KPFK - Bike Talk Podcast

A middle school Bike Club

Rio Oxas of People for Mobility Justice trains League Certified Instructors to teach free Metro classes to people who want to know more about urban cycling. Active San Gabriel Valley's Education Director Jose Jimenez and People for Mobility Justice's Inspiring Growth Manager Jessi Harris speak on how they'll use the training.

Guest: Mary, Briana, Ana

Three of four of this year's Greg Siple Award Winners for bike touring related projects - Ana Fajardo, Mary McGowan, and Briana Cohen - talk about how they applied, found out they won, the projects they'll put into action with the award, and how to keep up with them. With a special cameo by Mark of KPFK's EcoJustice show.

Lucas Schroeder reports on his senior project: getting the Mobility Bill of Rights endorsed by LA Neighborhood Councils with bike advocate Stephen Box.

Guest: Bike Talk - Return of the Activist

A Bike Activism workshop with co-host Stephen Box and special guest Lucas Schroeder: Set-Up, Obstacles, and Resolution.

Stephen Box and special guest Lucas Schroeder. Becoming a Bike Activist as "The Big Story" - the plot, the theme, the character, the dialogue, the spectacle - all the elements that engage your audience and get you to the curtain.

Hollywood High's Lucas Schroeder joins Nick and Stephen Box to begin the Bike Activist's journey, visiting Neighborhood Councils with the Mobility Bill of Rights (formerly the Cyclists' Bill of Rights).

Guest: Crossroads: Loraine Lundquist for LA CD 12

Loraine Lundquist: Mom, Scientist, Professor, Neighborhood Council Boardmember, and candidate for LA's City Council District 12 seat. Join Stephen Box and Nick Richert for a conversation about bikes, mobility, sustainability, and local issues. With Wolfpack Hustle/ Marathon Crash/ Midnight Ridazz organizer/ District 12 resident Don Ward.

Guest: Stephen Box, John Jones III, Yolanda Davis-Overstreet

John Jones of the East Side Riders Bike Club talks about connecting the neighborhood through bike education classes, feeding the hungry, weekly bike rides, and the East Side Riders BC book, Bikes Need Love Too. Yolanda T Davis-Overstreet talks about art, culture, advocacy, and its relationship to social justice and public safety.

The LA Neighborhood Council Coalition debates for eons before removing an anti- traffic calming phrase from an otherwise harmless motion; Mobility Bill of Rights tabled till next time.