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Show #704 November 3, 2026

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Guests: Brian Bortz & Susie Laurence

As the countdown to the holidays begins – and there are SO many asks for you to buy, buy, buy – I’d like to offer up some alternatives and request that you think about year-end gift giving instead.

This is the first of 6 episodes that I hope will tug a bit at your pocketbook and help a worthy organization.

I’m beginning with an Ohio event – one which I cannot believe I haven’t covered in its 21-year history.  Shame on me!

The Pan-Ohio Hope ride will roll out of the John Carroll University lot July 22nd, 2027.  Yep, that’s the same John Carroll where the Outspoken Cyclist Podcast files are uploaded to the Internet and are lovingly archived.

Organized to highlight and raise funds for the American Cancer Society Cleveland Hope House, this small but mighty ride raised $1M in 2026.

Rather than often financially prohibitive hospital stays for some, Hope Houses, which are connected to hospitals around the country, offer home-like respite for a caregiver and a patient while that person is in treatment. 

My guests today are Brian Bortz and Susie Laurence, co-chairs of the 2027 Ride. 

It’s never too early to plan for a 4-day, 328-mile ride and the Hope Lodge here in NE Ohio, which opened in 1995, offers 43 guest rooms staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  It is located in University Circle close to both the main campuses for University Hospitals and the Cleveland Clinic.

Maybe this will be your go-to gift giving event for this holiday season.

For more information, log on to POHR.org.

Our next worthy opportunity for your consideration is Talbot Thrive, a multi-faceted advocacy organization in Talbot County, Maryland.  The location sounds divine and the work they are doing is commendable.

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Show #209 – August 30, 2014

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Guests: Chris Coburn, Cyclocross Superstar Katie Compton, Matt Shad, Jan Michael Ramery & Jonathan Strauss

To everyone who is in and around Napa – we hope you are all safe, well, and recovering from the earthquake!

This week, we talk briefly with Chris Coburn. Chris’ brother Dr. Miles Coburn was a much loved biology professor, father, husband, son, and brother. He was killed in a bike accident back in 2008 and since then, we honor Miles and his commitment to cycling and the environment with the Ride for Miles, a commemorative ride that starts and end right here on the campus of John Carroll University.

Then we head on out to Colorado Springs to talk with SUPERSTAR Katie (FN) Compton. There isn’t a more dominant or successful cyclist when it comes to cyclocross than Katie. Amassing twenty two World Cup wins and four medals at the Cyclocross World Championships, as well as 90+ UCI wins, Katie shares her story with us this evening.

After a break and some news, we head on down to Columbus, Ohio to speak with Matt Shad. Matt is an urban planner as well as the director of the Great Placemaker’s Lab, a 3-day workshop that offers cuty planners, landscape architects, and anyone else involved in the planning, design, and management of neighborhoods and public spaces.

Topics for the workshops range from walkability, art, and retail to aging, transit, and parking. The plenary speaker will be Jeff Speck, who we interviewed back in June, 2013. Speck’s Walkable Cities is still one of my preferred books when we talk about downtowns and transportation.

And finally, we go to Miami, Florida to speak with the organizers of an event that rivals any amateur ride or race anywhere: The Road Titans 300+ Cycling Challenge. You just might want to get your low gears on and head on down to Oconee County, South Carolina for 3 days of riding, climbing, mid-November. Jan Michael Ramery and Jonathan Strauss will fill us in on all the nitty gritty details.

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