{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5a305be5d97c54ea788d100b/5cc7d38cd413936e71f19958?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Blister Speaker Series 1.4: Ashley Korenblat","description":"<p>Ashley Korenblat went from Arkansas to Dartmouth to <em>Wall Street</em> to being the president of Merlin Metalworks bikes, to the chair of IMBA (the International Mountain Bicycling Association). She currently owns <a href=\"https://westernspirit.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Western Spirit Cycling</a> <em>and </em><a href=\"https://www.outerbike.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Outerbike</a>, she is the founder and managing director of <a href=\"https://publiclandsolutions.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Public Land Solutions</a>, she is on the recreation advisory board for the <a href=\"https://outdoorindustry.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Outdoor Industry Association</a>, <em>and </em>she is a member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame. We talked to Ashley at <a href=\"https://www.western.edu/\" target=\"_blank\">Western Colorado University</a> about her trajectory, and about the critical issues surrounding public lands policies and debates that we all need to understand and participate in.</p><p><strong>TOPICS &amp; TIMES:</strong></p><ul><li>Ashley’s background in business and mountain biking (4:21)</li><li>Identifying the various groups in public land conflicts (12:20)</li><li>The divide between mountain bikers and land owners (15:55)</li><li>How much conflict is there between bikers and conservationists? (18:20)</li><li>Ashley’s experience lobbying in Washington, D.C. (24:30)</li><li>What companies do well and don’t do well for conservation (28:40)</li><li>What should we all be doing to support public lands? (33:32)</li><li>Western vs. Proust Q&amp;A (35:15)</li></ul>","author_name":"BLISTER"}