Welcome to Beyond the Ring, a podcast that covers all things in the stock show industry, from the informative to the insane, starring Ryan Rash.

You people need to get a corn dog and cheer the blank up.

And Dale Hummel.

Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.

Now on with the show.

Welcome to Beyond the Ring.

This is Dale Hummel, along with co-star, Ryan Rash.

Hello, hello, hello. Ryan's kind of a mess this morning. This afternoon. This is whatever it is.

I blame you. I was perfectly fine. Yeah. Every time I travel with my laptop and the microphone and the technical equipment, how well does it go for me?

Not worth it am.

I can't remember the last time. So I am on my wife's laptop and it appears to be working at the moment, sitting in the camper at the Illinois State Fair, which, Ryan, I know you're in denial that I'm even here.

I do not believe you were there because I do not believe that they can hold you hostage for

another week. That is, that is an accurate statement. That, that is true. So we showed on Friday,

Coliseum Saturday.

The show, all of the shows were over by Saturday night.

Yes. It's done.

This is great.

And then you have all of your Land of Lincoln Champions and your champion of the Junior

show have to go to the Champions Barn.

And they have. That's fine. They have to go to the champions barn. And they have.

That's fine.

They have to stay there until the following Sunday.

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