Greyhound Nation
Greyhound Nation is a podcast for Greyhound enthusiasts, produced by Greyhound enthusiasts. Each episode will feature informative discussions with a diverse variety of people from the Greyhound community. The format will include one-on-one interviews and moderated roundtable discussions. Topics will cover all aspects of the breed, including but not limited to sports, history, adoption, wellness and behavior. Host John Parker and producer Michael Burns invite you to join the “nation.” Learn more about the show at greyhoundnation.dog.
Episodes
June 24, 2025 • 57 mins
Episode 50: Recorded May 24, 2025
"[The Virtual Coursing Museum] dovetails so nicely with some of the goals of our podcast..."
John Parker, on the announcement of the Virtual Coursing Museum by the National Coursing Club in Great Britain
Show Notes
For the 50th episode of the Greyhound Nation podcast, we have the unique privilege of announcing the opening of the Virtual Coursing Museum by the National Coursing Club on Jun...
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April 22, 2025 • 67 mins
Episode 49: Recorded March 6, 2025
”If someone has a giant nose, you’re not going to cut off their nose…”
Dr. Guillermo Couto on why he chose to focus his career on Greyhounds and their unique physiology and health characteristics
Show Notes
Dr. Guillermo Couto’s veterinary career started in the 1970s in Buenos Ares, Argentina. He started with a small practice across the street from his parents. Five years later, he becam...
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March 22, 2025 • 77 mins
Episode 48: Recorded February 21, 2025
"I've never screamed so loud. The bug had bit. I had a tremendous passion for it."
David Peck on watching his first Greyhound nearly win a stakes race at Victoryland
Show Notes
David Peck started out training bird dogs in the early 1970s. One of his clients was a friend who became involved in the new parimutuel racing in Texas. He visited David and recommended that he try his hand in...
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December 29, 2024 • 75 mins
Episode 47: Recorded December 22, 2024
"With the loss of any sport or pastime, it's the people you miss in the end…"
Sir Mark Prescott on the people he met over four decades of coursing
Show Notes
Every sport has its share of characters — the people that influenced and shaped the sport, for better or worse. Babe Ruth. Lester Piggot. Hank Aaron. Sterling Moss. Michael Jordan. Caitlin Clark. Eric Liddell. David Beckham. Mik...
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October 18, 2024 • 76 mins
Episode 46: Recorded October 4, 2024
"Greyhound racing -- I will be forever grateful. It owes me nothing, and I owe it everything."
Acting CEO of GRNSW Wayne Billett on his third generation Australian Greyhound racing legacy
Show Notes
In the 1930s and 1940s, Wayne Billet's grandfather served on the Dapto Agricultural & Horticultural Society that would introduce Greyhound racing to the Syndey suburb. Wayne's father and un...
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August 24, 2024 • 72 mins
Episode 45: Recorded August 11, 2024
"You need to write about what you know. You need to write about what you've experienced."
Charlie Blanning on how his father's and grandfather's Greyhound breeding inspired elements of his new novel
Show Notes
Greyhound author and historian Charlie Blanning has released his second work of Greyhound fiction -- Electric Rabbit. His latest novel picks up many of the dangling narrative th...
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June 22, 2024 • 72 mins
Episode 44: Recorded June 5, 2024
"People have jumped to the [conclusion] that, because tracks are closed in the United States, there's no more Greyhounds..."
Debra Hardman, of GALT-Arizona, describing the state of affairs for Greyhound adoption applications
Show Notes
Former racing Greyhounds are still available to adopt in the United States. However, those Greyhounds will likely be sourced from outside the United States...
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April 25, 2024 • 70 mins
Episode 43: Recorded April 3, 2024
"They're built to be a service dog in terms of physicality and temperament..."
Australian animal trainer Steve Austin, on the Greyhound as a breed suitable for therapy dog training
Show Notes
Steve Austin had a knack for training animals at an early age. Growing up in New South Wales, Australia, he realized the value of positive reinforcement for dog training. As a teenager, Steve and hi...
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February 18, 2024 • 75 mins
Episode 42: Recorded February 7, 2024
"[Tommy] felt strongly that the lure coursing world had given him a mission, and he felt strongly that he needed to give back..."
Trina Bianchi, on her late husband, Tommy, and the "joy" which put into Injoy Lure Coursing products
Show Notes
The Injoy Lure Coursing story is one that started in the 1970s. Tom "Tommy" Bianchi and his wife, Trina, were living in Vermont and attended a do...
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January 10, 2024 • 74 mins
Episode 41: Recorded December 13, 2023
"We all have the same goal in helping our men and women, whatever they need..."
Officer Joe King, Dallas Police Department -- on the mission of the Dallas PD Wellness Unit and therapy Greyhound, Aussie
Show Notes
Joe King is a 27 year veteran of the Dallas Police Department. He spent almost two decades in one of the toughest beats in the department. Today, he serves his fellow office...
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November 4, 2023 • 69 mins
Episode 40: Recorded October 15, 2023
"It was like a fairy tale, really -- it just kept happening. Oh my god -- this is amazing!"
Kim Gooding on her 1989 Waterloo Cup Greyhound, React Fagan, reaching the final
Show Notes
Greyhound trainer Kim Gooding started out wanting a lurcher when she visited stables as a young woman. Little did she know that she would go on to train both coursing and racing Greyhounds. What is even m...
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September 15, 2023 • 62 mins
Episode 39: Recorded August 27, 2023
"Some would argue I've got the best job in the world..."
Sean Stanton, Animal Welfare Strategic Projects Manager at Greyhound Racing Victoria
Show Notes
Sean Stanton (Australia), Rory Goreé (United States) and Tina Kelly (Canada) all share the same mission. They are dedicated to international Greyhound rehoming. Specifically, they collaborate to find new homes for former Australian and...
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July 7, 2023 • 68 mins
Episode 38: Recorded June 25, 2023
"I became fond of all the characters. I couldn't wait to get to keyboard to write down what they were going to do next."
Author Charlie Blanning on writing his first Greyhound novel, Rags to Riches
Show Notes
Charlie Blanning admits that he's "never frightened by a blank page." He's proven this once again with the release of his latest book, Rags to Riches. The book, available to order f...
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June 14, 2023 • 73 mins
Episode 37: Recorded June 1, 2023
"That was the enjoyable part -- walking a dog and dreaming of what might happen..."
Robbie Britton, Australian racing Greyhound trainer, on growing up tending to his father's racing Greyhounds
Show Notes
Robbie Britton often measures his life as an Australian racing Greyhound trainer in hours and kilometers. Two hour haul to one track. Another airplane flight with five Greyhounds. Twenty-...
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April 14, 2023 • 105 mins
Episode 36: Recorded April 2, 2023
"You've always got your eyes on the dogs. You're always on your toes to make sure the dogs are 100% healthy."
Kurt Trzeciak on his number one responsibility as a racing Greyhound trainer
Show Notes
Born and raised in Texas, Kurt Trzeciak had a love for Greyhounds and Greyhound racing. As a kid, while visiting Florida, he'd sit with his grandpa and sister in the car at the track listening...
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Episode 35: Recorded February 23, 2023
"Our most western track...is a 14 hour drive from Sydney..."
Rob Macaulay on Broken Hill, one of the 30 community run Greyhound tracks in New South Wales
Show Notes
Rob Macaulay served as legal counsel for Greyhound Racing New South Wales (NSW) four years ago and immediately immersed himself in the sport of Australian Greyhound racing. When the opportunity presented itself, he appli...
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January 28, 2023 • 68 mins
Episode 34: Recorded January 15, 2023
"If you could bottle what I felt and sell it, I'd be a rich man…"
British racing Greyhound owner George Sell describes seeing his first Greyhoundk, Steeple Road Teddy, win a race
Show Notes
George Sell lives the life of a travel and real estate writer, business owner and "horse husband" in the south of England. His wife is an accomplished equestrian. They both love and own Whippets. H...
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December 11, 2022 • 58 mins
Episode 33: Recorded November 19, 2022
"He had become the darling of the crowds in England...we're talking about crowds...of a hundred thousand people..."
Author Charlie Blanning on Mick the Miller, one of his "top five" Greyhound picks
Show Notes
Charlie Blanning and Gary Guccione are second to none when it comes to declaring the "top five" racing Greyhounds in the modern era. Charlie -- author of three Greyhound history...
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October 27, 2022 • 85 mins
Episode 32: Recorded October 18, 2022
“Training is not something you do to your dog but something that you do with your dog.”Lee Livingood on the importance of a dog owner’s investment in bettering their dog
Show Notes
Lee Livingood wanted to be a veterinarian as a child, but she settled on always having a dog in her home. During college, she adopted a mixed breed dog from a local shelter and discovered it suffered from se...
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September 14, 2022 • 70 mins
Episode 31: Recorded August 28, 2022
"He definitely had a huge, big heart. He just had that will to win..."Irish Greyhound breeder and trainer Dolores Ruth, on training champion racing Greyhound, Razldazl Billy
Show Notes
Irish Greyhound breeder and trainer, Dolores Ruth, describes her 2006 Irish Greyhound Derby champion, Razldazl Billy, as an enigma. Clever. Superhuman. Named after Billy Flynn, a principal character from ...
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