On this episode of the Owl Tales Podcast we discuss  wide variety of topics including:

-The weather!

-Stuffed animals

-The National Farm Machinery Show

-Fried bologna & logging

-Tall Fescue: The Wonder Grass

-Let's set up a booth!

-National FFA sends out plaques for National Convention

-Meeting with elected officials

-Lewis finds some gray hairs

-A new social media challenge!

-Binomial nomenclature: Ghost Pepper

Welcome to season 2 of The Owl Tales Podcast!  Sorry we've been on such a long break, but that means we have lots to talk about including:

- Lewis's new house

- Bell Ringers

- Long John Silver's

- Self-awareness

- Matt's new job

- Matt and Lewis put on a play

- Fighting chickens

- James Kash's checkbook

- Binomial nomenclature: Groundhog

You all have heard so much about him and now he has finally come on the podcast- Sam Evans.  Sam is an agriculture teacher at Franklin Simpson High School in south central Kentucky and goes way back with Daniel and Matt. We discussed a lot of things inlcuding: 

- Ag Ed Winter PD

- Sam goes in the wrong restroom

- How Sam got into Ag Education and how he met his wife

- Student teaching

- The UK days

- Community service projects

- Classes at UK

- Teaching at Franklin-Simpson, including a couple of funny stories

- The time Sam, Matt and Daniel applied for the same job

- Binomial Nomenclature: Burley tobacco and goldenrod

This episode is the conclusion of our interview with Matt Chaliff and includes:

- Chaliff's former students

- Delegation

- High School days

- Working with the state government

- Working with state officers

- Problems with window chalk

- State officer team lies

- Mr. Hayes' three wives

- Binomial nomenclature: reindeer, mistletoe, douglas fir

- High School Latin

- What the kids want for Christmas

On this episode of the Owl Tales Podcast we finally get around to re-capping the NAAE convention and discuss:

- How expensive it is to be in California

- PD at the convention

- Riding in a Tesla

- Hollywood

- Trader Sam's

- Goofy's Kitchen

- The XLR8 program

- Binomial Nomenclature: Poinsettia AND Holly

- Lewis' depth of knowledge

- Matt Chaliff's background in Ag. Education

The rest of our interview will be available next Monday!

On this episode of Owl Tales we invited Matt's former student Cori Quesenberry on to discuss her upcoming student teaching appearance as well as:

- Pigeon Forge and Go-Karts

- Re-capping the interview with Mr. Hayes

- Social media polls and Thanksgiving side dishes

- The upcoming NAAE convention

- Cori's feelings about beginning student teaching

- A shoutout to Mr. Orville Bennett

- More feelings about student teaching

- What is pH?

- Advice for student teachers

- Cori tells a couple of stories

- Binomial nomenclature: Common Opossum

This episode features the second part of our interview with Jeff Hayes and includes:

- Daniel does yard work for Mr. Hayes

- Lewis moves bricks and talks about English

- Binomial Nomenclature 1: Bobwhite Quail

- Mr. Hayes locks himself out of his house

- The biggest "character" Mr. Hayes ever taught

- Binomial Nomenclature 2: Wild Turkey

- Ms. Hayes joins in on the fun

- Mr. Hayes tells his biggest secret about teaching

- A few more tales about Mr. Hayes

Everyone has heard so much about "The Godfather" Mr. Jeff Hayes.  Well, we finally got around to interviewing him.  This will be a two part episode and we start out with:

- Mr. Hayes' background as a student

- His time at the University of Kentucky

- Teaching Ag at Cawood High School

- The 3 Circle Model

- Cooked Possum

- Experiences with students

- A compliment for Lewis, Daniel and Matt

- The time our friend Mark went to the wrong floor at the hotel

Okay, just right up front all 3 of us owe you a sincere apology. We forgot to mention Dole Whip on this episode.  We will not make excuses, but will try to be better moving forward.  We did talk about:

- The return of Suburban Cowgirl

- A Thanksgiving Story

- Gravy

- Recent polls and an update on our Cold Prickly

- A big announcement

- Land Judging

- Field Trip Suggestions

- The Exotic Feline Rescue Center

- Binomial Nomenclature: Thornless Honeylocust

On episode 12 of the Owl Tales Podcast, we recap the 92nd National FFA Convention with:

- An apology about the Downtown Indy Steak 'n Shake

- An overall food review of the convention

- Results from the CDE/LDE picking contest

- Two near death experiences

- Security issues at the ICC and Lucas Oil Stadium

- Our opinions on the new format for the sessions

- A very "cold prickly" about National FFA

- The hypnotist show

- Binomial Nomenclature with Lewis: Dawn Redwood