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That Western Life Podcast

The That Western Life podcast is hosted by Katie Schrock, Rachel Owens-Sarno, Katie Surritt, and Joe Harper! Join us weekly for great conversations about rodeo and the western lifestyle.

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Ep. 113 - NFR 2022 Recap & Conclusion of Season 4

It’s been a wild 2022 and we are so grateful for everyone that has joined our show as a guest, field reporter or an avid listener! Thank you to all of you and we look forward to an exciting 2023! We break down the 2022 NFR, the year end results, and some of our thoughts on predictions for rodeo and world title winners for 2023!

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Ep. 101 - Round 7 Recap, National Finals Rodeo 2021

Can Stetson Wright win the PRCA World Title in the Bull Riding? How about the steer wrestling? After Round 7, there’s been a big shake up and former world champ Tyler Waguespack is in the projected lead - but there’s a number of great contestants right behind him within striking distance. The barrel racing race continues to heat up thanks to a plethora of downed Round 7 barrels but former and reigning world champ Hailey Kinsel is putting herself back in the driver seat!

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Ep. 98 - Round 5 National Finals Rodeo Recap 2021

As always, things really start to heat up after Round 5 of the National Finals Rodeo and we are here for those sneaking in either noticed or unnoticed to win world titles. The race is close in every event except for the All Around and a dominant performance by Stetson Wright tonight made sure that we all knew that!

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Ep. 97 - Round 4 National Finals Rodeo Recap 2021

Rounds 1 through 4 didn’t disappoint for the National Finals Rodeo and we not only crowned a new Miss Rodeo America after an unprecedented two-year reign of the state titleholders, but the bareback, steer wrestling, and bull riding races are REALLY heating up.

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Ep. 96 - National Finals Rodeo Pre-Show

It’s here! The 2021 National Finals Rodeo presented by Teton Ridge and we are excited to dive into all the facts, tips and numbers that you need to know prior to the rodeo kicking off. It should be an exciting ten days of professional rodeo, and you never know how the biggest money in rodeo will change the world title race!

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Ep. 59 - National Finals Rodeo 2020 Round 6 Recap

Arlington, Texas (December 8, 2020) - Let’s be honest, the first five rounds of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo are always a hoot, but the second five rounds are more dramatic and intense this year than what you could EVER hope for as a content-starved rodeo fan! It’s also the time that we can start running our predictor stats and that’s something we love to do! You can do this as well if you jump onto our home page and download your very own updated copy of the NFR projected averages and subsequent projected world titles.

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Ep. 43 - March 2020 Rodeo Updates Part II

It’s the second edition of the 2020 March Rodeo Updates and things have DEFINITELY changed a lot. From the impacts of COVID-19 on professional rodeo and western businesses, we bring in a special guest, Ashley Alderson, from the Boutique Hub to tell you some tricks of how to turn this quarantine and pandemic into an opportunity to create content and grow your business. The team chats about a couple online courses that we have launching to help you start your own podcast, improve your media interview skills and more. There are all courses that we have talked about in the past and had scheduled to release in the upcoming months, we’ve just pushed them further forward to give you all something to chat about.

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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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