Dispatches: Jack Johnson Loses His Cool

Outside Podcast

Sports, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2017

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Jack Johnson is known as the world’s mellowest pop star. A surfer raised on the north shore of Hawaii, his acoustic strumming has been the default soundtrack to good-times beach living for more than 15 years. But these days, something’s up with Jack Johnson. He’s decided that in the current political and social climate, quietly supporting environmental non-profits and greening the music industry isn't enough. He’s ready to speak up, beginning with his new album, All the Light Above It Too. Executive editor Michael Roberts chased Johnson down to ask: What happened?

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0:00.0	This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Saris, a company that dedicates $100,000 every year to cycling advocacy programs.
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0:12.0	the kind that allow you to ride your bike around a fictional
0:14.4	video game island from the comfort of your podcast partner's basement.
0:18.4	All right, there you are, that's your guy.
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0:22.8	Now, my podcast partner happens to be a competitive cyclist.
0:25.8	He's been geeking out on these trainers for a month.
0:28.9	But if you don't have someone explaining things to you
0:31.1	in very granular detail.
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0:36.7	into a stationary bike and link it to your computer.
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0:44.9	like Ruvie or Swift, the bike will react
0:47.7	to the digital environment you're riding through.
0:50.1	Slip in and draft behind the peloton,
0:52.3	and you'll feel the difference.
0:53.6	Jump on him, see, oh, you could.
0:55.6	There, see if you close the gap.
0:57.6	Yeah, if you catch them, then you'll get a drafting boost,
1:01.2	so it'll get a little easier.
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