Karin Winegar is a long-time journalist who recently completed a 30 + year labor of love when Horse Lovers – Unpacking The Female Fascination With Horses. Karins work has been featured in the New York Times, Conde Nast and The Western Horseman.

Karins love for animals made her want to be a veterinarian and her love was eventually channeled to the written word. Karin was a reporter for the Minneapolis Star and along the way interviewed such heavyweights as Dick Cavett, Joan Rivers, Anthony Quinn and Rodney Dangerfield who wore a bathrobe to the interview!

Horse Lovers – Unpacking The Female Fascination reveals women as risk takers, romantics, independents so much more. She untangles the roots of female horse craziness, sizes it up, assesses its causes and effects and explores in depth who women are and why women feel and do what they do.

It is a trail of exaltations, adventures and inquiries. It is about a colorful worldwide culture, about vivid lives and about a unique form of love.

Sit back and enjoy!

Chris Enss is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing non-fiction books about women of the Old West for more than thirty years. Chris was a guest at White Stallion Ranch and she took time from her vacation and spent it with Russell and Steven for the Cowboy Up Listeners.

Chris has authored more than fifty published books on the subject of women in the old west. Chris has been honored with nine Will Rogers Medallion Awards, two Elmer Kelton Book Awards, an Oklahoma Center for the Book Award, three Foreword Review Magazine Book Awards, the Laura Downing Journalism Award, and a Willa Cather Award from Women Writing the West for scholarly nonfiction.

Enss’s most recent works are The Doctor Was A Woman: Stories of the First Female Physicians on the Frontier, An Open Secret: The Story of Deadwood’s Most Notorious Bordellos, and Along Came a Cowgirl: Daring and Iconic Cowgirls of Rodeos and Wild West Shows.

At the C Lazy U Ranch in Granby, Colorado Ami Cullen worked her way up from the most basic position to become the Director of Equine Operations. Ami has performed various services for ranch guests, including leading trail rides on private land and BLM land, teaching and educating guests on the skills necessary to ride horses in the mountains over difficult terrain, educating guests on surrounding wildlife and ranch history.

Nothing about her previous life as a lawyer prepared her for what she would face when she was confronted by an out-of-control wildfire. Ami shares that experience in her book Running Free and she invites us along for the ride on this week’s Cowboy Up podcast.

Bill Markley is a long-time friend and guest at White Stallion Ranch and a long-time member of Western Writers of America and a current member for the Will Rogers Medallion Awards

One of Bill’s most recent books on the Legendary West Series is Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody: Plainsmen of the Legendary West was wildly successful. Bills love of history and travel were instilled in him as a young boy growing up on the family farm in Pennsylvania. Bill has been in the films Dances with Wolves, Son of the Morning Star, Far and Away, Gettysburg, and Crazy Horse.

Bill's soon to be released book on Jim Bridger promises to take you to the next level. After two years of research his respect for him has grown. He accepted all people no matter who they were and only when they turned on him would he treat them as enemies. He tried to stay out of fights, but if one was unavoidable, he was in the forefront. He was like many of us, in love with the West.

Brian Wong is the owner of a third-generation family farm first established in 1939. Brian in the second youngest of 40 grand children and was willing to stay around to do the hard work and preserve the family legacy.

Today BKW Farms, in Marana, Arizona employs organic farming methods and they grow a Heritage variety of wheat. BKW Farms is a supplier of grains to Arizona breweries, different types of wheat to Arizona bakeries and locally grown mushrooms. In a state where water supply is a day-to-day issue, Brian has learned how to manage this precious resource with a goal of sustainability.

This was a compelling podcast due to the new focus on the quality of food and health. Enjoy!

Greg Laird is a practicing attorney in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has represented numerous defendants in every stage of death penalty jurisprudence, including two victories at the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals thereby saving his clients from the Oklahoma death chamber. He wrote this book so readers could experience the twists, turns and inner turmoil that comes from representing people on death row.

He is the founding partner of the Laird Group where he represents clients in a multitude of legal areas including criminal defense. In his spare time he likes to read, attend sporting events and spend time with his children.

Alex La Pierre first arrived in southern Arizona to work for the National Park Service. He wanted to focus on the historic preservation and interpretation at Tumacacori National Historic Park. His goal included creating and leveraging nonprofit cross-border work experience in project management and program development. It was then when Alex founded became the director of Borderlandia which has become a bi-national organization committed to building public understanding of the borderlands.

Alex works every day to build something positive that impacts this world by connecting people across borders – both real and imagined. If you believe in building public understanding of the borderlands between the U.S. and Mexico is important, Russell, Alex and Steven invite you to listen to this important podcast on Cowboy Up!

Born & raised in South Dakota, Karlee Petersen has a natural passion for agriculture and the western way of life that’s been instilled from a young age. With appreciation for the sport of rodeo and putting it into play on screen, Karlee has used her skill set learned at school and various roles throughout the industry to capitalize on television production and bring rodeo to the major platform. With education being a major focus for Karlee, she takes any opportunity to learn from others.

Karlee spent time with Bass Pro Shops producing photoshoots & national commercials to expand her knowledge, and recently brought that back to the western world, becoming the Executive Producer of Cowboy Channel. Karlee shares what’s possible with positive thinking, hard work and a little fatherly advice!