A podcast for enthusiasts of the Greyhound breed. Hosted by John Parker. Produced by Michael Burns.
15/09/2023
Episode 39 (https://youtu.be/JtaxSChEKR0) is LIVE, featuring a roundtable of guests from Australia, the United States and Canada to talk about rehoming international Greyhounds.
Sean Stanton of Greyhound Racing Victoria - GRV, Rory Goreé -- former president of Greyhound Pets of America Adoption Network, and Tina Kelly of Flights - Finding Loving International Greyhounds Homes Together & Salukis share their experiences with host John Parker.
Be sure to follow us on YouTube OR your favorite podcast app for all new episodes! Visit our website to listen to the latest episodes (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-39).
In this episode, John sits down with three (3) pioneers of international Greyhound adoption to talk about their efforts and the outcomes of the programs to d...
07/07/2023
Episode 38 -- https://youtu.be/JJUHU_MUW0c -- is available now! Charlie Blanning, author of The Greyhound & the Hare, has released his FIRST Greyhound novel -- "Rags to Riches!" This virtual book launch episode features an interview with Charlie as he describes his writing process, a plot thick with Greyhound history, and tales of a private label publisher.
Subscribe to our YouTube! channel and/or follow us on your favorite podcast app. Show notes are available on the website at https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-38
In this exclusive virtual book launch episode, host John Parker and author Charlie Blanning discuss "Rags to Riches," from the fiction writing process to pri...
12/12/2022
Episode 33 (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-33) features Charlie Blanning and Gary Guccione! They share their “top five” racing Greyhound picks with John during a roundtable full of Greyhound history.
Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel (https://youtu.be/jypGQEwoJWc) or follow us on your favorite podcast app today!
In this episode, host John Parker asks the question of both author Charlie Blanning and former National Greyhound Association president Gary Guccione -- "Ca...
27/10/2022
Episode 32 (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-32) is here! Lee Livingood, author of ‘Retired Racing Greyhounds for Dummies’ joins us for an interview about her work as a canine behaviorist and why she wanted to write a book to help Greyhound owners better understand their adopted racers.
Listen on your favorite podcast app, from our website (the link above) or the video interview on our YouTube channel! (https://youtu.be/1NvR_UfKKxc)
In this episode, host John Parker and Lee Livingood -- author of 'Retired Racing Greyhounds for Dummies' -- sit down to talk about Lee's background in Greyho...
14/09/2022
Episode 31 (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-31) is here! Irish breeder and trainer, Dolores Ruth, talks with John about some of her most famous Greyhounds, including Razldazl Billy. It's a great episode to learn about competition in the Irish Greyhound Derby.
In this episode, host John Parker and Irish breeder and trainer Dolores Ruth discuss some of her Greyhounds that have made a mark in the Irish racing Greyhou...
14/08/2022
In this episode, host John Parker discusses with Dr. Rob Gillette his career as a veterinarian and researcher of Greyhounds, service dogs, and law enforcemen...
14/08/2022
Episode 30 (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-30) is here! The Nation welcomes Dr. Rob Gillette to the show to talk about Greyhound sports medicine. Listen and learn about running surfaces, broken toes, refueling your Greyhound, and more!
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In this episode, host John Parker discusses with Dr. Rob Gillette his career as a veterinarian and researcher of Greyhounds, service dogs, and law enforcemen...
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In this episode, author Charlie Blanning and host John Parker hold a "virtual launch" of Twenty Two Waterloo Cups with a discussion about the coursing meetin...
03/07/2022
Episode 28 (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-28) is now available on your favorite podcast app and the Greyhound Nation YouTube channel (https://youtu.be/p5J0J6vlfeg). Our guest this episode is author Leslie Wooten who wrote about Keefer, one of the most phenomenal racing Greyhounds of the 1980s!
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In this episode, John Parker sits down with author Leslie Wootten to discuss her book and other writing about the Greyhound people and the Greyhound breed. T...
31/01/2022
We continue to add episodes to our back catalog on YouTube. We've got Dean Wright of the American Sighthound Field Association, Michael Strickland of Strickland Sires, and an episode on the Greyhound Board of Great Britain's rehoming program.
Subscribe to our YouTube page OR follow our show on your favorite podcast app. Be sure to leave comments, reviews or questions so that we can stay in touch and continue to improve the show!
Greyhound Nation is a podcast for enthusiasts of the Greyhound breed. Hosted by John Parker. Produced by Michael Burns. Follow us wherever you get your podca...
20/01/2022
Our YouTube channel continues to grow -- we're working through our back catalog of podcast episodes and adding past shows, including Charlie Blanning on Greyhounds in film AND our amateur racing roundtable. If you haven't followed us on a podcast app, hit the SUBSCRIBE button on one of our YouTube episodes to get all new episode notifications!
Greyhound Nation is a podcast for enthusiasts of the Greyhound breed. Hosted by John Parker. Produced by Michael Burns. Follow us wherever you get your podca...
17/01/2022
Episode 27 (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-27) is now available on podcast apps and our new YouTube channel! John talks with Jackie Teal, an English coursing and racing trainer who's been working with Greyhounds since she was ten.
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In this episode, host John Parker and Jackie Teal sit down to talk about her career as both a Greyhound coursing and racing trainer. Jackie shares some of he...
31/12/2021
We're closing out 2021 with a big announcement -- the Greyhound Nation podcast is now available on YouTube! Subscribe to our YouTube channel (linked below), featuring our first video -- Episode 26 with Charlie Blanning.
If you like to listen to podcasts on YouTube, all future episodes will be available on the platform, AND we're going to retroactively include our first 25 episodes in Q1 2022!
Greyhound Nation is a podcast for enthusiasts of the Greyhound breed. Hosted by John Parker. Produced by Michael Burns. Follow us wherever you get your podca...
27/12/2021
Episode 26 (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-26) is available now. We close out 2021 with a special preview of Charlie Blanning’s next Greyhound history project!
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In this episode, host John Parker gets a sneak peek at Charlie Blanning's latest Greyhound history project
30/11/2021
Episode 25 (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-25) is now available! John interviews Steve Downs about open field coursing in the United States. It's another great sport for Greyhounds and other sighthounds!
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08/10/2021
Episode 24 (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-24) is available now, featuring Gary Guccione. Gary talks to John about his life in Greyhound racing, growing up in Montana and later working for the National Greyhound Association in Abilene, Kansas.
Don't miss an episode -- like our page, bookmark our website and follow the podcast with your favorite app!
30/09/2021
Today is (https://internationalpodcastday.com/), and John and Michael would like to thank ALL of our listeners around the world for joining us on our Greyhound podcast adventures!
Celebrate the day and listen to our latest episode, follow the podcast on your favorite app, or share the page with a friend who loves the breed or wants to learn more!
23/09/2021
Episode 23 (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-23) features Cynthia Branigan, author of Adopting the Racing Greyhound AND a new book coming in October 2021 -- The Last Diving Horse in America. Join Cynthia and John as she shares her passion for Greyhound adoption and the incredible story of her diving horse, Gamal!
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11/09/2021
Episode 22 (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-22-bonus) is our first BONUS episode! Charlie Blanning reads a speech from Mr. Wilby, a butcher from Norfolk, England who wanted to share his Greyhound coursing experiences with children in Britain.
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In this bonus episode, Charlie Blanning reads Charlie Wilby’s speech to the children at a 1987 British coursing meeting.
20/08/2021
Episode 21 (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-21) -- Greyhound Nation's one-year anniversary! Dennis McKeon -- our first guest ever -- joins us to read five of his favorite Greyhound essays. It's a milestone episode you don't want to miss!
Click on the link to visit our website and listen OR follow us on your favorite podcast app!
04/08/2021
TWENTY EPISODES! (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-20) This milestone show features a roundtable discussion with amateur racing enthusiasts Jennifer Ng and Michele Houghton. Learn how YOUR Greyhound can participate in LGRA and NOTRA amateur racing!
Click the link to listen to this episode OR follow our podcast on your favorite app! Let us know what you think of the show!
22/07/2021
Episode 19 (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-19) answers the question -- what Greyhound stories would you want to see on the big screen? Host John Parker and guest Charlie Blanning explore screenplay worthy tales of winners, losers, owners, trainers, bookmakers, and royalty from Greyhound history.
Click the link to play the episode or follow and listen on your favorite podcast app!
04/07/2021
Happy Fourth of July! Episode 18 (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-18) features an interview with Dean Wright, president of the American Sighthound Field Association. If you've ever wanted to learn about lure coursing your Greyhound, this is the episode for you!
Click on the link above to listen to the episode OR follow our podcast on your favorite podcast app!
18/06/2021
Episode 17 (http://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-17) features Michael Strickland, a 3rd generation Greyhound breeder. Based in the American Greyhound Mecca -- Abilene, Kansas -- Michael shares the story of Strickland Sires and how his family business pioneered innovative techniques for breeding American racing Greyhounds.
Click on the link above to listen to this episode, or follow our podcast on your favorite app!
27/05/2021
Episode 16 (http://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-16) features a really fun interview with Paula Beniston. She brings over 30 years of Greyhound rehoming experience to the Greyhound Board of Great Britain and the Greyhound Retirement Scheme. This "pension" program helps defray the adoption expenses of adoptable Greyhounds in the UK.
Click the link above listen to our show AND follow our podcast on your favorite podcast app or service!
07/05/2021
Episode 15 (http://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-15) is now available! In this episode, we meet some of the founders and torchbearers of The Greyhound Project , an organization dedicated to the Greyhound adoption community and its volunteers.
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17/04/2021
Episode 14 (http://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-14) features an interview with Mark Bird -- Managing Director of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB). Join us as we learn how Mark and his staff at the GBGB work to promote the safety, welfare and promotion of the Greyhound as the perfect pet after their racing career.
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02/04/2021
Episode 13 (http://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-13) features a Greyhound photography roundtable with Rachel Hogue (Rachel Hogue Photography), Steve Schiferl (Greyt Expressions Photography) and Cindy Frezon (Cindy Frezon Photography). We learn about their passion for photographing the breed as well as techniques you can use to capture your own Greyhound moments.
Click on the website link above or follow Greyhound Nation on your favorite podcast app!
19/03/2021
Episode 12 is now available (http://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-12), featuring returning guests Charlie Blanning and Sir Mark Prescott. During the show, they share the "greatest" names and experiences in coursing, from Greyhounds to trainers to -- yes -- the hares.
Visit our website to listen to the episode or follow our podcast on your favorite podcast app!
27/02/2021
Episode 11 (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-11) is now available -- Greyhound Gear -- a must listen episode for new and old Greyhound owners alike. Our first "gear" episode covers collars, crates and cameras. Share YOUR gear recommendations in the comments! To listen to the episode, visit our website OR become a subscriber via your favorite podcast app.
13/01/2021
New Episode 10 (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-10)! An interview with author Kiaran O'Brien about his novel "Edge Your Bets," set entirely in the world of Greyhound racing. The Greyhound literary community now has its own Dick Francis!
Listen to the episode on our website or on your favorite podcast app!
New episode (https://bit.ly/greynationshow-episode-9) featuring Sir Mark Prescott, dean of the British coursing community, in a fascinating conversation about great Greyhounds, British open coursing, and the protection and conservation of hares. Listen on our website or subscribe on your favorite podcast app.
17/11/2020
In Episode 8, Greyhound author and historian Charlie Blanning talks about his just-published new Greyhound book, "Please Mister: The Golden Age of Greyhound Racing." Join Charlie and host John Parker for a wide-ranging conversation about Owen Patrick Smith, the father of Greyhound racing, early Greyhound racing in the U.S., England and Ireland, and how Charlie went about self-publishing this wonderful new book. https://greyhoundnation.dog/2020/charlie-blanning-latest-book-episode-8/
28/10/2020
Episode 7 is now available ! Join us for a roundtable discussion with three Greyhound adopters who have become racing owners. Jennifer Ng, Patti Kacer and Lynn Bunn have a conversation with host John Parker about what motivated them to become racing owners and how other adopters who are interested in owning a racing Greyhound can go about fulfilling that ambition.
New episode now available ! There are exciting new initiatives by the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust for the rehoming of Irish Greyhounds in Ireland, the UK and the US. We discuss Irish Greyhound rehoming in a roundtable conversation with Barry Coleman, Joanne Murray, and Viara Gentchev.
The next episode of Nation is coming soon, but you can still listen to one of our past episodes on our website or wherever you get your podcasts.
02/10/2020
Episode 5 premieres today, and features a roundtable discussion of Greyhound hobbyist breeders who breed from racing and coursing bloodlines. We discuss a broad range of topics, ranging from how to find a responsible Greyhound breeder to what questions you can expect from a breeder.
Have you subscribed to our podcast? Maybe you've subscribed but are behind on listening to the show? Here's a look back at Episode 1 -- our interview with Dennis McKeon.
New Episode 4 features a conversation with Greyhound historian and author Charlie Blanning. A third-generation Greyhound man, Charlie talks about his life in Greyhounds, coursing and racing.
Now available on all your favorite podcast apps, including the new podcast platform on Amazon Music.
In Episode 4, author and Greyhound historian, Charlie Blanning, shares anecdotes about his life in Greyhounds with host John Parker.
10/09/2020
Episode 3 features a conversation with Laird Morgan, co-founder of United Greyhound Racing. Laird and host John Parker discuss the current state of American Greyhound racing and the prospects for the future of the sport in the U.S.
You can listen to the podcast at the Greyhound Nation web site at https://greyhoundnation.dog/2020/interview-with-laird-morgan-united-greyhound-racing-episode-3/ or on your favorite podcast app.
In Episode 3, Host John Parker and Laird Morgan discuss the founding of United Greyhound Racing and the future of racing in the United States.
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About the Greyhound Nation Podcast
Welcome to the Greyhound Nation podcast.
Greyhound Nation is a podcast for Greyhound enthusiasts, produced by Greyhound enthusiasts.
Each episode will feature informative discussions with a diverse variety of people from the Greyhound community. The format will include one-on-one interviews and moderated roundtable discussions. Topics will cover all aspects of the breed, including sports, breed history, adoption, wellness and behavior.
Host John Parker and producer Michael Burns invite you to join the “Nation” and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
John has been active in the Greyhound breed for 25 years – adoption, racing, coursing, amateur sports and breeding. John is the President of the Southeastern Greyhound Club, is a co-founder and Vice President of Greyhound Adopters for Racing, and is a past Vice President of Greyhound Pets of America. His articles on Greyhounds and Greyhound sports have been published in Celebrating Greyhounds magazine, Performance Sighthound Journal and Field Advisory News. He is the founder and administrator of The Greyhound, one of the largest and most popular Greyhound forums on social media. He and his wife Laura live on their small farm in Coweta County, Georgia with 12 Greyhounds, a Whippet and 3 horses.
Michael and his, Allison wife adopted their first Greyhound in 2004 from Southeastern Greyhound Adoption (SEGA). In 2012, they adopted their second and third Greyhounds and became active volunteers with SEGA. Michael currently serves as Communications Chair for the SEGA Advisory Board and has served as a committee member and co-chair for the SEGA 5K. He’s also a member of the Southeastern Greyhound Club (SEGC), volunteering in lure coursing trials and photographing club events. He lives with his wife, daughter, and two Greyhounds in the north Atlanta area.
