HeyJaredWriting Westward Podcast
Writing Westward features conversations with writers of the North American West, sampling from a variety of disciplines and subfields. The podcast is hosted and produced by BYU Redd Center associate director and professor of history, Brenden W. Rensink.
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090 - Michael W. Childers - The Mountains Are Calling: Tourists and the Unmaking of Yosemite National Park (opens the original)
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A conversation with historian Michael W. Childers about their book, The Mountains Are Calling: Tourists and the Unmaking of Yosemite National Park (University of Nebraska Press, Environment and Region in the American West Series, 2026). Michael W. Childers is Associate Professor of History at Colorado State University. He is also author of Colorado Powder Keg: Ski Resorts and the Environmental Movement (University Press of Kansas, 2012; 2nd edition, 2024). ----more---- The Writing Westward Podca
089 - Emilie Connolly - Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Disposession in the United States (opens the original)
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A conversation with historian Emilie Connolly about their book, Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Disposession in the United States (Princeton University Press, 2025). Emilie Connolly is Assistant Professor of History at Yale University. Vested Interests has been recognized with the following awards and honors: Bancroft Prize in American History James A. Rawley Award from the Organization of American Historians Stuart L. Bernath Best First Book Award from the Society for Historians of Ame
088 - María E. Montoya - A Workplace of Their Own (opens the original)
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A conversation with historian María E. Montoya about their book, A Workplace of Their Own: Rockefeller, Roche, and Labor's Battle Over Industrial Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2026). María E. Montoya is Professor of History at New York University and Global Network Professor at NYU Shanghai where she recently served as Dean of Arts and Sciences. ----more---- The Writing Westward Podcast is produced and hosted by Prof. Brenden W. Rensink for the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Br
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