With Hat and Cattle
With Hat and Cattle is built on stories that are earned, not borrowed. We sit down with people who’ve put in the miles, learned the hard lessons, and kept showing up when it would’ve been easier to quit. This is a place for straight talk and quiet wisdom. You know, qualities that many Texans hold dear.
These are stories meant to be listened to slow, turned over, and carried with you. Because when you hear from people who truly walk the walk, you don’t just feel inspired. You leave better for it.
Episodes
41 episodes
Think You Need to Be a Master at AI? You Just Need to Start Today with Chris Trevino
What if the right way to prepare for AI isn’t to trust it more, but to get better at thinking for yourself?Chris Trevino is Vice President of Technology at The Judge Group, but some of the most useful lessons he brings to this conversati...
You’re Measuring Success Wrong, and Why You Shouldn't "Let Someone Else Grade Your Paper"
You can spend years chasing success without ever stopping to ask a surprisingly important question: Whose definition of success am I using?This month, host Dani Raschel Chou, Nicki Ketcham, and Wes Hoblit brought three very differ...
Stop Waiting for Permission: Sharon Flatte on Building a Business That Lasts (Replay)
Sharon Flatte once walked into one of Dallas’ best-known tattoo shops looking for work. The owner told her he didn’t hire women.Two years later, she owned the shop.But that might not even be the most important part of Sharon’s sto...
Feeling Stuck in Your Career? 5 Lessons From Successful Leaders
What do you do when you can't afford therapy? When host Dani Raschel Chou said that out loud at work, an intern (younger than her, junior to her) knew something she did not: Ask for a clinician who is still accruing supervised hours. The person...
Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia, and Four Joint Replacements He Refused I Dan Esposito, Former NFL Running Back
What do you do when a surgeon tells you to schedule four joint replacements? Dan Esposito, a former NFL running back diagnosed with fibromyalgia and degenerative arthritis in his early forties, declined all four, spent the next four years readi...
Vibe Coding, AI Agents, and the One Rule for Your Data — Dr. Yeshwant Muthusamy
TL; DR: Is vibe coding safe to use in a business? Host Dani Raschel Chou asks Dr. Yeshwant Muthusamy, a thirty-year AI veteran with seven U.S. patents, and his answer is yes, with one condition: somebody has to read the code before it ships. Th...
Networking Tips From the Trenches: What to Say, How to Exit, and Why Nobody Remembers with Return Guest Nicolle Ketcham
Do networking events terrify you? And what do you actually say at a networking event when you don't know anyone? In this episode, host Dani Raschel Chou and Nicolle Ketcham walk through one start to finish what to bring, where your name tag goe...
The Rubin Brothers: Radical Self-Trust, Vaudeville, and Building the Career With No Set Career Ladder
Episode note: This episode includes a brief reference to sexual assault (~18:00). A content note is included in the audio.What happens when two brothers from Portland, Oregon decide to build a vaudeville career in the 21st century with n...
We Are Not Prisoners to Our Pasts: My Story of Moving from Addiction to Recovery
Can you actually recover from sex and love addiction, and build a life you’re proud of? Host Dani Raschel Chou says yes, and this week she tells her own story of living as a high functioning addict. After years of asking guests to be honest abo...
How to Network and Communicate the Bushido Way: Real Advice for Introverts, Extroverts, and Ambiverts — Ely Delaney (Part 2)
What does an 800-year-old samurai code have to do with your inbox? More than you’d think. In Part 2 of this conversation, marketing strategist Ely Delaney explains how the seven virtues of Bushido shaped both his business and his life, and why ...
Networking for Introverts, Mastery, and Real Connection — Ely Delaney (Part 1)
Can introverts actually be great at networking? Marketing strategist Ely Delaney says yes and proves it. In Part 1 of this conversation, Ely joins Dani Raschel Chou to unpack how to build real business relationships without faking extroversion,...
Why AI Implementations Fail: It's Leadership, Not Technology l Conversation with AI Leader Amir Habib
Amir Habib is a digital transformation and AI strategy executive with 25+ years of experience leading service delivery for some of the world's largest enterprise clients. In this conversation with host Dani Raschel Chou, Amir traces the entrepr...
The Joe Exotic Pardon, a CEO Turned Insurance Agent, and a 9-Year-Old's Wisdom
Eric “Big Juicy” Love led the campaign for Joe Exotic's presidential pardon. Colin Weatherwax walked away from a CEO title to sell insurance in a small Texas town. His 9-year-old daughter Kennedy might be the wisest person in the room. This epi...
He Rage Quit Into Tech; Now He's Explaining AI for the Rest of Us | Paul Byrne
Paul Byrne rage-quit a corporate job, built a tech company from scratch with an Italian degree, and wrote Adapt or Die: The Real AI Playbook -- a framework for people who didn't go to MIT but still need to understand what AI is actually doing.<...
The Contact Sport of Business: Mike Nurre on 35 Years of Showing Up
What does business development and relationship building look like when you've been doing it for 35 years in Dallas, Texas? Guest Mike Nurre knows. He's built a career, a community, and a reputation on one principle: give first, an...
Inside a Real Coaching Session: Purpose Factor, Enneagram Triggers & Hard Truths (Part 2)
In Part 2 of this unscripted live coaching session, Enneagram and Purpose Factor coach Darin K. Newbold takes host Dani Raschel Chou and her best friend Nicki Ketcham deeper than either of them planned to go. They unpack their Purpose Factor as...
We Put Ourselves on the Couch: A Live BoldGPS Session with Darin Newbold (Part 1)
What does a live executive coaching session actually look like? In Part 1 of this two-part episode, host Dani sits down with Enneagram coach Darin K. Newbold and best friend Nicki Ketcham for an unedited walkthrough of the BoldGPS framework:...
AI Can Write the Message, But It Can't Carry Your Reputation | Amir Khawaja on Leading Human in a Machine Age
AI can write the message, but it can’t carry your reputation. In an era where everyone is starting to sound polished, automated, and put-together, what actually separates the leaders people trust from the ones they don’t?In this e...
From Library Books to Legendary Parks: How One Man's Childhood Obsession Became a Career No One Saw Coming
What happens when you follow a passion so relentlessly that the world eventually has no choice but to make room for you?In this episode of With Hat and Cattle, Dani sits down with Jim Futrell: amusement park historian, 11-time a...
AI Isn't the Real Risk...Losing This Is (Panel Discussion)
Most AI conversations live inside a bubble, from LinkedIn feeds flooded with hype, tech conferences full of engineers, and billionaires deciding the future for the rest of us. This episode of With Hat and Cattle breaks that open. Ho...
How a Body Shop Built a Better Leader with Jeremy Lennox (Replay)
What does it take to go from sweeping shop floors to running your own company? In this replay of our very first episode, host Dani sits down with Jeremy Lennox, President of Harvey's Collision Centers, for an honest conversation about building ...
Lessons in Hiring and Humility with Heath Hilliard (Replay)
Some leadership lessons don’t come from textbooks. They come from moments that stick with you for years, sometimes decades.In this episode of With Hat and Cattle, we pulled a previous conversation from the archives that deserves a repeat...
Enneagram for Leadership & Life: Discover Your Type, Your Purpose & Your Patterns with Darin K. Newbold
What if the patterns shaping your leadership, relationships, and life decisions started long before you realized it?In this episode of With Hat and Cattle, Dani sits down with executive leadership coach and Certified Enneagram Coach Dari...
From Bull Riding to Executive Coaching: How CEOs Build Real Leadership Grit with Brandon Denmon
What does bull riding have to do with executive leadership? More than you think.In the very first episode under the With Hat and Cattle rebrand, Dani sits down with Brandon Denmon, former COO, endurance athlete, and newly appointed Vist...
Perpetual Students Win: Learning, Leading, and Leaving People Better with Amir Khawaja
What if the most effective leaders aren’t the loudest in the room, but the most committed to learning?In this episode, host Dani Raschel Chou sits down with Amir Khawaja, Senior Director, technology leader, and co-host of Black Belts and...