Welcome to Episode 105 of Pelo Buddy TV, an unofficial Peloton podcast & Peloton news show. There were some minor audio issues this week - our apologies. Expect things to be fixed for next week! This week we cover the following topics:
- Alex Toussaint was officially announced as a Tread instructor this week
- There will be members in studio for the live Turkey Burn classes with Robin & Alex
- Peloton confirmed they will no longer include Kanye West songs in new classes
- There was a 45 minute outage on Oct 21, as the Babyface artist series was taking place
- There are two “special event” classes with Cody Rigsby in November
- There are new scenic classes from London with Hannah F, Erik, and Jermaine
- A Stormzy artist series took place with Hannah Frankson & Jermaine Johnson
- Peloton teased a potential Taylor Swift “Midnights” artist series that didn’t happen
- Aditi Shah is bringing back her “Flow & Let Go” series for the next 5 weeks
- Aditi Shah collaborated with Jay Sean for a special Diwali pilates class
- Ross Rayburn has a new 30 minute sleep meditation class
- Peloton was a sponsor at the Head of the Charles rowing event last weekend
- Some iPhone users are starting to get beta access to the “Feed” feature
- The Peloton App is now available on Wear OS watches (like the Google Pixel or Samsung Galaxy)
- Peloton is expanding eligibility on the referral program until the end of the year
- A new rumor indicates Peloton will sell accessories on the apparel site – making them eligible for referral credits
- Peloton has been having a sale on refurbished Bikes & Bike+ that ends on October 30
- Peloton has been sued for patent infringement on 3 different patents on the Tread & Tread+
- The Q3 2021 earnings call will take place on November 3rd
- Peloton’s annual shareholder meeting will take place on December 6
- Happy Birthday to Matt Wilpers & Emma Lovewell this past week.
- Emma Lovewell is writing a new book
- Rad Lopez was on the Hurdle podcast
- Tunde Oyeneyin spoke at the “Get Her There” event
- Aditi Shah was at The White House for Diwali
- Several coaches were at Variety’s “New York” event
- John & Jackie share their, and the community's, class picks of the week.
You can find links to full articles on each of these topics from the episode page here: https://www.pelobuddy.com/pelo-buddy-tv-episode-105/ The show is also available via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/PeloBuddy
This episode is hosted by John Prewitt (#Kenny_Bania) & Jackie Prewitt (#Playing_Big).