The Lost Rider Podcast with Herman Brune
Answering your questions about what makes the world go ”round by interviewing the correct people with the honest answers. Relating kitchen table issues to the outdoors and the environment. And, remembering the history, perspectives, and events that delivered us to today’s social place and awareness.
Episodes
Brune interviews Port of Corpus Christi Authority's Kent Britton. The discussion revolves around the largest planned seawater desalination plant in the U.S. They also talk about the amounts of oil and natural gas that are shipped out of Corpus Christi daily. One ship going to the Netherlands can power 1million homes in Europe for one month. Approximately one such ship leaves Corpus every day. The conversation also leans towards the...
In this insightful episode of The Lost Rider Podcast (and its broadcast version, News from the Camp House), host Herman Brune visits Texas A&M University to sit down with Dr. Ty Wardell, assistant professor in the Rangeland, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management Department.
Wardell shares his fascinating journey from growing up in a ranching and rodeo family on the Lake Traverse Reservation in South Dakota to earning his Ph.D. at ...
Brune visits with Texas Outdoor Partners President John Shepard. They discuss the past session of the Texas Legislature, the system in which TOP operates, and the possible reemerging of the Sportsman's Caucus in Texas. Another topic of discussion was the Texas Parks and Wildlife budget.
Water questions is a commentary from Brune. It showcases that lifelong "conservationists" in state agencies have the answers to questions that plague concerned citizens and NGO's. There is nothing new about water process technologies. When discussing water desalination: Water treatment for super saturated saline discharges was practiced in Texas, in the 1980's, during the creation of the strategic oil reserves. Likewise, major muni...
In a rare step away from environmental technology issues Brune interviews Darren Amundson. Amundson is the inventor of fishdonkey. It's an app that allows catch and release fishing tournaments without ever killing a fish and eliminates any chance to cheat the judges. The interview takes place at the Associated Great Lakes Outdoor Writers Conference in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
There is a brackish aquifer water desal plant planned for South Texas. The news about this topic went out before planning was complete. Directors are still addressing the public's concerns about managing the super-saline discharge, as well as, studying their options for management. Brune and STWA Director John Marez discuss the longstanding technology available to quell these concerns. Despite having waste water technology in place...
August, 2000 - August 2025, twenty-five years reporting weekly on water issues, technology, the North American Wildlife Conservation Model, and finding answers to the questions that otherwise go unanswered.
Nueces River Authority Executive Director John Byrum details a few of the complexities of desalinating seawater. The project is slated to be on Harbor Island at Port Aransas. Byrum explains both how the intake and discharge ar...
Mrs. Rhonda Kennedy explains to listeners that the Port Mansfield Cut was opened by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1957. While Port Mansfield is no longer a sea-going port, the cut is instrumental to the health of the Lower Laguna Madre. It also allows access to the Gulf from Port Mansfield. Presently, the Cut is silting shut and the Army Corps of Engineers has no plans to continuing its dredging. The people in Port Mansfield are l...
The Alamo: Brune interviews Lee Spencer White.
Mrs, White was a key figure in stopping the Centotaph from being moved, as well as, certifying the history is not reimagined to suit a leftist agenda.
The building and surrounding plaza are being restored and renovated. Mrs. White, the Descendents of the Alamo, The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and the Sons of the Republic of Texas played essential roles in making the public awa...
Florida WIld Woman and wildlife biologist Christina Wilson and native Floridian Charlotte Hartley, Florida Man Official Merchandise Owner, Artist, and Pinup Model talk about wrangling snakes, developing a pinup community with a Florida twist, and using social media for brand development.
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The Dallas Safari Club is active in promoting and advocating the North American Wildlife Conservation Model. In this interview Brune and Executive Director Corey Mason discuss DSC's involvement with the Texas Outdoor Writers Assn.'s Youth Writing Awards, the wildlife conservation model, and also the ongoing efforts to squelch anti-hunting and anti-conservation movements internationally. This interview helps to illustrate how leftis...
Chris Geib, CDO of the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation talks about Great Loop Challenge, a fundraising event supporting the The Sunshine Project, which unites over 20 U.S. cancer centers and rapidly advances treatment trials for children with cancer.
Captain Red Flowers talks about smashing the world record for completing the Great Loop Challenge, a continuous loop around the entire eastern U.S. waterway circuit in order to ...
Alpine based, Froylan Hernandez, the Desert Bighorn Sheep Program Leader for Texas Parks & Wildlife, talks about being charged with the restoration and management of the desert bighorn population in Texas in the face of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae (M. ovi)
Brune talks about BS (Blue Sky) Salesman. Whether its Climate Change, Covid, or the anti-hunting and anti-gun crowd the world is full of BS (Blue Sky) Salesman. In a hilarious turn of events there is now a left-wing media platform akin to Twitter or X that calls itself Blue Sky.
~ You can't make this stuff up.
Blast from the Past: In light of DOGE cracking down on fraud and the abuse of tax dollars: Here is an older radio show pointing out how the CDC ran out of its lane into the gun control debate/movement. It was done in the name of public health. Should the CDC spend tax money on such studies, or is it an example of an every-growing bloated bureaucracy?
Rebecca Jones, outdoor advocate on the Board of Directors for DSF, Texas Wildlife Association and HerUpLand discusses using her professional business experience to help these organizations grow.
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Gray Thornton President and CEO of the Wild Sheep Foundation, and formerly with SCI and DSC, discusses involving the public in wildlife conservation.
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