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17/09/2025

Jonathan Gagné on Astrophysics, Coffee, & The Physics of Espresso

Jonathan Gagné is producing some of the best work in the world in terms of increasing our understanding and appreciation of coffee. And his new book, The Physics of Espresso, is incredibly smart, impressively easy to understand, and…fun! So it was an honor to have Jonathan on to talk about astrophysics, boulders, dust, soup, crema, headspace, and more. We Want to Hear from You! Have a topic, craft category, or craft company you’d like to see us cover? Email us here to share those or any other thoughts you have about CRAFTED. RELATED LINKS: Blister Craft Collective Become a BLISTER+ Member The Physics of Espresso The Physics of Filter Coffee Instagram: Jonathan’s Gagné Jonathan’s site: coffeeadastra.com TOPICS & TIMES: Jonathan’s Work in Astrophysics (2:54) Brown Dwarfs (4:54) Origins of His Interest in Coffee (12:07) Filter Coffee & Espresso: His 2 Books (17:29) Is This the Most Interesting Time in Espresso? (26:45) Soup & Low-Pressure Espresso (28:00) Crema (34:02) Grinders (Weber EG-1 & Turin DF83 v2) (38:28) Burr Size: Is Bigger Always Better? 50:14) Boulders (58:26) Headspace (1:03:23) Puck Screens & Other Variables (1:08:19) Baskets & Bed Depth: 49mm vs 58mm (1:14:21) Jonathan’s website: Coffee ad Astra (1:16:33) SEE OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Cinematic Bikes & Big Ideas GEAR:30 Blister Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

17/09/2025

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1 h y 22 min
13/06/2025

The New Rules of Apparel: PFAS, What’s Changed, & What It Means for You

In this panel conversation from Blister Summit 2025, we discuss why all of your outdoor apparel recently changed — and how that will impact your own experiences. Specifically, we’re talking about the ban on PFAS chemicals; why they’d been so extensively used in outdoor apparel (and far beyond); the real-world performance differences between them and new PFAS-free alternatives; and what you need to know to make the most of your own apparel. To cover all of this, we brought together an excellent panel of industry professionals, including Eric Wallis (Patagonia), Dan Abrams (Flylow), Tom Mason (Ortovox), and Ross Herr (Rab). RELATED LINKS: Get Yourself Covered: BLISTER+ TOPICS & TIMES: What Are PFAS? (3:31) Why the Move Away from PFAS (8:09) New vs. Old DWR & Waterproof Membranes (10:15) New Discoveries (18:56) Exciting Trends (25:35) Audience Questions: Down vs Synthetic (28:55) Caring For PFAS-Free Layers (32:23) 3rd-Party Water Repellants (35:53) Non-Porous Membranes (40:05) CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Cinematic CRAFTED Bikes & Big Ideas Blister Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13/06/2025

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43 min
11/06/2025

Steve Matthiasson on Wine, Punk Rock, Bikes, & Fireworks

Steve Matthiasson is one of the most respected winemakers in Napa Valley, and together with his wife Jill, they make wines under the label of Matthiasson Wines that buck some of the most fashionable trends in Napa wine. Steve is also a passionate mountain biker and snowboarder, a teacher, and a wine consultant; today, we dive into all of these aspects. RELATED LINKS: Check out the Blister Craft Collective Become a BLISTER+ Member TOPICS & TIMES: Sherry (1:58) Orange Wine & White Grapes (4:17) Tannins (15:53) Complexity & Punk Rock (22:28) Principles of Matthiasson Wines (29:47) Trademark Wine & Proof of Concept for Wine World (39:55) Alcohol Content in Wine (46:23) Why Steve Got a New Bike (50:36) Small Wine Producer, Large Wine Programs (56:18) Natural Wines (58:54) Being an Outlier in Napa? (1:04:42) Wine Consulting & Sustainability (1:09:31) SEE OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Cinematic Bikes & Big Ideas GEAR:30 Blister Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

11/06/2025

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1 h y 14 min
04/10/2019

19/20 BLISTER Winter Buyer’s Guide, Part 1

We just released our new 19/20 BLISTER Winter Buyer’s Guide, and given that it’s over 200 pages long, there’s a lot to talk about. So we’re going to have a 2-part conversation about the Guide, and here in part 1, we’re going to discuss some of our Blister “Best Of” selections; and some of the products that just missed the cut; some general trends and takeaways from putting this big book together, and we find out the real reason why Luke prefers mittens to gloves. Then, next week in Part 2, we’re inviting you to submit questions about the guide or related to the guide, and we’ll be answering those and covering a few other topics of our own. Click to Send Us Your Questions about the new Buyer’s Guide TOPICS & TIMES: Our BLISTER “Best Of” Awards (5:17)The Best of “Best Of” (23:05)Luke’s Jazz Hands (33:44) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

04/10/2019

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39 min
13/11/2020

Bending the Paradigm: Polartec’s Approach to “Waterproofness” & Comfort

If you are a true gear head, you are going to love this conversation. And if you aren’t a full-on gear nerd but you’d like to better understand what “waterproof” really means, and when you should and shouldn’t worry about a 10k or 20k rating on the jacket or pants you are thinking of buying, then you also ought to listen to this conversation. Luke Koppa and I spoke this week with Michael Cattanach, who is the Product Design Director at Polartec. Polartec is a very interesting company with a hundred years of history behind it. But you might not be too familiar with them, since Polartec makes the textiles and fabrics that a lot of your favorite outerwear and apparel are made of, but they don’t make or sell the end products. In other words, Polartec makes the ingredients used to make your favorite apparel. And so today, we’re going to dive deep into the details about ingredients and textiles and fabrics, and Polartec’s history, and what Polartec is up to today. Now as we said, we do get into the weeds quite a bit in this conversation, so we strongly encourage you to check out the show notes to this episode, where we have listed a number of very relevant terms and definitions. TOPICS & TIMES: History of Polartec (2:48)Michael’s background (6:52)History of NeoShell (8:44)Hydrostatic Head Pressure (14:31)MVTR & RET Tests (and see our Show Notes!) (18:34)Handfeel (28:53)“Electrospun” membranes (31:45)Polartec Power Shield Pro vs Neoshell (36:48)Being an “ingredient” brand (47:010Product control & Polartec’s Apex Awards (51:29)Polartec Power Fill, Alpha, & Power Air (59:20)Fleece, Microplastics, & Sustainability (1:03:13)Polartec.com - see the brands working with Polartec (1:10:32) RELATED LINKS: Show Notes — Important Terms & Definitions Our “Outerwear 101” articleOur “Outerwear 201” article Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13/11/2020

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1 h y 18 min
15/05/2025

Reviewer Reports: Tons of Suspension, Long Travel Enduro Bikes, Trickstuff Brakes, & More

Fox has launched a ton of new suspension over the last month or so, and we’ve been testing just about all of it. So David and Zack sat down to chat about how that’s going so far, and how the new forks and shocks stack up against their predecessors; chat about our respective experiments with long-shocking and dual-crown-equipping our personal Enduro bikes; check in on Pivot’s new Trailcat SL & LT, and a bunch more. RELATED LINKS: BLISTER+ Get Yourself Covered TOPICS & TIMES: Fox 36 & 36 SL (2:08) Fox Float X2 and DHX2 (11:03) Pivot Trailcat SL & LT (14:19) Trickstuff Maxima (28:47) Kavenz VHP 18 & Geometron G1 DH mode (38:33) OneUp Wave Pedals & Clip Pedal Update (56:56) CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Cinematic CRAFTED GEAR:30 Blister Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

15/05/2025

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1 h y 7 min
08/05/2025

The Resurrection of Kona w/ Jacob Heilbron

In April of 2024, Kona Bikes set up their tent at Sea Otter, then promptly tore it back down when Kent Outdoors, who owned Kona at the time, pulled the rug right out from under them and declared that Kona was no longer in business. A year later, we sit down with Kona founder Jacob Heilbron about why he and other Kona founder Dan Gerhard sold Kona to Kent Outdoors; what happened at Sea Otter; how things have been going since buying Kona back; rebuilding the brand image; what their future plans look like; and a whole lot more. RELATED LINKS: BLISTER+ Get Yourself Covered Kona Bikes TOPICS & TIMES: A Quick Kona History The Decision to Sell Kona Kent Buys Kona From Record Sales to No Sales Kent Blows it with Direct-to-Consumer Strategy Kent Blows it Again with BOGO Sale The Kona Sea Otter Debacle Jake and Dan buy Kona Back What Motivated Dan and Jake to Buy it Back Kona’s Future Tariffs’ Affect on Kona What Jake is Riding New Bikes on the Way CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Cinematic CRAFTED GEAR:30 Blister Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

08/05/2025

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1 h y 3 min
05/08/2022

Our (Massive) Ski Binding Shootout + Wildlife Encounters

Luke Koppa, Kara Williard, and Jonathan Ellsworth talk about our upcoming test, where we’ll be mounting up more than 20 pairs of the same ski with more than 20 different alpine bindings in the attempt to find out what really separates the most popular alpine (and 50/50) bindings from one another. TOPICS & TIMES: Teasers (0:30)Our Reference Ski: K2 Mindbender 99Ti (5:30)The Binding Lineup (10:01)More info for Blister Members (25:29)Tangent: Animal Encounters (27:34)What We’re Celebrating (31:19)RELATED LINKS: Our Blister Summit Panel on Ski Binding DesignBlister LabsSubscribe to our Newsletter & Gear GiveawaysBecome a Blister Member / Get our Buyer’s GuideCHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister PodcastBikes & Big IdeasOff the Couch Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

05/08/2022

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39 min
21/02/2025

Reviewer Reports: Pow Skis, New Bindings, & Our 40” Storm

Crested Butte Mountain Resort recently got 40+ inches of new snow in just a few days, so it was time to break out the big skis. Jonathan and Luke discuss the very new (and very different) Head Kore 118Ti and Kore 112Ti; the latest iteration of the ON3P Billy Goat 118; Tyrolia’s Attack Hybrid binding; Salomon’s revised QST Blank and QST 106, and more. RELATED LINKS: Blister Rec. Shop: Mountain Ops Join us @ Blister Summit 2025 Become a BLISTER+ Member TOPICS & TIMES: Mountain Ops (1:21) Blister Summit (2:26) Head Kore 118Ti & 112Ti (3:20) Tyrolia Attack Hybrid (14:40) ON3P Billy Goat 118 (21:00) Rossignol Sender Free 118 (25:03) Salomon QST Blank (27:35) Salomon QST 106 (32:50) Summit (38:35) CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Cinematic CRAFTED Bikes & Big Ideas Blister Podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

21/02/2025

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41 min
09/12/2025

'Emily in Paris' (the ski episode) with Amie Engerbretson & Jonathan Ellsworth

Today Amie and Jonathan talk about the hit show, Emily in Paris, and specifically, the episode where Emily goes skiing (season 4, episode 6). So how is this show? And how well did they do portraying modern-day skiing? We discuss. Let Us Know Your Thoughts! Email us here or leave a comment on our site with your hot take or thoughts on the film. Or tell us which movies you’d like to see us cover on Blister Cinematic. RELATED LINKS: BLISTER+ Get Yourself Covered Get Our Newsletter & Weekly Gear Giveaways CHECK OUT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELS Blister Studios (our new channel) Blister Review (our original channel) TOPICS & TIMES: Amie’s Grand Entrance (1:00) Who is Emily in Paris? (8:34) Hot take from Amie (13:11) Amie's Bachelorette Party (14:44) Most Rewatchable Scenes (17:49) Burning Questions (23:27) Who Needed BLISTER+ the Most? (24:21) Italian Ski Instructor & Balaclavas (25:43) Who Won the Show? (34:05) Other Show Highlights (38:28) CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Podcast Bikes & Big Ideas GEAR:30 CRAFTED Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

09/12/2025

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48 min

The Blister Podcast Network is where the most interesting conversations in the outdoor sports world are happening. Each week we go deep with the biggest names and most influential athletes, founders, authors, filmmakers, and product designers out there, to cover the most important topics, major events, new gear, and prominent trends in the outdoor industry — and beyond.

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Jonathan Gagné on Astrophysics, Coffee, & The Physics of Espresso

The New Rules of Apparel: PFAS, What’s Changed, & What It Means for You

Steve Matthiasson on Wine, Punk Rock, Bikes, & Fireworks

19/20 BLISTER Winter Buyer’s Guide, Part 1

Bending the Paradigm: Polartec’s Approach to “Waterproofness” & Comfort

Reviewer Reports: Tons of Suspension, Long Travel Enduro Bikes, Trickstuff Brakes, & More

The Resurrection of Kona w/ Jacob Heilbron

Our (Massive) Ski Binding Shootout + Wildlife Encounters

Reviewer Reports: Pow Skis, New Bindings, & Our 40” Storm

'Emily in Paris' (the ski episode) with Amie Engerbretson & Jonathan Ellsworth

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