Ep. 34: Big Bend and the Deserts of the West

Ep. 34: Big Bend and the Deserts of the West

In the eyes of the world, the West’s several deserts have become defining landscapes for the modern region. But one of them, the Chihuahuan Desert, has produced the only large public lands found anywhere in Texas. Therein lies a story that shapes a state. Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts. YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIQv7voZWHy4X3UFECqr3ggFIj9uQJT2O], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0wrs79YL0Jw2AjQrCBKUUu], Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-west/id1811365050], iHeart [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1248-the-american-west-273702538/], Pandora [https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-american-west/PC:1001101272], Amazon [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/17657fa8-7388-4983-8b26-c1d5505ed2e5/the-american-west]. MeatEater on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/meateater], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/MeatEaterTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor], Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAaa0mleeU128Ad5iM1RFIg], and Youtube Clips [https://www.youtube.com/@MeatEaterClips] Check out more MeatEater's American History audio originals "The Long Hunters [https://store.themeateater.com/products/meateaters-american-history-the-long-hunters.html?lang=en_US&persistUserId=MT777dfccfb5ad885f&_gl=1*1wsssmp*_gcl_au*OTE4NjU0MjA1LjE3NDE4MDEzNTI.*_ga*MTUzMTAxNzcxNC4xNzQwNTEzMzQ0*_ga_J3M86GMH9B*MTc0NjIyMDU5My41MC4wLjE3NDYyMjA2MDAuNTMuMC4w*_ga_VNCSXFY0BW*MTc0NjIyMDU5My41MC4wLjE3NDYyMjA2MDAuMC4wLjA.]" and "Mountain Men [https://store.themeateater.com/products/meateaters-american-history-the-mountain-men.html?lang=en_US]" Subscribe to The MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@MeatEaterPodcastNetwork] Shop MeatEater Merch [https://store.themeateater.com/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Ep. 33: Time and Time Again: The Fascinating Evidence from Western Repeat Photography

Calling on the photographic record made of the American West from 150 to 100 years ago, modern photographers have repeated many of the same scenes and found remarkable differences in the ecology and look of western landscapes. The question is, why such change? Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts. YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIQv7voZWHy4X3UFECqr3ggFIj9uQJT2O], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0wrs79YL0Jw2AjQrCBKUUu], Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-west/id1811365050], iHeart [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1248-the-american-west-273702538/], Pandora [https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-american-west/PC:1001101272], Amazon [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/17657fa8-7388-4983-8b26-c1d5505ed2e5/the-american-west]. MeatEater on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/meateater], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/MeatEaterTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor], Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAaa0mleeU128Ad5iM1RFIg], and Youtube Clips [https://www.youtube.com/@MeatEaterClips] Check out more MeatEater's American History audio originals "The Long Hunters [https://store.themeateater.com/products/meateaters-american-history-the-long-hunters.html?lang=en_US&persistUserId=MT777dfccfb5ad885f&_gl=1*1wsssmp*_gcl_au*OTE4NjU0MjA1LjE3NDE4MDEzNTI.*_ga*MTUzMTAxNzcxNC4xNzQwNTEzMzQ0*_ga_J3M86GMH9B*MTc0NjIyMDU5My41MC4wLjE3NDYyMjA2MDAuNTMuMC4w*_ga_VNCSXFY0BW*MTc0NjIyMDU5My41MC4wLjE3NDYyMjA2MDAuMC4wLjA.]" and "Mountain Men [https://store.themeateater.com/products/meateaters-american-history-the-mountain-men.html?lang=en_US]" Subscribe to The MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@MeatEaterPodcastNetwork] Shop MeatEater Merch [https://store.themeateater.com/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Ep. 32: Loving the Plains, Hating the Plains, Rewilding the Plains

While conservation focused national parks creation on the vertical mountains and canyons of the West, the Great Plains ended up de-buffaloed and mostly ignored. But with new, 21st century approaches to reversing that historical slight, the Plains Serengeti is on its way back. Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts. YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIQv7voZWHy4X3UFECqr3ggFIj9uQJT2O], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0wrs79YL0Jw2AjQrCBKUUu], Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-west/id1811365050], iHeart [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1248-the-american-west-273702538/], Pandora [https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-american-west/PC:1001101272], Amazon [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/17657fa8-7388-4983-8b26-c1d5505ed2e5/the-american-west]. MeatEater on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/meateater], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/MeatEaterTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor], Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAaa0mleeU128Ad5iM1RFIg], and Youtube Clips [https://www.youtube.com/@MeatEaterClips] Check out more MeatEater's American History audio originals "The Long Hunters [https://store.themeateater.com/products/meateaters-american-history-the-long-hunters.html?lang=en_US&persistUserId=MT777dfccfb5ad885f&_gl=1*1wsssmp*_gcl_au*OTE4NjU0MjA1LjE3NDE4MDEzNTI.*_ga*MTUzMTAxNzcxNC4xNzQwNTEzMzQ0*_ga_J3M86GMH9B*MTc0NjIyMDU5My41MC4wLjE3NDYyMjA2MDAuNTMuMC4w*_ga_VNCSXFY0BW*MTc0NjIyMDU5My41MC4wLjE3NDYyMjA2MDAuMC4wLjA.]" and "Mountain Men [https://store.themeateater.com/products/meateaters-american-history-the-mountain-men.html?lang=en_US]" Subscribe to The MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@MeatEaterPodcastNetwork] Shop MeatEater Merch [https://store.themeateater.com/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Ep. 31: Cabeza de Vaca’s Fantastic Journey

Almost exactly 500 years ago, a shipwrecked Spaniard named Cabeza de Vaca and three companions made the first trans-continental journey in the history of the American West. Then he wrote down his account of eight years in Native America, one of the great First Contact stories of all time. Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts. YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIQv7voZWHy4X3UFECqr3ggFIj9uQJT2O], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0wrs79YL0Jw2AjQrCBKUUu], Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-west/id1811365050], iHeart [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1248-the-american-west-273702538/], Pandora [https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-american-west/PC:1001101272], Amazon [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/17657fa8-7388-4983-8b26-c1d5505ed2e5/the-american-west]. MeatEater on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/meateater], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/MeatEaterTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor], Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAaa0mleeU128Ad5iM1RFIg], and Youtube Clips [https://www.youtube.com/@MeatEaterClips] Check out more MeatEater's American History audio originals "The Long Hunters [https://store.themeateater.com/products/meateaters-american-history-the-long-hunters.html?lang=en_US&persistUserId=MT777dfccfb5ad885f&_gl=1*1wsssmp*_gcl_au*OTE4NjU0MjA1LjE3NDE4MDEzNTI.*_ga*MTUzMTAxNzcxNC4xNzQwNTEzMzQ0*_ga_J3M86GMH9B*MTc0NjIyMDU5My41MC4wLjE3NDYyMjA2MDAuNTMuMC4w*_ga_VNCSXFY0BW*MTc0NjIyMDU5My41MC4wLjE3NDYyMjA2MDAuMC4wLjA.]" and "Mountain Men [https://store.themeateater.com/products/meateaters-american-history-the-mountain-men.html?lang=en_US]" Subscribe to The MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@MeatEaterPodcastNetwork] Shop MeatEater Merch [https://store.themeateater.com/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Ep. 30: Jesus and Animus Beneath the Bitterroots

Religion is often at the center of historical events in the West. The founding of modern Montana, in fact, happened when Native people famously pleaded for Christian missionaries. The question was whether the Christians actually understood what the Indians were asking for. Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts. YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIQv7voZWHy4X3UFECqr3ggFIj9uQJT2O], Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/0wrs79YL0Jw2AjQrCBKUUu], Apple [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-west/id1811365050], iHeart [https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1248-the-american-west-273702538/], Pandora [https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-american-west/PC:1001101272], Amazon [https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/17657fa8-7388-4983-8b26-c1d5505ed2e5/the-american-west]. MeatEater on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/meateater], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/MeatEaterTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor], Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAaa0mleeU128Ad5iM1RFIg], and Youtube Clips [https://www.youtube.com/@MeatEaterClips] Check out more MeatEater's American History audio originals "The Long Hunters [https://store.themeateater.com/products/meateaters-american-history-the-long-hunters.html?lang=en_US&persistUserId=MT777dfccfb5ad885f&_gl=1*1wsssmp*_gcl_au*OTE4NjU0MjA1LjE3NDE4MDEzNTI.*_ga*MTUzMTAxNzcxNC4xNzQwNTEzMzQ0*_ga_J3M86GMH9B*MTc0NjIyMDU5My41MC4wLjE3NDYyMjA2MDAuNTMuMC4w*_ga_VNCSXFY0BW*MTc0NjIyMDU5My41MC4wLjE3NDYyMjA2MDAuMC4wLjA.]" and "Mountain Men [https://store.themeateater.com/products/meateaters-american-history-the-mountain-men.html?lang=en_US]" Subscribe to The MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@MeatEaterPodcastNetwork] Shop MeatEater Merch [https://store.themeateater.com/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.