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The American West

The American West

By: MeatEater
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In this new podcast, writer Dan Flores presents a big picture history of an American West you've never encountered. With the West's deep time, its grand natural world, and its wild animals as their focus, these episodes tell a fresh story of America's most fascinating region.

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

    Ep. 32: Loving the Plains, Hating the Plains, Rewilding the Plains
    Jun 9 2026

    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.

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    58 mins
  • Ep. 31: Cabeza de Vaca’s Fantastic Journey

    Ep. 31: Cabeza de Vaca’s Fantastic Journey
    Jun 2 2026

    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.

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    52 mins
  • Ep. 30: Jesus and Animus Beneath the Bitterroots

    Ep. 30: Jesus and Animus Beneath the Bitterroots
    May 26 2026

    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.

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    53 mins
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