Jess Clawson, PhD

I am a creative and thoughtful writer who understands how to communicate complex ideas clearly. I have a record of high performance in readership numbers in nationally distributed media, along with publication in popular and academic journals. I am a respected and well-liked community member with a talent for building networks.

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International Podcast Day, Horse Podcasters Highlighted, Sept. 30, 2019 by Omega Alpha Equine | HORSES IN THE MORNING

We celebrate International Podcast Day by highlighting podcasters from inside and outside the equestrian world: Karissa Brand (What’s New Around the Barn), Harry Duran (Podcast Junkies), Justine Griffith (Heels Down Happy Hour), Chris Curan (Podcast Engineering School), Piper Klemm (The Plaidcast), Jess Clawson (Plaidcast Junior), Liz Covart (Ben Franklin’s World), Tigger Montague (Healthy Critters Radio), Dave Jackson (School of Podcasting), Dr. Wendy Ying (Driving Radio Show) plus special co-h
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Plaidcast Junior 22 – How are Pony Club Rallies and Horse Shows Different? | The Plaid Horse Magazine

To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player below, the Horse Radio Network iOS App, Android App, Stitcher, iTunes, Google Play Music, or your other favorite podcasting app! Brought to you by Hillcrest’s Top Hat, Stonewall Farm, StableGuard, Read The Plaid Horse Online, National Steeplechase Association, Show Strides, TPH Writing Contest, Sales Paddock Pony Club rallies and horse shows are both really fun ways to spend time with your horse, but how are they similar and different? USPC Na
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Plaidcast Junior 49: Riding with Chronic Illness, by World Equestrian Center | The Plaid Horse Magazine

To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player below, the Horse Radio Network iOS App, Android App, Stitcher, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, or your other favorite podcasting app! Riding is a tough sport even if everything is going well. But riding with a chronic illness can challenge even the most dedicated equestrian. Forest Franzoi has endometriosis and is dedicated to raising awareness and fundraising for more effective treatments. Listen in! • Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired
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Plaidcast Junior 46: How to Help Your Horse Recover from Lameness, by the World Equestrian Center | The Plaid Horse Magazine

To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player below, the Horse Radio Network iOS App, Android App, Stitcher, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, or your other favorite podcasting app! Dr. Heather Beach returns this week to give us advice on how to help our horses recover from lameness. Once the vet gives you the thumbs up to put the horse back in work, what should you do? Listen in for great advice. • Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here • Support by: Springtime Supplements, F
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Plaidcast Junior 45: RL Jacobs on Giving Back to Equestrians, Brought to you by the World Equestrian Center | The Plaid Horse Magazine

To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player below, the Horse Radio Network iOS App, Android App, Stitcher, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, or your other favorite podcasting app! Robert Lawrence Jacobs is finding new ways to make a difference in the horse world. One of the few black judges on the east coast hunter scene, he’s not only raising visibility for an underrepresented community in the horse world, he’s started The Robert Lawrence House of Opportunity to give people access to
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Plaidcast Junior 44: What You Need to Know About Saddle Fit | The Plaid Horse Magazine

To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player below, the Horse Radio Network iOS App, Android App, Stitcher, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, or your other favorite podcasting app! Saddle fit is hard! There are so many styles, brands, types of leather, types of flocking–how can you figure out what’s right for your horse? This week we have Katharine Stancliff, a saddle fitter, come on to answer some of your questions about fit. • Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here • Suppor
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Plaidcast Junior 43: Myths and Facts About Bits | The Plaid Horse Magazine

To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player below, the Horse Radio Network iOS App, Android App, Stitcher, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, or your other favorite podcasting app! Michelle from Big Red Mare Equestrian joins Jess and Lyss this week to talk about bits! There are almost endless varieties, with more all the time. What do the different mouthpieces and cheek styles do? How can you tell if your bit fits your horse? Listen in! • Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Her
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Plaidcast Junior 39: GallopNYC and Making a Difference with Horses | The Plaid Horse Magazine

To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player below, the Horse Radio Network iOS App, Android App, Stitcher, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, or your other favorite podcasting app! GallopNYC is an incredible non-profit offering therapeutic riding to people with disabilities. Learn about what that is, and how it helps both horses and humans. Listen in! • Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here
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Plaidcast Junior 38: Vivian Schmidt on German Equestrian Products, Brought to you by Show Strides | The Plaid Horse Magazine

To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player below, the Horse Radio Network iOS App, Android App, Stitcher, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, or your other favorite podcasting app! Vivian Schmidt joins us this week to talk about her incredible job as a brand representative for German Equestrian Products, and how equestrians can land this kind of dream job. Listen in! • Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here • Support by: Sales Paddock, Springtime Supplements, HITS, Legends Ho
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Plaidcast 143: Roby Roberts on the World Equestrian Center | The Plaid Horse Magazine

To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player below, the Horse Radio Network iOS App, Android App, Stitcher, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, or your other favorite podcasting app! If you’ve been curious about what’s going on with the new World Equestrian Center location in Ocala, or want to get to know owner Roby Roberts better, this is the episode for you. Listen in as he chats with us about everything we can get excited about in Florida and Ohio. Listen in! • Link to Sound File for S
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Plaidcast Junior 37: All About Dressage at Devon, Brought to You By Show Strides | The Plaid Horse Magazine

To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player below, the Horse Radio Network iOS App, Android App, Stitcher, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, or your other favorite podcasting app! Brought to you by AIG, Sales Paddock, Springtime Supplements, HITS, Legends Horse Feed, Read the Plaid Horse, Show Strides, Fabbri Dressage at Devon is one of the most prestigious competitions in US dressage, but what makes it so special? Anne Gribbons joins Jess and Lyss this week to talk about this incredi
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Plaidcast 142: Margie Engle, Shane Sweetnam, and Cian O’Connor, Brought to you by Show Strides | The Plaid Horse Magazine

To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player below, the Horse Radio Network iOS App, Android App, Stitcher, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, or your other favorite podcasting app! Brought to you by Plaid Horse Magazine, Sales Paddock, AIG, Springtime Supplements, Show Strides, Legends Horse Feed, Read The Plaid Horse, Equestrian Voices Creative Writing Contest, Fabbri, HITS, Plaidcast Junior Three of the all-time show jumping greats join Sissy and Jess this week to talk about big news
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Plaidcast Junior 36: What Even Is Eventing? With Alyssa Peterson | The Plaid Horse Magazine

To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player below, the Horse Radio Network iOS App, Android App, Stitcher, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, or your other favorite podcasting app! Brought to you by AIG, Sales Paddock, Springtime Supplements, HITS, Legends Horse Feed, Read the Plaid Horse, Show Strides, Fabbri Eventing is an interesting and complicated discipline. Alyssa Peterson, a professional event rider and trainer, comes on this week to talk about the ins and outs of this three-ph
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Plaidcast 139: Immigration and The Horse World with Bonnie Smerdon, JJ Lavieri | The Plaid Horse Magazine

To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player below, the Horse Radio Network iOS App, Android App, Stitcher, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, or your other favorite podcasting app! Brought to you by Plaid Horse Magazine, Sales Paddock, AIG, Springtime Supplements, Show Strides, Legends Horse Feed, Summit Joint Performance, Read The Plaid Horse, Equestrian Voices Creative Writing Contest, Fabbri Immigration is a huge issue in the horse industry. Immigration attorney Bonnie Smerdon comes
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Plaidcast Junior 35: Sissy Wickes Gives Advice; Sponsored by Summit Joint Performance | The Plaid Horse Magazine

To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player below, the Horse Radio Network iOS App, Android App, Stitcher, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, or your other favorite podcasting app! Brought to you by Summit Joint Performance, AIG, Sales Paddock, Springtime Supplements, HITS, Legends Horse Feed, Read the Plaid Horse, Show Strides, Fabbri Sissy Wickes, USEF R hunter judge, joins Jess and Lyss this week to answer listener questions about all aspects of horsemanship. Listen in! • Link to So
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Plaidcast Junior 34: Breed Spotlight on American Paint Horses, by Summit Joint Performance | The Plaid Horse Magazine

To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player below, the Horse Radio Network iOS App, Android App, Stitcher, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, or your other favorite podcasting app! Brought to you by AIG, Sales Paddock, Springtime Supplements, HITS, Legends Horse Feed, Read the Plaid Horse, Show Strides, Summit Joint Performance, Shenandoah Sporthorses Colorful horses are beautiful to look at, but how versatile are they? What does the American Paint Horse Association do and how colorful
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Plaidcast Junior 33: Boy O Boy Bridleworks Creator Amanda Hood, by Summit Joint Performance | The Plaid Horse Magazine

To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player below, the Horse Radio Network iOS App, Android App, Stitcher, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, or your other favorite podcasting app! Brought to you by AIG, Sales Paddock, Springtime Supplements, HITS, TPH Writing Contest, Legends Horse Feed, Read the Plaid Horse, Show Strides, Summit Joint Performance Amanda Hood has had a fascinating story with the horse world, from her first pony Macaroni to a Lyme diagnosis to creating Boy O Boy Bridle
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Plaidcast Junior 32: Horses and Art with the Illustrator of Show Strides, Brought to You by Summit Joint Performance | The Plaid Horse Magazine

To listen to the Plaidcast, you can use the player below, the Horse Radio Network iOS App, Android App, Stitcher, Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, or your other favorite podcasting app! Brought to you by AIG, Sales Paddock, Springtime Supplements, HITS, TPH Writing Contest, Legends Horse Feed, Read the Plaid Horse, Show Strides, Summit Joint Performance What’s it like to be a professional artist? Or to illustrate a book series? This week, Madeleine Murray comes on to talk with Jess and Alys
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