It's our September Nuggets program--a show in which we talk about a number of things associated with the Old West.

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For this edition of the show, we talk about the various jobs behind the camera when making a movie. Perhaps the most important job is that of director. Western Writers of America author Michael F. Blake joins to talk about those roles as well as talk about perhaps the best director of movies in our generation--John Ford.

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Cartographer, Sketch Artist and Adventurer Joseph Goldsborough Bruff is our topic. He was involved in the California Gold Rush of 1849. He copied the maps from John Fremont's California expedition for the federal government. Bruff also was a merchant marine sailor. An interesting guy who is rarely talked about in history.

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We're talking about Roy Rogers with Joel "Dutch" Dortch. He's the Executive Director of the Happy Trails Children's Foundation, founded by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans to help abused children. The foundation has a great fundraising event called Sizzling Summer Opportunity Drawing. Tickets for the drawing are available at the website with a great grand prize. We talked with Dutch about the events coming up as well as about Roy and Dale.

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It's our Movie Saturday program. On this one we talk about Spaghetti Westerns. 1967 seemed to have been the year they began to make their debut at drive-in theaters. What makes them so watchable? Listen in!

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Mark Mejia joins us for the hour. He's the owner of Baron Hats in Los Angeles, a storied hat shop that made hats for a ton of Hollywood movies and stars.

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Our guest for this edition of the show is Danny O'Haco. He's retired from rodeo and the movies, but has a ton of stories about both professions that he shares with us. Look for his books here at Amazon.com.

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It's Free Range on this edition of the show. We cover a variety of topics including the Western component of the blockbuster movie "Barbie." Plus, a B to See movie review.

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It's our end of the month show that we call Movie Saturday. For this edition, we talk about the quotes from western movies--quotes that made the movie.

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Actor Bobby Carradine joins us for the hour to talk about his iconic acting family and the westerns in which he appeared. Great stories about being on-set of The Cowboys.

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It's a continuation of last week's show--No Topic for Old Men. Bunker de France is not with us for this show as his horse took a tumble. He's (Bunker) okay. Todd Roberts and Harry Alexander talk about a bunch of different things all related to the Old West.

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On this edition of the show, we talk about this, that and perhaps the other thing. We call it Open Range--a variety of topics about the Old West.

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On this show, Western Writers of America authors Wild Bill Markley and Kid Kellen Cutsforth join us to talk more about their book, Standoff at High Noon: Another Battle of the Truth in the Mythic Wild West. The book is available at Amazon.com and all other places that feaature fine books.

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It's our end-of-the month show we call Movie Saturday where we talk about a specific film and/or actor. This show is all about Ward Bond. He appeared in more than 200 films and starred in the television series Wagon Train.

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In this episode of the show, we take on the job of casting director and offer up some ideas of casting different actors in western movie roles. One example we did was recasting Tombstone with B Movie actors.

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On this edition of our program, we talk about a bunch of different things pertaining to the Old West. Kick back and enjoy!

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Actor, stuntman, makeup artist, horse trainer and assistant director Rod Wolfe joins us from his Phoenix-area ranch by telephone. His last work was on a production filmed at Old Tucson called Last Dollar. He's appeared in bunches of movies and television shows.

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It's our Movie Saturday program! Joining us for the hour is Peter Sherayko and Tucson Vern Walker. Peter and Vern have worked together on numerous films. Peter was in Tombstone (1993) while Vern worked on She was the Deputy's Wife (2021). Great stories from both of them!

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Leroy Garcia, owner of the Blue Rain Gallery in New Mexico, is our guest. He talks about starting his art gallery and working with new artists. His website is Blue Rain Art Gallery.

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For this program, we take a look at transportation on the Colorado River in the mid 1800s--how it flourished and its demise.

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