The Modern West Podcast
1) Many Hands Make Light Work
When a U.S. Forest Service worker gets fired by DOGE, she’s left scrambling to find a place to live while she finishes building her straw bale house. Luckily, she has lots of friends who not only let ...Show More
2) Cheap Dirt: Holiday Pause Update
Howdy Cheap Dirt fans! We will be taking a pause this holiday and resuming on January 7th with a new episode.
3) The Teeny Tiny House
People in the American West love tiny houses. But, come to find out, per square foot they cost almost 40% more than a regular house. Eric and Erica found a way to get one on the cheap – by winning one...Show More
4) Embrace the Suck
We usually think of full time RVers as retirees. But these days, over half are Millennials and Gen Zers. And way more people are adopting the RV life. Including a house builder who doesn’t have a hous...Show More
5) The American Spirit
We journey into the Red Desert of southwest Wyoming to visit a trona mine worker building his dream cabin off grid for the two small children he’s raising alone. He had to buy extra solar panels for h...Show More
6) The Reluctant Pioneers
You’ve probably seen viral videos on social media about how quaint it is to live an off-grid life. But these videos belie something more problematic going on beneath the surface. An affordable housing...Show More
7) Cheap Dirt: The Trailer
Cheap Dirt: The Trailer
8) A Ghost Paper(ing) Update: Part II
Two conversations about Wyoming's news ecosystem: one with Cali O'Hare, the editor of the Pinedale Roundup and a roundtable discussion with Solution Journalism's Melissa Cassutt and WyoFile's Rod Mill...Show More
9) A Ghost Paper(ing) Update: Part I
In early August, a media company that owned dozens of newspapers across the region suddenly collapsed. It forced eight Wyoming papers to shut down their presses. The outcry statewide was immediate. Bu...Show More
10) Reviving Rural America -- A Modern West Bonus
Reviving Rural America -- A Modern West Bonus