Episode Details

Wendy Corr:

Hey there folks, welcome to The Roundup. We're a Cowboy State Daily podcast that features interesting people from the Cowboy State.

And today - I think this is the one that I've tried the hardest to get, which is ridiculous. This is the person that I've really wanted to get on from the beginning. And he finally said, Yes!

We're going to have a conversation with co-founder and executive editor for Cowboy State Daily, Jimmy Orr.

First, though, before we get on to our conversation with Jimmy, I want to tell you about another podcast that's really important. If you're a business person in Wyoming, you want to get on to the Wyoming Business Alliance's "Business from the Basement" podcast.

They've got all sorts of resources and great interviews and just a great place to go and to listen to. Just put it on in the background while you are planning your next steps with your Wyoming business.

So tune into the "Business from the Basement" podcast put on by the Wyoming Business Alliance. We're very proud to promote them.

But now we're going to promote Cowboy State Daily and Jimmy Orr! Jimmy, it's about time we got you on The Roundup, because you yourself have a fantastic Wyoming success story, and you have brought that success back here to Wyoming after being out there.

You've been in the White House. You have been at the LA Times. You have worked for multiple government officials and elected officials.

Jimmy, I just want to get started by saying thank you for what you have brought to the state with your vision for Cowboy State Daily, because I think we are all better for it. And tell us a little bit about your love for this state that has brought you away from it, and brought you back.

Jimmy Orr:

Yeah, Wendy, it's really good to be here - and give credit where credit is due, I mean, we have a great team of people. We really do. You and I have been doing this for over five years now.

Wendy Corr:

Isn't that ridiculous?

Jimmy Orr:

No, it is. It's insane. Back when Cowboy State Daily was a completely different beast. It's nothing like it was when we started this five years ago - and then, of course, we wouldn't be where we are today without Wayne Hughes. I mean, Wayne's the reason that we get to do what we do, and we are very, very grateful to Wayne and what he's done for all of us, in allowing us to do what we do.

Wendy Corr:

Absolutely, I want to make sure that we talk about that later and how Wayne stepped into the picture.

Jimmy Orr:

Yeah, he's the reason that we're doing everything. So we're very grateful for that, and it's important to mention that up front.

But yeah, so we've been doing this for five years now. I'm from Cheyenne, Wendy, grew up here in Cheyenne, which is where I am now. I left for a number of years, and then was fortunate enough to find a way to come back here and then get involved with Cowboy State Daily and help co-find it.

Wendy Corr:

Co-find it. Yes, I tell you, it's so much fun when I do interviews with longtime Wyoming people who have been around forever, and so many of them have stories about you, because you all grew up in Wyoming together.

But isn't that the great thing about Wyoming? Is that we have all these connections, and we make all these connections, but Wyoming is the place that we want to stay, and we want to come back to.

Jimmy Orr:

What's fun is to watch the different people that you have on the on the Roundup, and to see all their connections. And I noticed a number of them sl