Re-Storying the West Podcast

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, or find us on Spotify.

Thomas Moran.
Tower Falls and Sulphur Mountain,Yellowstone.

  • 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.

  • Download transcript pdf here

  • Audio Library of the West

    Pixabay Universield soudscapes

    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

  • AHC:

    The Thomas Moran papers
    Pamphlet "Thomas Moran's Journey to the Tetons in 1879". By Fritiof Fryxell

    Magazine "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  

  • 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.”