Ep. 31: Cabeza de Vaca’s Fantastic Journey

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.

Ep. 29: What Were Charlie Russell and L.A. Huffman Trying to Tell Us?

Charlie Russell and L.A. Huffman became famous for their nostalgic art about the Frontier world they experienced in the West. But with a fascination with what Russell called “Dreamtime Montana,” exactly what were they trying to tell us about the West’s future? 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. 28: Understanding Nature in a Southwestern State

Not only do most Americans misunderstand the great variety in western places, but many westerners are similarly clueless. This episode makes a stab at explaining nature in a part of the West unfamiliar to many, the southwestern state of New Mexico. 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. 27: Messages From the Past - The Rock Art of the American West

A tangible and fascinating landscape record of the human past in the West exists in a form barely found elsewhere in America. So-called rock art, images incised and painted on rock faces, still reach out of the past to connect us with the thoughts, dreams, gods, and myths of ancient America. 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.