RIDING WITH KAPLAN Podcast
by Jonathan E. Kaplan
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The podcast, RIDING WITH KAPLAN, dives deeper into the intersection of professional cycling and media, business, culture, and politics.
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- REED ALBERGOTTI TOLD ME NOT TO USE AN AI CHATBOT AS A COACH. THEN HE BUILT ONE. · 46 minReed Albergotti covers tech and AI for Semafor — and before that, he co-wrote Wheelmen, the definitive book on Lance Armstrong and cycling’s doping era. When I interviewed him…
- TOUR de FRANCE FOR BEGINNERS · 1 h 3 minLast year, my family and I watched the final stage of the Tour de France with a friend of ours who is an accomplished academic and advocate. Her PhD thesis, which she wrote in…
- CYCLING'S EMERGING POWERS · 36 minProfessional cycling calls itself a global sport, but its media coverage almost exclusively and not surprisingly focuses on Western Europe. Dan Challis has taken a different…
- HOW SOCCER + CYCLING EXPLAIN THE WORLD · 36 minThe World Cup is underway. And if you’re looking for someone who saw all of this coming — the sovereign wealth funds buying clubs, the exorbitant costs of fandom, the collision…
- SPORTSWASHING: RWANDA HOSTS CYCLING'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AMID ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS · 29 minWith cycling’s World Championships underway in Kigali, Rwanda, this week, I spoke with my old friend, Mvemba Dizolele, a highly-regarded foreign policy analyst, about the role of…
- BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE MARYLAND CYCLING CLASSIC · 15 minToday’s episode of the RIDING WITH podcast is a bit different. I’m trying a narrative with sound mixed in from the biggest, most prestigious cycling race in the United States…
- BEING THERE · 40 minAt the Tour de France, the teams’ buses are equipped with laundry machines. Hotels can range from high end to a box and a cardboard mattress. After crossing the finish line on…
- ORLA CHENNAOUI ON CYCLING, JOURNALISM, and the CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE · 38 minOrla Chennaoui didn’t just rise through the ranks of sports media — she cut her own path. From reading traffic reports and covering sports for Sky News to anchoring coverage of…
- OUR MAN IN PARIS · 36 minThe New York Times shuttered its sports section in 2023 and it had stopped covering professional cycling and the Tour de France years earlier. That did not mean the Times would…
- A CONVERSATION WITH SEMAFOR'S REED ALBERGOTTI ABOUT THE LEGACY OF CYCLING'S DOPING ERA · 38 min“Go F— Yourself.” That’s the last thing Lance Armstrong ever said to investigative journalist and author Reed Albergotti. Albergotti, a longtime investigative reporter, spent…
- Capturing the Tour de France with AP Photojournalist Jerome Delay · 25 minHow would we experience the tour without the perfect shot? Jerome Delay, the chief photographer in Africa for the Associated Press, joins Jonathan Kaplan to discuss the art and…
- PAUL BURMEISTER BRINGS THE TOUR de FRANCE TO THE USA · 53 minFrom NBC’s international broadcasting studio in Stamford, Conn., Paul Burmeister leads the pre- and post-race coverage of the 111th Tour de France for the eighth consecutive…
- The Tour de France Preview and Review of Netflix’s “Unchained: Tour de France” with Joshua Robinson of the Wall Street Journal · 31 minThe 111th Tour de France begins this Saturday in northern Italy. It will end three weeks later in Nice, France. To preview the race, I’m joined by Joshua Robinson of the Wall…
- Louis Hatchwell Is A Beast On A Bike · 46 minLouis Hatchwell joins host Jonathan Kaplan to discuss a range of topics related to cycling and Hatchwell’s ability to tell punchy stories on the screen. It’s a fun conversation…
- Welcome to Riding With: A Podcast by Jonathan E. Kaplan · 2 minWelcome to Riding With, hosted by Jonathan Kaplan. This podcast uses cycling to tell stories about the world around us and the human condition. Whether it's a professional…
- Inside the Broadcast Booth: Brent Bookwalter's Transition from Pro Cyclist to Tour de France Broadcaster · 42 minBrent Bookwalter, a former professional cyclist who retired in 2021 after over a decade racing at the highest levels, made a swift transition to the broadcast booth within only a…
- Anthony McCrossan: Cycling's Commentator-in-Chief, Part 2 · 26 minFrom the storied roads of the Giro d'Italia to the iconic routes of the Tour de France, Anthony McCrossan has been the voice behind some of the most iconic moments in cycling. In…
- Anthony McCrossan: Cycling's Commentator-in-Chief, Part 1 · 29 minAnthony McCrossan is the voice behind some of the most iconic moments in cycling commentary. From local races to global platforms like Eurosport and the pioneering days of…
- The New New New Journalism at Escape Collective · 37 minDuring the past 15 years, too many journalists have experienced too many layoffs, including myself. It was July 2008. I was sitting through a congressional hearing on derivatives…
- Israeli cyclist Guy Sagiv copes with the tragedy of October 7 · 36 minThis episode of the RIDING WITH podcast is produced in partnership with Bartali – Youth in Movement (BYIM), a unique Israeli nonprofit that operates a network of cycling centers…
