Dan Flores

Yeah, so I'm putting together a podcast here, 26 episodes of it, that will be about different kinds of things than most people think of when they think of Western history. There are no gunfights. There are no mining strikes. There's no Marshall Dillon attacks.

Yeah, so I'm putting together a podcast here, 26 episodes of it, that will be about different kinds of things than most people think of when they think of Western history. There are no gunfights. There are no mining strikes. There's no Marshall Dillon attacks.

Yeah, so I'm putting together a podcast here, 26 episodes of it, that will be about different kinds of things than most people think of when they think of Western history. There are no gunfights. There are no mining strikes. There's no Marshall Dillon attacks.

What I'm interested in is a different kind of West, and I think this is maybe the value of something like this, a part of the Western story that's not really been known or written about very much, and certainly not in pop culture portrayed so that people get to understand it. And what that West is is something I call the natural West. which is, it's a West of the native people.

What I'm interested in is a different kind of West, and I think this is maybe the value of something like this, a part of the Western story that's not really been known or written about very much, and certainly not in pop culture portrayed so that people get to understand it. And what that West is is something I call the natural West. which is, it's a West of the native people.

What I'm interested in is a different kind of West, and I think this is maybe the value of something like this, a part of the Western story that's not really been known or written about very much, and certainly not in pop culture portrayed so that people get to understand it. And what that West is is something I call the natural West. which is, it's a West of the native people.

It's a West of wildlife abundance beyond imagining for wildlife and many, many different species. And it's a story of the West that really hinges a lot around kind of an initial reaction to a place that's different, new. and very unfamiliar to people coming out of the East in particular.

It's a West of wildlife abundance beyond imagining for wildlife and many, many different species. And it's a story of the West that really hinges a lot around kind of an initial reaction to a place that's different, new. and very unfamiliar to people coming out of the East in particular.

It's a West of wildlife abundance beyond imagining for wildlife and many, many different species. And it's a story of the West that really hinges a lot around kind of an initial reaction to a place that's different, new. and very unfamiliar to people coming out of the East in particular.

I mean, I think people coming up, say, from Mexico into New Mexico or California don't see the West as being that different. Their usual reaction to the country farther north is that it's cold. But it's similar.

I mean, I think people coming up, say, from Mexico into New Mexico or California don't see the West as being that different. Their usual reaction to the country farther north is that it's cold. But it's similar.

I mean, I think people coming up, say, from Mexico into New Mexico or California don't see the West as being that different. Their usual reaction to the country farther north is that it's cold. But it's similar.

Yeah, that's how they characterize it. Man, it's really cold up there.

Yeah, that's how they characterize it. Man, it's really cold up there.

Yeah, that's how they characterize it. Man, it's really cold up there.

Yeah, the country looks a lot the same, but man, it's cold. What I'm kind of interested in is the deep time story all the way back to the Pleistocene and the earliest people who were here and how they interacted with Western animals, because we have some pretty epic alterations that take place in this story. I mean, we lose a lot of animals 10,000 years ago.

Yeah, the country looks a lot the same, but man, it's cold. What I'm kind of interested in is the deep time story all the way back to the Pleistocene and the earliest people who were here and how they interacted with Western animals, because we have some pretty epic alterations that take place in this story. I mean, we lose a lot of animals 10,000 years ago.

Yeah, the country looks a lot the same, but man, it's cold. What I'm kind of interested in is the deep time story all the way back to the Pleistocene and the earliest people who were here and how they interacted with Western animals, because we have some pretty epic alterations that take place in this story. I mean, we lose a lot of animals 10,000 years ago.

Then we have a period where we go for 10,000 years in the West, and it looks as if native people in particular are... pretty benevolent. I mean, there's only one extinction during that time period. And I try to figure out why that is, how it happened that way.

Then we have a period where we go for 10,000 years in the West, and it looks as if native people in particular are... pretty benevolent. I mean, there's only one extinction during that time period. And I try to figure out why that is, how it happened that way.