Experience AIDS/LifeCycle 6 (2007)

Podcasts & Videos

Podcasts

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Day 1 Podcast

The cyclists finish their first day - 90 miles from San Francisco to Santa Cruz. Listen to highlights of Opening Ceremonies and a recap of the day. Paul Serchia, Positive Pedalers Board Member, shares why he rides in AIDS/LifeCycle and first-year Cyclist Andy Samwick talks about what it's like to finally be here on the ride and his ambitious goal for the week.

Day 2 Podcast

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Day Two has the longest route on AIDS/LifeCycle - 105 miles from Santa Cruz to King City. Roadie volunteers tell us what Roadies do and why they do it. Cyclist Claudette shares the story of how HIV/AIDS has touched her life and why she decided to start riding well into her fifties.

Day 3 Podcast

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Day Three took the cyclists 75 miles closer to LA. Hear their thoughts as they meet the first big hill of the ride, Quadbuster. Cyclist Justin tells the story of why he decided to join the ride the week before it left and the Roadies have an over-the-top trashy fashion show.

Day 4 Podcast

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Day Four saw the cyclists pedalling over the Evil Twins to the halfway point of the ride. Peg, the oldest participant on AIDS/LifeCycle 6 shares why she decided to do this for the first time at 79, and Joel, a Positive Pedaller, talks about how AIDS services saved his life.

Day 5 Podcast

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Day Five was a short, fun day of riding. Hear about "Red Dress Day" and how one rider was able to ride it because of the help of the medical staff and the Positive Pedalers. Lorrie Jean and Mark Cloutier chat about their personal experiences on AIDS/Life/Cycle, and Roadies and Cyclists share what they're most proud of.

Day 6 Podcast

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On Day Six, the cyclists ride from Lompoc to Ventura. Brand new and veteran cyclists alike share how it feels to be so close to the end of the ride and what they'll take home from the experience. Blogger James Ferguson and his partner talk about AIDS/LifeCycle and "putting a face" on HIV.

Day 7 Podcast

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Day Seven saw the triumphant arrival of the AIDS/LifeCycle 6 riders and roadies into Los Angeles. Hear a recap of the events and the speeches of L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center CEO Lorri L. Jean and San Francisco AIDS Foundation Executive Director Mark Cloutier.

Videos

Here are links to the "Unwritten" video shown at closing ceremonies in Los Angeles and two other videos shot during AIDS/LifeCycle 6.

Unwritten - a montage of Cyclists & Roadies

Proud - a montage of Cyclists & Roadies

Thank You, Roadies! - A "Thank You" video for the Roadie volunteers

Podcast Help

What's a podcast?

Want to listen to the AIDS/LifeCycle podcast and it wasn't as easy as you'd hoped? No problem. This help page should have you up and running in no time.

A good way to think about a podcast is that it's like a recorded radio show that you listen to on demand by downloading it from the internet. With the explosion in popularity of podcasts lately, a bunch of new programs have come out to let you subscribe to podcasts so that you'll automatically have the latest one. These programs use a file that we put on our web servers to tell them when we have a new episode for you. They download the episode and you can listen to it on your computer or put it on your ipod or mp3 player.

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iTunes for subscribing and listening to podcasts

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Here's how to get iTunes and use it subscribe and listen to the AIDS/LifeCycle Podcast.

If you don't already have iTunes, go to http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Follow the instructions to download and install the program.
After you've installed the program, click on the link below to find the AIDS/LifeCycle podcast.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=157981639
This will bring you to the AIDS/LifeCycle podcast listing in the iTunes music store podcast directory. You'll see a listing of the currently available episodes. To download just the ones you'd like, click on the "get episode" button in the right hand column. To subscribe to podcast and have them automatically downloaded to your computer when they become available, click on the button labelled "subscribe" in the upper left portion of the window to the right of the AIDS/LifeCycle podcast logo.

Subscribing to the mp3 podcast feed

If you'd like to use another program to listen to the podcast, access our rss feed directly by going to http://feeds.feedburner.com/aidslifecycle6. There's also a link to the raw xml feed there if you're looking for that.

We hope you enjoy the podcasts and the rest of our 2007 web coverage for AIDS/LifeCycle 6. Thanks for your interest and support!