Recent Episodes
Nov. 24, 2023
Into the Mouth of Hell
A special episode of A Time for Horses, recorded live on the campus of Post University in Waterbury, Connecticut, on October 25, 2023, the 169th anniversary of the Battle of Balaclava.
May 8, 2022
On the Hoof
At 37, Jesse McNeil - at times carpenter, commercial fisherman, dabbler in real estate - decided to buy an untrained horse, make himself into a horseman, and ride all the way across the United States, from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean.
May 7, 2022
On the Hoof
Abby interviews Jesse McNeil, who traveled across the continent to learn the value of the companionship of a horse.
May 7, 2022
On the Hoof
Abby interviews Jesse McNeil, who traveled across the continent to learn the value of the companionship of a horse.
March 12, 2018
The Horse at War
“A horse, a horse! My Kingdom for a horse!” Having lost his mount, standing amid the chaos of war that August day in a Leicestershire field, Richard Plantagenet, third of that name to sit on the throne of England, knew the value of a horse in battle.
March 11, 2018
The Horse at War
“A horse, a horse! My Kingdom for a horse!” Having lost his mount, standing amid the chaos of war that August day in a Leicestershire field, Richard Plantagenet, third of that name to sit on the throne of England,
March 11, 2018
The Horse at War
“A horse, a horse! My Kingdom for a horse!” Having lost his mount, standing amid the chaos of war that August day in a Leicestershire field, Richard Plantagenet, third of that name to sit on the throne of England,
Dec. 7, 2017
Vagabond
Across cultures and throughout time, tales and legends from around the world show us a clear set of universal character types, or archetypes. These characters are so universal that the psychologist Carl Jung developed his theory of personality around t...
Sept. 27, 2017
Lightning in a Bottle
We know that genetics is the science of heredity. It’s likely common knowledge that in the last half-century, human understanding of that science has exploded. Each year, the pool of knowledge grows, so that now, humans, working in a laboratory,
July 10, 2017
Regulatory Discretion
This is the story of how a decision was made, with all the best intentions and for all the right reasons, to withdraw the prescription drug pergolide mesylate from the market in 2007. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) made the announ...
April 12, 2017
Persistence of Vision
This concludes our two-part story about the man who changed the way we see horses, which began in Episode 5.