If a Guy Called Fatty Starts a Podcast, of COURSE He’s Going to Name It the FattyCast
A “Giving Tuesday” Note from Fatty: I’m a big fan of Jordan Rapp, Pro Triathalete and good guy in general. And Jordan is a big supporter of World Bicycle Relief. Like me, he does a big annual fundraiser for WBR, called the Rappstar Charity Challenge. He’s working to raise $100,000 for World Bicycle Relief this year (his seventh year in supporting WBR).
And much like a certain beloved award-winning celebrity cycling lifestyle ultrablogger, Jordan has some extremely nice prizes to give to folks who donate.
You’ll find the details in his posts at SlowTwitch.com, but the short version is that you can win entry in an Ironman or half-Ironman. Or a pro athlete experience session in the Specialized Wind Tunnel.
Or a financial analysis from Raymond James. And if you’re one of the first 100 people to donate $147 today, you’ll for sure get a WBR-Rappstart Charity Challenge beanie.
And that would be pretty dang cool.
Best of all, your donations are matched (not just today, but through the whole month). Help Jordan as he makes a big difference in a lot of lives by clicking here to donate today.
If a Guy Called Fatty Starts a Podcast, of COURSE He’s Going to Name It the FattyCast
It was only a matter of time, right?
Only a matter of time until I decided that my writing isn’t punishment enough for you. That I need to make you listen to me talk, practically endlessly. Or at least for about an hour, practically every week.
In other words, I’m happy to announce that as of today, I am launching the FattyCast. My own podcast. And I’ve got to say, I’m really excited about it.
I’m going to explain the what and the why of the FattyCast in just a moment, but first let me give you the how.
First of all, if you’ve got an iPhone or iPod or iPad or iMac or other iThing, you can subscribe by iTunes. Here’s a handy button for you to press so you can just automatically get these chats on a weekly basis:
I’m concerned that this button is too subtle and that you won’t be able to find it. Oh, and I really would appreciate it if you’d leave a review.
Second, you can get to the FattyCast by just going to FattyCast.com, where you can find, listen to, and download my podcasts.
If an RSS feed is more your style, you’ll find the FattyCast at http://fattycast.com/rss.
Third, if you’d rather listen here or download the file for offline listening, I’ll always be including my latest podcast in this here blog. For example, here’s the first one, featuring Mike Dion:
Finally, I’m new to this and have a lot to learn. So please let me know if there are other ways you’d like to be able to get this podcast, or ways I can make it better.
What and Why Is The FattyCast?
The FattyCast is not FatCyclist.com in audio form. See, FatCyclist.com is where I pretty much talk about myself: my stories, my races. Me me me.
The FattyCast is where I’m going to talk with people about cool stuff they do with bikes. Whether they’re making a living with bikes or have done an interesting race on a bike or are funny or inspiring or have a cool experience to relate or whatever.
Basically, whenever I would like to spend an hour listening to someone tell an interesting story about something bike-related, that’s going to be FattyCast. Because I want to share what cool things people are doing.
Episode 1: Mike Dion of Inspired to Ride
The first episode of the FattyCast is an hour-long conversation with Mike Dion, the filmmaker who has recently released Inspired to Ride, an incredible documentary about the inaugural self-supported road race along the Trans-America roadway.
It’s a great movie, telling an incredible story. And I had a fantastic time talking with Mike about what it’s like to be behind the scenes, with two two-person crews, filming a race that spans thousands of miles (hint: they put more than 11,000 miles on a rental car).
Give the podcast a listen, and then learn more about the movie at InspiredToRide.it.
Bonus: If you decide to buy a copy of the movie or anything else on the site, use the code TEAMFATTY to get 15% off the price. Nice!
Comment by ScottyCycles | 12.1.2015 | 7:17 pm
You did a great job with the podcast Fatty!
Comment by davidh-marin,ca | 12.1.2015 | 8:58 pm
Elden. Just let me know when you want tpo talk about Italy. :-)
Comment by davidh-marin,ca | 12.1.2015 | 9:03 pm
Is there time to get a podcast in with Burke Swidlehurst about The Crushar?
http://tusharcrusher.com/
It would be cool to get a Team Fatty contingent there this year and fly the colors.
Registration opens Jan 6th
Comment by Corrine | 12.1.2015 | 11:31 pm
Just listened to the Podcast. Great job, Fatty. I bought the Inspired to Ride DVD as soon as I saw it was available so watched it a while ago. It is great! Watch it now. I need to watch it again, soon. And it SO makes me want to do the TransAm race one of these years. Maybe I need to retire so I can ride my bike more. Can’t wait to hear more of your Podcasts.
Comment by Kate | 12.2.2015 | 5:31 am
Subscribed snd looking forward to having you and Mike for company on my drive to work!
Comment by Andy | 12.2.2015 | 6:21 am
Listened on Monday, and it sounded good. When I was done, I felt strangely hungry. Is that one of your super powers?
Comment by MattC | 12.2.2015 | 8:40 am
Making OTHER people hungry is your MAIN Superpower? Wow…I’d think there would be businesses lined up to hire you. Maybe you can get a ‘consulting’ fee from a bunch of food companies for increasing sales across the board. Are you by chance using subliminals in your videos? That would explain my strange craving of donuts after listening to your fattycast. MUST HAVE DONUTS! And a turkey sandwich. And a burrito. And cookies. MORE COOKIES!
Comment by BostonCarlos | 12.2.2015 | 9:02 am
Not that you asked for ideas, but… here are some FattyCasts I’d like to listen to: Scot Nichol, Gary Fisher, Dave/Rob/Amy Thompson, The Guys/Gals from ENVE, Tyson Apostol, Racer, The Core Group, FK Day/WBR Family, Levi/Odessa, The Nelson Family…
Comment by wharton_crew | 12.2.2015 | 9:30 am
Since you’re both in Utah, I’d love to have you talk with the Iron Cowboy – this guys did 50 IronMan distance Triathlons in 50 consecutive days in 50 states!! I followed it and it was unbelievable.
http://www.ironcowboy.co/
Comment by Mike Dion | 12.2.2015 | 10:43 am
Thank you for having me on the very first FattyCast show!
It was a ton of fun and hopefully we didn’t share too many movie spoilers…
Here’s to many more awesome FattyCast episodes to come!!
…but there can only be one first ; )
Comment by Shugg McGraw | 12.3.2015 | 5:46 am
I’d appreciate it if in future you could sound a bit more like I imagined you would sound.
Also, I would not be averse to a bit more of you and your stuff. An eight hour live talk-through of this year’s Leadville would be good – although you might not make the eight hour cut due to having to talk non-stop.
You could take a leaf out of Jack Thurston’s book (The Bike Show) and do some rolling interviews with your subjects – interviews whilst out on a ride.
Comment by BostonCarlos | 12.3.2015 | 1:18 pm
@Mike – While listening to the podcast I was like “damn this is a lot of spoilers” but when I watched the film afterwards (yup… it made me go watch the film) I realized that it didn’t matter! I was still really happy to watch the story play out on screen.
@Fatty – in the future, maybe talk less about individual plot points? The spoilers didn’t bother me in the end, but while I was listening, I was like… “uhhh is there going to be anything left to watch for?!”
Comment by Jim | 12.3.2015 | 1:48 pm
Great podcast, Fatty. Great tip and great content.
Higher audio level is always a plus. Yours seemed a little low.
And listen to the cyclingnews podcasts and then make a note to NOT do what they do. Their podcasts and interviews are extremely boring.