The Cousin Nancy Show

In this funny 8.5 minutes episode dedicated to Felix M. in Nevada, Cousin Nancy talks about the benefits of laughter and that will make you start laughing before she even gets to her Make Me Laugh Time! segment.Cousin Nancy also explains her thoughts about People Who Need People  and if that doesn't make you chuckle then her funny, true story about a manic-depressive clown will definitely get you to laughing.This podcast has been transcribed in case you would rather read it than listen to Cousin Nancy. And all you need to do is go to: cousinnancy.com and follow the link to her Cousin Nancy blog.Cousin Nancy hopes this podcast will make you laugh at least once, but if not—who cares! Take care and keep on laughing!

In this fun seven-minute podcast Cousin Nancy talks about  NASA's mystery of the half-eaten jelly donut that was found on Mars surface,  many, many years ago. Then she entertains us with several funny jokes in her  Make Me Laugh Time—but this time with a little help from her friend's jokes.Then she talks about a new 3 minute video that her dear friend Gerry Olert recently filmed when he last visited the fabulous non-profit Triple H Equitherapy Center, located in Pipe Creek, Texas. And this beautiful, heart-warming video, a Magic Moment With Tad Leggett is a must-see.Cousin Nancy transcribed this podcast just in case you would rather read it than have to listen to her voice. And all that you have to do is go to cousinnancy.com and click on the link that will take you to her Cousin Nancy blog. 

In this hilarious episode Cousin Nancy interviews a couple of her favorite people—sisters: Eileen and Dean. Cousin Nancy loves these two, because they are extremely funny sisters and their way of telling a story is like no other, because they will have you laughing from the git-go.So grab your favorite beverage and sit back and enjoy listening to Cousin Nancy's funniest friends tell their humorous stories about a monkey and a horse named Silver, the Hell's Angels on an airplane, ghosts, a moonshiner, John Wayne's birthday celebration and Willie Nelson.If you would like to see pictures of Cousin Nancy's friends please go to www.cousinnancy.com and follow the link to her blog.

In this  short 8 minute episode Make Me Laugh Time!  Cousin Nancy talks about doing lunch with friends Jim & Liz Cravotta and she tells a few funny jokes . And she transcribed this episode, so if you would rather read it than have to listen to it please go to www. cousinnancy.com and follow the link to her Cousin Nancy blog. And to help entice you there are a few pictures.

In this podcast Cousin Nancy explains why so much time as lapsed since doing her last podcast. She gives us a Cousin Boomer update and finishes off her show with a few good jokes.Please note that Cousin Nancy has transcribed this podcast for you and you can read it on her blog and also view a few pictures. Please go to https://www.cousinnancy.com and follow the link to her blog.Thank y'all for listening.

In this entertaining podcast Cousin Nancy interviews her dear friends Lyle & Roxanne,  who are retired gave diggers. It is a very serious subject for this couple, so Cousin Nancy tried to keep it light with some of their upbeat stories only.During this podcast Lyle & his beautiful wife traded funny jokes with Cousin Nancy and they also talked about their mutual love of dogs and all animals, Roxanne's & Lyle's beloved dog Cooper, who they had rescued from a shelter, then fostered and then adopted. Seriously Cooper now has it made in the shade.So pop a top off of your favorite beverage and then kick back and enjoy listening to another fun interview.And after the show please click on the link to cousinnancy.com and follow the link to Cousin Nancy's blog to view pictures of  Lyle & Roxanne doing the podcast with Cousin Nancy and the before and after pictures of their beautiful dog Cooper.Thank y'all for listening and keep on laughing!

This short,  five-minute episode "Last Sunday In Church" Cousin Nancy  gives a Cousin Boomer update, tells a pretty funny joke and she talks about the three, new, metal signs that she recently purchased from Amazon.Cousin Nancy has posted pictures of her three new funny signs and if you want to check it out please go to her website: www.cousinnancy.com and follow the link to her blog to check out the hilarious signs.

I have had a blast doing this podcast: Full of Gas that was filmed entirely at Ben Silva's gas station in Staples, Texas! This super entertaining film was written and directed by my new, dear friend Dave Crowe. It was produced by Dean Reading and Tony's and my good friend, Gerry Olert, was the director of photography. And I do want to thank Gerry for showing me Full of Gas and for recommending that I do a podcast with Dave Crowe to discuss the making of his fabulous movie.Dave Crowe is one extremely interesting character. In fact, I could have spent a few more hours interviewing Dave Crowe about his incredible life journey. So Dave has promised to come back and do another podcast with me when he releases his latest film Full Of Gas.Besides being a film actor in many, many movies, a cowboy poet, an author of 9 books with more to come, he is a real ordained minister, animal lover, screenplay writer, story teller, film producer, a film director, speaker, etc. I use the word "etc." because his long list of his accomplishments seems never ending. Seriously, Dave is one highly intelligent, super talented or better said—One amazing man!For more information and pictures about Dave Crowe please visit my website: www.cousinnancy.com and follow the link to my blog.

In this fun episode Cousin Nancy has a wonderful time interviewing Paul Garrison and his beautiful wife, Alejandra , who work as a team training mules and their people.Tony has known his good friend, Paul, since they were kids going to school, in Medina. Paul & Alejandra are professional mule/people trainers and they are known worldwide for their outstanding skills and knowledge of training mules and teaching "mule-people" everything there is to know concerning mules.Paul and Alejandra have and will travel worldwide doing clinics for groups of mule lovers and by appointment only people can bring this couple their mules for some  one-on-one instructions and Alejandra & Paul will also travel to help individuals learn mulemanship and the  art of training these magnificent animals.For more information about Garrison Mulemanship & Training please check them out on Facebook and also please go to www.cousinnancy.com and follow the link to her blog for more information, links and photos.

In this fun and interesting podcast Cousin Nancy interviews her dear friends Jay Pennington and Gerry Olert of Olert & Pennington Productions about their latest award-winning feature film Heart Cycles. Jay and Gerry are known for making films on shoestring budgets that are high quality films that win many awards. In fact, last year Cousin Nancy actually played a small part acting like a crazy, old woman who spends most of her time stacking rocks when not worrying about her outlaw son— in Vinegar To Honey soon to be released.In this episode, between Cousin Nancy's corny jokes, the two discuss both  their backgrounds and how they met and work so well together. And they also talk about the multi-talented actors/actresses and the awesome music score that has made Heart Cycles a must-see feature film.For more information and pictures about Heart Cycles, Jay Pennington and Gerry Olert please go to www.cousinnancy.com and follow the link to my blog. Thank y'all for listening and please always remember my favorite quote, "Life is short and so am I!"P.S. Please check out Jay and Gerry on Facebook, too!

Cousin Nancy has a blast interviewing her and Tony's dear friend Fourth Coates. And you can see why they love Fourth so much by listening to this entertaining interview with Fourth telling one funny story after another,  and with Cousin Nancy often cutting in to tell a few jokes.For more information and to see pictures, etc. please go to cousinnancy.com

I had such a great time doing my 18th podcast with Tony's and my dear friend, singer/songwriter Phill Brush. Tony and I have known Phill for over 20 years and he is one super talented man.In this fun to listen to podcast Phill and I talked about many subjects including his valuable work volunteering, at Kinky Friedman's and his sister Marcie Friedman's Echo Hill Gold Star Camp.  And I gave a Cousin Boomer update and he and I traded a few good jokes.Phill sang us three beautiful songs that he has written and he talked about the Western Express Band's new CD that is being released next week. And to find out more about Phill Brush and the Western Express band please click here.Here are some upcoming August play dates for the Western Express Band:July 31  Austin TX  Guero's Taco BarAugust 3  Bertram, TX  The Globe TheatreAugust 4  Austin, TX   Broken SpokeAugust 5  Austin, TX  Sam's Town PointAugust 6  Kerrville, TX  Trailhead Beer GardenAugust 7  Helotes, TX  John T. Floore's Country StoreAugust 17  Austin, TX   Broken SpokeAnd Bluegrass every Saturday (in the summer) Jester King in Dripping Springs, TXTo find out more information on Phill Brush and his music please check him out on Facebook and Spotify! And for more information please go to cousinnancy.com and follow the link to my blog for pictures and more information.Thank you for listening!

In this 17th episode Cousin Nancy has a super fun visit with her and Tony's dear friend—Boone Holding. Boone Holding is out of Bandera TX area and he loves singing classics and Texas country music. His easy listening sound and kind soul will make you instantly fall in love with his music. Cousin Nancy did a super-fun podcast with their dear friend, Boone Holding. Recorded live at, The Last Resort (aka the kitchen) studio, located on Big Foot Ranch. And Tony & Henry Standing Bear (their awesome Lab/Great Pyrenees mix) were their attentive audience.During the interview she and Boone talked about Boone's popular podcast "More Than The Music," which he has done over 200 podcasts compared to Cousin Nancy's 17 podcasts . Please note: In Boone's "More Than The Music" podcast, he explores being a Hippie Cowboy in the Texas Hill Country. He also interviews Texas artist and discusses being a growing artist himself. And his "More Than The Music" podcast is available on Google Play Music, Apple Music and Spotify.Boone played his guitar and sings three of his awesome songs that he wrote. And he talks about his latest song Cornfield High, which is now available to listen to on Spotify! So please check it out and give it a thumbs up.Boone Holding loves writing songs and performing them and quote, "I'd die on my feet, before I'd live on my knees. I guess that's the Hippie half of the cowboy in me."During the podcast Cousin Nancy gives a Cousin Boomer update and tells a few jokes. They talked about Boone performing regularly, at the River Oaks Court and Escondida Resort & Spa, both located in Medina, Texas. Then we talked about him being a radio host and performing for KFAN Texas Rebel Radio 107.9 FM and other radio shows. And here are a couple of pictures that Tony took a few weeks ago of Boone playing, at Medina's popular River Oaks Court's Social Club. And needless to say—"That night Boone owned the audience and no one wanted him to stop singing."To find out more about this talented singer/songwriter, musician, podcaster, family man, radio host, gardner, chicken farmer etc. this is his website: www.whosboone.com  (Where you can also check out his podcast and his fabulous music, etc.)For pictures of Boone Holding and more information about him and this podcast please go to www.cousinnancy.com and follow the link to her cousin nancy blog.

In this fun episode Cousin Nancy has a blast interviewing her and Tony's dear friend Jean Weber and the laughter is non-stop as Jeans entertains CN, Joan and Tony with hilarious stories about friends and family and her beloved cat Tiger.

In this fun podcast Cousin Nancy gives a Cousin Boomer Update and then she tells her story about a shiny, red, 1962 Corvette Convertible. If you would like to read a transcript of this episode please go to cousin nancy.com and follow the link to Cousin Nancy's blog.

Cousin Nancy has one heck of a good time interviewing her and Tony's dear, artists friends—Liz & Jim Cravotta—who are also famous, because of their historic, Texas wedding that took place in Bowie, Texas known as "The Great Hippie Wedding of 1975, in Montague County."Liz and Jim entertain Cousin Nancy and keep her laughing out loud with their hilarious stories which include: how they met, their first date, their wedding, their famous friend Burt Finger, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Kennedys, etc. For more information about Jim & Liz Cravotta, the East End Market, in Kerrville, Texas, their art and Jim's whimsical Bare Bones Sculptures, their Space #42 at the East End Market please go to www.cousinnancy.com and follow the link to Cousin Nancy's blog.Here are links to watch the hilarious spoof on Longmire: Longmire—Texas Style, so you can laugh out loud and see The Grey Goose Saloon, Liz & Jim's authentic 1870's cowboy saloon, that they built and where half of this video was filmed and edited by the great videographer Gerry Olert. Plus you'll be pleasantly entertained listening to Chet O'Keefe's awesome music.And here is the link to Kerrville's famous EAST END MARKET: Antiques & Vintage Goods, owned by Cindy & Rick Burton and managed by the super nice and friendly Aislinn Byrne. The East End Market has all kinds of great collections and you could spend hours just browsing around this gigantic store. And on top of all of that— it has the best vibes! And that is why it is Kerrville's favorite place to shop.

IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE! or The Pentagon!This fun episode is about Cousin Nancy's dear friend Henry B. Gonzalez, from Austin, Texas who passed away a few years ago. He was an extremely talented artist and one of the funniest people that she ever knew. And she shares of her favorite "Henry" stories. This episode also includes a Cousin Boomer update.  And a hilarious story about her doing "work" for the Pentagon—sorta. And she also gives her thoughts on skydiving.For pictures and more information about the late, great Henry B. Gonzales, please go to www.cousinnancy.com and click on the link to her Cousin Nancy blog. And her blog now includes a transcript of this podcast!

In Episode:12: Guess Who Is Coming To Dinner, Cousin Nancy tells her humorous story about the time when Kinky Friedman called her, at the Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch, to ask her to please cook dinner for him and the famous Christopher Hitchens, one of the best known journalist in America. And also for Hitchens' four-member camera crew, and for his and our dear friends Sandy & John Wolfmueller.It was the fall of 2004, and was totally unexpected when Christopher Hitchens and his film crew came out to Kinky's ranch to visit and interview him for a documentary that Hitchens was currently working on—Texas: America Supersized. It can be viewed on YouTube, so if you are interested in watching it please click on Texas: America Supersized.Cousin Nancy also gives a Cousin Boomer update and tells a joke about newly weds.

In Episode: 11 The Frequent Flyer, Cousin Nancy  has a blast interviewing her dear friend Simone de Vries. Simone is a famous international award-winning documentary film-maker and is also an International Emmy Award nominee.Simone's documentaries have allowed her to meet many celebrities. Some of these famous people that she has met or spent time with or interviewed include: Kinky Friedman, President Bill Clinton, Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson, Robin Williams, Rutger Hauer, John Callahan and the Queen of Netherlands just to name a few. And me, too!For more information about Simone de Vries please visit her website: http://www.simonedevries.nlOr check out my website www.cousinnancy.com and follow the link to my blog: www.cousinnancy.blogspot.com

In Episode 10: The French Connection Cousin Nancy talks about her newest favorite author: Louise Penny and being instantly hooked on reading her bestselling series of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. http://louisepenny.comThen she tells her hilarious story about her experience taking French in high school, along with a couple of Cousin Boomer updates.