arms and spent a month in the local hospital, followed by six weeks of rehab in Philadelphia. He's a determined guy. Four years later, he returned to the exact spot where he was hit in rural Iowa to get back on the road and finish his journey. Fenstermacher, 36, also sat down to share a meal and make peace with the driver who hit him. He talks about his wreck, his approach to life and bicycling, and what's next for him after he reaches the finish line in Ocean City, New Jersey. Follow Fenstermacher's adventures through facebook.com/jaredsride

This week, Murph chats with Kelly Guilbeau, Director of Milkweed Matters, and one of the masterminds behind the milkweed seed bombs that are thrown into ditches on RAGBRAI each year. Look for them on the ride next year (we hope!) to help protect and regrow Monarch habitat! Want to get involved before then? Visit www.milkweedmatters.org. Want more Murphology? Follow the Murphology Podcast on your favorite podcast streaming platform or visit www.MurphologyPodcast.com!

ParrotTalk is back with the third and probably final edition of John Karras Q&A. Karras answers the urgent questions and also gives us his GORP recipe. Got a question for ParrotTalk? Message us here or email [email protected].

ParrotTalk is back with a little more SAGBRAI advice from John Karras. Just how many bikes are you planning on fitting into that charter bus? Will there be breakfast? Karras answers the urgent questions and more. Got a question for ParrotTalk? Message us here or email [email protected].

This week's episode is an Iowa Bicycle Coalition update from Mark Wyatt. Make plans to vote this election. Need information on how to do that (and not who to vote for -- that isn't our thing), just visit www.iowabicyclecoalition.org/vote. Also, join us at the Iowa MTB Festival in Coralville on October 17. Visit http://mtb.iowabicyclecoalition.org for more information. Finally, Save The Date: Iowa Bicycle Summit on January 28-30, 2021. More at www.iowabicyclesummit.com.

Alan Snel, a lifelong bicyclist and journalist, has gathered nearly 40 years of vivid road stories into a new book, "Bicycle Man: Life of Journeys." Our interview roams among New York, Tampa Bay, Denver, and his current home, Las Vegas. Snel talks about everything from bicycling through an earthquake to teaching his own mid-60s mother to ride a bike.

RAGBRAI may have been virtual this year but the RAGBRAI Roadshow brings the best parts of the ride to eight different places along the bike trails of Iowa this fall. Hear what the first one was like and what to expect from future dates on this episode of the JGB podcast.

How many RAGBRAIs have you ridden? 5? 10? 20? Coreen Frasier has completed 30! Listen up this week for her stories from the road, a shower hack, and more from three decades of cycling across Iowa. Want more Murphology? Follow the Murphology Podcast on your favorite podcast streaming platform or visit www.MurphologyPodcast.com!

This week on ParrotTalk, we've got cycling advice from none other than Grandpa RAGBRAI himself, John Karras, answering riders' questions about the upcoming SAGBRAI. Funny how some of these questions haven't changed in 40+ years! Got a question for ParrotTalk? Message us here or email [email protected].