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Writing Westward Podcast

Written by: BYU Redd Center
  • Summary

  • Writing Westward features conversations with writers and scholars of the North American West. Hosted by Brenden W. Rensink, it is a production of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University.

    The Redd Center is an interdisciplinary research center committed to increasing knowledge and understanding of the American West. Dr. Brenden W. Rensink is Associate Director of the Redd Center, an Associate Professor of History at BYU, General Editor of the Intermountain Histories project, and author of the award-winning 2018 book Native but Foreign: Indigenous Immigrants and Refugees in the North American Borderlands

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Episodes
  • 001 - Louis Warren - God's Red Son
    Sep 21 2018
    Conversation with Louis S. Warren about his book God's Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America, published in 2017 by Basic Books and winner of the 2018 Bancroft Prize. The Writing Westward Podcast is a production of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University and hosted by Brenden W. Rensink. Follow the BYU Redd Center and the Writing Westward Podcast on Facebook or Twitter Theme music by Micah Dahl Anderson @ www.micahdahlanderson.com
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • 002 - Lamont, Victoria - Westerns, A Women's History
    Oct 3 2018
    Conversation with Victoria Lamont about her book "Westerns: A Women's History," published in 2016 by the University of Nebraska Press. The Writing Westward Podcast is a production of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University and hosted by Brenden W. Rensink. Follow the BYU Redd Center and the Writing Westward Podcast on Facebook or Twitter or get more information @ http://reddcenter.byu.edu/pages/writing-westward-podcast. Theme music by Micah Dahl Anderson @ www.micahdahlanderson.com
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    48 mins
  • 003 - Johnson, Benjamin - Escaping the Dark Gray City
    Nov 6 2018
    Conversation with Benjamin Johnson about his book "Escaping the Dark Gray City: Fear and Hope in Progressive-Era Conservation," published in 2017 by Yale University Press. The Writing Westward Podcast is a production of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University and hosted by Brenden W. Rensink. Follow the BYU Redd Center and the Writing Westward Podcast on Facebook or Twitter or get more information @ http://reddcenter.byu.edu/pages/writing-westward-podcast. Theme music by Micah Dahl Anderson @ www.micahdahlanderson.com
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    57 mins

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