Podcast Episodes
#172 Jayme Myers – Family, Faith and Rodeo | PRCA First Frontier Circuit Finals
Beyond the Chutes — BTC Short Go (Presented by ParaSight System) brings you a quick, share-size “M&M” bite of rodeo life from the PRCA First Frontier Circuit. In this Short Go, Jamie Myers (wife of tie-down roper JR Myers) shares what happens behind the scenes at...
#171 Bullfighter Riggin Dailey – First Frontier Circuit Finals
This is Beyond the Chutes, and this special Bonus Episode was recorded on the road at the First Frontier Circuit Finals. In this episode, Sam Swearingen sits down with bullfighter Riggin Dailey for a candid, in-the-moment conversation about one of the most dangerous...
#170 Tom Glause (PRCA CEO) – Leadership, Relationships & the State of Rodeo
This episode of Beyond the Chutes, as presented by ParaSight Systems — helping vets help pets, was recorded Friday morning at the First Frontier Circuit Finals in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In this conversation, Doug Simcox and Sam Swearingen sit down with Tom Glause,...
#169 Brianna Waltz – First Frontier Circuit Finals Rodeo 2026
BTC On the Road Again | First Frontier Circuit Finals This is Beyond the Chutes, and this special Bonus Episode takes you inside the First Frontier Circuit Finals — not from the stands, but from the quiet moments just before it all happens. Recorded on the road at the...
#168 From If to When: Karissa Landis at the First Frontier Circuit Finals
Beyond the Chutes | First Frontier Circuit Finals Series Before the gate opens and the clock starts, there’s a moment when it’s just a rider, a horse, and everything you’ve worked on to that moment. In Episode 1 of our special First Frontier Circuit Finals series, we...
#167 Wes Ward Part 2 – Tattoo Ward from Fantasy Island, Oklahoma.
In Part 2 of our conversation with Wes Ward, recorded during the Beyond the Chutes Texas Swing 2025 inside the BTC Bus at a Chute 2 Productions bull riding, Wes opens up about the long road that follows a lifetime in the saddle. After riding bareback horses for more...
#166 Wes Ward Part 1 – Jack Wiseman Taught Me How to Win That Day
In Part 1 of this Texas Swing episode of Beyond the Chutes, host Doug Simcox sits down with legendary rodeo cowboy and announcer Wes Ward for a powerful, story-driven conversation recorded on the road in October 2025. This episode centers on Wes Ward’s early rodeo...
Episode #165 – Ronnie Williams Part 2: Pals of Tales on the Rodeo Trail
In Episode 2 of Beyond the Chutes, recorded on the Texas Swing 2025, Doug and Sam continue their conversation with rodeo legend Ronnie Williams — a man who didn’t just ride through rodeo history, he helped build it. Ronnie reflects on the hard miles of the old rodeo...
#164 Ronnie Williams Part 1 – I Didn’t Think You Could Get Hurt Riding a Bucking Horse
In this Part One episode of Beyond the Chutes, Doug Simcox and Sam Swearingen sit down in Mineral Wells, Texas with Ronnie Williams, an eight-time IPRA Bareback Riding World Champion, as part of the Texas Swing 2025, recorded in October. Ronnie takes us back to where...
#163 Ryan King – Handcrafted in Sheridan: The Story Behind King Saddlery & King Ropes
BTC hits Sheridan, Wyoming for a special conversation with Ryan King of the legendary King Saddlery, King Ropes, and the Don King Museum. Doug interviews Ryan King who walks us through the family’s three-generation history — from Don King’s pioneering Sheridan-style...
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