Ep. 49 - Chelcie Cargill; Advocate, Communicate, Educate

Living in the cowboy country of eastern Oregon by way of Montana, we are excited to showcase Celcie Cargill of the Montana Farm Bureau to chat about how we can use the COVID-19 lockdown to become stronger ambassadors for the western lifestyle. From advocating to communications, Chelcie has been involved in policy work as the Director of State Affairs for the Montana Farm Bureau. She’s also founded the year-long ACE program that stands for advocate, communicate and educate that is in its third-rotation. Learn how to have empathetic conversations that are applicable in all aspects of life in this episode with co-hosts Katie Schrock and Rachel Owens-Sarno.

Ep. 48 - Brandi Buzzard; 2019 NCBA Advocate of the Year

Brandi Buzzard is one cool cowgirl, rancher, runner, and mother who is doing so much good for advocating the wetsern lifestyle. Brandi joins hosts Rachel & Katie as we chat about what it’s like to be one of the best in the business.

Named the 2019 National Cattlemen’s Beef Assocation’s Advocate of the year, Brandi has interviewed with MSNBC, Fox News, and her presence has been requested as a rural representative to chat with White House Senior Executives.

This former college rodeo athlete is a passionate breakaway roper and we chat about the future of the world of rodeo that her daughter will get to know!

Read more on the blog at www.ThatWesternLife.com/podcast/episode48.

Ep. 47 - Sarah J. Bohnenkamp; Coach, Advocate & Leader

Today’s guest joined us at the start of the quarantine lockdown in March and we must have had some wicked good forecast to reach out to her about leadership, public speaking and being an advocate for ranching and rodeo. Sarah joins Katie Schrock and Rachel Owens-Sarno on the podcast!

Ep. 38 - February 2020 Rodeo Updates

Let’s get political!

I mean why not? Super Bowl LIV just happened and the world seems to have lost their mind over the halftime show featuring international Latina pop stars Shakira and JLo! We thought we’d give them a shoutout considering one of our favorite barrel racing horses has the same name (Ivy Conrado-Saebens).

From legislation to the new rodeo formats that are being introduced, hosts Katy, Rachel and Katie, chat about what this means for rodeo, why these formats may be adopted and, as always, our rule adaptations that we think should be included!

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Ep. 25 - Rascal Rodeo's Ann-Erica Whitemarsh

Rascal Rodeo, a 501(c)-3 non-profit out of Washington State, has been making national news for their efforts to make rodeo an opportunity available to any person, any age, no matter their abilities. You can join them Sunday, December 8th, in Las Vegas for two special Rascal Rodeo’s as a part of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo!

If you told Ann-Erica Whitemarsh that her senior project in high school would become her full time job nearly a decade and a half later, she probably would have said you were joking. What started as Whitemarsh’s senior project for four participants and 20 volunteers in her home town became an overnight sensation and it only took 15 years.

Ep. 23 - NFR Round 1 Recap

December 6, 2019 (Las Vegas, Nevada) - There were some surprises and some major highlights to start off Round 1 of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, the Super Bowl of Rodeos, happening Las Vegas, Nevada from now through December 14th. Contestants are vying to not only take a chunk of the $84,615.38 paid out NIGHTLY in each event, but also a part of the $253,846.15 average payout per event. To put that amount in perspective, Tanner Brunner arrived in Sin City with $74,950.31 in earnings in that event and first in the average, if won outright, could get you $67,269.23!

Make sure to join us daily on Instagram and Facebook stories to answer our five-part NFR Round Quizzes and then listen to the podcast the very next morning to see how “in the know” you are!

Ep. 18 - St. Paul Rodeo General Manager Cindy Schonholtz

October 2, 2019 (St. Paul, Oregon) - Cindy Schonholtz is the General Manager of the largest 4th of July rodeo, the St. Paul Rodeo in the small town of St. Paul, Oregon. An amazing speaker, she has worked with a variety of groups such as 20 years with the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, former Executive Director of the Justin Cowboy Crisis Fund, worked with drug testing for the canine contestants of the Iditarod in Alaska, Ringling Brothers Circus, Sea World and more!

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