Voices of the West: Recent Episodes
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Author Lance Dorrel joins us for the hour. His latest book is The History They Tell: Oral Histories from Native American and First Nation Peoples regarding the Battle of the […]
Tombstone Film Festival co-organizer John Marrs joins us to talk up the Film Festival happening January 23-26. He and Travis Mills of Running Wild Films started this event three years […]
It’s our Movie Saturday program for the last show of the year. Western Writers of America author Michael F. Blake joins us to talk about the great western books that […]
Wytsie de Vries joins us from Canada. He collects western and cowboy memorabilia and has quite the etensive collection of movie goodies and television items.
This hour we talk about perhaps one of the most important people of the Old West–Bernardo Miera Y Pacheco. He was a cartographer, artist, sculpturist, astronomer and worked in many […]
Former U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell joins us for the hour. He served in Congress as a Representative for Colorado and later as U.S. Senator. As a Native American, he […]
We talked with Egan “Butch” Artichoker about his book, “The Complete Series.” Butch is a member of the Ogala Sioux Tribe. His Lakota name translates in English as “Praying Eagle.” […]
Tess Howie joins us the for hour. She’s the producer of a documentary called “Feek’s Vision.” it’s about C.E. “Feek” Tooke. In the 1930s he revolutionized bronc horse breeding for […]
Henry C. Parke joins us for our Movie Saturday program. Parke is the author of “The Greatest Westerns Ever Made and the People who Made Them.” The book chronicles films […]
For our Movie Saturday program, we talk about Hollywood’s Humble Maestro–Russell Garcia. His granddaughter, Kristy Corwin, joins us. Garcia was a child prodigee regarding music. He composed music for a number of westerns including Rawhide.
Our guest is Ben Lee. He runs the Camp Verde School near Sedona, Arizona. His great grandfather author Yan Phou Lee. He came to America in 1872 to pursue his eduction. On the way east,
Pat Garrett, the lawman that captured and killed Billy the Kid, was found shot to death along the road near Las Cruces, NM Territory. The question is who actually killed Garrett and why. That’s what
Lettie Irons Connell joins for the hour to talk about her family’s history. Her great grandmother was an interpreter for Sitting Bull. Her entire family is dedicated to telling their family’s history. Lettie also served
For our next Movie Saturday program, it’s all about the cookies that kept the trail drives going. From Hop Sing to Wishbone we talk about the actors who cooked it up for the cowboys.
Dr. David Turpie joins us for the hour to talk about zoos in Arizona–their aim, economic contribution and more. David is with the Arizona Histiorical Society which has recently published their latest edition talking about
Brad Ness, the founder of Commemorative Firearms joins us. His company produces specialty firearms for groups to use as fundraisers. The company has been in business since 1982 and has provided firearms for auctions for
John Payne aka The One Arm Bandit joins us from the road. He’s based in Oklahoma and travels throughout the country performing at rodeos and fairs. He’s called The One Arm Bandit because of an
Retired National Park Service ranger and historian Dan Martinez joins us from Hawaii. His latest job was the Chief Historian of the USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. Dan also worked at the Little Bighorn Battlefield in Montana. Our topic is about how the U.S. Civil War created the movement
Author Michael F. Blake joins us to talk about his book on John Ford’s cavalry trilogy–Fort Apache, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, and Rio Grande. These films are cowboy classics. His book, The Cavalry Trilogy, can be found at lots of bookstores, including Amazon.com.
Author Steve Shaw joins us for the hour. His book, Beyond the Rio Grande, is available at Amazon.com. Steve is a USAF veteran. He’s also a filmmaker and he and his wife Marcie ran a successful tour company that took clients on horseback rides at famous cowboy spots. Steve is since
Bill Palanuk with the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame joins us. He’s the media director for the group. He’s also a broadcaster and voice-over talenUkrait. We’re talking about the organization and some other great stories.
Author and columnist Clara Caufield joins us for the hour. She’s a Native American writing for the Native Sun News Today. She’s a bonifide cowgirl and a poet with lots of interesting stories.
It’s our Movie Saturday show. This one features westerns and rivers with rivers being the central theme. Lots of great movies!
Today’s program is all over the place. We grill Todd Roberts about his high school reunion, Bunker de France talks about the Battle of Glorietta Pass in the War Between The States, and Harry Alexander talks about some up-coming western movies to check out.
Bunker de France and Harry Alexander talk about a number of things associated with the Old West–movies, books, sitting around the campfire, trail drives and cowboy poetry.
Movie Saturday show from the White Stallion Ranch. We talk about the bad cowboys and the evil cowboys.
It’s not often we get to talk with honest-to-goodness cowboys but when we do, it’s more fun than a sack of squirrels!! Our guest is author Kevin Warren. His book is Ride A Fast Horse. It’s one of those books that’s difficult to put down. Kevin was born in Arizona and
Mark Romano joins for the hour. He’s a longtime firearms expert. He’s also a World Champion Single Action Shooting Society winner as well as capturing other SASS accolades. He also has gone to Europe to put on clinics for European shooters. He’s also competed in European shooting competitions. He also
The guy Hollywood calls when they need a train–Jim Clark is our guest. He is a consultant, an engineer for steam and diesel locomotives and an all-around expert on those monsters of the rail!
Western Writers of America author Doug Hocking joins us for Movie Saturday and our look at train movies. Doug has written bunches of books about train robberies in Southern Arizona. We apologize for the less-than-usual sound as an important piece of equipment was forgotten for this episode. But, the show
It’s a Nuggets program for this week. Anything and everything is fair game–movies, personalities and other topics.
Cowboy Craig Cameron joins us for the hour. He’s a rancher, member of the Cowboy Hall of Fame, author and teacher of horse sense. He actually teaches people how to correctly interact with their horses. Craig also hosts a show on RFD-TV called Ride Smart. If you are looking for
For this month’s Movie Saturday, we visit the westerns made from Zane Grey books. There were bunches of them and many films were remade a couple of times. Also, tons of stars got their start with Grey westerns–Gary Cooper and Randolph Scott are among them. Also Tim Holt.
Leslie Hall joins us for the hour to talk about her great uncle, Nick C. Hall. He’s the guy who was instrumental is bringing Hollywood to Tucson and building Old Tucson in 1940. Nick was the manager of the long-gone Santa Rita Hotel in Tucson where the stars stayed. There
It’s one of our Nuggets shows where we talk about bunches of things related to the cowboy world!
It’s our Movie Saturday show! On this edition, we talk about the Westerns filmed in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. It’s a big area and a lot of films were made there–westerns and other genres. Plus, we have movie suggestions from our friends at Western Writers of America.
American Western artist William Herbert “Buck” Dunton is our topic. He lived from 1878-1936 and was known for his detail in animals.
Our guest is Banjo the Blacksmith. He practices his trade at Knott’s Berry Farm in California, and, he does his smithing they way it was done in the 1880s.
Jaye Wells joins us. He’s with the Rillito Park Foundation, which was established to help preserve and protect the historic Rillito Race Track in Tucson. It’s the place where Rukin Jelks and partners developed Quarter Horse racing. It’s also the place that established the photo finish camera. Fascinating history!
Screenwriter Skip Press joins us for our Movie Saturday program. Skip has written numerous screenplays as well as authored a number of books, including The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Screenwriting. Skip also mentors would-be writers and screenwriters. Plus, he had some great Hollywood stories to share. Check his website for
Cartographer, Sketch Artist and Adventurer Joseph Goldsborough Bruff is our topic. He was involved in the California Gold Rush of 1849. He copied the maps from John Fremont’s California expedition for the federal government. Bruff also was a merchant marine sailor. An interesting guy who is rarely talked about in
We’re talking about Roy Rogers with Joel “Dutch” Dortch. He’s the Executive Director of the Happy Trails Children’s Foundation, founded by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans to help abused children. The foundation has a great fundraising event called Sizzling Summer Opportunity Drawing. Tickets for the drawing are available at the
It’s our Movie Saturday program. On this one we talk about Spaghetti Westerns. 1967 seemed to have been the year they began to make their debut at drive-in theaters. What makes them so watchable? Listen in!
Mark Mejia joins us for the hour. He’s the owner of Baron Hats in Los Angeles, a storied hat shop that made hats for a ton of Hollywood movies and stars.
Our guest for this edition of the show is Danny O’Haco. He’s retired from rodeo and the movies, but has a ton of stories about both professions that he shares with us. Look for his books here at Amazon.com.
It’s Free Range on this edition of the show. We cover a variety of topics including the Western component of the blockbuster movie “Barbie.” Plus, a B to See movie review.
It’s our end of the month show that we call Movie Saturday. For this edition, we talk about the quotes from western movies–quotes that made the movie.
Actor Bobby Carradine joins us for the hour to talk about his iconic acting family and the westerns in which he appeared. Great stories about being on-set of The Cowboys.
It’s a continuation of last week’s show–No Topic for Old Men. Bunker de France is not with us for this show as his horse took a tumble. He’s (Bunker) okay. Todd Roberts and Harry Alexander talk about a bunch of different things all related to the Old West.
On this edition of the show, we talk about this, that and perhaps the other thing. We call it Open Range–a variety of topics about the Old West.
On this show, Western Writers of America authors Wild Bill Markley and Kid Kellen Cutsforth join us to talk more about their book, Standoff at High Noon: Another Battle of the Truth in the Mythic Wild West. The book is available at Amazon.com and all other places that feaature fine
It’s our end-of-the month show we call Movie Saturday where we talk about a specific film and/or actor. This show is all about Ward Bond. He appeared in more than 200 films and starred in the television series Wagon Train.
In this episode of the show, we take on the job of casting director and offer up some ideas of casting different actors in western movie roles. One example we did was recasting Tombstone with B Movie actors.
On this edition of our program, we talk about a bunch of different things pertaining to the Old West. Kick back and enjoy!
Actor, stuntman, makeup artist, horse trainer and assistant director Rod Wolfe joins us from his Phoenix-area ranch by telephone. His last work was on a production filmed at Old Tucson called Last Dollar. He’s appeared in bunches of movies and television shows.
It’s our Movie Saturday program! Joining us for the hour is Peter Sherayko and Tucson Vern Walker. Peter and Vern have worked together on numerous films. Peter was in Tombstone (1993) while Vern worked on She was the Deputy’s Wife (2021). Great stories from both of them!
Leroy Garcia, owner of the Blue Rain Gallery in New Mexico, is our guest. He talks about starting his art gallery and working with new artists. His website is Blue Rain Art Gallery.
For this program, we take a look at transportation on the Colorado River in the mid 1800s–how it flourished and its demise.
On this abbreviated edition of our program, we talk with Marty and Gene Freese. This father and son team know where those films were shot. It’s a look at Arizona movie locations.
It’s the end of the month and our Movie Saturday program. For this one, we talk about western movies involving mining.
Documentary filmmaker Trudi Angell joins us for the hour. She produced a film highlighing the history in Baja, Calfornia of the pack trains that were used to get goods from the coast to rancheros and stores. Her star was 70-year-old Darío Higuera Meza who also made the leatherwork used on
On today’s program, we look at the latest issue of Western Clippings. It’s a newspaper/newsletter published by Boyd Magers. It’s all about the Old West movies and the stars.
It’s our program about nothing. We call it “nuggets.” It’s about this, that, and, the other thing…
It’s our Movie Saturday program and we’re featuring chuckwagons in westerns. There are more westerns than you might think…
Jerry Martin, a great-grandson of Geronimo, joins us for the hour. He dispels some of the myths surrounding the Apache leader.
Barb Whiteis joins for the hour. She responded to our call for listeners to send us their favorite westerns and come on the show to talk about them. Barb also runs Caille Farm in Minnesota. She teaches all the basics of how to ride and care for a horse. Many
We traveled to Tombstone for their first annual Tombstone Book Festival. The event attracted numerous authors of the western genre. We talked with event organizer Doug Hocking, Bob Boze Bell and Stuart Rosebrook of True West Magazine, musician Carol Markstrom, and, authors Chris Enss, Bill Markley, Manuela Schneider, Jenna Bommersbach,
On this edition of Emil Franzi’s Voices of the West we talk movies of the silent variety. It”s Movie Saturday and we’re doing silent westerns.
Author Tom Zoellner joins us for the hour. His book, “Rim to River,” is a collection of essays he wrote while walking the length of Arizona–from the Utah border to the Mexican border.
Joining us for the hour is Kelli Payne. She’s the former president of the Oklahoma City Stock Exchange–one of the largest places for cattle sales in the U.S. Kelli is also a fifth-generation rancher in Oklahoma. Our topic is the agriculture industry and how important it is.
Author Deborah A. Fox joins us to talk about her latest graphic novel called “The Man Who Beat Death Valley.” It’s based on the true story of William Lewis Manley, who along with a number of other people, who traversed Death Valley on their way to the California gold fields
Looking at westerns that feature snow in them for our Movie Saturday program. Put a log on the fire and enjoy!!
Robert Sigman of the Museum of Western Film History at Lone Pine, California joins us for the hour. Lone Pine and the nearby Alabama Hills are among the most iconic film locations in the U.S.
Dawn Moore, the daughter of Clayton Moore–aka The Lone Ranger–joins us for the first show of the new year. She talks about growing up with a famous dad.
It’s out end of the year program! We take a look at the westerns released in 2022 as well as talk about a number of other things related to the Old West.
Our guest is Todd Bracken. He’s a jeweler by trade and a gold miner in his off time. The gold he extracts from his mine in Northern California is used to make one-of-a-kind pieces for his jewelry clients. He also collects a lot of historical stuff. Among his collection is
On our show for this hour is bladesmith Jeff Mutz. He operates jmutzknives.com out of California. He makes custom knives and regular knives for his customers. Jeff is affiliated with TrueGrit.com and CalKnives.org.
Actor and stuntman Kenny Call joins us. He was in Silverado and Lonesome Dove as well as a number of other movies. He’s a former rodeo cowboy specializing in team roping.
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.
Our Movie Saturday program is all about female character actors in westerns. Our scheduled guest, WWA author Chris Enss couldn’t be with us because she was evacuated from her home due to a fire threat. We’re happy to report that she’s back in her home with no issues.
Our guest is Western Writers of America author Bill Markley. His latest book, Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody Plainsmen of the Legendary West, is our topic. Bill explores how and why these two fellas got to be Old West legends. You can find the book 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!
This week’s program is about Adolph Bandelier. He was a Swiss-born anthropologist and archaeologist. His contributions to the studies of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas was landmark. His birthday was August 6.
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.
The myths that have become history and the history that has become myths of famous Old West figures.
Michael F. Blake is retired from Hollywood and makeup artistry. His book on T. Roosevelt is very good!!
H. Alan Day, the brother of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, talks about life growing up on an Arizona ranch. He's got lots of stories!!