Re-Storying the West Podcast
Season 1 Episode 9:
Creating Space
It’s almost June now, and this is the last episode of the season. In conclusion, I want to bring you back into conversation with my colleagues as they consider what Public Humanities is as a field of study, and the ways that the questions which illuminate this field unfold in our project.
Listen or download here, or find us on Spotify and on Apple Podcasts.
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Our music is composed by John Wilhelm, additional recordings provided by the Audio Library of the West and Pixabay. This episode was written and produced by Misty Springer.
The Re-Storying the West team includes Aubrey, Jess, Nancy, Nichole, Rob and me (Misty). Our podcast is made possible by the University of Wyoming Department of English, and the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Theme Music Composed by John Wilhelm, Audio Library of the West
Additional music by Pixabay Folk Acoustic
Season 1 Episode 8:
Robbie’s House at the Neltje Center
In this episode, as I take you behind the scenes of Robbie’s House at the Neltje Center, through conversations and rehearsal, you will witness talented, empathetic people exploring the process of what it means to do a show like this; the process of bringing someone’s personal tragedy to life and the process of transforming pain into art.
Listen or download here, find us on Spotify and on Apple Podcasts.
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Debra Hinkle - Henny Russel
Matt Greenberg/ Robbie Rameriez - Patch Kluge
Ensemble: Misty Springer, Susan Aronstein, Kent Drummond, John Small, and Nancy SmallCREW
Inspiration story - Debra Hinkle
Director - Amy Chaffee
Playwright - Mathew Greenberg
Production Designer - Jason Banks
Script Editor / Co-PI - Patch KlugeOur music is composed by John Wilhelm, additional recordings provided by the Audio Library of the West and Pixabay. This episode was written and produced by Misty Springer.
The Re-Storying the West team includes Aubrey, Jess, Nancy, Nichole, Rob and me (Misty). Our podcast is made possible by the University of Wyoming Department of English, and the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Our theme music was composed by John Wihelm and Audio Library of the West
Additional music from Pixabay: Summer Walk by Folk Acoustic
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Season 1 Episode 7:
Living in the In-between Spaces: an Interview with Matthew Greenberg
In this episode you will meet Matthew Greenberg, who received funding from Re-Storying the West in 2024. Matt createda project called Robbie's House that did not shy away from a complicated Wyoming story, in fact, he used that complexity to illuminate the in-between spaces people sometimes find themselves in.
Listen or download here, or find us on Spotify and on Apple Podcasts.
Photo provided by Matthew Greenberg.
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Our music is composed by John Wilhelm, additional recordings provided by the Audio Library of the West and Pixabay. This episode was written and produced by Misty Springer.
The Re-Storying the West team includes Aubrey, Jess, Nancy, Nichole, Rob and me (Misty). Our podcast is made possible by the University of Wyoming Department of English, and the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Theme music by John Wilhelm and
Additional music from Pixabay:
“The Mountain”
Season 1 Episode 6:
The People Behind Re-Storying the West
There is a lot more to the Re-Storying the West project than just this podcast. There is a website with nearly 100 stories gathered from ordinary/extraordinary people across the state. We also have interesting resources on the website and inspiring works made by people at the University of Wyoming. We do events, support the work of scholars across many disciplines, and we are launching a Public Humanities Lab.
I’m going to take you behind the scenes to meet the team that makes everything happen. You will get to learn a little bit about them and what they bring to this labor of love, called Re-Storying the West.
Listen or download here, find us on Spotify and on Apple Podcasts.
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Our music is composed by John Wilhelm, additional recordings provided by the Audio Library of the West and Pixabay. This episode was written and produced by Misty Springer.
The Re-Storying the West team includes Aubrey, Jess, Nancy, Nichole, Rob and me (Misty). Our podcast is made possible by the University of Wyoming Department of English, and the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Theme Music and sound effects: John Wilhelm and Audio Library of the West
Season 1 Episode 5:
Friendship
It's February already, can you believe it? Winter is in full swing, and while some people might focus on romance to keep the cold at bay this time of year, we have decide to dwell upon friendship instead.The relationship you have with a friend is a curious thing when you think about, because it's not about your brain, it's something you feel - friendship, it turns out, is no morelogical than romantic attraction.
In this episode you'll hear four stories about friends.Listen or download here, or find us on Spotify and on Apple Podcasts.
Brandie and Cori at the 2025 Wyoming Sheep and Wool Festival. Photo by Aubrey Edwards.
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Our music is composed by John Wilhelm, additional recordings provided by the Audio Library of the West and Pixabay. This episode was written and produced by Misty Springer.
Interviews for this episode were provided by Susie Lape, Allison, and Gloria Bruner.
The Re-Storying the West team includes Aubrey, Jess, Nancy, Nichole, Rob and me (Misty). Our podcast is made possible by the University of Wyoming Department of English, and the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Theme music by John Wilhelm and
Additional music from Pixabay: “Mischeif” by WELCOMENO
“Mountains Road” by AONESCAPE
“Upbeat Acoustic Guitar” by Tuentank
Season 1 Episode 4:
Place & Memory
This episode is about the way memory is linked to place and the way those places can become sites of reverence and sources of creative regeneration. In the first story, we'll take you to Cheyenne to learn about a forgotten hero whose memory is now celebrated and preserved near City Hall. Next, you'll meet the woman who became the caretaker of the magical museum at Crimson Dawn on Casper Mountian. In the last story you'll meet a man who has discovered Wyoming to be place where his music and his creativity can flourish.
Listen or download here, find us on Spotify and on Apple Podcasts.
Vernon J. Baker bronze statue in Cheyenne.
Photo by Aubrey Edwards
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Our music is composed by John Wilhelm, additional recordings provided by the Audio Library of the West and Pixabay. This episode was written and produced by Misty Springer.
Interviews for this episode were provided by Edward Galavotti, Michele Lipes, and William Bowling.
The Re-Storying the West team includes Aubrey, Jess, Nancy, Nichole, Rob and me (Misty). Our podcast is made possible by the University of Wyoming Department of English, and the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Theme Music and sound effects: John Wilhelm and Audio Library of the West
Pixabay Music:
MarchingBand by Luis_Humanoide
Season 1 Episode 3:
Family Legacies
In this episode, the team and I want to explore the tiny, intimate legacies our family members leave behind. You'll hear three stories from grandchildren whose lives were shaped and inspired by the determination, patience and compassion they learned when they were young.
Listen or download here, find us on Spotify and on Apple Podcasts.
Ernest and Jeanne Stanley in Casper.
Photos provided by Susie Lape.
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Our music is composed by John Wilhelm, additional recordings provided by the Audio Library of the West and Pixabay. This episode was written and produced by Misty Springer.
Interviews for this episode were provided by Susie Lape, Allison, and Gloria Bruner.
The Re-Storying the West team includes Aubrey, Jess, Nancy, Nichole, Rob and me (Misty). Our podcast is made possible by the University of Wyoming Department of English, and the College of Arts and Sciences.
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"Bluessy": Music by u_yaokc77pf6
"A Road Over Mountains": Music by HarumachiMusic
"Tenderheart": BackgroundMusicLab
Season 1 Episode 2:
Crimson Dawn - Neal Forsling's Whimsical Legacy
This summer the Re-Storying the West team traveled north to Casper. There we met Rebecca Hunt and her husband Geoff. Rebecca now presides over the Crimson Dawn Midsummer's Eve celebration as the Storyteller, the role created by Neal Forsling almost 100 years ago. We also met Laura Bjorkman, Neal's granddaughter and the family’s historian. They told me the story of a remarkable women who reinvented herself in Wyoming and in doing so, created a cherished community tradition and preserved a beautiful piece of western nature.
Listen or download here, find us on Spotify and on Apple Podcasts.
Within Neal’s cabin, a scrapbook page pays tribute to her life and memory.
Photo by Aubrey Edwards.
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Our music is composed by John Wilhelm, additional recordings provided by the Audio Library of the West and Pixabay. This episode was written and produced by Misty Springer.
Research and interviews for this episode were provided by Laura Bjorkman and Rebecca and Geoffrey Hunt.
The Re-Storying the West team includes Aubrey, Jess, Nancy, Nichole, Rob and me (Misty). Our podcast is made possible by the University of Wyoming Department of English, and the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Guitar music Music by: Viacheslav Starostin
Big Band Music by: Nicholas Panek
Charlie Charlston: Alana Jordan
Magical Tree music by: Geoff Harvey
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View Neal's art here
Season 1 Episode 1:
Western Art and Mythology
For many people across America and beyond, the mythos of Wyoming as a place of jagged mountains, violence sagebrush and rugged cowboys looms so large in the collective imagination, there is very little room for anyone else. In our first episode, the team and I thought we should talk about some of the origins of Western mythology and how it lives on today in how this place and space is (re)storied.
Listen or download here, find us on Spotify and on Apple Podcasts.
Thomas Moran.
Tower Falls and Sulphur Mountain,Yellowstone.
Image source: University of Wyoming Art Museum.
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Our music is composed by John Wilhelm, additional recordings provided by the Audio Library of the West and Pixabay. This episode was written and produced by Misty Springer.
Thomas Moran and the art critics were played by Mathew Greenberg.
Research was done with the help of the American Heritage Center, the UW Art Museum and the website, the National Park Service and the Denver Art Museum.
The Re-Storying the West team includes Aubrey, Jess, Nancy, Nichole, Rob and me (Misty). Our podcast is made possible by the University of Wyoming Department of English, and the College of Arts and Sciences.
Special thanks to Jessica LaBozetta and Brie Blazi, and Katherine from Studio Coe.
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National Park Service: HydenExpedition
National Park Service Yellowstone: ThomasMoran' Diary
Denver Art Museum: KentMonkman - History is Painted by the Victors
University of Wyoming Art Museum - Thomas Moran
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AHC:
The Thomas Moran papers
Pamphlet "Thomas Moran's Journey to the Tetons in 1879". By Fritiof FryxellMagazine "Fine Arts Journal", January No. 7, 1909
Catalogue of Olis and Water Colors of Thomas Moran, N.A. Galleries of Messre Ortiges & Co., 87 Broadway, New York 1886
UWAM:
Thomas Moran (English-American, 1837-1926)
Tower Falls and Sulphur Mountain, Yellowstone, 1874
chromolithograph on paper, 9-3/4 x 14 inches
in memory of John D. Fryxell, 2009.3.11.
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Video discussion of Moran's painting, The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone. Smarthistory
US Department of the Interior website
The Grand Canyon of Yellowstone Jackson'sphotographs from the Hyden Expedition
1930s film from the Yellowstone National Park collection (Coll.10464), “Old Faithful Speaks.”