Ep 081 The Morgan, Part 2: I Walk the Line (and trot, and gallop)
Send us Fan Mail Justin Morgan DID have a horse. And it was a beauty. One of the quintesenntially American breeds, the Morgan horse sprang from the loins of a stallion named Figure, a.k.a. Justin Mo...
21 Sep 202034min
Ep 080 Dawn Wind Morgans: Justin Morgan Was a Composer...But We All Remember the Horse
Send us Fan Mail This week is the first part of two on the indomitable little powerhouse horse known as the Morgan. Justin Morgan probably would have done just fine as a composer and the local town c...
14 Sep 202040min
Ep 079 Is New Coke ever the same as Old Coke?
Send us Fan Mail The Labor Day holiday here in the United States is a time to remember the contributions of the everyday workers to the building of our country, and to tip our hats to the labor moveme...
7 Sep 202025min
Ep 078 Bentwood Alpacas & Yaks: The New Bos – Not the Same as the Old Bos
Send us Fan Mail The Great American Cattle Drive 2020 was an exciting trip for us, with farm visits to see American Milking Devons, Ancient White Park Cattle, and Yaks. Wait – Yaks? Okay, so the “Ca...
31 Aug 202039min
Ep 077 Fires In California: Thinking Of Our Friends
Send us Fan Mail As we watched the news and saw the fires ravaging over one million acres in California this past week, all Elara and I could think of were some of the people we've met along our journ...
24 Aug 202016min
Ep 076 Seed Savers Exchange: Into the Wild. Yes, we’re referring to a cow.
Send us Fan Mail We’re back! When all was said and done, the Great American Cattle drive chalked up 8,500 miles, 22 states, 38 days and a partridge in a pear tree. And everything the caretakers (nie...
17 Aug 202049min
Ep 075 The Oregon Trail: You have died of Cholera. Or Heat. Or Sturgis.
Send us Fan Mail Rick, Elara, Little Mule (newly named car) and Bessie (not-quite-newly named trailer) are nearly home after almost 6 weeks on the road on the Great American Cattle Drive 2020. After ...
10 Aug 20208min
Ep 074: Andrew Van Ord: Olly Olly Oxen Free
Send us Fan Mail Backyard Green Films is on the route home on the Great American Cattle Drive 2020, with another 2,000-odd miles to go. As it happened, we recorded this episode from the banks of th...
3 Aug 202046min
