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

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

Today, we've got another heavy hitter edition of reviewing the news where we let our dear friend Cody Townsend go off and enjoy a much deserved little hiatus and we bring in Dr. Len Nessifer.

And if you've listened to any of our past conversations with Len, then you know that means that you are in for

a smart, funny, weird, and fun conversation that will probably manage to upset at least a few

people. But in this conversation, Len and I talk about a number of very timely and very big topics,

so there is lots of good food for thought in this one.

Now, before we get going, I want to give a shout out to a few of our Blister Plus members,

and that includes Len, which is good news since I just learned in this conversation

that Len's got more than enough

mountain bike to be getting himself into trouble on those trails around Tucson.

So I'm very glad that he's covered.

And I also want to give a shout out to Claire in Lander, Wyoming, who just became a member.

Tiffany in Peru, Vermont, who just renewed her membership.

We've got Todd from North Ridgeville, Ohio, Samantha in Leander, Texas.

She just renewed her membership.

We've got, I think, a power couple here.

Margot and Jared in Essex Junction, Vermont, Kyle in Southampton, New York,

David in Lions, Colorado, Jonathan in Idaho Falls, Idaho. And finally for today, I want to give

a very special shout out to new Blister Plus member, Max Jones, who is a two-time national mountain bike champion.

Max is also a member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame, and Max is responsible for opening

and clearing the iconic flume trail for mountain biking and hiking back in 1983.

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