Hey everybody, welcome back to the Blister podcast on the Blister Podcast. I'm Jonathan Ellsworth,

and you can check out everything we're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com.

All right, today it is time once again for Cody Townsend and me to review the news related

to the outdoors and the outdoor industry.

And once again, we are discussing a number of big topics here, including wildfires and

megafires and emerging technologies that are designed to combat climate change.

We also talk about the prospects of Airbnb changing course and baby getting back to its roots.

We have a big conversation about outdoor industry athlete sponsorship programs and how and why the current model needs to be fixed.

And along the way, Cody and I fight about coffee, and we also talk about what we're reading and watching.

And sadly, what we aren't yet watching.

Anyway, we cover all of that territory and even more, and so let's get to it.

Well, Cody Townsend, how are you today, and where are you today?

I am currently in Lake Tahoe, California,

and that how question is very kind of, I'd say, up in the air right now

because there's a bit of panic to get the hell out of here,

but then balancing whether, how long you stay here for

to make sure everything is good with your house and with

your friends and neighbors in this whole basin as we watch the caldor fire descend upon

Tahoe basin so um yeah i don't know i'm it's definitely in a weird state right now uh in terms of

uh the thing that is kind of we've been waiting for for a long time and we always knew it's going to happen is starting to happen.

And, you know, as we speak, South Lake Tahoe is on fire.

This town seems like it's doing okay right now.

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