TPM Episode 290: Inappropriate Questions, From the Vault, The Sponsored Years
The Powell Movement
Mike Powell
4.9 • 860 Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2022
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Inappropriate Questions has been a staple of The Powell Movement podcast over the past couple of seasons. But did you know the show pre-dates TPM? Years ago, I had a podcast with Powder Magazine called "Sponsored." To build my audience off that show, I created Inappropriate Questions as a stand-alone podcast and put it out on the TPM feed. When Powder killed the Sponsored pod, I pulled old IQ episodes off the internet, knowing I would create what you are listening to today. So please enjoy this special two-part episode, Inappropriate Questions from the Vault: The Sponsored Years
IQ From the Vault Show Notes
6:00: I ask two questions to Sean Pettit
10:00: Wayne Wong asks Colby West a question
16:00: Colby West asks Chris Benchetler a question
19:00: Stanley: Get 30% off sitewide with the code drinkfast
Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: Over 60 years of getting you out there
10 Barrel Brewery: Buy their beers; they support action sports more than anyone
21:00: Colby asks Chris a second question
26:30: Chris Benchetler asks Michelle Parker a question
30:00: Michelle Parker asks Kent Kreitler a question
34:00: Sammy Carlsen asks Glen Plake a question
39:30: Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating
Elan Skis: Over 75 years of innovation that makes you better
41:30: Glen Plake asks Cody Townsend a question
47:00: Cody Townsend asks Greg Stump two questions
48:00: Greg Stump asks Hadley Hammer 3 questions
50:00: Hadley Hammer asks Mike Douglas a question
55:00: I ask Skogen Sprang a question
58:30: Mike Douglas asks Clayton Vila a question
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Have a seat on your porcelain throne. |
| 0:02.3 | It's time to talk some shit on the Powell movement. |
| 0:13.5 | Welcome to the Powell movement. |
| 0:16.8 | I'm your host, Mike Powell, and this week I'm on vacation again. |
| 0:20.4 | My family and I are off to our annual Rojobith Beach family reunion that we I'm your host Mike Powell and this week I'm on vacation again. |
| 0:26.8 | My family and I are off to our annual Rojobith Beach family reunion that we've been doing since the early 2000s. |
| 0:36.1 | This is the beach where Biden fell off his bike and if I'm lucky, I'll be able to catch a clip on my phone of him doing something dumb and then be able to sell it and cash in. |
| 0:38.2 | This is America and I can dream. |
| 0:43.6 | And while I'm on vacation, I have a very special two episodes for you. I'm taking you back in time to the year I started my podcast. This was the time when I was selling partnerships for |
| 0:48.1 | Oakley at the Olympics and working with some other cool brands to generate partnership dollars for |
| 0:52.6 | them. It sounded cool on paper, but really the job sucked. |
| 0:56.7 | It was cold calling for the most part, and my boss was the most miserable person I've ever met. |
| 1:01.6 | I hated her. |
| 1:02.8 | But if you ask her, she'd tell you that I was her best friend, because she was, and I'm sure |
| 1:07.3 | still is, certifiably crazy. |
| 1:09.8 | But I was lucky. |
| 1:10.9 | She liked me, but at the same time, she was so miserable to the other employees that I needed to get out of there. |
| 1:17.0 | So I planned my podcast on the clock, all while crushing selling partnerships. |
| 1:21.7 | And then I took three weeks of vacation all in a row, and when I returned, I quit my job a day after I came back because my boss was |
| 1:28.5 | being so mean to one of my coworkers that it was crushing his spirit and ruining his self-esteem. |
| 1:33.7 | My boss was blindsided by me leaving, and it felt so good to get out of there. |
| 1:38.4 | I still think about her every so often, and I always hope for the worst. Does that make me a bad |
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