
A real pain
A REAL PAIN: There's pain, and then there's *pain*! Whether it's from injury or experience, Mark talks about how we experience pain and how we can grow from it, whether or not it happens from motorcy...
10 Apr 20min

Lone wolves
LONE WOLVES: Cosplay or not, the stereotype of the "lone wolf" biker persists in modern culture. Mark digs into why an introvert just might make the perfect motorcyclist in this day and age. Send yo...
3 Apr 22min

Retail therapy
RETAIL THERAPY: Anal, oral, discretionary, emotion, spending, guilt … all loaded words that bring up scads of stuff for each of us, all in different and yet surprisingly similar ways. Send your ques...
27 Mars 21min

Not the man I used to be
NOT THE MAN I USED TO BE: As we get older, we find ourselves occasionally struggling to do things we did quite easily in our younger days. Mark explains the challenges inherent in those things, as wel...
13 Feb 22min

What's in a name?
WHAT'S IN A NAME? A lot, as it turns out, and it's tied into identity and how we choose to see ourselves as well as how we present ourselves to others. Mark gets into how and why it matters to motorcy...
30 Jan 21min

Dallas Shannon of XTADV (Part 2)
Mark and Dallas Shannon discusses the evolution of the Traction eRAG, the importance of structured training, and the cultural differences in riding education. Dallas emphasizes the need for a gentle e...
16 Jan 1h 5min

Dallas Shannon of XTADV (Part 1)
Mark and Dallas Shannon discusses the evolution of the Traction eRAG, the importance of structured training, and the cultural differences in riding education. Dallas emphasizes the need for a gentle e...
16 Jan 1h 1min

Thinkers and Doers
THINKERS AND DOERS make the world go 'round, but in different ways. Mark explores how they might be closer to each other than we might think and gets into why we need to have – and be – them both. Sen...
2 Jan 18min


















