The Lost Rider Podcast with Herman Brune

Greg Buenger's Update on Screw Worm Outbreaks

Texas Farm Bureau Director Greg Buenger gives us an update on the screw worm situation. Buenger describes the differences between the circumstances surrounding the screw worm outbreaks in the 1950's and '60's versus the current situation. The border is closed to Mexican beef. There are no plans that it be opened any time soon. Whenever that time may come it will assuredly be with preconditions of quarantine and dipping. At this point sterile flies are being brought up from Panama, and a buffer zone is being created within and along the Texas border. Other facilities for producing sterile flies will be available by the end of the 2026 summer and in 2027. The last reports had screw worms within 100 miles of the border. Those cattle were hauled to those locations from farther down in Mexico. The hot zone for screw worms is the feed lots in the Yucatan area, and the overall plan is to eradicate and drive the screw worms back below Panama. Buenger also explains the use of injectable Ivomec as a treatment.

Interview with Dana Tassa - Women Hunt and the Wild Sheep Foundation

Dana Tassa is the representative for Women Hunt at Derek York's Podcast Summit. She is from Vancouver, British Columbia, and this is her first trip to Texas.  Dana elaborates how the Women Hunt organization is an off-shoot of the Wild Sheep Foundation, how she found the group, and what she does for them on social media. We learn a little of her background and gain insights into how Women Hunt help ladies find and enjoy the outdoors.

Camille Nunn "Heroes on the Water"

"Heroes on the Water" is an organization helping veterans and first responders heal. Camille Knowles tells us that putting folks in a kayak and sending them fishing has undeniable health benefits. The non-profit provides the experience and opportunity that aides people accustomed to the most stressful jobs to relax. "Often our participants come to us quiet and reserved. By the end of a weekend they have loosened up and are having fun."

Interview with Dennis "Goose" Geeseman, GOP Candidate for HD85

The GOP candidate for HD85 joins us to discuss the Austin Swamp. With the odds, being $2M in lobbyist money, stacked against him, Dennis "Goose" Geeseman unseated the two-term incumbent with a landslide 15-point win. Geeseman knows he's bucking the Austin establishment and jokes that he'll get an office in the basement at the end of the hall. He only hopes that he gets put on a committee. In this interview we discuss the Austin machine losing Public Trust, who he prefers as the Speaker of the House, the push to eliminate property taxes, term limits, elected positions on the LCRA Board, possible selenium problems at the LCRA power plant, and knowing when to say "NO" to budget items.

Interview with Martha Spencer - From Meteorologist to Louisiana Fishing Guide

Martha Spencer's first career choice was broadcast media. She worked her way up through the ranks to becoming the meteorologist at the ABC affiliate in New Orleans. However, she decided to change careers. Cajun Adventures suited her better and she became an offshore deep-water fishing guide. She loves the deep-water but ultimately moved to guiding the bays along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. Much of her interview is about how to fish, know the moon phases, and watching tides. She also discusses the variables of bay guiding versus off shore guiding. Martha says deep water guiding is a young person's business. There are less days to guide, a smaller profit margin, and it's harder on you physically. Nevertheless, it's obvious she still likes the big water as she says that on a good day a person can sneak from the bays to fish a little offshore.