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Shaun Griffin is a poet and writer who hopes to bring some part of that world to you every other week on KWNK with a new audio segment on Sundays at 5pm.

The following program is funded in part by a grant from Nevada Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities

Bikepacking is all the rage these days and there is a dude in Reno who will help you to be a bikepacker for free. He has all kinds of free resources to do it. Who is this mystery man of knowledge? That’s Kurstin Graham who writes the BikePacking NV.blog. He is kind of a bike legend in town, always going everywhere on his bike, slowly and with everything he needs to camp anywhere. So we spend the entire show having a fun little chat with him about his bike life from youth to man. Go to BikePackingNV.blog to get started with Kurstin.

BIKE LIFE Radio is a show on KWNK where we talk to people about their bikes and lives—presented by Ky Plaskon & the Truckee Meadows Bike Alliance. Ky has been commuting by bike to work for more than 30 years. He also worked in radio and TV for more than 20 years from Alaska to San Diego, Las Vegas, Reno, and Sacramento. He wants to bring a lighter and funnier feel to bike discussions. For more information and to contribute to TMBA, go to https://bikewashoe.org/
The following program is funded in part by a grant from Nevada Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Shaun Griffin is a poet and writer who hopes to bring some part of that world to you every other week on KWNK with a new audio segment on Sundays at 5pm.

A meditation on the prison poetry workshop Shaun taught for thirty years.

A meditation on Hayden Carruth’s long poem, North Winter.

The National Bicycle Summitt is coming up in March in Washington DC. We get a preview with the League of American Bicyclists Caron Whitaker. Also, we examine a strange phenomenon of bike thefts and a sex-themed bike. Finally, Fodors recently named Lake Tahoe one of the places to avoid because of traffic problems. But is that true for bikes too? We find out from the Tahoe Bike Company.

A meditation on the prison poetry workshop Shaun taught for thirty years.

Reno's roads from kids' perspective

We usually don't hear from kids about their experiences on our roads with bikes because it is hard to interview kids. You need to have parental permission. But Bike Life show producer Ky Plaskon has kids. So, for the holidays, in the spirit of spending time with family, he took 11-year-old Aeva Plaskon on a 20-mile bike ride around Reno and interviewed her about the experience. Then, they joined 16-year-old Alara Plaskon on her bike commute to work from downtown and talked to her about the experience of riding in Reno for older students.

A Meditation on the late Carolyn Kizer

What is it like to drive a pedicab?

December is unique this year. The Let It Glow festival is downtown, organized by Pineapple Pedicabs and there are over 90 businesses signed up. The company needs drivers to shuttle people around to look at the lights. So, what is it like to drive a Pedicab - well you meet lots of people, get exercise and money. In fact we have an entire episode to prove it.