Natalie Webster

Mother’s Day is coming up. It’s a day where we celebrate and show our appreciation of the women in our lives who we call mom. When my mother died seven years ago, on Mother’s Day I scattered her ashes in the ocean off of the island I grew up on, on a beach she loved dearly. In Hawaii, we call that a paddle-out. I was with my sisters, my biological father (her first husband) and a pastor. It was a beautiful day. What I didn’t anticipate was how difficult Mother’s Day would be for me after that.

Were you hot or cold? Did you have coveted snacks to share, or did you spend time at the table longingly looking at other kids’ goodies? Did you sport the latest lunch box, or were you a brown bagger? Sit alone or with your crew? Face it; school lunch could serve up a whole lot more than rectangle-shaped pizza slices, late-in-the-week hotdishes made from early-in-the-week entrée leftovers or trade-worthy goodies from home.

About this episode As cities begin to tackle the complex issue of car-free mobility in an urban environment, there’s a growing number of new mobility solutions: shared electric scooters, shared bicycles, shared e-bikes. But there’s also a growing trend for privately owned solutions, including electric unicycles and skateboards, as well as electric scooters and electric bikes. In this episode, Jonny and Martin talk to Kevin McLaughlin, the CEO and founder of e-bike rental company, Zygg.