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Feature Interviews
Podcast: “A Football Life with Zack Furness ,” End of Sport , Episode 116, July 19, 2023.
Podcast: “The Politics of Bicycling ,” People & Things , Season 2, Episode 9. February 16, 2023.
Web: “Exclusive with Zack Furness, Son of Steelers 70’s Defensive Lineman/Coach Steve Furness ,” Steelers Takeaways , 13 July 2021.
Podcast: “Repo Man,” The Generation Splice , 2021.
Podcast: “The George Floyd Echo: Zack Furness on America on Fire ,” Battleground.eu , 9 Mar 2021. Click here for a direct link to the audio.
Radio & Podcast: “Reading News Critically in the Social Media Age ,” Two Rivers, 30 Minutes. Also aired on WEDO (810 AM) and WZUM (1550 AM), 24 Apr 2020.
Radio: “1992 First Critical Mass Ride ,” Action Speaks Radio , Boston Public Radio (WGBH Boston 89.7 FM). Recorded at AS220, Providence RI. October 10, 2012. Re-broadcast on Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ 91.5 FM) and KBOO Radio (90.7 FM) in Portland, OR.
Print: One Way Ticket to Cubesville , Issue #13: Education Special , 2012.
Print: David Scharfenberg, “Cycling and Democracy ,” The Providence Phoenix , October 3, 2012.
Print: Sarah Louden, “Empowerment on Two Wheels ,” Modeshift: The Newsletter of the Active Transportation Alliance , Spring, 2012.
Radio: “On Bicycles, Cars, and Cities ,” Remapping Debate (formerly History for the Future ) Carnegie Mellon University Radio (WRCT 88.3 FM), October 4, 2011.
Print: Jon Lamb, “Pedaling Big Changes,” Direct Action (Sydney, Australia), No. 34, August, 2011.
Radio: “Hubs & Spokes: Threading the Wheels of Chicago’s Bike Culture ,” Velosophie: a Program of the Illinois Humanities Council , Chicago Public Radio (WBEZ 91.5 FM). Recorded at Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL. May 30, 2009.
Radio: Velolution: Bike Radio Show , University of California, Davis Radio (KDVS 90.3 FM), August 4, 2008.
Press Interviews
Interviewed for Casey Taylor, “The Sheetz vs. Wawa War, Explained by a Real Pennsylvanian ,” Mel Magazine , 12 Nov 2020.
Interviewed for Sara Simon, “Students at Penn State Forced to Sign COVID-19 Liability Waiver to Participate in Fall Semester ,” Spotlight PA and The Philadelphia Inquirer , August 12, 2020. Also published in PennLive, The Times (Aliquippa), and The Patriot-News .
Interviewed for Madason Porter-Gibson, “Radio Silence at WMKP ,” The GA-ZETTE , Fall 2020.
Interviewed for Nathaniel Rega, “90 Seconds Under the Blue Umbrella ,” The GA-ZETTE , Fall 2020.
Interviewed for Madeleine Holden, “Fellas, Is It Gay to Save the Planet? ,” Mel Magazine , Nov 2019.
Interviewed for Kate Mooney, “Crowded Shelves and Melting Skulls: Why So Many Vape Stores Look the Same ,” Vox , 26 July 2019.
Interviewed for “Penn State Greater Allegheny Honors Exceptional Students with First EPIC Awards ,” Penn State News , 17 Apr 2018.
Interviewed for Schuyler Velasco, “Why Are We So Mad About Football? ,” Christian Science Monitor , 7 Sept 2017.
Interviewed for a documentary film project by Alejandro Tobón Álvarez called Bike Together. Conducted on 30 Aug 2017.
Interviewed for Scott Mervis, “Preview: BARONS Has Long Legacy Behind It ,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 18 Sept 2014.
Interviewed for Susannah Butter, “Work, Life, Cycle: Get Ahead on Your Bike ,” London Evening Standard , November 25, 2013.
Interviewed for Jacob Quinn Sanders, “Ghost Bikes: Rough Memorials Honor Cyclists Killed While Riding Wednesday ,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , December 1, 2010.
Selected Media Mentions & Press Citations
Research cited in James Longhurst, “Bikes for Children, Cars for Adults: Postwar Educational Films ,” Bike Battles , 6 Jan 2022.
Research cited in Nitish Pahwa, “Americans Are Ready to Embrace Bicycles, But There’s One Thing Standing in Their Way ,” Slate , 22 Jul 2021.
Tweet quoted in Ed Mazz,”Peter Navarro’s White House Departure is Already a Brutal Meme ,” Huffington Post and Yahoo News , 15 Jan 2021.
Tweet quoted in Evan Brechtel, “Rudy Just Called for ‘Trial by Combat’ to Decide Election Results and the Mockery Was Swift ,” Second Nexus , 6 Jan 2021.
Tweet quoted Rehab Darwish, “‘WW84 Might Be Feminist, but Very Racist’: Breaking Down Everything That is Wrong With The Wonder Woman Movie ,” Al Bawaba (Amman, Jordan), 28 Dec 2020.
Tweet quoted in Brett Wilkins, “Senate GOP Blasted for Proposing OSHA Cuts as Covid-19 Crisis ‘Makes Many Jobs Much More Dangerous’ ,” Common Dreams , 11 Nov 2020.
Tweet quoted in “‘Final Goal’: Teammates Give an Emotional Tribute to Footballer Killed in Mexico ,” The Indian Express (New Delhi), 14 Jun 2020.
Research cited in James Longhurst, “Reconsidering the Victory Bike in WWII ,” Bike Battles (blog), 25 Mar 2020.
Research cited in Doug Hartmann, Kyle Green & Alex Manning, “Unsportsmanlike Conduct? Reflections on a Tumultuous NFL Season ,” The Society Pages , Feb 1, 2018.
Research cited in Mark Anthony Neal, “#ColinKaepernickSyllabus ,” NewBlackMan (in Exile) , 6 Sept 2016.
Research cited in Maria Konnikova, “Cars vs. Bikes vs. Pedestrians ,” The New Yorker , Nov 5, 2015.
Research cited in Taz Loomans, “Whether We Like it or Not, Bicycles are Peace Machines ,” Bike Portland , 26 Jun 2015.
Research cited in Andrew Linden, “Review of The NFL: Critical and Cultural Perspectives ,” Sport in American History, June 25, 2015.
Research cited in Baynard Woods, “Conflicts of Interest: Talking About Money ,” Baltimore City Paper , 17 Nov 2014.
Research cited in Feargal McKay, “One Less Car, by Zack Furness ,” SB Nation: Podium Cafe , Oct 29, 2014.
Research cited in Melody Hoffmann, “How a ‘Safe’ Cyclist Can Still End Up Dead ,” Huffington Post , April 9, 2014.
Research cited in “Bicycling’s Racist, Sexist and Classist Beginnings and How They Impact Bicycling Today ,” Blooming Rock, 5 Sept 2014.
Research cited in “How to Make the Streets Safe for All Bicyclists ,” Community Commons , 4 Sept 2014.
Research cited in Jay Gabler, “Cars and Bikers: How “Safe” is Safe Enough? ,” The Tangential , 9 Feb 2014.
Tweet quoted in Andy Mulkerin, “League of Denial Strings Together Deaths of Former Steelers, Puts NFL in the Hot Seat ,” Pittsburgh City Paper , 9 Oct 2013.
Research cited in Eric Peterson, “Chain Reaction: Urban Politics in ‘the Age of the Bicycle’ ,” Los Angeles Review of Books , Sept 4, 2013.
Research cited in Maren Keller, “Philosophy of Cycling ,” Der Spiegel , June 19, 2013.
Book Reviewed in Chris Estey, “Scribes Sounding Off: EMP Pop Conference 2013 in Seattle! ,” KEXP.org , 15 Apr 2013.
Research cited in “Professor’s New Book Explores Link Between Punk, Higher Education ,” Penn State News , March 12, 2013.
Music featured in Scott Mervis, “Preview: Punk Firefighter Gets to the Frantic Heart of It,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , Jan 31, 2013.
Research cited in Joseph Martin, “Ivory Minority: Punk in the University ,” Los Angeles Review of Books , Jan 21, 2013.
Research cited in Feargal McKay, “The Bicycle Reader, Issue 1 ,” SB Nation: Podium Cafe , Sept 5, 2012.
Research cited in Leighton Walker Kille, “Bicycle Studies Pick Up Speed in Academia ,” Pacific Standard , July 25, 2012.
Research cited in “10 Books About Cycling – Reading Guide ,” London Review Bookshop , 2012.
Music featured in Scott Mervis, “Local Scene: Big Snow Big Thaw, Voice in the Wire, Falling Andes ,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette , 29 Mar 2012.
Research cited in 56A Bike Space Collective, “Independent Bike Projects, Episode 2 ,” Oct 4, 2011.
Research cited in Bryan Goebel, “San Francisco’s First Bike Lane Was Striped 40 Years Ago This Week ,” Streetsblog SF , May 27, 2011.