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Legends of the Old West

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  • MODOC WAR | “Lost River”

    October 21, 2026 · 39 min

    The Modoc live in the area known as the Lava Beds in northern California for centuries before the arrival of European explorers. Then, in 1848, discovery of gold brings a flood of people from around the world to California. The Modoc…

  • MOUNTAIN MEN | “Jim Bridger: Wars of the West”

    September 16, 2026 · 36 min

    After the loss of his trading post, Jim Bridger guides an army column to Utah Territory to confront Brigham Young and the Mormons. Bridger leads a frustrating expedition to the Yellowstone region, and then guides the U.S. Army to northern…

  • MOUNTAIN MEN | “Jim Bridger: Opening The West”

    September 9, 2026 · 35 min

    When the fur trade winds down, Jim Bridger builds a trading post at a key location on the Oregon Trail in southwestern Wyoming. In addition to being linked to the Hugh Glass story, Bridger becomes linked to the infamous events of the…

  • MOUNTAIN MEN | “Jim Bridger: Into The Wild”

    September 2, 2026 · 34 min

    In 1822, eighteen-year-old Jim Bridger joins the Ashley-Henry fur company and travels up the Missouri River to trap beaver in the West. But before he learns the basics of trapping, Arikara warriors attack the company. And then a grizzly…

  • MOUNTAIN MEN | “John Colter: Colter’s Run”

    August 26, 2026 · 34 min

    In 1808 or 1809, John Colter faces an extreme test of endurance and resilience when he is captured by Blackfoot warriors on one of the three forks of the Missouri River in present-day Montana. Afterward, he makes one final journey to the…

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  • MOUNTAIN MEN | “John Colter: Colter’s Hell”

    August 19, 2026 · 33 min

    John Colter’s extraordinary adventures in the West continue with a 500-mile winter trek across the Rocky Mountains, during which he becomes the first American to see the Teton Mountains and Jackson Hole. He witnesses marvelous geothermal…

  • MOUNTAIN MEN | “John Colter: Corps of Discovery”

    August 12, 2026 · 36 min

    John Colter, a young Kentucky frontiersman, joins the Corps of Discovery to explore the continent with Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Colter initially bristles at the military structure of the expedition but he soon becomes one of its…

  • Introducing “Government That Doesn’t Suck” from Rewind Studios

    July 22, 2026 · 8 min

    Government often gets a bad rap. But each episode of the new podcast “Government That Doesn’t Suck,” hosted by Professors Greg Jackson and Lindsey Cormack, tells a surprising origin story of a feature of government important to the…

  • REVOLUTION | “Devils From Infernal Regions”

    July 8, 2026 · 45 min

    After four years of fighting, the war in the northern colonies settles into a stalemate. It rages in the southern colonies, but the American southern army suffers the worst calamities of the war. An army of frontiersmen known as the…

  • REVOLUTION | “New York Minute”

    July 1, 2026 · 41 min

    After boosting American morale with successes at Trenton and Princeton, the American main army suffers seemingly disastrous losses outside Philadelphia in 1777. The British capture the American capital, but the accomplishment comes with…

  • REVOLUTION | “A Christmas Miracle”

    June 24, 2026 · 40 min

    During the American Revolutionary War, three pairs of battles were critical to the outcome. When the war begins in earnest in August of 1776 with the Battle of Brooklyn, it does not go well for General George Washington and the new…

  • OUTLAWS | “Doc Middleton”

    April 22, 2026 · 37 min

    Before James Middleton Riley becomes known as Doc Middleton, he steals horses in Texas, escapes from prison in Texas, and escapes from jail in Nebraska. From his base in the Sandhills of northern Nebraska, Doc Middleton becomes the king of…

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About the show

Wyatt Earp, Jesse James, and Butch and Sundance. Lakota, Comanche and Apache. Wars, gunfights and robberies. This show covers the toughest lawmen, the wildest outlaws, and the deadliest towns — all the people and events that shaped the American West.