{"podcast":{"title":"Equine Assisted World with Rupert Isaacson","slug":"equine-assisted-world-with-rupert-isaacson-6332132","podcast_index_feed_id":6332132,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/equine-assisted-world-with-rupert-isaacson","website_url":"https://equineassistedworld.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_3wgW0H88mtbRsbTGv40-ceOW9DjJhMFj2VZuHRIYec/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQwMDI3LzE2ODI0/MjQ0MTQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Horse Boy LLC","episode_count":60,"summary":"Here on Equine Assisted World. We look at the cutting edge and the best practices currently being developed and, established in the equine assisted field. This can be psychological, this can be neuropsych, this can be physical, this can be all of the conditions that human beings have that these lovely equines, these beautiful horses that we work with, help us with. Your Host is New York Times bestselling author Rupert Isaacson. Long time human rights activist, Rupert helped a group of Bushmen in the Kalahari fight for their ancestral lands. He's probably best known for his autism advocacy work following the publication of his bestselling book \"The Horse Boy\" and \"The Long Ride Home\" where he tells the story of finding healing for his autistic son. Subsequently he founded New Trails Learning Systems an approach for addressing neuro-psychiatric conditions through horses, movement and nature. The methods are now used around the world in therapeutic riding program, therapy offices and schools for special needs and neuro-typical children. You can find details of all our programs and shows on www.RupertIsaacson.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T16:18:12.468495+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equine-assisted-world-with-rupert-isaacson-6332132"},"episode":{"title":"The Compton Cowboys: Healing Racial Trauma with Horses | Louis Hook & Kansas Carradine | EAW 58","slug":"the-compton-cowboys-healing-racial-trauma-with-horses-louis-hook-kansas-carradine-eaw-58","published_at":"2026-07-09T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equine-assisted-world-with-rupert-isaacson-6332132/the-compton-cowboys-healing-racial-trauma-with-horses-louis-hook-kansas-carradine-eaw-58","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equine-assisted-world-with-rupert-isaacson-6332132","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/762aed40","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/762aed40/b41d5c94.mp3","summary":"✨ \"I believe that in our ancestry we were equestrians, and that's why it's connected so hard with my family.\" – Louis Hook For 35 years, the Compton Cowboys mission has run a self-development program in Compton, California, that leverages horses to help kids grow into upstanding young men and women — serving roughly 30 kids a year. Founding member Louis Hook and HeartMath practitioner Kansas Carradine, who has worked alongside the organization for years, join Rupert Isaacson to talk about the mission's history and how it works today. What started when Louis's sister Maisha Akbar moved to Compton's Richland Farms neighborhood in 1988 has grown into a four-track program covering horsemanship, equine science, farming, and self-development. Kansas brings the science side of the conversation, explaining how heart rate variability and heart coherence research from the HeartMath Institute is being used to help kids and horses regulate together. The conversation ranges from the history of West African cavalry culture and Mansa Musa to the concept of epigenetic and intergenerational trauma, and what Louis calls \"Shadow PTSD\" in kids growing up in high-violence neighborhoods. It's a wide-ranging discussion about ancestry, the funding challenges facing Black equestrian nonprofits, and why reconnecting to the history of Black horsemanship matters for healing. If you want to support the show, you can do so at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LongRideHome 🔍 What You'll Learn in This Episode How the Compton Cowboys mission began 35 years ago when founder Maisha Akbar moved to Compton's Richland Farms neighborhood Why Compton developed an equestrian culture at all, and how a protective land deed kept it from being lost to urbanization How the Compton Cowboys' \"four tracks\" model — hor…","meta_description":"✨ \"I believe that in our ancestry we were equestrians, and that's why it's connected so hard with my family.\" – Louis Hook For 35 years, the Compton Cowbo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7666,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/equine-assisted-world-with-rupert-isaacson-6332132/episodes/the-compton-cowboys-healing-racial-trauma-with-horses-louis-hook-kansas-carradine-eaw-58/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/equine-assisted-world-with-rupert-isaacson-6332132/the-compton-cowboys-healing-racial-trauma-with-horses-louis-hook-kansas-carradine-eaw-58.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}