Far Reaches

Thank you again to our good friends at B&K Auto Salvage for bringing you the Far Reaches!  As the gang wades further into 2021, come along for the ride as they discuss the recent inauguration, make a few predictions on the coming year and discuss the the merits of judging someone on their deeds and not what they look like or how they identify.  Now that football is winding down, Joel is focusi...

In the season 2 debut, brought to you by the good folks at B&K Auto Salvage, the gang discusses some of the recent events at the nations capitol, freedom, the importance of history, cool cars in high school, the evolution of the Subaru Outback, cool podcasts with Marcus Luttrel, and some guy named Neener.  Joel teaches the gang about "What-about-ism", Rawley talks demographics, Richard cooks s...

In this year end special, brought to you by our friends at B&K Auto Salvage the gang looks back on a crazy year and some of their favorite moments.  They dive in and talk about the 90's flick, Dazed and Confused, and why it resonates with generations so well.  Ralls and Micah recount some of their favorite high school memories that were sparked from the movie discussion.  Things are different...

Sit back and hang on to your hat for this wild and exciting episode of Far Reaches Podcast. Special thanks to our friends at B&K Auto Salvage and for bringing all this chaos to your front door. Guest Reacher, Colby Marshall, stops by to talk about his cosmic experiences surrounding bovine mutilations in the Pacific Northwest. Colby was recently featured on a Discovery Channel program, Discover...

This Thanksgiving week edition is proudly brought to you courtesy of our friends at B&K Auto Salvage! The gang starts out down a Reacher, as Joel was hip deep in all things Civil War, AKA the 126 year tradition of Oregon vs Oregon State football.  As several members of the Far Reaches Crew are Beaver Believers, Joel was the official representative of the group!  And needless to say, he did a t...

In this edition of Far Reaches Extra, Micah sits down with a longtime friend from Central Oregon, Kyle Marino, who was recently diagnosed with Covid-19.  They talk about the days leading up to the diagnosis, what the testing process was like, how it impacted his friends and family and what he went through during the time.   Kyle also sheds some light on the bureaucratic process that was initiated...

This week's episode is brought to you by the fine folks at B&K Auto Salvage.  The Reachers are at full capacity this week, and are anxious to talk, and even feature an "intellectual moment"!  The gang covers a wide swath of topics, especially around the impacts of Covid on local communities and the country as a whole.  With additional lockdowns and mandates looming, the boys reflect on freedom...

On this Veterans Day Episode, brought to you by B&K Auto Salvage, the gang dive into the 1987 mind twisting Stanley Kubrick classic, Full Metal Jacket.  It was the first movie that Micah ever bought, and one that you are never the same after watching!  Ralls is battling the snowy wonderland this week, so the gang is one reacher light, but they tease him a little and press on.  Joel is adjustin...

In this wild episode, brought to you by our friends at B&K Auto Salvage, the gang dive into the coming of age classic, American Graffiti and how it relates to some of their high school memories and days. Mr. Joel gets a promotion, Rawley is getting ready to go hunting, Richard wears his glasses, and Micah has a couple beverages in his Yeti cup!  The gang has some fun, and you will too!  Micah...

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On this episode of Far Reaches, brought to you by our friends at B&K Auto Salvage, the Reacher Table is full as all four Reachers are able to join for some time to catch up and discuss one of the funniest and controversial movies in our time, Blazing Saddles...The gang discusses some of their favorite lines, and how we used to be able to laugh at each other, and remember, its just a joke! Whic...

Recent conversation with The Beaty Butte Wild Horse Facility crew. Tim Hyatt, Peter Osborne and Alina Bradbury. For the last four years, community members from Adel, Oregon and Lake and Harney County have collaborated with a broad group of stakeholders to determine how, together, they could best assist the growing list of uses on the 437,120-acre Beaty Butte Herd Management Area (HMA). From these...

In this most politically charged Far Reaches to date, the gang react and discuss the first presidential debate, the open seat on the Supreme Court, Filibustering, Covid Updates around the country, Religion and Micah remembers to mention both Fan Mail and his new subscription to the Jocko Willink website.  No subject is off limits and no opinion is left wanting.  LET'S GET IT ON!

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The gang are all back together for the first time in several episodes, and they don't disappoint....Well, not much anyway.  They discuss wildfire in the west, climate change vs craptacular natural resource management, the canceling of the Pendleton Roundup, how the company that started Farmville is somehow the guardian of all things online science, how to rebuild the window on a 93 Dodge, old TV s...

In this edition of Far Reaches Extra (FRX) Micah is joined by Amy and Shandie two Oregon cowgirls that were recently accepted to compete in the 2022 Mongol Derby.  They discuss what lead them to apply for this grueling, 10 day, 1000 KM, cross country horse race through the outback of Mongolia...That's right, THAT cross country Mongolian horse race.  We dig into the details of the race, what the ho...

Special guests, Jim and Amy McNamee (no relation...that they will admit) join us to discuss what it was like to be at ground zero in Antelope where the Rajneesh movement changed the lives and landscape forever.  With the recent release of the Netflix series entitled Wild, Wild Country old feelings were brought to the surface again and a new generation was exposed to the wild and western story of w...

Ralls is swathing, raking, baling, hauling, watering and sleeping hay, so we are down a Reacher for this week.  Florida Man Micah has emerged from darkness and joins us from the Southern Command Center Bunkhouse.  Joel is contemplating a PGA career and Richard is gettin real about real estate.  The gang discusses another classic John Wayne movie, Big Jake and the finer points of addresses and the...

What starts out as a mini Richard and Joel episode blossoms into deeper discussion on rodeo and movies when Rawley makes it in from swathing for a bit. Micah is MIA due to hurricane rains and food poisoning, and the guys express the deep love and admiration of Micah, and most importantly the fact that he has all the passwords, so they still need him.  Richard has passed his real estate exam, Joel...

The gang gather round the soft glow of the webcam to ponder and pontificate about the 1971 classic, Sometimes A Great Notion!  Joel lays out his deep, deep theory on the characters and what the represent which will leave you wondering what you know. It's some prime Joel time for sure! There is some great discussion on the 10 items each would bring to an arctic survival and Rawley expounds on the w...

Hang on to your hat, for an episode that is sure to be in the Far Reaches Hall of Fame!  The gang has been busy golfing, haying, studying and fixing.  All things "ing" for sure.  Joel leads the discussion on the 80's classic, The Great Outdoors and laugh their way through some of the finer moments of this John Candy and Dan Aykroyd family funny.  They try their hand at rating this classic and it c...

Pack your bottle and unhobble that mule because this week the gang has some of their best conversation yet as they discuss the congruencies amongst our modern times and the true American classic, Lonesome Dove.  We also get a chance to hear from Richard and his wife Alina on how they work together with Richard's dyslexia and some of the tools he has found to help him excel at all that he does.  Th...

The gang dive in and discuss some of the chaos and happenings that the world is experiencing right now, and how to try and make sense of all that is going on.  They point out some of the conflicting thoughts on protests and riots and all types of other gatherings and how they are perceived and positioned.  There is a lively discussion on the current status of CHAZ in the city of Seattle and how an...

Richard and Micah kick off this episode and are soon joined by Rawley and Joel for the full Reacher Effect!  The discuss Micah's new job, Rawley's new baler, Joel's new hat and Richard's new article.  Good times indeed!  They also dig into the chaotic documentary known as Operation Odessa and some of the crazy characters of the adventure, and discuss the word of the week, Gedunk!  The gang also to...

This week, the gang is down one Reacher, as Rawley was busy with cow stuff, but Richard, Joel and Micah pressed on.  Richard and Micah had flashbacks to the old days of TV when you had to watch the show when it aired, and if you missed it...well, that was too damn bad.  Also, how having "satellite" TV used to be cool because they were a reason for South Park parties.  The gang dives into Red Dawn...