A conversation with journalist and author Zak Podmore about their book, Life After Dead Pool: Lake Powell’s Last Days and the Rebirth of the Colorado River (Torrey House Press, 2024)

A conversation with poet and author Julie Carr about their book, Mud, Blood, and Ghosts: Populism, Eugenics, and Spiritualism in the American West (University of Nebraska Press, 2023).Julie Carr is Professor of English at the University of Colorado, Boul

A conversation with journalist Lyndsie Bourgon about her book, "Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods" (Little, Brown Spark, 2022).The Writing Westward Podcast is produced and hosted by Prof. Brenden W. Rensink (www.bwrensink.org)

A conversation with geographer Andrew Curley about his book, "Carbon Sovereignty - Coal, Development, and Energy Transition in the Navajo Reservation" (University of Arizona Press, 2023).The Writing Westward Podcast is produced and hosted by Prof. Bren

A conversation with historian Peter Boag about their book "Pioneering Death: The Violence of Boyhood in Turn-of-the-Century Oregon" (University of Washington Press, 2022).The Writing Westward Podcast is produced and hosted by Prof. Brenden W. Rensink (

A conversation with cartoonist Navied Mahdavian about his graphic novel memoir, "This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America" (Princeton Architectural Press, 2023).The Writing Westward Podcast is produced and hosted by Prof. Brenden W. Ren

A conversation with historian Natalia Molina about their book "A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community" (University of California Press, 2022).The Writing Westward Podcast is produced and hosted by Prof. Brenden W. Rensin

A conversation with Sarah Keyes about their book "American Burial Ground: A New History of the Overland Trail" (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023). The Writing Westward Podcast is produced and hosted by Prof. Brenden W. Rensink (www.bwrensink.org) fo

A conversation with Heather Hansman about their book "Powder Days: Ski Bums, Ski Towns, and the Future of Chasing Snow" (Hanover Square Press, 2021). The Writing Westward Podcast is produced and hosted by Prof. Brenden W. Rensink (www.bwrensink.org) for t

A conversation with historian Molly P. Rozum about their new book, "Grasslands Grown: Creating Place on the U.S. Northern Plains and Canadian Prairies" (University of Nebraska Press & University of Manitoba Press, 2021). The Writing Westward Podcast i