Toplines and Tales – Details, episodes & analysis

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Toplines and Tales

Andy Frazier

Society & Culture

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Science

Frequency: 1 episode/8d. Total Eps: 100

Podcast about all things to do with livestock, past and present, including interviews, discussions and general chitchat.

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28/04/2025
#91
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09/04/2025
#99
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14/03/2025
#96
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Documentary
13/03/2025
#94
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Documentary
14/02/2025
#98
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Documentary
13/02/2025
#80
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Documentary
02/10/2024
#97
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Documentary
29/09/2024
#97
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Documentary
28/09/2024
#84
🇬🇧 Great Britain - Documentary
17/09/2024
#83

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https://andyfrazier.wixsite.com/ttquiz
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http://www.angushistorybook.com
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https://www.saddleandsirloinportraitfoundation.org/portraitgallery
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https://youtu.be/W58DZ42mWbQ
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https://twitter.com/mairigougeon
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178 - Special episode - Tom Burke

Episode 184

Friday, August 30, 2024 • Duration 29:51

Tom Burke is one of the giants of the World's cattle industry. Still actively conducting Angus Cattle sales throughout USA into his 80s, Tom's knowledge of the cattle industry, and particularly Angus, knows no equal. Tom chats to me about his co-authorship of the book The History of Aberdeen Angus in US, UK and Worldwide where his input has been invaluable in creating this magnificent volume that will stand as a reference point for a whole host of livestock subjects for many generations.

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178 - People in Livestock - Vince Corbett

Episode 183

Friday, August 23, 2024 • Duration 42:31

Vince Corbett, along with his family, from the Welsh borders has slowly risen to the top of the tree in the Charolais cattle world, being the herd to beat in the show ring. Vince chats about their easy-care sheep, his venture into Limousin cattle as well as the mechanics of his top Charolais herd. We also get into a discussion about the myostatin gene, among other things.

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177 - People in Livestock - Steve Smith

Episode 182

Friday, August 9, 2024 • Duration 01:09:00

From someone who didn’t start with a farming background, Steve Smith’s rise to Welsh Sheep farmer of the year, now running over 1100 acres, has been a fascinating story. Best known for his Pen Parc Texel flock, an in-demand judge, Steve has had to make his farm pay with contributions from diversification into a number of areas, including falconry, photography and hydro-electricity as well as his large sheep enterprise.

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176 - Special Episode - John Dawes and Dr Jim Gibb

Episode 181

Friday, August 2, 2024 • Duration 34:54

A bonus episode this week, with two giants in the US livestock industry, John Dawes and Dr Jim Gibb.

John Dawes a contemporary and colleague of Herman Purdy who collaborated on an earlier successful volume called Breeds of Cattle gives an overview of his position in the US cattle world. This is followed by Dr Jim Gibb, a world leading expert in cattle genomics in USA who gives a brief history of how genomics were developed into what we have today. Both having reviewed our book, The History of Aberdeen-Angus cattle in US, UK and Around the World, they give us their honest opinion of what the book means in a modern society.

They also discuss our new book, The History of Aberdeen Angus in US, UK and Worldwide, as both have been early reviewers of it.

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175 - People in Livestock - Ken Howie

Episode 180

Friday, July 26, 2024 • Duration 36:17

As well as being a top Angus cattle breeder, Ken Howie, from Cairnton, Aberdeenshire has converted his farm into the ultimate in diversification. His Deesisde Activity park offers a whole range of outdoor pursuits including karting, fishing, shooting and even axe throwing. We chat about his business in beautiful Royal Deeside, as well as his Cairnton Angus herd.

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174 - People in livestock - Megan Friel

Episode 178

Friday, July 12, 2024 • Duration 40:18

Megan Friel is a top Angus breeder in New Zealand, so we discuss her earlier years a major sheep farmer, her and her husband’s modern Mt Mable commercial bull stud, as well her current association with the New Zealand Angus association. Dr Bob Hough joins in as we compare the different systems and type of cattle between NZ, US and UK, discovering some surprising similarities with Scotland.

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173 - People in Livestock - Tom Hopkinson

Episode 179

Friday, July 5, 2024 • Duration 35:58

The name Lindertis has been etched in history through the world-famous Angus bull Lindertis Evulse which sold for a record price in 1963. I speak to Tom Hopkinson, a grandson of Sir Torquil Munro and a pedigree Angus breeder in his own right, about some of those halcyon days. We discuss his even more famous Great Grand Father, Sir Hugh Munro who named all the mountains in Scotland. Tom also talks of their other business interests as well as their own top Angus herd and an upcoming dispersal sale.

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172 - Special Announcement of a wonderful new book on the history of Aberdeen-Angus cattle

Episode 177

Friday, May 31, 2024 • Duration 33:46

I may have been quiet on the podcast front for a while as I have been very busy writing. We can now announce that we have just competed a 2 and half year project writing the History of Aberdeen-Angus in the US, UK and worldwide. In this episode, Dr Bob Hough and I discuss what you can expect in this coffee-table styled book, as well as how it came together and the challenges this 540 page tome presented. You can find more about it at www.angushistorybook.com

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4 - Toplines and Tales Livestock Quiz - Quiz number 4

Episode 176

Friday, April 12, 2024 • Duration 28:37

Welcome to our fourth Toplines and Tales Podquiz. 4 more rounds this week, which include sports people in livestock, a new special livestock Music round, plus a final round on the history of livestock.

So go on, pitch in with your livestock knowledge, just for fun. Answers at the end. #quiz #quizzing #sheepquiz #cattlequiz

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171 - Characters in Livestock - Jim McMillan snr

Episode 175

Friday, April 5, 2024 • Duration 35:07

Another great guest in this series about characters in the livestock scene, again a man who needs no introduction, top stockman Jim McMillan. Having just had his 90th birthday, Jim tells of his start with showing fatstock and his great successes at Smithfield, as well as his days with Seawell charolais and the unrivaled show cow, Kilkenny Celia. We also hear about his highly successful stint at Moston Muir with Angus and Galloways.

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