{"podcast":{"title":"Horse Person","slug":"horse-person-7041983","podcast_index_feed_id":7041983,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/545512/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/545512","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/c/4/4/c/c44cc3e47e7c256ce55e3c100dce7605/HorsePerson_PodcastThumbnail-01_resizedforlibsyn.png","author":"Caroline Culbertson & Beth Behrs","episode_count":53,"summary":"Being a horse person is like this: the more you learn, the more you realize you know nothing... at all. So, with all the different \"bubbles\" of the horse world, how can we all get into the same room to share a little bit of curiosity, perspective, and humanity with each other? Welcome to Horse Person, the equestrian podcast hosted and produced by 3x award-winning podcaster Caroline Culbertson. Part education, part human-(horse?) interest, all with the ultimate goal of supporting and encouraging you on your journey to become the best horse person you can be.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T20:17:44.589925+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-person-7041983"},"episode":{"title":"Matt Brown and Cecily Clark Address Horse Abuse in an Open Letter to the Equestrian Community","slug":"matt-brown-and-cecily-clark-address-horse-abuse-in-an-open-letter-to-the-equestrian-community","published_at":"2025-12-19T15:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-person-7041983/matt-brown-and-cecily-clark-address-horse-abuse-in-an-open-letter-to-the-equestrian-community","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-person-7041983","url":"https://79b2102c-3fd6-423a-a765-ff527b31a91a.libsyn.com/matt-brown-and-cecily-clark-address-horse-abuse-in-an-open-letter-to-the-equestrian-community","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/79b2102c-3fd6-423a-a765-ff527b31a91a/mattcecilyletter.mp3?dest-id=4703547","summary":"Today I'm going to do something a little different on the podcast and I'm going to read a letter written to the equestrian community by husband and wife team Matt Brown and Cecily Clark. Matt and Cecily were one of the first interviews I did for this podcast, and I really enjoy their perspective and respect their willingness to put bold ideas and statements forward, especially with regard to horse welfare and social license. Matt is a member of the U.S. Eventing Team and five-star competitor. He was an alternate for the Olympic team in eventing and also develops young horses for sport. Cecily has a background in Hunters and Equitation and is currently pursuing goals as a dressage rider. Together, they run East West Training Stables, which they founded jointly in 2004. The following letter is a Facebook post that they made on their joint account, and while it has mostly been circulating around the eventing community, I wanted to read it on this podcast which has an audience that spans into the show jumping, hunter/eq and dressage disciplines as well. There will be some parts that you'll find provocative, some you might find surprising, but all of it is food for thought and well-situated to be part of a larger discussion. What do you think? Email me - caroline@horsepersonpodcast.com","meta_description":"Today I'm going to do something a little different on the podcast and I'm going to read a letter written to the equestrian community by husband and wife t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1878,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/horse-person-7041983/episodes/matt-brown-and-cecily-clark-address-horse-abuse-in-an-open-letter-to-the-equestrian-community/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/horse-person-7041983/matt-brown-and-cecily-clark-address-horse-abuse-in-an-open-letter-to-the-equestrian-community.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}