The Modern West Podcast
1) Reviving Rural America -- A Modern West Bonus
Reviving Rural America -- A Modern West Bonus
2) I Am What I Choose To Become
Five years ago, a Northern Arapaho judge was sent to prison. Now, she helps keep Wind River residents from going back into custody through a unique justice program. Her clients say, "She can relate to...Show More
3) The Modern West presents Those Who Can't Teach Anymore Season 2
This time, an episode from another podcast we care a lot about. It’s called Those Who Can’t Teach Anymore, produced by Charles Fournier, the former sound designer of the Modern West. (To illustrate ju...Show More
4) Wasting Away
Hop in a pickup as we head out into the National Elk Refuge outside Jackson, WY to hear all about the debate over whether to wean elk off winter feeding before chronic wasting disease strikes.
5) Home Again
Back in the 1930’s, a trading post swapped Northern Arapaho artifacts for food and other basic necessities. Decades later, a descendent opened boxes in a storage room of the Episcopal Church in Larami...Show More
6) Ghost Paper(ing)
The local newspaper, the Pinedale Roundup, didn't break the wolf torture story. Why not? Because last winter, News Media Corporation that now owns the paper laid off everyone at the paper except the e...Show More
7) Boys Booze & Wolves
It’s been a year since a man brought an injured wolf into a bar in Sublette County, Wyoming. What does it tell us about how small-town life is changing? A very personal story from the perspective of s...Show More
8) The Pretty Good House
People are solving the affordable housing shortage in the American West by building unusual homes like straw bale or modular.
9) A Pluralistic Mindset (with author Samuel Western)
Wyoming author and economist Samuel Western is a master at tracing back the beginnings of issues in the American West. He’s an economist with a deep fascination for history and culture that get at “th...Show More
10) Gray In Between Trailer
Join us for a brand new season full of nuance, where we move closer to the heart of matters and hear the voices of those who understand them the best. Catch episode one of The Gray In Between coming t...Show More