Women in Western Podcast

Cheyenne Draves runs this show as a direct line to the women shaping the western industry right now. She interviews ranchers, trainers, rodeo competitors, magazine editors, designers, and the quiet operators who keep family outfits running while nobody is watching. Cheyenne asks the questions you wish somebody would ask in a trade magazine profile: how do you actually balance a calving season with three kids, what does it cost to start a hat brand, why did you walk away from the corporate job, how do you handle the guy at the sale barn who assumes your husband is the one buying. Her guests answer with the kind of honesty you only get when the host already knows the life. Episodes run an hour give or take and feel like a coffee conversation between two women who respect each other's hustle. There is practical advice throughout. Listeners have picked up tips on everything from entering their first ranch rodeo to negotiating breeding contracts to pitching a sponsor. Cheyenne also lets silence sit when a guest needs a moment, which is rare in podcasting and usually produces the best answers. If you are a woman building something inside the western industry, or you know one, this show belongs in the queue. Start with any episode that catches your eye and keep going.