Introducing: The American West with Dan Flores

New from the MeatEater Podcast Network: Long-time western author Dan Flores presents a big picture history of an American West you've never encountered. Covering a vast time span in a western America whose landscapes and wild animals drew people from around the world, this podcast tells a new story of our most fascinating region. Subscribe now wherever you listen to podcasts. Don't miss episode one coming out May 6th! YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIQv7voZWHy4X3UFECqr3ggFIj9uQJT2O Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0wrs79YL0Jw2AjQrCBKUUu Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-west/id1811365050 iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1248-the-american-west-273702538/ Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/the-american-west/PC:1001101272 Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/17657fa8-7388-4983-8b26-c1d5505ed2e5/the-american-west MeatEater on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/meateater, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/StevenRinellaMeatEater/, Twitter https://twitter.com/MeatEaterTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor, Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAaa0mleeU128Ad5iM1RFIg, and Youtube Clips https://www.youtube.com/@MeatEaterClips Check out more MeatEater's American History audio originals "The Long Hunters https://store.themeateater.com/products/meateaters-american-history-the-long-hunters.html?lang=en_US&persistUserId=MT777dfccfb5ad885f&_gl=1*1wsssmp*_gcl_au*OTE4NjU0MjA1LjE3NDE4MDEzNTI.*_ga*MTUzMTAxNzcxNC4xNzQwNTEzMzQ0*_ga_J3M86GMH9B*MTc0NjIyMDU5My41MC4wLjE3NDYyMjA2MDAuNTMuMC4w*_ga_VNCSXFY0BW*MTc0NjIyMDU5My41MC4wLjE3NDYyMjA2MDAuMC4wLjA." and "Mountain Men https://store.themeateater.com/products/meateaters-american-history-the-mountain-men.html?lang=en_US" Subscribe to The MeatEater Podcast Network on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@MeatEaterPodcastNetwork Shop MeatEater Merch https://store.themeateater.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener https://omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

• 0:00Speaker 00

  The West seems to fascinate the world in a way no other American region can touch. Why can you get your John Wayne fix on TV at any sleepless 3:00 a.m.? Why is a soap opera western like Yellowstone so wildly successful? How do shoe stores sell $5,000 cowboy boots that'll never see a stirrup? And why does the phrase "it's just like the Wild West" cause all of us to imagine full freedom of action that no one's regulating? The American West with Dan Florys is the latest show from the Meat Eater Podcast Network, hosted by me, writer and historian Dan Florys, and brought to you by Velvet Buck, wine with a backbone.

• 0:44Speaker 00

  By focusing on deep time and wild animals and the West's unique environments, this podcast looks at a West available nowhere else. Each episode, I'll be diving into some of the lesser-known histories of the West, such as North America during the Pleistocene epoch, the distribution of the first paintings and images of the region, and Thomas Jefferson's second Lewis and Clark expedition. I'll then be joined in conversation by guests such as Western historian Dr. Randall Williams and bestselling author and Meat Eater founder Stephen Rinella.

• 1:20Speaker 01

  I'll correct my kids now and then where they'll say when cave people were here. And I'll say, "It seems like the Ice Age people that were here didn't have a real affinity for caves."

• 1:30Speaker 00

  So join me starting Tuesday, May 6th, for The American West with Dan Flores on the Meat Eater Podcast Network, where we'll delve into stories of the West, gain a deeper appreciation of its history, and come to understand how it helps inform the ways in which we experience the region today.