The American West
Hosted by Dan and Randall · MeatEater
4.8from 750 ratings
- 58
- Episodes
- 55
- Transcribed
- 750
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
- 867M
- YouTube views
About The American West
Author Bryan Burrough exhumes the gritty history of Old West gunfighters. From Billy the Kid to Wyatt Earp to John Wesley Hardin and dozens more, this collection of stories proves how very violent America's nineteenth century frontier actually was, and traces the blood-soaked history of the troubled men who made it that way. Follow now on Apple (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-american-west/id1811365050), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/0wrs79YL0Jw2AjQrCBKUUu?si=56a282df832a4bd2), iHeart, and YouTube (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIQv7voZWHy4X3UFECqr3ggFIj9uQJT2O&si=TG3vGnVvFhznWz0g).
- Publisher
- MeatEater
- Category
- history · sports
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 29 Apr 2025
- Latest episode
- 3 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
55 of 58 episodes have a transcript.
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 08: The Truth About Wyatt Earp
27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 07: The Mystery of Ben Thompson
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Ep. 06: John Wesley Hardin vs Wild Bill Hickok
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Ep. 08: The Truth About Wyatt Earp
Published 3 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] He learned to drink. There were thousands of young guys in the West like him at the time. He didn't really stand out. Then in 1868, the Earp family suddenly left California and returned to the Midwest, settling this time in the town of Lamar, Missouri. where Nicholas Earp took a job as a constable. […]
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- YouTube views
- 866,698,207
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 470 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 280 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 73 / 100
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- Quality
- 53
- Social presence
- 97
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 91
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Dan and Randall host the show. Published by MeatEater.
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