For the latest podcast, I was happy to talk to Rebecca Scofield of the University of Idaho about her 2019 book Outriders: Rodeo at the Fringes of the American West. In this, we talk about the myth and
Most of the attention on water supplies in the Southwest as to do with the region’s exploding population. Fair enough, and I’m not sure the fountains at the Bellagio are exactly a necessar
The West right now is just…ugh. Just about every indicator of drought is flashing red across the Western U.S. after a dry winter and warm early spring. The snowpack is at less than half of norma
This is the grave of Bat Masterson. The thing to understand up front about people such as Masterson, or anyone who was involved in the “classic” western gunfights of the post-Civil War per
Look, if there’s one thing that unites Oregonians, it’s that they really just want to be part of Idaho. Wonkette is of course hilarious about this: An Oregon dude who thinks it would make
I was very happy to speak to Adam Sowards, historian of the public lands at the University of Idaho, about the state of public lands in 2021. We talked about Bears Ears, the importance of Deb Haaland&
The plight of farmers of color is finally getting a little attention in America. There was a lot of consternation over Biden picking Tom Vilsack to return to Agriculture since his 8 years there in Oba
For my latest interview with recent authors, I talk to Jeff Sanders, a historian at Washington State University, about his new book Razing Kids: Youth, Environment, and the Postwar American West. We c