Joe Cruz, bikepacker and Professor of Philosophy at Williams College

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Payson McElveen

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4.8 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2021

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Joe Cruz has been bikepacking since the 80s, when a college trip introduced him to the excitement and challenge of multi-day cycling adventures. Since then, he's raced and bikepacked his way across the world, including journeys through Ethiopia, Patagonia, Pakistan, and Tibet. When he's not riding his bike, he is Professor of Philosophy at Williams College in Massachusetts, where he also chairs the Cognitive Science Program. In this interview, Joe talks about how the physicality and ad...

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0:00.0	The speed of a bicycle has, to me, a resonance with our nervous systems, with our souls,
0:06.2	with our way to take in a landscape that's totally different from a car or a motorcycle
0:13.9	or riding a bus.
0:15.7	And so for me, the bicycle hits all these right notes in terms of our humanity as we're traveling. And I think
0:22.0	people can appreciate that when you, when you show up in their village on a bicycle.
0:26.6	It's showtime, everybody. Showtime!
0:31.3	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:35.1	This is the world as it exists today.
0:40.0	Life moves pretty fast.
0:42.3	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:44.9	You could miss it.
0:48.0	Listen, we're talking about practice.
0:51.2	Repeat on the dude's room.
0:52.8	Donnie, you're out of your element.
0:55.2	I see.
0:55.6	You think this has nothing to do with you.
0:58.8	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:03.7	This is the Adventure Stash with Payson McAlvin.
1:08.2	Hello, everyone.
1:09.4	Welcome back to the show.
1:10.6	I am beyond excited to share this week's conversation.
1:16.4	In fact, I'm, I was so inspired by the conversation that I have with Joe and just who he is in
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