She's the founder of Cowgirls Over Coffee, a group where conversations center around the intersection of homemaking and ambitions. Nebraska ranch mom, Thea Larsen, helps women navigate their days when life gets western.
Tune into this conversation where we discuss seasons of life, and moving from progress to presence as the holiday season draws near. Plus, stay tuned for Amanda's guest appearance on Thea's podcast airing next week, where we discuss balancing it all as working ranch moms.
With the upcoming election looming, there is a hesitancy across rural America about what the months ahead could look like. I sit down with Steve Stratford, of Stratford Angus and Pratt Livestock, to discuss his fall cattle market predictions, the policy challenges facing independent beef producers, and marketing strategies to maximize the value of your calf crop.
Fanchon Stinger is the Emmy winning co-host of PBR Now and a contributor to Western Sports Roundup and NFR Tailgate airing on Cowboy Channel and PlutoTV. She is an actress who appeared on God’s Not Dead: A Light In Darkness in 2019. In 2020, Stinger became a bull owner in PBR (Professional Bull Riders), partnering with 12-time Stock Contractor of the Year Chad Berger and Daniel & Melissa Brunner in the ownership of the bucking bulls “Stinger” and “Lill Hott,” who compete on the PBR Tour.
In 2021, she co-founded and launched the charitable initiative Grit & Grace Nation, inspiring middle and high school girls to lead with courage through exposure to successful female mentors and western values of faith, family, & freedom. Stinger shares her journey, provides mentorship programs and scholarship opportunities nationwide plus appears at PBR events as part of Grit & Grace Nation’s alliance with PBR to honor deserving girls.
We will not yield. We will not bend. We will STAND OUR GROUND. All eyes are on South Dakota as citizens lock arms to fight for their God-given, Constitutionally-protected private property rights.
In an explosive interview, Ed Fischbach (known as the Godfather of the carbon pipeline battle), exposes the greed, corruption, and power grab happening in our beautiful home state.
Together, we celebrate the victories when people get involved and stand firm in what is right.
Mindy Patterson of the Cavalry Group shares an urgent call to action in response to the proposed SUSTAINS ACT -- a complete land grab, mechanism of control, and attack on your private property rights through corporate-funded "private-public partnerships."
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How do you balance it all? How do you get it all done in the day? How to prioritize marriage, kids, family, work, careers, and ranching? Amanda answers these questions and more in this episode.
SD Landowners Score Monumental Victory In Carbon Pipeline Battle with Brian Jorde In a unanimous decision, the South Dakota Supreme Court determined that Summit Carbon Solutions had not demonstrated that it is a "common carrier" under state law. It does not have the power of eminent domain and can only use minimally invasive methods to survey routes for the pipeline. Brian Jorde, of Domina Law, offers an explanation of the ruling and the implications for the project.
In this episode of the Heart of Rural America podcast, Amanda Radke discusses the importance of getting involved politically, especially for busy young families. Amanda encourages listeners to take action and make a difference in their local communities to build a nation where our kids and grandkids can thrive.
We are in the dog days of summer, and Amanda offers a personal update on what her family has been up to lately. Between building Bid On Beef, to traveling to cattle shows, to speaking on the road, and grilling up some fine steaks in between on her new Schwank Grill, there is much to discuss.
Plus, she shares the best parts of going to county and state fairs with the kids, and how her family focuses on the greater lessons learned by exhibiting livestock.
By popular request, I finally launched my public speaking course, and it's my hope that by sharing my nearly 30 years of public speaking experience -- both as a kid competing in 4-H and FFA contests and now as a professional speaker -- that I can help others become fearless speaker wherever life may take them.
In this episode, I am joined by my daughter, Scarlett Radke, and my mom, Peggy Nolz, to talk about the course and our best advice for being a clear, commanding, and confident communicator.
It's hard to believe we are celebrating one year of the "Heart of Rural America" podcast!
We've journeyed a long ways together on the dusty trail, meeting great people doing inspiring things in their communities to make agriculture and America stronger. In today's celebratory episode, my husband, Tyler Radke, takes over as the guest host and puts me in the hot seat with all listener questions.
