Revolting

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Revolting episodes

July 11, 2022 Revolting 34
Courier Pigeons. This episode is about bike couriers, messengering, and the strangely outsized influence of a niche job on cycling culture. Stevil was one, so we hear some stories of his life in the streets, and then discuss why these dirtbags and daredevils are such a source of fascination for people who really shouldn’t be […]
54 min
July 04, 2022 Revolting 33
Satanic Bike Riding Rituals. This episode is about riding bikes and the stuff we do when we ride bikes without really thinking about it. Satanically. No. Not really. But that seemed like better marketing. We talk about our riding tics and habits, where they came from and why we still do them. That plus, wasabi […]
50 min
June 27, 2022 Revolting 32
‘70s Dad. This episode is about our dads and how they were different than us in good ways and bad ways. We try to remember the most ’70s stuff our dads did, including whacking us when we stepped out of line occasionally. How do we feel about that now? We revisit the idea of what […]
57 min
June 20, 2022 Revolting 31
Internet Friends. This episode is about people we know really well, but probably never met, because the internet made effort in friendships obsolete. There’s some pretty trenchant analysis of emotional bandwidth, connection, and creeping agoraphobia here. Also we consider whether it’d be better to eat a whole shark or a whole elephant.
58 min
June 13, 2022 Revolting 30
Road Trippin. This episode is about road trips, by bike maybe, by car maybe, good ones and bad ones. We trot out our best road trip stories and discuss road trip music from the perspective of our high school selves, confined to one 90-minute cassette tape. We also mull the Mountain Dew jingle and whether […]
1 hr 7 min
June 06, 2022 Revolting 29
Hot Jorts. This episode is about performance cycling wear, by which we mean, the clothing you like to perform in. We discuss sports-specific leotards and jorts, and whether the requirement for technical clothing is one more way cycling reinforces its exclusivity and limits its own growth. Spoiler: We come to very few conclusions. As ever […]
49 min
May 30, 2022 Revolting 28
The New Manliness. This episode is about not using your gender as an excuse for being a broken, toxic dickhead. We got invited to participate in a conversation with some other dudes about positive masculinity in the cycling industry, so we mull over why it is we got invited. Then we talk about positive feedback […]
1 hr 5 min
May 23, 2022 Revolting 27
Get Off My Lawn. Herein we grapple with the idea that things actually did used to be better than they are now. But which “back in the day” was the best day? Then we do some heavy thinking about the internet’s role in jacking us all up. We close with a consideration of both kindergarten […]
51 min
May 16, 2022 Revolting 26
I See You Are Also Wearing a Black T-Shirt. This episode is about t-shirts. If that seems dumb to you, then clearly, you’ve not listened to this podcast before. As it turns out we could talk about t-shirts all day long. One of us is a hoarder. Both of us still dress like we dreamed […]
1 hr 1 min
May 09, 2022 Revolting 25
The Tour of France. This episode is about the Tour of France’s influence on cycling and us as cyclists. I know. I know. We broke down and talked about bikes for a change. As it turns out we both loved (and still love the Tour) despite all the madness and nonsense. All that, some music […]
1 hr 2 min

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Revolting is a cycling podcast that isn’t about bikes, or even cycling really. Hosts Robot and Stevil sift through topics vaguely related to cycling, looking for what’s good, what’s better, and…