The Power Motion Picnic Hour

Eric Howk, guitarist for Portugal. The Man and prolific night runner, joins as Special Guest. The Burton Cummings Theatre in Winnipeg does good in the end, even as the podcast loses a sponsorship opp…

Musician and artist William Harries Graham joins as Special Guest and offers a lead in the ongoing search for David Rawlings. The Power Motion Picnic Hour community takes home some big victories at r…

The hosts run the proverbial winding road to topics such as death, love, mercy, and a Quebec Mega Trail Race Recap. Tone is identified as something that matters.

Popular Runner Jim Pergolizzi returns as Special Guest with a Tusk Song of the Week, a race recap, and a favorable Gear Shed shoe review in hand. The Season 5 Target Special Guest is revealed..

Dave and Trevor duck into the gear shed and pop out with new hats, fresh mispronunciations, and fond memories of old shoes. The spotlight turns perhaps unexpectedly to several Fleetwood Mac guitarist…

Accomplished mountain athlete, author, and founder Keri Wallace joins as Special Guest and helps the hosts with various time, distance, and temperature conversions. Contemporary Scottish musicians br…

Special Guest Luke McCambley, also known as the Orange Runner, discusses his path from boxing to becoming a cartoonist interested in running, baseball, and trains. Dave shares about his Crescent City…

The prolific filmmaker, musician, and long distance walker Matt Farley helps kick things off as the first Special Guest of Season 5. Regional cuisines and dialects are explored, and a friendly new so…

The hosts navigate a gloomy discussion about the weather and society, and arrive in sunny California for some classic runs and additional talk about the Grateful Dead. The Power Motion Picnic Hour sh…

A successful week in running includes a better than expected performance at the Hexenfeuer and a Central Park 20k. The door to the Gear Shed swings open and a new Song of the Week runs for both the h…

Special Guest Tim Ball returns to the Power Motion Picnic Hour after finishing the 2024 NYC Marathon several thousand places ahead of co-host Dave. Trevor makes some bold and likely incorrect stateme…

Special Guest Suzie Clinchy is expanding access to running for people of all ages and abilities - from New York to other cities including LA, Boston, Detroit, and soon Miami. A spotlight on cross-cou…

Kern Haug, runner and drummer from the band Agriculture, joins as Special Guest in the Season 4 premiere of The Power Motion Picnic Hour. Hosts Dave and Trevor ride along on a trip through undiscover…

As Season 3 comes to a close, Special Guest Hilary McCloy informs the co-hosts about a now defunct minor ski area of New England and shares some incredibly knowledgeable information about running. So…

The hosts pop out of the Gear Shed with their finest podcasting shoes on to celebrate a Week in Running packed with major accomplishments by Special Guests. A dear listener hits the mailbag with a he…

More dots are connected between various Special Guests and a minor ski area of New England. The Power Motion Picnic Hour deepens its ties to LA with mentions of several Warren Zevon songs. Both liste…

Special Guest Will Sheff, founder and frontman of Okkervil River, discusses his upcoming benefit for Whaleback Mountain and other exciting topics including a famous New Hampshire gas station. The sub…

Renowned podcaster and multi-day ultra specialist Will Peterson joins as Special Guest. A running podcast alliance of sorts forms around Zach Miller’s lack of a White Mountains Hut Traverse FKT attem…

Musician and explorer of unruly places Tim Hill joins as Special Guest and participates in the gradual devolution of a popular running podcast turned ambient music discussion. The hosts spend a major…

In a lively conversation with ultrarunner and former saxophonist Chadd Cosse, few parallels are found between long distance running and playing basketball. During discussion about training for Cocodo…