The Joe Rogan Experience #2489 - Ryan Bingham
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Apr 24, 2026 
Ryan Bingham, singer-songwriter and Yellowstone actor with deep rodeo roots, talks mountain guide school, survival skills, horses, hunting, and why ranch life still captivates people. He also gets into wild bull-riding injuries, fleeing California fires with horses, and the road from Texas bars to music, films, and television.
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Ranchers See Nature As Stewardship Not Fantasy
- Bingham says ranching is animal husbandry and land stewardship, not abstract animal love detached from consequences.
- Rogan argues urban life distorts nature into sentimentality, while rural people learn survival, protection, and ecosystem balance are linked.
Ryan Bingham Rode Bulls From Age Ten
- Bingham started on steers at 10, rode bulls through college, then turned pro as bull riding shifted into the PBR era.
- He says earlier rodeos still mixed rough stock, cigarettes, beer, and bands, before helmets and modern training took over.
Bar Tips Pulled Bingham From Bulls To Music
- Bingham drifted from rodeo into music after friends pushed him to play songs he made up in trucks and after-parties.
- A rodeo boss kept putting him on stage, and $100 in bar tips plus free beer beat digging holes all day.
