Episode 49: The State of Equine Media, from Print to Digital

This is our last episode of 2023, and today Kate and Abigail discuss our thoughts on the current state of equine media—print, digital, social media and more. We are then joined by the king of equine podcasts, Glenn Hebert for an insightful chat about where podcasting is today. Holly Caccamise of Horse llustrated rounded out our conversation as we discussed print and digital magazines. We hope you enjoy!

Segment 1: Abigail & Kate: 0:32

Glenn Hebert on Podcasting: 11:51

GLENN HEBERT is America’s most famous Horse Husband. He founded the Horse Radio Network in 2008, which is now the largest online podcast network for horses worldwide. After Horse Radio Network was sold to Equine Network in 2022, Glenn continued on as the director of podcasting. He’s most known as the host of one of the longest running daily podcasts in the world—Horses in the Morning. The show has been running for 13 years and over 3,200 episodes. He lives in Ocala, Florida. Glenn is a wealth of knowledge—if you ask many equine podcasters how they got their start, they’ll point to advice Glenn gave them at one point or another. Us included. We’re so pleased to welcome Glenn to OUR show today!

Holly Caccamise on magazines: 49:33

Holly Caccamise is the editor-in-chief for Horse Illustrated, Young Rider and Western Life Today magazines. Holly has been with the award-winning magazine Horse Illustrated and sister publication Young Rider since 2007, and has held the editor-in-chief role since August 2019. She lives in Orange County, California. In this conversation, we dig deep into Holly’s background and her thoughts on where equine media is today. We’re excited to share it with you now!

Abigail Boatwright