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.

If you can't handle my sparkle, I suggest you get sunglasses.

And Dale Hummel.

Success often stems from leaving no room for air.

Now on with the show.

Welcome to Beyond the Ring.

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

Hello, hello, hello. Hot, hot, hot. Yes. Very hot. Extremely hot.

Well, Ron, I had a, I have little for current events, but I did travel to Kansas. I did get

Chase and Katie's furniture moved into their new college homes. On the way back, Katie and I were able to stop and sort of showdown in south central Iowa. They get out of the vehicle just to walk to the pavilion and I'm drenched with sweat. That humidity was like I've never, I've never experienced before.

The 104 degree dry heat doesn't seem as bad to some of that humid days that we seem to hit.

I think you people are sheltered in the ice states.

Y'all don't know what heat is, including Iowa.

The show bar in this morning, the house, the windows are just dripping with water from the outside of the humidity.

It's not good.

Sir, that's seven months of the year in Texas.

I get to go to Texas quite a bit and I don't feel that.

I just don't.

Oh, God. I wish I could tell you that I did,

but it does not happen. What do you? I saw there was a shooting in one of the Manhattan

office buildings yesterday last night. I have no current events. I spent a week in Mexico,

a.k.a. Mercedes for a junior national and now I'm on current events. I spent a week in Mexico, aka Mercedes for a junior national, and now I'm on the road.

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