#150 Mike Duplissey: Don’t Quit the Cattle on a Stormy Night

Sep 16, 2025

Bareback rider and rodeo hand Mike Duplissey returns with stories that crackle—Marilyn’s quiet cowhand genius pushing an 1,800-lb swamp bull to the trailer, learning the racehorse game (and surviving the oil-bust tax-shelter collapse), coming back with real estate at 60, and staying “in the game” with stakes horses and quarter horse weanlings. Mike remembers Bruce Lehrke’s generosity, Lenora Rowe’s magic, and the roar of the Spectrum and Silverdome. Injuries, rodeo schools, and his dad’s best advice: “Don’t quit the cattle on a stormy night.” Presented by ParaSight System, with support from Simcox & Company, Wandering Gypsy RV Life, and music by Nikki McLeod.

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