WEcast: Recent Episodes
Brock Benson
Welcome to WEcast. A podcast about the history and culture of the West End of Montrose County in Colorado. www.westendpodcast@won41.com
Radio Theatre of the West End presents The Burglar, featuring the Rice's of the West End as well as locals John and Diana Reams. Recorded at the Reading Minds Studio at the Naturita Community Library.
Volume 76 issue number 50 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of May 13, 2026.
Volume 76 issue number 49 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of May 06, 2026.
Volume 76 issue number 48 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of April 29, 2026.
Volume 76 issue number 47 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of April 22, 2026.
Radio Theatre of the West End presents Dwellers in Silence. A recreation of a 1951 NBC Radio Drama from the Dimension X Series.
Volume 76 issue number 46 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of April 15, 2026.
Volume 76 issue number 45 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of April 08, 2026.
Volume 76 issue number 44 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of April 01, 2026.
Volume 76 issue number 43 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of March 25, 2026.
Volume 76 issue number 42 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of March 18, 2026.
Volume 76 issue number 41 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of March 11, 2026.
Volume 76 issue number 40 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of March 04, 2026.
Volume 76 issue number 29 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of February 25, 2026.
Volume 76 issue number 38 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of February 18, 2026.
Volume 76 issue number 37 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of February 02, 2026.
Volume 76 issue number 36 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of February 04, 2026.
Volume 76 issue number 35 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of January 28, 2026.
A modern take on a 1942 radio sci-fi called Spawn of the Subhuman. This is an N3 Theatre and Music Club production in cooperation with the Norwood Parks and Recreation District and the Naturita Community Library. Today's programming was funded by the Lone Cone Legacy Trust and the Just For kids Foundation.
Volume 76 issue number 34 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of January 21, 2026.
Volume 76 issue number 33 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of January 14, 2026.
Volume 76 issue number 32 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of January 07, 2026.
Volume 76 issue number 31 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of December 31, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 30 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of December 24, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 29 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of December 17, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 28 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West end of Colorado for the week of December 10, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 27 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of West End of Colorado for the week of December 03, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 26 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of November 26, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 25 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of November 19, 2025.
This is the companion piece to Volume 76 issue number 24 celebrating a new series called What Love Does In Rural Communities.
Volume 76 issue number 24 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of November 12, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 23 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of November 05, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 22 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of October 29, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 21 of the San MIiguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of October 22, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 20 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of October 08, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 19 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of October 08, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 18 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you the headlines out of the West End for October 01, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 17 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of September 24, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 16 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of September 17, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 15 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of September 09, 2025.
Today on the podcast we lift up our beloved Susan Rice, as we celebrate her legacy of compassion. September 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 14 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of September 03, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number thirteen of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of August 27, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 12 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of August 20, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 11 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of August 13, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 10 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of August 06, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 09 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of July 30, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 08 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of July 23, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 07 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of July 16, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 06 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of July 09, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 05 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of July 02, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 04 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of June 25, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number three of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of June 18, 2025.
Volume 76 issue number 2 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of June 11, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 53 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of June 04, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 52 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of May 28, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 51 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of May 21, 2025
Volume 75 issue number 50 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End for the week of May 14, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 49 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of May 07, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 48 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of April 30, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 47 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of April 23, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 46 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of April 16, 2024
Volume 75 issue number 45 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the Western Slope of Colorado for the week of April 9, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 44 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of April 2, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 43 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of March 26, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 42 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of March 19, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 41 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of March 3, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 40 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of March 05, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 39 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of February 26, 2025
Volume 75 issue number 38 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of February 19, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 37 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of February 12, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 36 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of February 5, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 35 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of January 29, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 34 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End or Colorado for the week of January 22, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 33 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of January 15, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 32 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of January 08, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 31 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of Jan 1, 2025.
Volume 75 issue number 30 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of December 25, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 29 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of December 18, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 28 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of December 11, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 27 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of December 4, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 26 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of November 27, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 25 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of November 20, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 24 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of November 13, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 23 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of November 11, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 22 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of October 30, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 21 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of October 23, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 20 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of October 16, 2024
Volume 75 issue number 19 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of October 9, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 18 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of October 02, 2024
Volume 75 issue number 17 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of September 15, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 16 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of September 18, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 15 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of September 11, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 14 of there San Miguel Basin Forum. Brining you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of September 09, 2024.
Volume 75 issue 13 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Brining you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of August 28, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 12 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of cColorado for the week of August 21, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 11 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of August 14, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number 10 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of August 7, 2024
Volume 75 issue number nine of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of July 31, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number eight of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of July 24, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number seven of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of July 17, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number six of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of July 10, 2024
Volume 75 issue number five of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of July 3, 2024
Volume 75 issue number four of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of June26, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number three of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End for the week of June 19, 2024
Volume 75 issue number two of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of June 12, 2024.
Volume 75 issue number one of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of June 5. 2024
Volume 74 issue number 52 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of May 29, 2024.
Volume 74 issue number 50 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of May 15, 2024.
Volume 74 issue number 49 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of May,08, 2024.
Volume 74 issue number 48 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of May 01, 2024.
Volume 74 issue number 47 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of April 24, 2024.
Volume 74 issue number 46 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of April 17,2024
Volume 74 issue number 45 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of April 10, 2024.
Part two of an ongoing series. dedicated to the documenting of the stakeholders of the West End as we negotiate for our future against the proposal to turn the West End into the Dolores Canyon National Monument. Guests on todays show are: Aimee Tooker, Katey Harland, Carla Reams, and Simone Griffin of the Blue Ribbon Coalition.
Volume 74 issue number 44 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of April 3, 2024.
Volume 74 issue number 43 of the San Miguel Basin Forum, bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of March 27, 2024.
Volume 74 issue number 42 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of March 20,2024.
Part one of a multipart series in documenting the introduction of the proposed Dolores National Monument and it's impact on the citizens of the West End. Today's guests are Scott Braden and Natalie Binder, two proponents of protecting the Dolores River and encouragers of negations for the establishment of the Dolores National Monument.
Volume 74 issue number 41 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of March 13, 2024.
Episode One of Season Three of the official WEcast podcast. This is not the local paper today. This is a celebration of our famous Naturita carouser and beloved troubador, Charles Ray Dobbs. Musical credit: Friend of the Devil by the Grateful Dead, and She Talks to Angels by the Black Crows, as well as The Color of Goodbye and For Tom by CR Dobbs.
Volume 74 issue number 40 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of March 06,2024
Volume 74 issue number 39 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of February 28, 2024.
Volume 74 issue number 38 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of February 21, 2024.
Volume 74 issue number 37 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of Ferbruary 14, 2024.
Volume 74 issue number 36 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of February 7th, 2024.
Volume 74 issue number 35 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of January 31, 2024.
Volume 74 issue number 34 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of January 24, 2024.
Volume 747, 2024 issue number 33 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of January 17, 2024.
Volume 74 issue number 32 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of January 10, 2024.
Volume 74 Issue number 31 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Brining you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of January 3, 2024.
Volume 74 issue number 30 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End for the week of December 27, 2023. Happy New Year West End!
Volume 74 issue number 29 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of December 20, 2023.
San Miguel Basin Forum Volume 74, issue 28. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of December 13, 2023.
Volume 74 issue 27 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of December 06, 2023.
Volume 74 Issue number 26 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of November 29, 2023.
Volume 74 Issue 25 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bring you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of November 22, 2023
The San Miguel Basin Forum Volume 74 Issue 24. Bringing you all the Headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of November 15, 2023.
Volume 74 issue 23 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Bringing you all the headlines from the West End of Colorado for the week of November 8, 2023.
The San Miguel Basin Forum, Volume 74 Issue 22. Brining you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of November 1, 2023.
Playing Charlene Knickerbocker's record of War of the Worlds on this special Halloween episode of WEcast. War of the Worlds was first broadcast by the Mercury Theatre for CBS Radio on October 30, 1938.
The San Miguel Basin Forum, Volume 74, issue 21. Bringing you all the Headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the Week of October 25, 2023.
San Miguel Basin Forum, Volume 74 issue 20. Bringing you all the headlines out of the West End of Colorado for the week of October 18, 2023.
Volume 74 Issue 19 of the San Miguel Basin Forum. Brining you all the news out of West End Colorado for the week of October 11, 2023
Part two of the Six Year Odyssey of Bessie Ragsdale. Dale Allen claims the Triple Crown of Hiking and we say hello to artist Stephen Workman.
Season 2, Episode 1
Reagan Tuttle bought the Forum. The Six Year Odyssey of Bessie Ragsdale pt1. Kendal Ray is a Walking Testimony. Bette Nickel's mother walked from Oklahoma.
Our beloved English Teacher, Charlene Knickerbocker turned 100 this year and we threw a big party in the park last August. Shelly Kelly, Carla Reams, Dave Stephans, and Doylene Garvey share stories.
A podcast about the history and culture of the West End of Montrose County in Colorado on the border with Utah. In today's episode hear the origin story of Nucla and learn about what's going on in Naturita.
Episode Two of Season One of WEcast. A podcast about the history and culture of the West End of Montrose County on the border of Colorado and Utah. This month we catch up with the Rimrocker Historical Society, Scott Bird, West End Trail Alliance, Doylene Garvey, New School Planning Meeting, and Naturita Town Council.
Episode One of the first podcast about the history and culture of the West End of Montrose County on the border of Utah and Colorado.