Toplines and Tales
by Andy Frazier
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About this podcast
Podcast about all things to do with livestock showing, past and present, including interviews, discussions and general chitchat.
Episodes
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- 2. The Bottom Line - Biggenberg · 1 h 21 min · Episode 232More nonsense from Lewis and Frazier, as they chat through random subjects, some loosely connected to livestock. This weeks subjects include a brief look at troubles in France…
- 1a. The Bottom Line - Fertilizer · 1 h 32 min · Episode 231They are back, not exactly by demand, more because they have so much to say. In this first proper episode of the Bottom Line Andy and Mark reveal themselves! The hilarity and…
- 1. The Bottom Line - pilot episode · 48 min · Episode 230This week we are piloting something new, which may or may not go on to be called The Bottom Line podcast. Just two mates, both anonymous, chewing the fat, unshackled! Shackles…
- 234 - The Future of Ryeland Sheep · 36 min · Episode 229In this episode I chat to forward-thinking Will Laurie about his move to Yorkshire and his dedication in taking the Ryeland sheep breed to new levels of commercial sheep…
- 223 - The Modern Ryeland Sheep · 34 min · Episode 228To wrap up this 3 episode series, we look at the commercial aspects of the modern Ryeland sheep and identify where it sits within todays sheep industry. I speak to top commercial…
- 222 - The Character of the Ryeland Breed · 45 min · Episode 227In this, episode 2, of the Ryeland sheep podcast, we discuss the finer points of wool with one of the country's leading experts who also happens to be a long standing Ryeland…
- 221 - Golden Ore - The history of Ryeland Sheep · 49 min · Episode 226In the first of a 3 part series for the Ryeland Flock Book Society, I speak to an old friend of the Toplines and Tales podcast, livestock historian Clive Davies, as well as local…
- 220 - Volcano - a poem by Andy Frazier · 4 min · Episode 225After 5 years creating and running the Toplines and Tales podcast, and 4 months away from it being extremely busy, T&T is back. Going forward, we will have a variety of formats…
- 219 - People in Livestock - Andrew Keiley · 1 h 3 min · Episode 224This week is an interesting and inspiring story from Andrew Keiley who runs the Hardrow Limousin herd alongside his sheep enterprise in Hawes, North Yorkshire. From being born in…
- 218 - Special episode live from France · 60 min · Episode 223After a trip to France to speak to an Angus Producers Group a few weeks ago, I pull together some highly interesting guests who cover some quite unusual subjects. Scottish beef…
- 217 - Christmas fireside blether with Three Wise Men · 2 h 39 min · Episode 222Three real characters: Scott Brown, Derek Redpath and Findlay McIntire join me this week for a blether as we have our annual Christmas get together over a few drams. Our topics…
- 216 - Happy Christmas from Toplines and Tales · 3 min · Episode 221Merry Christmas from Toplines and Tales. A song I wrote called Living Well and Christmas. Lyrics below: Christmas day, no time for regretA year gone by, a great time to reflectA…
- 215 - Hugh Watson vs William McCombie · 1 h 1 min · Episode 219Hugh Watson and William McCombie will go down in history as the two great men who, between them, started and shaped the Aberdeen Angus cattle breed in the 1800s. From our…
- 214A - The Family Farm (condensed) - bonus episode · 23 min · Episode 220This episode is a condensed version of episode 214, which talks through the new album download and CD Toplines and Tales has just produced, with guest host Wallace Currie. You an…
- 214 - Very special episode - our 5th birthday · 1 h 17 min · Episode 218Something quite different to celebrate our 5th birthday in a special episode as my guest host Wallace Currie talks about the launch of the new Toplines and Tales Album download…
- 212 - People in Livestock - Daniel Wheeler · 46 min · Episode 217We get a great insight into sheep farming in New Zealand from well-known Kiwi Daniel Wheeler. Spending a third of his year pregnancy scanning a staggering quarter of a million…
- 211 - People in Livestock - Jock Gibson · 52 min · Episode 216Nuffield scholar, Jock Gibson has studied eatabilty of beef around the world and has some strong views on how we could apply some of the overseas grading principles to the beef…
- 210 - Special Episode - Live from YDP Finals · 47 min · Episode 215Fresh from a weekend in Aberdeen, what a fantastic opportunity the Youth Development Programme offers young people in the livestock community. This week I bring an episode right…
- 209 - Special Episode - North East Live and plus some exciting news · 16 min · Episode 214I chat to Stephen Dodsworth about North East Live, the first fatstock show of the UK season and what can be expected there. Then I introduce a new feature from the Toplines and…
- 208 - Special Episode - Live from All Ireland Angus and Ploughing Championships · 50 min · Episode 213This week I am live at the Ploughing Championships in Ireland and reporting from the Growvite All Ireland Aberdeen-angus Championships. As well as an overview of the event I…
