This episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by Arkansas, the natural state.

Arkansas is a year-round destination with outdoor activities for every season.

Climbing, floating, hiking, camping, fishing, and hunting, all year long.

It also has Bentonville, which if you know, you know.

Calling itself the mountain biking capital of the world, in 2009 a group

in Bentonville decided to make the city a bike-friendly, bike-centric community. And now it's

the crown jewel of over 400 miles of trails in northwest Arkansas.

There's 70 miles just in the city limits alone.

Then there are the monument trails.

Seemlessly woven into the beautiful landscape of Arkansas State Parks to highlight unique terrain, historic landmarks, and scenic vistas, the Monument Trails are both rideable by anyone and were named the best mountain biking in the United States by outside magazine

for gravity riders the Big Mountain Enduro Race in May showcases some of the best trails Arkansas has to offer.

For gravel grinders, the Arkansas Graveler in June is a tour of the most scenic roads in Arkansas.

Whatever you're looking for, find is the Outside Podcast.

This is the Outside Podcast. Throughout time there have been these epic battles between man and beast.

You've got St George and the dragon, Moby Dick, and Captain Ahab.

And then in New York City you have Mayor Eric Adams versus the Rats.

Many of us live in communities where rats think they run the city.

Every day employees, I hear it all the time, I'm on the trains and walk in the streets.

People stop me and say, you know, we're with you man. We hate those damn rats.

Rats are serious business. They get in car engines and homes. They cause illness, steal food, bite children.

A few years back, the federal government sued New York City for out-of-control rats in public housing.

Mayor Adams himself got a fine for rats at a building he

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