{"id":338,"date":"2017-05-12T15:37:35","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T19:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weatherbeard.com\/outthere\/?p=338"},"modified":"2017-05-13T08:23:29","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T12:23:29","slug":"101-on-why-i-am-a-car-mudgeon-walex-jarrett","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weatherbeard.com\/outthere\/?p=338","title":{"rendered":"#101: On why I am a Car-mudgeon &#8211; w\/Alex Jarrett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, there are so many reasons I am passionate about utilizing my physical abilities to move myself around. \u00a0The bicycle -(Wheels!)- \u00a0is a vehicle that weighs less than half of what the cargo weighs, \u00a0as compared to a car, which weighs easily 10 times what the cargo weighs. \u00a0 Carrying 2-3000 extra pounds around with me wherever I want to go is not how I want to spend precious energy.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, okay, &#8220;it&#8217;s the infrastructure&#8221; you say. \u00a0Yes, that too. \u00a0And I recognize that we all have different abilities and situations. \u00a0But for me, the bottom line is, Using my own power to go places &#8211; it makes me feel alive!<\/p>\n<p>Alex Jarrett joins me in the studio for this conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, there are so many reasons I am passionate about utilizing my physical abilities to move myself around. \u00a0The bicycle -(Wheels!)- \u00a0is a vehicle that weighs less than half of what the cargo weighs, \u00a0as compared to a car, which weighs easily 10 times what the cargo weighs. \u00a0 Carrying 2-3000 extra pounds around with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weatherbeard.com\/outthere\/?p=338\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#101: On why I am a Car-mudgeon &#8211; w\/Alex Jarrett<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"http:\/\/new.weatherbeard.com\/outtherearchive\/Ep101%20-%20Alex%20and%20RuthyCarsCars2017-4-19.mp3","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"58:35","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"19-04-2017","explicit":"","block":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"series":[4],"class_list":["post-338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","series-out-there"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.weatherbeard.com\/outthere\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"https:\/\/www.weatherbeard.com\/outthere\/podcast-download\/338\/101-on-why-i-am-a-car-mudgeon-walex-jarrett","player_link":"https:\/\/www.weatherbeard.com\/outthere\/podcast-player\/338\/101-on-why-i-am-a-car-mudgeon-walex-jarrett","audio_player":"<a class=\"wp-embedded-audio\" href=\"https:\/\/www.weatherbeard.com\/outthere\/podcast-player\/338\/101-on-why-i-am-a-car-mudgeon-walex-jarrett\">https:\/\/www.weatherbeard.com\/outthere\/podcast-player\/338\/101-on-why-i-am-a-car-mudgeon-walex-jarrett<\/a>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.weatherbeard.com\/outthere\/feed\/podcast\/out-there","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"YPql5R6XGE\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weatherbeard.com\/outthere\/?p=338\">#101: On why I am a Car-mudgeon &#8211; w\/Alex Jarrett<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.weatherbeard.com\/outthere\/?p=338\/embed#?secret=YPql5R6XGE\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;#101: On why I am a Car-mudgeon &#8211; w\/Alex Jarrett&#8221; &#8212; Out There\" data-secret=\"YPql5R6XGE\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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