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The American Southwest

Thomas Wayne Riley
The American Southwest
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    Rumorosa with Author James Bandy

    17/1/2026 | 1h 31 mins.
    New Interview Episode is out! Bandy and I talk about his awesome novella Rumorosa, a must read. We also discuss the American Southwest in writings and art. We talk about Apaches, California, the Vietnam War, Cormac McCarthy, King of Dogs, our glorious Public Lands and how we must protect them, the Civil War in the Southwest, and everyone’s favorite topic: Man Corn.
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    Hollywood Samizdat with Author Rambo Van Halen

    27/11/2025 | 1h 6 mins.
    Rambo & I discuss his new book Hollywood Samizdat, a collection of stories from his time in Hollywood. We also discuss fly fishing, the decline of LA & the business, the managerial elite, winter sports, New Mexico and the Mountain West, Mormons, helicopter rides, movies, rock climbing, and more.
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    Billy the Kid: The Life Behind the Legend with Author George R Matthews

    19/11/2025 | 1h 3 mins.
    The incredible author George R Matthews and I discuss his most recent book over Billy the Kid. He clears up some things, corrects some of my series, and we have a great conversation.
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    Billy the Kid & The Lincoln County War: The Boss Desperado & Man Killer of the Southwest

    12/11/2025 | 1h 19 mins.
    This is the eleventh and final episode over Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War.
    In this Episode, Billy travels from Mesilla to Lincoln before being put up in the Lincoln County House’s Jail. He’s not there long though, before he makes his most famous jailbreak. After returning to Fort Sumner, Billy is eventually hunted down by Pat Garrett yet again.
    I finish the episode with the rest of Pat Garrett’s life, as well as the remaining living participants of the story I’ve told thus far.
    Stay tuned for my interview with author George R Matthews who wrote the greatest book over Billy and the war that has yet been published.
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    Billy the Kid & The Lincoln County War: Advise Persons Never to Engage in Killing

    05/11/2025 | 1h 2 mins.
    This is the tenth episode of eleven that will discuss Billy the Kid and the Lincoln County War that took place in New Mexico.
    In this episode, Billy the Kid, Billy Wilson, Rudabaugh, and Tom Pickett are taken from Stinking Springs to Fort Sumner before heading to Las Vegas and then to Santa Fe. There is a tense moment on the train platform in Las Vegas. The men are interviewed by various newspapers. The Governor still ignores Billy & his pardon as the men sit in the Santa Fe jail. Finally, Billy’s taken to Mesilla to sit in the corrupt Judge Bristol’s court.
    I end the episode with the court hearing, the verdict, and the sealing of Billy the Kid’s fate.

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About The American Southwest

This is a podcast of the people, places, and things of the American West. Think cowboys and Indians, bison and cactus, national parks and ghost towns, Mormons and prospectors, nukes and aliens, Tombstone, the Anasazi, Route 66, and everything in between. I’ll dive deep into historical people and events and the cultures and policies that helped shape this area of the American frontier world that’s left so many of the rest of the planet in envy of the mythic American Southwest.
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