{"id":4993,"date":"2025-11-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/?p=4993"},"modified":"2025-11-19T00:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:32:17","slug":"yarrabug-radio-show-875-monday-17th-november-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2025\/11\/17\/yarrabug-radio-show-875-monday-17th-november-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"YarraBUG Radio Show #875 Monday 17th November 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3cr.org.au\/yarrabug\/episode\/talking-about-big-ride-palestine\">Talking about the Big Ride for Palestine<\/a>: On this weeks program Chris interviews Anna from <a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/thebigridforpaleaustralia\">Big Ride for Palestine<\/a>.\u00a0News and events includes looking back to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQtD2lmD5dw\/\">anti F19 protests<\/a> blocking\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ycat.org.au\/1977-the-battle-of-alexandra-parade\/\">Alexandra Parade in 1976<\/a>, reminiscing about damage done by cycling &#8216;advocate&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Forester_(cyclist)\">John Forrester<\/a>\u00a0including his interference with Geelong Bike Plan in the 1970s,\u00a0see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jalopnik.com\/2026904\/john-forester-made-riding-bikes-worse-for-everyone\/\">How One Cycling-Obsessed Weirdo&#8217;s Pro-Bike Crusade Actually Made Riding Bikes Worse For Everyone Else<\/a>\u00a0and Not Just Bikes latest deep dive on the subject:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pRPduRHBhHI\">This is Why Cycling is Dangerous in America<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"502\" data-attachment-id=\"4994\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/2025\/11\/17\/yarrabug-radio-show-875-monday-17th-november-2025\/blog-image-merri-creek-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Big-Ride-for-Palestine_Merri_2.jpg?fit=600%2C502&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,502\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Blog Image Merri Creek - 1&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Blog Image Merri Creek - 1&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Blog Image Merri Creek &amp;#8211; 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Blog Image Merri Creek &amp;#8211; 1&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Big-Ride-for-Palestine_Merri_2.jpg?fit=600%2C502&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Big-Ride-for-Palestine_Merri_2.jpg?resize=600%2C502&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Big-Ride-for-Palestine_Merri_2.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Big-Ride-for-Palestine_Merri_2.jpg?resize=250%2C209&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yarrabug.org\/radio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Big-Ride-for-Palestine_Merri_2.jpg?resize=150%2C126&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sub>Ride or walk along the Merri Creek Trail on 22 November 2025, organised by The Big Ride for Palestine-Australia<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infrastructurevictoria.com.au\/news\/better-connected-and-safer-cycling-infrastructure-needed-to-support-more-victorians-to-ride\">Infrastructure Victoria <\/a>announces new&nbsp;ideas&nbsp;for 12 cycling corridors&nbsp;across the Melbourne area which would be absolutely fabulous, if implemented.&nbsp;(BN: <a href=\"https:\/\/bicyclenetwork.com.au\/newsroom\/2025\/11\/11\/new-infrastructure-strategy-boosts-bike-corridors\/\">New infrastructure strategy boosts bike corridors<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anna chats about <a href=\"https:\/\/apheda.org.au\/the-big-ride-for-palestine-is-back\/\">Big Ride for Palestine<\/a>, the rides history, community building, how people can get involved with walking,&nbsp;running&nbsp;or cycling to raise needed funds to support two of Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA\u2019s long-term partner&nbsp;organisations, \u2018MA\u2019AN Development Centre\u2019&nbsp;in Palestine&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u2018Palestinian Women\u2019s Humanitarian Organisation (PWHO)\u2019&nbsp;in Lebanon.&nbsp;Funds raised will support the vital work of these organisations, including MA\u2019AN\u2019s lifesaving humanitarian efforts in Gaza.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/big-ride-4-pal.raiselysite.com\/big-ride-4-pal\/posts\/merri-creek-trail-melbourne-22-nov\">Register for the Merri Creek event on Saturday 22 November 2025<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/big-ride-4-pal.raiselysite.com\/\">Read more The Big Ride for Palestine events<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Events include&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRIgG5qk8PX\/\">St Kilda Bike Kitchen<\/a>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/fix-a-flat-workshop-st-kilda-library-tickets-1270343554769\">Fix-A-Flat Workshop @ St Kilda Library<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parks.vic.gov.au\/projects\/melbourne-region\/gipps-street-ramp\">Gipps Street Ramp Works<\/a>: upcoming closures between&nbsp;9am to 4pm, Monday 17 November and&nbsp;Wednesday 19 November 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DQ8lGOxEXiG\/\">Critical Mass 30:<\/a>&nbsp;Critical Mass celebrates 30 years of riding home together, so get your party plans organised, meet 5.30pm, State Library, Swanston Street,&nbsp;Friday 28 November 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Program music<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UbIZyGxmZsQ\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">B I K E, H O N N E<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talking about the Big Ride for Palestine: On this weeks program Chris interviews Anna from Big Ride for Palestine.\u00a0News and events includes looking back to anti F19 protests blocking\u00a0Alexandra Parade in 1976, reminiscing about damage done by cycling &#8216;advocate&#8217;\u00a0John Forrester\u00a0including&#8230; 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