Season Finale: On the Fence with Jec and Maddy
Release Date: 04/04/2024
Best Horse Practices Podcast
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Our show is a space for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and to discover skills, strategies, tools, ideas, and insights for better connecting with their horses, with all horses, and for getting work done. We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy . We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a , we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 6 of Season 5 and in it, Jec interviews Gillian Higgins, an expert in horse anatomy and biomechanics. She’s known internationally for her painting of horses’...
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We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy . We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a , we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 3 of Season 5 and we’re dedicating the next few shows to some horsey intellectualism. I like to look up words, to make sure I’m saying what I mean. Intellectualism roughly means thinking, studying, and/or discussing complicated ideas without getting emotional. I guess what we do on this show is a sort of low-level intellectualism, redneck intellectualism, because we’re not consulting great...
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Our show is a space for riders and horse owners of all disciplines to learn best practices and to discover skills, strategies, tools, ideas, and insights for better connecting with their horses, with all horses, and for getting work done. We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy . We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a , we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 2 of Season 5 and in it, I interview , a writer, music video producer, and most of all, a cowboy. JB has cowboyed on six continents and written about it in The Lost...
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We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy . We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a , we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 1 of Season 5. For this show, I’m speaking on behalf or maybe I should say as half. Half of the interview crew for this podcast. Jec and I have had a hiatus and Jec is still doing her thing and enjoying summer. She’ll be back later this season. I thought I’d make this a short episode to let you know what I’ve been up to and to ask you what you’ve been up to. As I mentioned, we love...
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We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy . We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a , we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 27 of Season 4. In it, Jec and I have a fun On the Fence conversation in which we talk some about identity and, mmm, maybe a bit of barn politics and shenanigans that we sometimes see in horse communities. The topic came up when I was listening to an interview that did with , a professor at the University of Chicago. Oh, and we also give a nod, or maybe a shake of the head, to the cover art for , which...
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We love to hear from listeners and contacting us is easy . We offer these shows for free. If you think it’s worthy of a , we sure would appreciate it. This is Episode 26 of Season 4. In it, I interview , a horsewoman and police detective from Wyoming. She’s a clinician and colt starter, and she participated in the held last month here in southwest Colorado. This is the fourth in a series of interviews around Buck the Trend. You can find links to conversations with BTT therapists and other participants in the show notes. Buck the Trend got its start thanks to a...
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This is Episode 27 of Season 4. In it, Jec and I have a fun On the Fence conversation in which we talk some about identity and, mmm, maybe a bit of barn politics and shenanigans that we sometimes see in horse communities. The topic came up when I was listening to an interview that Ezra Klein did with Agnes Callard, a professor at the University of Chicago.
Oh, and we also give a nod, or maybe a shake of the head, to the cover art for Beyonce’s new country album, which has, of course, a horse on it.
Thanks to our title sponsor, Lucerne Farms, producers of quality forage feeds, extremely handy and healthy bales of alfalfa, timothy, and grass blends. A great addition or substitute for your hay or grass and way better than grain. They also make products for your stalls and chickens.
Also, a shout out to two clothing companies who are putting a trot in our steps lately: Kuhl and Dovetail.
We’re trying out a stretchy jean jacket as well as a fleece-lined vest from Kuhl. And we are absolutely loving the boot cut jeans from Dovetail.
It's been a good season! We’re one of the top horse podcasts and we consistently rank well in the natural sciences category of podcast. Thank you so much for your enthusiasm, for recommending us to friends, and for being in touch. Jec and I really love the many connections we’ve made with listeners and appreciate what we see as two-way conversations. Thank you!
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