Hey everybody and welcome back to the Blister podcast.

I'm Jonathan Ellsworthy, founder of Blister, and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com.

Now, last week, Cody Townsend came to Western Colorado University here in Gunnison, Colorado,

for one of our Blister Speaker series events. And this was actually the first Blister Speaker

series event that we've ever held outside. And it went really well. So last Tuesday evening,

I talked to Cody about his life in the outdoor industry, why he

thinks his education has been so beneficial to his career.

We got his current thoughts on social media, and we got his perspective on what it takes

to make it in the outdoor industry.

We also discussed Cody's ongoing project, the 50 project, and we answered some great questions from the audience.

So yeah, I think this conversation is chock full with a lot of really valuable insider information, and you're going to get the

perspective of someone who has worked in this industry from a whole lot of different angles.

This is a really good one, and with that, let's get to it.

Well, hello, everyone. Welcome to another blister speaker series at Western. There are a few

groups and people I want to thank before we get started here for helping their coordination

for the evening. I want to thank the Western Program Council. I want to thank the Ice Lab.

They have been a tremendous help. There has been a lot of

heavy lifting logistically to make this evening happen. So very grateful to the Ice Lab.

And thankful to Camp Fire Ranch for providing the fire pits. Sam Dagenhard, thank you.

Finally, and in a lot of ways, mostly, I want to say

thanks to all of you. I have been paying very close attention to how things have been going

on campus at Western. And I am so impressed with the students and the administration and the professors here.

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