Cowboys of the Osage

Don't miss this week's podcast when the boys visit with 7-time IPRA World Champion calf roper and NFR qualifier, Tom Walker. One of the great calf ropers of his era, Tom shares some great memories and rodeo stories you won't want to miss!

This week, Cody and Jimbo sit down with calf roper James Lockhart, from SE Oklahoma. He is the only man to tie a calf in 7 seconds, both left and right handed! James went to New York and helped with the recovery effort at ground zero after 9/11, and then later served three terms in the Oklahoma state legislature. Very interesting cowboy with lots of great stories. You won't want to miss this one!

In this episode, the boys sit down with Nick Cunningham, the talented silversmith behind the distinctive studio, Bad Bronc. He shares his creative journey, inspirations, and what it means to craft wearable art with personality.

This week, Cody and Jimbo visit with 3-time World's Champion Freestyle and NFR Bullfighter, Evan Allard. A native of Vinita, OK, Evan talks close calls, bad bulls, and good saves while working America's toughest sport. Don't miss this one!

Kenyon's wild ride at the Daddy of "Em All went from bad to worse as the story goes on. From a near decapitation to colliding with another horse, he recounts the heart-pounding, and now-hilarious moments that left him lucky to tell the tale, thanks in part to Joe Beaver.

Listen in as Cody and Jimbo visit with Nick Waters of the American Storytellers. Nick travels the country, keeping our history alive, with his remarkable true stories. He tells us the amazing story of the Abernathy brothers who traveled from Oklahoma to New York, horseback, as small boys. Nick is a great storyteller, and you won't want to miss this one!

This week, Cody and Jimbo visit with Central Texas Rodeo Hall of Famer, Jason "The Rook" Cooper. Jason had a colorful career as a steeer wrestler, team roper, calf roper, and steer roper. He travelled with the likes of Roy Duvall, Steve Duhon, and Ote Berry. You will not want to miss his stories!

This week, the boys visit with their ol' friend, Mr. Pearl Snap himself, Shawn Williams. He's a highly trained cowboy fashion reporter, chap maker, cowboy poet, author, steer roper, team roper, and working cowboy. Lots of laughs in this one, with a special Teddy Binion story you won't want to miss!

This week, Cody and Jimbo visit with legendary calf roper, horse trainer, and stock contractor, Lon Chaney. Lon tells some great stories, including working for Shoat Webster on the Lowry Ranch, and all about Loretta Lynn's Longhorn Rodeo Company. Talk about some amazing rodeo history that you won't want to miss!

Listen in as Cody and Jimbo talk to steer roper, rancher, and entrepreneur, Trey Quinn. Trey tells us all about growing up in the Fort Worth area, and the history of the Windy Ryon steer roping. Also, you won't want to miss a special tribute to Tim Gipson.

This week, Cody and Jimbo visit with two-time WPRA World's Champion Header, Mary Ann Miller. Mary Ann is part of a historic four-generation World's Champion family. She's great granddaughter to Ben Johnson, Sr., niece to Ben Jr., and daughter of Johnnie Joe Miller. Wow! What a family. Don't miss this one!

This week, Cody and Jimbo visit with former PRCA calf roper, Dave Owen. Dave was also a Kansas State Senator, Kansas Lieutenant Governor, and former campaign manager and confidant to the legendary Bob Dole. Dave is a very impressive man and tells some great stories you won't want to miss!

This week, the boys visit with Brett Mock of Mock Brother's Saddlery, Oklahoma's oldest saddlery. Brett, along with his brother Greg, are the third sset of brothers to operate the iconic shop in 84 years of operation. Brett tells us some interesting stories and gives us some insight into the business that you might not have known, and how it's changed over the years. You'll enjoy this one.

Don't miss this week's episode, when the boys visit with two of the all-time great bareback riders, 5-time World's Champion, Bruce Ford and 9-time NFR qualifier, Bob Logue. If you like great stories from great cowboys, you'll love this one.

Listen in as Cody and Jimbo visit with Joe Zuke, chairman of the board at the John Wayne Birthplace Museum in Winterset, Iowa. If you love the Duke, you will want to be sure and give this podcast a listen!

Listen in as Cody and Jimbo give you a rundown of the upcoming Ben Johnson Days 2025, held on Father's Day weekend!

Don't miss this week's episode when the boys talk to 9-time NFR team roper, Tyler Magnus. Tyler grew up in the Osage hills, and has some great stories about his early days of team roping in the area. Tyler is one of the great teachers of roping and horsemanship in the business. You'll definitely love this one!

This week, the boys visit with master bit and spur maker, Troy Flaharty. Troy tells about his early years in the business and how he became a member of the prestigious Traditional Cowboy Arts Association. As always, great stories and lots of laughs!

Don't miss this week's episode when Cody and Jimbo visit with Corey Hurd. Corey is a great Osage County cowboy who won the prestigious Top Hand award at the World's Championship Ranch Rodeo in Amarillo, TX. He tells us all about his big win, along with some great Osage County cowboy stories. We had a lot of fun on this one!

This week, the boys visit with the current PRCA Steer Ropingdirector, Don Ed Eddleman. Don is also the rodeo coach at Cisco College and wasinstrumental in getting the National Finals Steer Roping College Division upand running. Good stories and laughs with this one.

Don't miss this week's episode when Cody and Jimbo visitwith PRCA Saddle Bronc rider and Australian native, Jake Finlay. Jake tells ussome great stories from both here in the states and the land down under. Jakeis also married to Cowboy Channel personality, Janie Johnson. You'll sure enjoythis one!

Don’t miss this week’s episode when Cody and Jimbo visit with legendary bullfighter, Skipper Voss. Skipper is the only bullfighter to ever be selected to work both the International Finals Rodeo (IFR) and the National Finals Rodeo (NFR). A member of countless Hall of Fames, it’s said that Skipper Voss changed the world of Freestyle Bullfighting forever. Listen in for some great stories and rodeo history.

Don't miss this week's podcast when Cody and Jimbo visit with legendary rodeo pickup man, Vannie Halliday. Vannie worked for the Halliday Rodeo Company and later for Harry Vold for over twenty years. Also, sitting in with the boys is his sister Kay Moses. Kay has the distinction of being one of the first women to work as a pickup man in rodeo history. Lots of great stories and laughs in this one.

This week, Cody and Jimbo visit with Nebraska native, Jess McGinley. Jess is the son of well-known steer roper, Terry McGinley. Jess tells some great stories about growing up around rodeo and the great steer ropers back in the day. Lots of laughs and cowboy stories in this one.

This week, the boys visit with veteran rodeo announcer and Idaho rodeo Hall of Famer, Vic Carmen. Listen in as Vic tells some great stories from his nearly 30 years in the business. Don't miss this one! New episodes released the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month.

Cody and Jimbo sit down with none other than Shorty Koger and Bobbie Gough from the infamous Shorty's Caboy Hattery in the historic Oklahoma City Stockyards! They tell us all about their early days, how they got started, and what they're up to now! You won't want to miss this one!

This week, the boys talk to former PRCA Rookie of the Year, National Finalist steer roper turned rodeo announcer, Kenyon Burns. You won’t want to miss this one, especially when Kenyon tells the story of his “wild ride in Cheyenne”.

Listen in this week, when Cody and Jimbo visit with 9-time NFR calf roper, Gary Ledford. Gary was one of the great tie down ropers of his era. He won Cheyenne, Calgary, and the NFR average, as well as many others. He's also known for his expertise as a horse trainer. He has some great stories and insights, so don't miss this one!

This week the boys visit with Cody's dad, NSFR Steer Roper and recent Cheyenne Rodeo hall of Fame Inductee, Rocky Garnett. Listen in as they recap this year's NFR. They break down each event and discuss who the big winners were. We think you'll enjoy this one!

Don't miss this week's episode when Cody and Jimbo visit the the WRCA Youth World Champion Team, Hat Creek Cattle Co. These boys are handy in and out of the arena! Tune in to hear all about them winning the world's championship!

This week, the boys talk to former PRCA Rookie of the Year, National Finalist steer roper turned rodeo announcer, Kenyon Burns. You won’t want to miss this one, especially when Kenyon tells the story of his “wild ride in Cheyenne”.

Don't miss this week's episode when the boys visit with up and coming steer roping phenom, Riley O'Rourke. Riley has filled his permit and is poised to make a run at the NFSR. Listen in as he discusses his rodeoing plans for 2025 and who's helping him along the way.

Don't miss today's podcast when the boys visit with 1982 PRCA All-Around Champion, and 1986 World's Champion calf roper, Chris Lybbert. Chris was also the NFR average champion in steer wrestling in 1982, as well as winning the average in the calf roping in 1980 and 1981. Great stories and advice on what it takes to be a champion in this episode!

Tanner tells the boys about how he became a PRCA bullfighter and fills us in on his upcoming event on November 23rd, at the Osage County Fairgrounds, in the building named for Tanner's grandfather. Don't miss this one!

Don't miss this week's episode, when the boys visit with 4-time Linderman award winner, Chip Whitaker. Chip's dad was legendary cowboy Vern Whitaker, and his son Kyle is himself a 10-time Linderman award winner. You'll love all the stories about this great Nebraska cowboy family!

This week, the boys visit with famous Hollywood stuntman, Bobby McLaughin. Bobby is also the younger brother of 8-time World's Champion roper, Don McLaughlin. Listen in as Bobby tells us all about working is such movies as Tombstone, Beverly Hills Cop, and Die Hard, just to name a few. We cover a lot of ground in the one, from old rodeo history, to Hollywood movies! You'll love it.

Listen in, as we visit with none other than Cody's dad, Rocky Garnett. Rocky grew up competing in just about every event in rodeo, but ended up specializing in steer roping. He will be inducted into the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo Hall of Fame in September, and is the first contestant to ever be inducted. Don't miss this one, as you are sure to enjoy it!

This week, Cody and Jimbo visit with 10-time NFR team roper and 1968 world's champion, Art Arnold. in as Art tells some great team roping stories, including roping at the first ever national Finals team roping in 1959. You'll love this one!

Listen in this week when the boys visit with Kassandra Shoemaker, who just last week, became the first woman to ever win a PRCA steer roping! Kassandra is the talk of the steer roping world and tells us all about her big win in Yuma, Colorado. She's an impressive young lady and you'll love her story!

Don’t miss this week’s episode, as the boys visit with legendary rodeo cowboy, Jim Houston. Jim is a two-time world’s champion bareback rider. He also made the NFR in steer wrestling and was runner up to the all-around championship in 1968. Listen in as Jim tells some great stories of a bygone era of rodeo. You are sure to enjoy this one!

You'll like this week's episode as Cody and Jimbo were honored to visit with Rosetta Wills. Rosetta was born and raised in Pawhuska, and is the daughter of the iconic band leader and king of Western Swing, Bob Wills. Listen in as she shares some great stories of when Bob was courting her mother, and all the times the Texas Playboys played in Pawhuska. Don't miss this one!

This week, the boys visit with 3-time NFR barrel racer, Trula Churchill. Trula was the WPRA rookie of the year in 1996 and was also crowned the Canadian Champion barrel racer in 2011. She has some great rodeo stories and tells us all about her famous barrel horse, "Worm". Trula is also the granddaughter of legendary early day cowboy, Dick Truitt and shares a lot of stories about him. We think you'll really enjoy this one!

This week, the boys visit with historic Nebraska ranch owner and steer roper, Howard Haythorn. Howard is one of only two men left that roped at the first National Finals Steer Roping in Clayton, NM in 1959! Listen in as he shares some great memories and steer roping stories from a bygone era. You are sure to like this one!

This week, the boys visit with NFR calf roper, Tooter Waites. Tooter also won the College National Finals Calf Roping twice while compete with Tarleton State University. Don't miss this one, as Tooter's a super nice guy and tells some great stories!

This week, listen to the inspiring story of the White family! Two years ago, Terra, her husband Josh, and their two sons, Lucas and Levi, took off from California on a pioneer-type quest to travel by horseback all the way east to the Atlantic Ocean! What started as a homeschool project with the goal to bond as a family and to make men out of their boys has turned into quite an adventure. They stopped in Pawhuska to rest a bit on their way, so be sure and tune in to hear their story!

Listen in as Cody and Jimbo give us the rundown of this year's BEN JOHNSON DAYS! Including the 70th Annual Ben Johnson Memorial Steer Roping!

This week, the boys visit with long-time rodeo announcer, Jim Thompson, from South Dakota. Jim announced the very first PRCA circuit finals. Jim has also worked the college national finals, high school state finals, the Indian National finals, and was part of the NFR broadcast team in 1986. Often referred to as the voice of steer roping, listen in as Jim reflects on his brilliant career!

This week, Cody and Jimbo visit with 9-time NFR bull rider, Randy Majers. Randy finished runner up to the world title twice, including in 1977 when he participated in the only ride-off in PRCA history to determine a world's championship. You won't want to miss Randy's stories!

This week, the boys visit with singer, musician, band leader, and recent Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame inductee, Jake Hooker. Jake will be playing the dance after the WRCA Ranc Rodeo on June 15th of Ben Johnson Days weekend in Pawhuska, Oklahoma! Jake is a great ambassador for old-style country music, rodeo, and the wester way of life we all love! Don't miss this one!

This week, Cody and Jimbo visit with Rob Smets, who is possibly the most decorated rodeo clown/bullfighter in the business. He worked the National Finals Rodeo 6 times, the PBR World Finals 8 times, and won the coveted Wrangler Bullfighting Championship a record of 5 times! Do not miss this one!