Taylor Sheridan on Ranch Life, Horses and the American Cowboy Myth
Writer and director Taylor Sheridan joins Joe Rogan to talk about horses and how they perceive the world, ranch life with distant camps and town trips, and why the cowboy lifestyle resonates. Partial coverage: this note covers the opening portion of the roughly 2h43m episode; the views are the speakers' own.
Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Taylor Sheridan, creator of Landman and Yellowstone-related series, talks horse behavior with Joe Rogan, including why white-faced horses may be deaf and why vibration can spook a prey animal. He describes a ranch where hands live at remote camps, go to town once a week and work without corporate meetings, and says the simplicity of that life is why audiences connect to it. Partial-coverage note: this summary draws on the opening portion of a 2h43m episode. Statements about horses and ranch life are the speakers' own and not verified here. Nothing here is advice.
Key Takeaways
Why some horses are deaf
Sheridan says a gene often shows up in horses with white faces that extend above the eyes, and those horses are frequently deaf.