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The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes takes an in-depth look into the mental, emotional and social aspects of motorcycling with licensed clinical psychologist Mark Barnes. Mark takes your questions in every episode. Support your mental motorcycling with The Ride Inside!
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Signup to Generate a PitchThe Ride Inside with Mark Barnes takes an in-depth look into the mental, emotional and social aspects of motorcycling with licensed clinical psychologist Mark Barnes. Mark takes your questions in every episode. Support your mental motorcycling with The Ride Inside!
The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes is hosted by Mark Barnes. The show has published 122 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Vicki Sanfelipo and Crash Scene Management" (15 October 2026, 90 minutes), "Ladies" (1 October 2026, 22 minutes), and "A cautionary tale" (16 September 2026, 21 minutes).
The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 29 minutes across 122 episodes.
Booking probability for The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes's contact route on record: verified email.
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Mark Barnes hosts The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes, a leisure podcast with 122 episodes published.
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Episode #123
Vicki "Spitfire" Sanfelipo is a registered nurse, longtime motorcyclist and founder of Accident Scene Management, now the world's largest motorcycle trauma training organization. She joins The Ride Inside to explain how...
Episode #122
As women become an increasingly visible part of motorcycling, clinical psychologist and motojournalist Mark Barnes examines what their growing participation can teach the riding community about gender, perception and...
Episode #121
This episode contains a graphic account of a serious motorcycle crash, emergency medical response and rider fatality. After unexpectedly encountering a devastating motorcycle crash, clinical psychologist and...
Episode #120
Motorcycling offers far more than transportation—it can be a powerful source of discovery, creativity and personal vitality. Clinical psychologist and motojournalist Mark Barnes explores how riding, learning new skills...
Episode #119
Veteran riders develop a sixth sense for danger by learning to recognize the subtle "tells" of distracted drivers, unpredictable vehicles and changing road conditions. Clinical psychologist and motojournalist Mark...
Episode #117
If you're having a midlife crisis but you're not buying a motorcycle, are you really having a midlife crisis? Send your questions to us via email: podcast@bmwmoa.org . The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes is brought to you...
Episode #116
Doing hard things won't kill you—but not doing them just might. Send your questions to us via email: podcast@bmwmoa.org . The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes is brought to you by the BMW MOA Foundation and is on the web at...
Episode #115
FORGET EVERYTHING YOU KNOW: Mark quotes that old movie "Willow" by reminding us that to move forward, sometimes we must un-learn certain things. By approaching things as a beginner would, we can gain the benefit of...
Episode #114
NOTHING TO DO: When does the freedom to do nothing at all take over? Mark looks at how, for a motorcyclist, having no agenda can actually be a huge boon to your schedule, happiness and life. Send your questions to us...
Episode #113
POINTERS: Rider education is a necessity throughout the lifespan of any motorcyclist. That's not hyperbole, and it's also the first thing you'll hear Mark say in this episode. He believes it deeply, and by the time...
Episode #112
A REAL PAIN: There's pain, and then there's *pain*! Whether it's from injury or experience, Mark talks about how we experience pain and how we can grow from it, whether or not it happens from motorcycling. Send your...
Episode #111
LONE WOLVES: Cosplay or not, the stereotype of the "lone wolf" biker persists in modern culture. Mark digs into why an introvert just might make the perfect motorcyclist in this day and age. Send your questions to us...
Episode #110
RETAIL THERAPY: Anal, oral, discretionary, emotion, spending, guilt … all loaded words that bring up scads of stuff for each of us, all in different and yet surprisingly similar ways. Send your questions to us via...
Episode #109
NOT THE MAN I USED TO BE: As we get older, we find ourselves occasionally struggling to do things we did quite easily in our younger days. Mark explains the challenges inherent in those things, as well as why it might...
Episode #108
WHAT'S IN A NAME? A lot, as it turns out, and it's tied into identity and how we choose to see ourselves as well as how we present ourselves to others. Mark gets into how and why it matters to motorcyclists in some...
Episode #107
Mark and Dallas Shannon discusses the evolution of the Traction eRAG , the importance of structured training, and the cultural differences in riding education. Dallas emphasizes the need for a gentle entry into off-road...
Episode #106
Mark and Dallas Shannon discusses the evolution of the Traction eRAG , the importance of structured training, and the cultural differences in riding education. Dallas emphasizes the need for a gentle entry into off-road...
Episode #105
THINKERS AND DOERS make the world go 'round, but in different ways. Mark explores how they might be closer to each other than we might think and gets into why we need to have – and be – them both. Send your questions to...
Episode #104
GUILTY PLEASURES are things we might try to hide from our friends. "Not that there's anything wrong with that," they might say, but we don't want to hear it. But when it comes to actual guilt over sharing the things...
Episode #103
GETTING WHAT WE ASK FOR maybe isn't always the best solution for our motorcycling lives - but then again, maybe sometimes it is. Send your questions to us via email: podcast@bmwmoa.org . The Ride Inside with Mark Barnes...
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