Ringside: An American Dairy Goat Podcast
Ringside: An American Dairy Goat Podcast brings you expert insights, real talk and barnyard banter on all thing's dairy goats, from breeding and showing to management and milk production, Jon Kain and Danielle Carolei guide you on your journey with dairy goats.
Episodes
302 episodes
Dear Santa! Creating the Perfect Wish List for the Holidays!
On this episode Danielle and Jon scour the internet for present ideas for your favorite goat person in your life! Do they need new clippers? A fancy milk machine? Collars? We have you covered! go to Ringside to fin...
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Season 1
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Episode 298
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1:14:01
Ringside Gets Judgy, Year 4!
It's the annual event you've been waiting for! It's time for Danielle and Jon to read reddit stories about goats (and thanksgiving) and judge the poster on if they are in the wrong or not. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!We are l...
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Season 1
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Episode 297
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53:26
Congenital Myotonia in Nigerian Dwarfs! with Stephanie Trout
One of the biggest hot button topics in dairy goat land especially on social media the past few weeks after convention has been congenital myotonia or CM. CM is the gene that can effect a nigerian dwarf by making them show signs of stiff ...
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Season 1
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Episode 296
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1:09:28
Convention Conversations: Our Takeaways from ADGA's Annual Convention
Jon and Danielle return to talk to you the listener about this year's Annual Convention. How their one day experience went and the news from the board meeting. Has the ADGA Annual Convention run it's course and it's time to lay it t...
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Season 1
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Episode 295
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1:07:52
ADGA Convention Breeder's Roundtable ft Thanh Duong and Joseph Larson
This week you listen in as Danielle and Jon interview Thanh Duong of CA Blackberry's and Joseph Larson of Harmody Dairy Goats as they tal...
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Season 1
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Episode 294
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53:31
Ringside Live at Convention ft. Semen Collecting with Marhsall Losey
This week Jon and Danielle are live in Danvers Mass to talk about semen collecting for the purpose of using down the road or preserving semen of those good bucks from years past.
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Episode 293
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1:07:31
Storming the Gates! Gatekeeping in Dairy Goats
Have you ever tried to talk to a breeder about their genetics and what they like and don't like about them? Tried to purchase one of their best only to get left on read? How about the secrets about how they get their does to look so...
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Season 1
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Episode 292
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1:09:08
The Breeding Season Playbook with Danielle Carolei (King's Rock Farm)
This week Jon turns the tables on Danielle and continue their Breeding Season Playbook series by asking Danielle how she approaches breeding season and how she decides what doe gets what buck and what breeding could produce her next junior herd...
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Season 1
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Episode 291
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1:06:52
The Breeding Season Playbook with Jon Kain (Hillaire Farm of Scott's Circle)
This week Danielle turns the tables on Jon and interviews him asking him how he approaches breeding season and what measures he takes to breed the best Oberhasli he can. Before that, find out who the bigger Swifty is as Jon and Danielle d...
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Season 1
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Episode 290
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1:07:14
The Breeding Season Playbook with Paul Fox (Foxwood Dairy Goats)
This week Danielle and Jon continue to crack open the breeding season playbook by welcoming Paul Fox of Foxwood Dairy Goats to talk about how he attacks breeding season to create those pairings that could possibly result in a touchdown or maybe...
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Season 1
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Episode 290
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53:56
Repro Day on the Farm Recap with Dr. Holahan and Dr. Richards!
Jon and Danielle finally have a second to decompress and reflect on Ringside's first Repro Day on the Farm and it was hopefully a successful one! They are joined by Dr. Melissa Holahan and Dr. Melanie Richards to talk about how the weeken...
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Season 1
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Episode 289
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1:16:06
The Breeding Season Playbook with Garrett Moorse
This week Jon and Danielle sit with Garrett Moorse to uncover his strategy to get his does bred. What kind of planning takes place, how much does he rely on repro work outside live cover and what kind of strategy does he use based on age ...
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Season 1
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Episode 288
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56:21
Laying the Groundwork for the 2026 Show Season
In this episode Danielle and Jon discuss how they prepare for the next show season before breeding season even begins? How do they try to put their goat's best hoof forward to succeed in the ring in 2026? Find out on this episode of...
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Season 1
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Episode 287
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1:05:18
Bridging Functional Performance and the Show Ring with Katelyn Greene!
Jon and Danielle saw a post a few months ago by Dan Greene highlighting his daughter Katelyn's capstone project from University and when we saw what her project was regarding we knew we wanted to pick her brain on it. Listen in as Katelyn...
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Season 1
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Episode 286
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1:12:18
We're Baaaack (Dutchess County Fair Recap)
Danielle and Jon are back from their podcast vacation and get right into things with their favorite Dutchess County Fair moments.sign up for Ringside's Repro on the Farm lap a...
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Season 1
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Episode 285
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49:42
Breeding Season Starts Here - Ringside's Repro Day on the Farm
Breeding season is ocming fast and Ringside is taking the action out of the studio and straight onto the farm! In this special episode, Jon and Danielle share all the details about Ringside's Repro Day on the Farm, happening September 20t...
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Season 1
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Episode 284
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18:00
Armchair Quarterbacking The 2025 ADGA National Show
This week Jon and Danielle recap the ADGA National Show. Why was Danielle so invested in the oberhasli show? Why did Jon watch the nubian show? Listen in as Jon adresses the terrible crotch goblins that ran amuck at the show a...
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Season 1
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Episode 283
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1:11:47
Show Hangover Remedies!
We all feel it...the exhaustion that follows a long show day. Most call it a show hangover... what remedies do Danielle and Jon use to remedy a bad show hangover? Is it naps? Massage appointments? More showing? Lis...
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Season 1
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Episode 282
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40:03
Spotlight Sale Special ft. Cameron and Katherine Jodlowski, Jill Pritchett
Jon and Danielle wrap up the spotlight sale interviews with Cameron and Katherine Jodlowski to talk about Taylor Ridge JC Fire Santa Fe their gorgeous Toggenburg doe ki...
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Season 1
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Episode 281
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1:09:36
The Bounty Fit for a Queen with Scott Bice of Vineyard View and Redwood Hills (Spotlight Sale Special)
This episode the crew sits with Scott Bice to talk about Saanen doe kid Vineyard View Yuzu Kapi'olani and Alpine buck kid
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Season 1
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Episode 280
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32:20
Spotlight Sale Special ft. Evie Harry, Trinity Smith and TeCoa Stroda
Join Jon and Danielle as they interview more ADGA Spotlight Sale consigners. They talk about the purebred Toggenburg with Evie Harry, the LaMancha breeders trio with Trinity Smith and the Oberhasli with TeCoa Stroda.
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Season 1
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Episode 279
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1:17:05
Spotlight Sale Special ft. Renee Wolf, Lacey Yates and Sarah Martin
join Jon and Danielle as they sit down with Renee Wolf (Wolfivan Ranch) Sarah Martin (Kenzie's Dairy Goats) and Lacey Yates (Raising Arrow Nubians) to talk about their ADGA Spotlight Sale Consignments
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Season 1
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Episode 278
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1:16:24
Spotlight Sale Special ft. Thanh Duong and Sarah Martin
On this week's first spotlight sale special episode we welcome Thanh Duong of CA Blackberrys. A wonderful herd and family who raise nationally recognized nubians and nigerians. Thanh sits down with us to talk about their nubian buck...
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Season 1
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Episode 277
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44:15
Spotlight Sale Special ft. Erica & Jackson Noble and Meredith Lund!
We're heading to Nationals to spotlight the animals consigned to the spotlight sale! 3G Family Farm Golden Dragon
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Season 1
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Episode 276
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56:49
The Resurrection of the Spotlight Sale with Joseph Larson (Spotlight Special)
After being declared dead last fall, the ADGA Spotlight Sale is back and it's rising with style! This week, we're joined by Joseph Larson co-char of the Spotlight Sale committee and breeder of one of this year's featured bucks, a Toggenbu...
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Season 1
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Episode 275
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1:06:22