Voices of the West

It's our Movie Saturday program. On this edition, we talk about the westerns of Australia. Many westerns have come from the Land of Down Under.

Casting director and author Susan McCray joins us. We're talking about her latest children's book, Paddy Playtypus 2. It's a book to help kids deal with being different. The book is coming out the first week of November, 2022.

Shayla Joe Conner joins us to talk about Native American Women and Girls gone missing. She is trying to raise that awareness. Shayla is a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. Learn more about this important issue at this website, Native Womens Wilderness.org  

It's one of our Nuggets programs--shows that talk about this, that and the other thing--as long as it relates to the West!

Our guest is Joe Musso. He worked for nearly all the studios in Hollywood in the art department. He's also an artist and has an incredible collection of movie memorabilia and numerous historic artifacts.

It's our Movie Saturday program streaming from the White Stallion Ranch. Topic is western female character actors.

We talk with Western Writers of America author Bill Markley about his latest book, Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody Plainsmen of the Legendary West. It looks at both men and how and why they became legends of the Old West. You can find it at Amazon.com .

Our guest is Jim Rodgers. He's the founder of the founder Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association (CMSA) and a co-founder of the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS).

We're continuing our look at western bad guys. This week, we take a look at a bunch more western bad guys.

It's our Movie Saturday show. The topic is Hollywood bad guys. It's a topic that we'll be revisiting from time to time.

Western Writers of America author Tom Clagett joins us to talk about his latest book, Blood West. It's a gothic western novel available at bunches of places including Amazon.com .

Our guest for this show is Mark Sankey. He's with the Mescal Movie Set, which is a movie set east of Tucson. The original Monte Walsh movie starring Lee Marvin was filmed there. The set is being revised and is open for business!

Some histoy for this show. We talk about Swiss-born Adolph Bendelier. He came to America and pursued a study of Indigenous Peoples of the American Southwest. Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico is named for him. August 6 would've been his birthday.

It's our Movie Saturday program. For this edition, we highlight the life and career of Amerkican actor and director L.Q. Jones. He passed away in early July just shy of his 95th birthday.

True West Magazine firearms editor Phil Spangenberger joins us for the hour. He's also produced Wild West shows and has served as a gun coach for a number of Hollywood productions.

We attempt to answer the question of what is a western. Our guest is filmmaker Travis Mills. He was on the show last year talking about his project of 12 Westerns in 12 Months . His company is Running Wild Films.

We celebrate the life and music of B western star and recording artist Eddie Dean. July 9 would've been Eddie's 115th birthday.

It's our Nuggets show--a show basically about nothing. Think about an episode of Seinfeld but western...

It's Movie Saturday and we're doing the movies of George Armstrong Custer. Historian and author Dan Gagliasso joins us to talk about Custer and what made him the man of hour, so to speak, on this, the anniversary day of the Battle of the Little Bighorn

Author Al Fleming joins us. His book, Following That Dream From Elvis To Hollywood , chronicles when Al met Elvis when the actor and singer was making a movie in Western Florida in 1961. They became good friends and Elvis encouraged Al to come to Hollywood. The book is about those experiences. The reader won't be able to stop laughing, while getting a pretty good picture of what Hollywood was...

Retired musician and music arranger John Komrada joins us to talk about the music of western movies and television series.

Western Writers of America Melody Groves joins us to talk about her book, When Outlaws Wore Badges .

It's our Movie Saturday program featuring the works of Anthony Quinn. 

 Today's show is one of those that has no particular topic. We call 'em "Nuggets."

Today, May 7, is the birthdate of American actor Gary Cooper. For this program, we celebrate his life and career.