The Power Motion Picnic Hour

A long time ago, roller derby and backyard ultra were accidentally invented at the same time. Special Guest and world champion roller derby star Suzy Hotrod joins Dave and Trevor with skepticism about running and a trio of ‘Songs of the Week’ in tow. The active counterculture of Disney running is also unearthed and celebrated.

Echo Park runner and popular minimalist jazz composer Brendan Eder, whose ‘Overgrown Garden’ won most recent ‘Song of the Week’, joins as Special Guest. Cadence synchronizes with the surrounding music, chocolate-covered bananas are consumed, and a Swedish word for variable speed soul running is discussed.

The hosts stay tangentially on-topic in their latest Race Report as they cast irreverence towards Ike for usurping Mount Pleasant and leave other historical questions wholly unanswered. Power Motion Picnic Hour-approved baby food pouches are offered to the dear listener, the need for broader ambulatory representation is acknowledged, and gratitude reigns abundant.

A surprising ‘Song of the Week’ emerges as Dave completes a strides workout for a popular new podcast segment. The hosts provide a preview of Trevor’s upcoming Presidential Traverse attempt and prepare some over-salted potatoes for race day.

The hosts of The Power Motion Picnic Hour participate in a race in Brooklyn that this week’s Special Guest wins! Race-walking technique is finally explained and a name is floated for a possible future podcast segment about running-related workouts.

Despite their “No Excuses” mantra, hosts Dave and Trevor place blame on both heat and humidity for recent regressions in their running. Race officials get loose with concepts of time and Trevor rethinks the goals of his upcoming Presidential Traverse.

After their longest break since 2004, the Power Motion Picnic Hour declare the start of Season 2. Inspiration is found at a recent race and a PR is set in pursuit of podcast recording equipment. Interactions with a famous runner and a possible future sponsor inspire the hosts.

After several detours down memory lane, hosts Dave and Trevor arrive at a unit of measurement for the Gear Shed segment. Recent 10k and backyard sub-ultra races are recapped and further progress is made on deciphering Listener Dan’s previous letter to the mailbag. The cleanliness of Chicago’s lake is again called into question.

On their seventh episode, Dave and Trevor question the seemingly unsanitary actions of a former Massachusetts governor and current day Chicago-based triathletes alike. Listeners are given a tip about how to purchase British books in the United States and individuals experiencing deep caloric deficits are forgiven. The hosts are divided on the latest 'Song of the Week'.

After a light week in running, hosts Dave and Trevor get energized by the latest 'Song of the Week', sift through an overflowing Listener Mailbag, and unexpectedly enter the Gear Shed for the first time. An attempt to devise a rating system is foiled by a lack of consensus about the unit of measurement.

Barn owl or hallucination? After some ornithological divergences, Dave and Trevor talk about running again, including a recap of another recent poorly hydrated longer effort. The hosts are joined by their very first Special Guest, the popular runner Jim Pergolizzi, and are enlightened by the concept of sleeping while racing. The Community Mile gains steam and Dave considers an entry into the next...

How many Gibb brothers are there? The history of the popular running podcast The Power Motion Picnic Hour is traced back to its humble origins as a college radio show. Dave and Trevor wander into the rich, evergreen landscape of the Pacific Northwest stoner rock scene, agree on the merits of their very first ‘Song of the Week’ and finally respond to the Listener Mailbag.

Which tree? In episode 3 of their popular running podcast, Dave and Trevor talk soccer, begin to organize a community event, and Dave describes a Mother’s Day race that he witnessed. A new ‘Song of the Week’ segment gets deferred to episode 4.

By 'flat' did you actually mean 'hilly'? On the second installment of their popular running podcast, hosts Dave and Trevor celebrate a multitude of recent achievements, take a deep dive on Dave's experience running the 2023 Providence Marathon, and stay atypically on-topic.

Was Henry David Thoreau the original soul runner? In the pilot episode of the popular running podcast The Power Motion Picnic Hour, hosts Dave and Trevor dive right into running goals, training by intuition, and the importance of recording and speaking out loud in the making of podcasts.