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November 10 EP 112 How Does The Hondo Do It
It’s a rodeo. It’s a concert. It’s a Western experience festival. Hondo Rodeo Fest CEO James Trawick tells us how The Hondo is capturing new rodeo fans and why the likes of Stetson Wright and Riley Webb will show up to play two weeks before the NFR.
1 hr 1 min
October 17 EP 111 Cowboy Town
NFR GM Allen Rheinheimer takes us backstage and behind the scenes at the Super Bowl of Rodeo, where every entertainment detail is part of the plan.
1 hr 16 min
September 03 EP 110 Ask Away
A welcomed, wide open conversation with PRCA Director of Rodeo Administration Steve Knowles. To his credit, no questions were off limits and his answers were candid.
1 hr 6 min
August 21 EP 109 Cowboy Billy Ward
A timely conversation with NFR pickup man and Pendleton Round-Up chute boss Billy Ward on all things cowboy on the heels of the announcement that Pendleton and Salinas are the inaugural recipients of the Rodeo Legacy Award at the National Rodeo Hall of Fame in OKC. We also share some scoop on major movement, new deals and rules at PRCA HQ.
1 hr 14 min
August 07 EP 108 Devil in the Details
After a solid month on the rodeo road, Kendra and Tommy Joe tackle (and at times wrestle over) everything from whether or not roughstock buck order impacts the outcome to some rodeos shifting away from cowboy-friendly formats, how top-loaded payoffs affect contestants’ bottom lines and more.
1 hr 26 min
June 26 EP 107 The Great Bronc Saddle Debate
Living legends Clint Johnson and Zeke Thurston weigh in on the evolution and current state of bronc saddles, and set the record straight on fact versus fiction.
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51 min
June 11 EP 106 Battle at the Border
No one has fought harder to re-open the border between the U.S. and Mexico to cattle and horses than Miguel Guerrero, and no one has more skin in this waiting game that’s hit the roping and rodeo industry hard. Our wide-open conversation covers a lot of important ground, including breaking news on New World Screwworm sightings in Texas.
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1 hr 9 min
May 29 EP 105 The Second Coming of Jade Corkill
The three-time champ of the world and freshly crowned team roping titlist at The American is seeing life through a whole new set of eyes. He’s hinted at it. Here’s the whole story.
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1 hr 10 min
March 25 EP 104 No Spinners Speak Up + Houston Highlights
We love hearing from No Spinners, so please keep those questions and comments coming. You can email us at [email protected] or text us at 817-668-2395. We also hit the high notes of RodeoHouston 2026, and all the things that make the richest rodeo of our regular season stand out.

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1 hr 3 min
March 18 EP 103 Hellooooooo, Houston!
From Hall of Famer and voice of RodeoHouston Bob Tallman having to sit this one out to unprecedented dress-code reform for unruly fans, instant replay and a local county judge being booted for sneaking her way into a better seat, there’s plenty to talk about when it comes to the richest rodeo of our regular season. That, and two young guns just matched the 3.2-second world team roping record at Rodeo Austin.

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1 hr 3 min