How the West Was 'Cast
Matthew Chernov & Andrew Patrick Nelson
4.9from 65 ratings
- 47
- Episodes
- 2
- Transcribed
- 65
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
- 179K
- YouTube views
About How the West Was 'Cast
Whether you grew up watching the movies of John Wayne, cut your teeth on Clint Eastwood’s “Man with No Name” trilogy, or consider Kevin Costner to be the screen’s quintessential cowboy star, HOW THE WEST WAS ‘CAST is just the podcast you’ve been waiting for. Join screenwriter and journalist Matthew Chernov and film historian Andrew Patrick Nelson as they discuss the beloved masterpieces, forgotten treasures, and curious cult movies that make up the Western film genre. From the timeless classics of the 1940s and ‘50s, to the bold and bloody titles of the 1960s and ‘70s, to the prestige Westerns of today, HOW THE WEST WAS ‘CAST explores one of cinema’s most fascinating and enduring genres.
- Publisher
- Matthew Chernov & Andrew Patrick Nelson
- Category
- tv & film
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 30 Apr 2020
- Latest episode
- 5 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
2 of 47 episodes have a transcript.
5 Oct 2026
Angel and the Badman (2026) - with Director Julio Quintana
17 Sept 2026
BONUS EPISODE! Vera Miles Goes West - with Biographer Christopher McKittrick
4 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Johnny Guitar (1954) - with Author Brooks E. Hefner
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Johnny Guitar (1954) - with Author Brooks E. Hefner
Published 4 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You describe it at one point as being both a Western and an anti-Western and that it's deeply embedded in the genre's conventions, but also, and I love this term phrase, at a kind of aesthetic war with them. And maybe that's only possible or maybe possible in a really meaningful way when you've achieved that saturation as a genre. I think that's absolutely right. And one of the things that I think is really sort of funny about this film is is that if you talk to someone about it, someone says, well, tell me what the film's about. You can offer a summary of the film. And it sounds like a normal film. […]
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- Julio Quintana
- Christopher McKittrick
- Brooks E Hefner
- Shawn Levy
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- YouTube views
- 178,663
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 44 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 21 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 41 / 100
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- Quality
- 14
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 82
- Engagement
- 85
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