Blue Ribbons and Boots: Recent Episodes
Blue Ribbons and Boots
Blue Ribbons and Boots is a podcast for Extension Agents by Extension Agents. Solely to bring you content and laughter!
Come along with us as we visit the Kilpatrick family and the Apple Barn in Sevierville TN. Did you know what started as a roadside fruit stand is now an elite tourist destination with deep ties to University of TN Extension?
Do you know what a yak is? Join the girls as we sit down with Ali at Deep Draw Yak Farms to talk about all things extension as we discuss yaks, homestead houses, heritage and more!
Join Meagen and Crystal as we speak to Jennifer, owner of Dirty Girls Nursery, a renovated See Rock City Barn. We discuss gardening, food and have lots of fun!
Meagen and Crystal travel to Tsali Notch Vineyard in Monroe County TN and talk to JD Dalton about TN's largest commercial muscadine vineyard. A longer episode that is worth the listen as we discuss the agriculture industry and the work that goes into great Appalachian products.
Join Meagen and Crystal as they talk heritage and traditions at Richy Kreme Donuts in Maryville, TN. There may even be a few "sweet" surprises!
Meagen and Crystal are on the road at the Polk County Ramp Tramp Festival. Grab a glass of sweet tea and Sit a Spell as we talk about our heritage.
Season 2 kicking off the Great Tennessee Appalachian Road Show starts with a true legend and one of our favorite products to come out of Appalachia, Mr. Alan Benton of Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Hams.
2017 Throwback: Paul Hill's second visit to the podcast! Autonomy in the workplace for creativity!
2017 Throwback: The First Podcast episode after becoming an award winning podcast! How better to celebrate than have a self-proclaimed fangirl: Stacey Ellison!
2017 Throwback: Meagen Brown's FIRST episode as official co-host! We have a conversation with Extension Agent Whitney Morrow from Kentucky Cooperative Extension in Carter County to talk about her program "Adulting 101"
List: Top 3 March Madness Memories
Check out the gang as they do a parody of their favorite SNL skit. It's a recording for the ages!
2017 Throwback: Meagen Brown and I go deep and discuss the theory of smartphones destroying our lives! You be the judge!
Joined by Bradley County Mayor, Gary Davis, the crew asks about starting a cannery/commercial kitchen facility. Mayor Davis provides insight from his position. Meagen and Crystal share their perspective as their counties are looking at plans for long term opportunities. Come sit a spell!
2017 Throwback: My coworker and most genuine cowboy I know--Larry Mitchell--jumps on to discuss working multiple job titles in Extension.
The gang is back together and better than ever! Join us as we knock off the rust and jump into apple butter. You'll hear a few jabs thrown in the mix, because why not?
Here is the link to the Apple Butter Demo: https://fb.watch/1BqxC5GCHQ/
2017 Throwback: Part 2 of our Split Agent focus with Rachel York, former agent and county director in Unicoi County Tennessee.
2017 Throwback: Paul Hill with Utah State University makes his first visit on the podcast to discuss the Maker Movement!
Also--Meagen and Justin do a top 3 mockumentary episodes list (aka the Office/Parks and Rec)
We are SORRY! We left in June and never returned!!!!!! So listen to our brief apology...and shenanigans!
2017 Throwback: We connect with our colleague Kari Robideau to discuss creative educational methods that she, and others, are working on within Minnesota Cooperative Extension.
2017 Throwback: A chat with Destiny Brown about becoming an Extension Agent after being a 4-H member. Destiny did this in her home county! Unfortunately, she is no longer with Extension...BOO!
2017 Throwback-- A Chat with Morgan Beaty on what life is like transitioning from a 4-H member (and child of an Extension Agent/Region Specialist) to being an Extension Agent as an adult.
Throwback to 2017! We talk with some--then-- 4-H members and ask what they think their Extension Agent does....
The results are glorious in every way!
We went live on Facebook with Food Safety Specialist for UT Extension, Dr. Janie Burney! Check out the fun!
In this episode, the siblings discuss all the things you'll need to get the food preservation job done!
Fact or Myth showdown. Meagen and Crystal face off--without the answers--in a winner takes all kudos points showdown of food preservation knowledge.
On the first ever episode Meagen, Crystal and Justin talk about the history of food preservation and all the crazy things they have seen, heard and scrolled past angrily online and in their own families. They try to lay a foundation for a proven method for folks to safely preserve food.
Dr. Katie Conrad shares tips and strategies for coping. Here is the fact sheet referenced for your viewing pleasure: https://extension.tennessee.edu/publications/Documents/D94.pdf
Meagen and I set out to lighten the mood of society as it is today. We discussed our favorite topic: Sports. Well, the lack thereof right now. Sports unify us. They bring about camaraderie. They give us a past time to engage in that is not life and death thus in the grand scheme it doesn't matter...but it does matter. When will they come back? Your guess is as good as ours! We also provide recommendations for things to watch "during everything going on right now."
We talk with Dr. Chris Sneed of UT Extension Family and Consumer Sciences. Dr. Sneed is a Consumer Economics Specialist. We intended to talk about supporting small business, but in a true Extension fashion...we saved the world and every financial fallout occurring in the world "because of everything going on right now."
Here are the links shared by Dr. Washburn in this episode: UTIA Coronavirus page: https://utia.tennessee.edu/coronavirus/ Google folder with Exercise at Home Resources (TN Extension personnel: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1dGkeCq95vivjkuyMIBcQSJayuQIeT5rL?usp=sharing CDC: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
Podcasts: · 10% Happier: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast · Brene Brown – Unlocking Us podcast: https://brenebrown.com/unlockingus/
Paul Hill of Utah State University joins the podcast again after a 2 year hiatus. Listen to the utterly relevant discussion on remote work. Also, if you have access to LinkedIn Learning check out the remote work course: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/working-remotely-2?u=42574436 For more on Utah State's Remote Work Certification for Workers and Managers: https://remoteworkcertificate.com
First time for everything! We hosted a podcast with a live studio audience at the Tennessee Extension Association for Family and Consumer Sciences state meeting. In our breakout session, we had our audience participate in the podcast with us!
We start a conversation based on the Nov. 16 2017 Tweet Up from the #EdTechLN based around mentoring and working with traditional methods and emerging technology. We also count down our favorite Christmas movies!
Lynne and Justin discuss professional associations from her experience in 4-H associations. Lynne provides her perspective as a 4-H agent from what we like to call the "mid-career" folks. We dig into some sticky waters, but really only dig deeper into talking points.
Turning from yesterday's episode, Meagen and Justin debate the need to change in professional associations and identify accountability and ownership as two issues that are holding up how agents engage in their professional associations. Things lighten up when they discuss the top 3 Marvel movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Today, we have an interview with Linda Bower, Regional Program Leader for UT Extension. She talks about the knowledge that associations need to adapt, but we can't quite figure out how. That leads Justin and Meagen into a conversation about the changing dynamic of our workforce and thus professional associations.
It is our one year anniversary! With that we engage in difficult conversations about Extension professional associations. We start the week with Tennessee Association of Agricultural Agents and Specialists past president, Adam Hopkins. Join the conversation!