Listener Origin Stories (Patreon Bonus Re-Release)
The War on Cars
The War on Cars, LLC
4.9 • 937 Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2024
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Episode 133: Listener Origin Stories (Patreon bonus re-release)
We’re taking a short break to work on our forthcoming book and some of our upcoming fall shows. We’ll be back with new free episodes in early September. In the meantime, please enjoy this re-release of our Patreon bonus episode from December 26, 2023. You can get all of our Patreon bonus episodes and more subscriber-only content – plus stickers! – by signing up to support us at www.patreon.com/thewaroncarspod. (A new Patreon-exclusive bonus episode will be released in two weeks.)
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Last November we told you our origin stories. Everything from early driving lessons to our experience living in car-dependent places has informed our journey to becoming radicalized, so to speak, into The War on Cars.
Now it's your turn! We put out the call to our Patreon supporters for their origin stories, and — wow! — did you deliver. We heard from people all over the world about how they began to see the problems with car dominance, with stories ranging from gradual realizations to sudden epiphanies. Plus, we heard from a few friends and former guests of the podcast. (Not all heroes wear capes, but one you'll hear from at the top of the show most certainly does.)
Honestly, we were so impressed and inspired by everyone's stories. We often tell people that we have the smartest and most engaged audience in podcasting and this episode is undeniable proof of that. Thank you for all you do in your neck of the woods to fight for safety, sustainability, equity, and more.
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Thank you to Bull Moose Soft Goods and Cleverhood for their support. For the latest discount codes, listen to the episode.
*** Support The War on Cars on Patreon and you'll be tipped off to listener participation episodes like this one, and receive access to ad-free versions of all our episodes, special bonus content, stickers, and more! ***
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This episode was edited by Ali Lemer. It was recorded by Josh Wilcox at the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio. Transcriptions are by Russell Gragg. Our theme music is by Nathaniel Goodyear.
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| 0:00.0 | When you're out on your bike, whether it's for an all day adventure or just your regular commute, |
| 0:10.0 | having the right gear can make all the difference. |
| 0:13.0 | That's why I love my bull moose barcrawler bag so much. |
| 0:17.0 | It attaches to my handlebars with handy Velcro straps |
| 0:20.0 | and it holds everything I need for my ride securely right where I can get at it. |
| 0:24.7 | Phone, wallet, keys, sunscreen, snack, I'm ready. |
| 0:30.0 | Bull Moose Soft Goods is all about making sure you are ready for whatever the road brings you. |
| 0:35.3 | The bar crawler is just one of the handcrafted high quality bags from Bull Moose Soft Goods. |
| 0:41.1 | Go to bull Moose Soft Goods.com and you can check out all of their bike |
| 0:45.2 | friendly bags. Best of all, bull moose will custom design colors, sizes, and |
| 0:50.5 | styles just for you and your bike and war on cars listeners get a 50 sizes and |
| 0:55.0 | more on cars listeners get a 15% discount. |
| 0:56.0 | Just go to bullmoo soft goods. |
| 0:58.0 | and enter discount code WOC 15 when you check out. |
| 1:04.1 | Again, that's Bulmoose soft goods.com |
| 1:07.0 | Discount code WOC 15. Oh, Hello everybody and happy summer it's |
| 1:30.6 | and happy summer it's Doug |
| 1:37.2 | Aaron Sarah and I wanted to let you know that our release schedule is going to be a little slower this month. We have a ton going on right now and have already lined up some amazing guests for the fall. |
| 1:42.4 | So we're busy with podcast production. We're also |
| 1:45.3 | writing a book and that is taking a lot of our time and demanding our full attention. |
| 1:49.9 | We're really excited about it and we are throwing everything we've got into writing and editing something that we hope will be amazing |
| 1:58.4 | So that means we won't be back with a new general release episode of the podcast until the beginning of September. |
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