Reviewing the News w/ Cody Townsend (October 2025)
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4.8 • 560 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2025
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Summary
Cody and Jonathan discuss CT’s most recent travel horror story; ski industry cartels?; Jim Morrison’s Everest ski descent; Kilian Jornet’s ‘States of Elevation’ project; Red Bull Rampage; Balin Miller; the extreme insurance premium hikes at Timberline Lodge; and what we’re reading & watching.
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TOPICS & TIMES:
Cody’s Latest Travel Nightmare (3:10)
More on Suffering & Baseball & the NFL (14:18)
Ski Industry Cartels? (20:16)
Jim Morrison’s Mt. Everest Achievement (27:28)
Kilian Jornet’s ‘States of Elevation’ Project (36:57)
Red Bull Rampage (42:25)
Balin Miller (1:00:31)
Timeline Lodge & Premium Increases (1:16:20)
What We’re Reading & Watching (1:20:41)
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, welcome back to the Blister podcast on the Blister Podcast Network. |
| 0:07.4 | I'm Jonathan Ellsworth, and you can check out everything. |
| 0:11.4 | We're doing and reviewing over at blisterreview.com. |
| 0:16.7 | Today, Cody Townsend and I are back to review some of the news of October, and this one is coming |
| 0:24.3 | to you folks very, very fresh from the oven. Cody and I just finished recording this conversation |
| 0:31.4 | this Monday morning on November 3rd, and our great podcast producer Taylor Ahern has hurried this one out for you all. |
| 0:41.3 | Today, we've got a lot of big topics that we are going to be talking about, including, |
| 0:47.0 | and I never thought I would say this on reviewing the news, cartels, |
| 0:52.6 | cartels in the ski world? |
| 0:54.8 | So, yep, more on that in a moment. |
| 0:57.2 | We're talking about Jim Morrison's mind-blowing dissent on Everest. |
| 1:03.6 | We are talking about Killian Jornett's recent adventure. |
| 1:08.2 | Also mind-blowing. |
| 1:09.6 | Cody's thoughts on that are very interesting. We are talking about |
| 1:13.7 | Red Bull Rampage, Baylon Miller, and also this insurance premium situation at Timberline. |
| 1:23.6 | Insurance premiums got jacked up. That is going to be raising the prices at Timberline. |
| 1:28.8 | And Cody and I talk about whether or not this could be something we're seeing at other |
| 1:33.8 | ski areas and coming to other states. And then finally, per usual, we end with what we're |
| 1:40.2 | reading and watching. And among other things there, we have a pretty fun conversation about |
| 1:45.2 | Cody's most recent 50-plus project episode. Okay, now before we get going, just two things. |
| 1:53.1 | One, well, we're now collecting some of these highlights, best moments over on Blister Studios. |
| 2:00.1 | So that is our second YouTube channel and we've already got some |
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