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The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast

Hugh McLennan

The award winning weekly syndicated radio show THE SPIRIT OF THE WEST.

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The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22506 week of...

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2025/02/07

Dr. Billy Birgen, the long time resident vet at Hawaii’s Parker ranch is back this week with some great stories about his friend an college, the late Dr. Robert Miller. There’s a song about a mainland cowboy visiting Hawaii, some great horse training help and the Rangeland news looks at U.S. Canada trade relations. You’also hear why Hugh decided NOT to play a song that sounded like a true western style country composition.

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2025/01/31

: This week takes you to the Parker Ranch on the Big Island of Hawaii where you’ll hear some fascinating stories and comments from Dr. Billy Bergin. He was the resident Vet at that iconic outfit for 25 years. He talks about how they developed the cow herd and the famous horse breeding program he was instrumental in starting. There’s some brand new music, some western classics and a riveting piece of cowboy poetry

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The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22504 week of January...

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2025/01/24

This week it’s a tribute to the late Joe Hanna, the wonderful lead singer from the Sons of the San Joaquin. You’ll hear a lot of stories that Joe left us with as well as songs that feature his beautiful soaring baritone voice. Buying a horse without seeing or trying him out is the subject of the Irvine saddles and Western Wear Horse Training File, and the rangeland news looks at how Canada’s Ag industry reacts to Justin Truedeu’s resignation.

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53:23

The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22503 week of January...

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2025/01/17

Country music star Michael Martin Murphy talks about horses and his music, Andy Nelson describes what happens when a couple of cowboys are turned out on the golf course, and the Horse Training file helps with horses who chew on wooden rails and boards and explains who the habit of cribbing develops and how to help it get better.

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53:47

The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22502 Week of January...

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2025/01/10

This week 15 year old cutting horse champ and aspiring buckaroo Aiden Gagno is back to talk about cowboy and buckaroo tradtions, what he’d like to be doing in the future, his thoughts on the Yellowstone T.V. Series and much more. There’s a riveting song about an old cowboy defeating the grim reaper, a poem about a young ignorant gunsel a branding and a lot of memorable music of the west.

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The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22501 week of January...

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2025/01/03

The first episode of 2025 features a refreshing visit with a young horseman who qualified for the NCHA World championships in Fort Worth in December. Aiden Gagne is one the youngest riders ever at the age of 15. He seems like an old soul with his love of cowboy traditions good horses and his taste music. He helped pick a few of the songs about the great sport of cutting and he seems wise beyond his years. A familiar voice of national sports events and rodeo rides into the cowboy poetry spotli...

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54:45

The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22452 Week of...

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2024/12/27

This is the best of 2024 with a look back at some of the funniest, and most interesting and moving stories folks have shared. You'll hear some of the best true western music released in the past year along with some of the best cowboy poetry. A memorable collection of the tracks of 2024.

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The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22451 Week of...

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2024/12/20

This week it’s a brand new Spirit of the West Christmas special with a saddlebag full of the kind of Christmas music you don’t get to hear anywhere else, songs about Christmas on the range. You’ll hear some classic Christmas Cowboy Poetry and some of the best work of the men and women of the west.

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52:54

The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Program #22450 Week of...

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2024/12/14

: Buddy and Devonee Cardinal have raised kids horse and cows on the Cardinal ranch in the heart of the rockies for many years and they join Hugh to talk about their lives together and share some great ranching stories. There's more of that beautiful music of the west. The horse Training file discusses horse pedigrees known for their tendency to buck and a Christmas piece of cowboy poetry wraps it all up.

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53:32

The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22449 week of...

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2024/12/06

A long time guide outfitter, cowboy, horseman and man of the west Edgar Lansing could hold a group spellbound when he talked about his real life adventures. We lost him in 2006, and this week you’ll hear some of what he shared back then. Some unique and special songs, like the one Corb Lund wrote about his dad, and Jesse Smith’s Classic poem about a cowboy’s wreck with a three wheeler fill out a great music list.

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53:08

The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22448 week of...

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2024/11/29

PROMO INFORMATION: Dr. Robert Miller, the beloved large animal vet, horse behaviourist, cartoonist and horseman passed away on November 16. This weeks show brings back a candid conversation he had when he and Hugh were judges at the Road to the Horse. Stories of exotic animals, movie horses and memories of his friend Rex Allen Senior. There’s a track from Hugh’s new CD along with song clear crisp songs of the real west and a spellbinding cowboy poem.

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The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22447 week of...

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2024/11/22

Hugh’s long time friend and fellow horse trainer Doug Mills drops in to remember the time he promised the crowd he’d have a rank horse saddled and ridden in the first 30 minutes and how it almost didn’t happen. Legendary horseman Bobby Avila passed away reecetnly and you’ll hear how one horse made his career. There’s songs and memories from a couple of western music’s favourite singers who are no longer with us. The cowboy poetry spotlight has well crafted poem that hits home for ...

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The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22446 week of...

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2024/11/15

: Waddie Mitchell spent 25 years as a highly respected buckaroo on the ranges of Nevada and he’s taken that experience to build on as one of the most successful cowboy poets on the the planet. This week he’ll share many of his amazing cowboy adventures and near death experiences with horses and cattle. You’ll hear lots great western music, some of the latest, and some of the classics. Making a gassed up gymkhana horse into a quiet trail horse is the subject of the horse training file, a...

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2024/11/08

D.C. Lund was the father of music super star Corb Lund. He was legendary westerner and before we lost him he talked about his rodeo days his vet adventures, and his art and you’ll hear highlights of that conversation this week, along with some special features and songs for Remembrance Day. Some surprising developments on the Rangeland News and a mistake a lot of us make working with horses.

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51:27

The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22444 week of...

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2024/11/01

This week the SPIRIT OF THE WEST takes you on a fall ride looking for renegade bulls and you’ll hear the live conversation recorded as Hugh and a neihbur rode the ridges and combed the draws in the heavy timber. A world class horseman explains why he will never trust any horse. There’s a story about a boastful cowboy who lost a bet when he tried to ride a bucking camel. The music is soothing, inspiriting and will stay with you all week.long.

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The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22443 Week of October...

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2024/10/25

The Texas singing and ranching couple Jean and Gary Prescott join Hugh this week. You’ll hear how Jean made to the Kamloops Cowboy Festival on time but what happened to Gary when he got to airport without his passport.They’ll talk about how they met their horses and their music with some heart warming stories. The Rangeland News has everything from a fast food chain suing major packing plants to why eating out costs more that eating at home. You’ll also hear a powerful song about Ben Ty...

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51:11

The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22442 Week of October...

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2024/10/18

This week some heart warming stories about saving orphan calves, good horses and a childhood on a remote ranch from Kathie Moss, When you horse just stops and refuses to go ahead the Horse Training File offers some help, and there’s a story from the vault that will keep you laughing all week long.

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50:51

The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22441 week of October...

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2024/10/11

The essential skills required for a well broke ranch horse is the subject of the Irvine saddles and western wear Horse training file, the music will take up to the summer range for the last of the fall roundup. A story from vault about a great roping horse from the legendary Bear Man Campbell, and lots of news from the rangeland including the results of the “Skills of the outfits West of the Rockies” competition.

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51:41

The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22440 week of October...

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2024/10/04

A look back at a great event that was brought to an end by COVID. For years the Ivan Daines country music picknic brought great western and country music to a big crowd each August. Ivan Daines invited Hugh and Billie to ride along as he hauled his horses from the picknic to the Olds Pro rodeo and you’ll hear the great conversation they had on the way, down and back. How to help the herd bound horse is the subject of the Horse Training file, you’ll hear the very funny poem called “The S...

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The SPIRIT OF THE WEST Podcast #22439 week of...

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2024/09/27

This week it’s a conversation with the fine horseman Ken McNabb. Ken talks about being raised in Wyoming’s big ranch country and his days doing a cowboy’s job. He compares performance horses ranch horses and has some fine stories. The Rangeland News has some surprises in the cattle markets and some break throughs in animal health. All this against a back ground the beautiful music of the west.

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