The american west history space keeps producing fresh voices and long-running favorites. This list rounds up 18 of the best, including American History Hit, Gunfighters, and Legends of the Old West.
American History Hit
Join Don Wildman twice a week for your hit of American history, as he explores the past to help us understand the United States of today. We’l...
Gunfighters
Author Bryan Burrough exhumes the gritty history of Old West gunfighters. From Billy the Kid to Wyatt Earp to John Wesley Hardin and dozens more, t...
Legends of the Old West
Wyatt Earp, Jesse James, and Butch and Sundance. Lakota, Comanche and Apache. Wars, gunfights and robberies. This show covers the toughest lawmen, ...
The Wild West Extravaganza
The Wild West Extravaganza is a weekly history podcast that explores the real-life people and events from the Old West. Each episode brings to life...
Gunsmoke
Dive into the thrilling adventures of "Gunsmoke," a classic radio western series that brings to life the lawless frontier town of Dodge City. Follo...
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American West History
The Modern West
Exploring the evolving identity of the American West. Produced by Wyoming Public Media and PRX, The Modern West takes you on a sound-rich journey i...
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American West History
History Comes Alive
Join host Jeff Nichols for a weekly deep-dive into a specific era of history! Learn more about Jeff and connect with him through his website: https...
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American West History
1001 Stories From the Old West
Welcome to the new 1001 Stories From the Old West.. Here we offer hand-picked accounts from diaries, historical documents, autobiographies, books o...
Way Out West
Cowboy Stories and History of the American West.A storytelling podcast exploring cowboy life, Western history, and the enduring values of the Ameri...
How The West Was Fucked
'How the West Was Fucked' is a historical examination of the fucked up fuckery of the 19th century American West. If you like your history soaked i...
Wild West Podcast
Welcome to the Wild West Podcast, winner of the 2026 Best of Western Podcast award, where fact and legend merge. We present the true accounts of in...
Writing Westward Podcast
Conversations with writers and scholars of the North American West, hosted and produced by Prof. Brenden W. Rensink for the BYU Charles Redd Center...
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American West History
This Week in the West
Broadcasting from The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, This Week in the West brings you the stories of the people and events that shaped ...
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American West History
Dr. History's Tales of the Old West
Dr. History's audio stories of the Old West. Stories of Cowboys, Indians, Mountain men, pioneers, the Oregon Trail, miners, cattle drives, stagecoa...
Texas History Lessons
Texas History Lessons is a slow walk through Texas history. It takes the time to learn about the many exciting and important people, places and eve...
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American West History
The American Southwest
This is a podcast of the people, places, and things of the American West. Think cowboys and Indians, bison and cactus, national parks and ghost tow...
Cowboy Crossroads
Andy Hedges interviews a different guest on each episode and asks them to share stories from the working cowboy West and beyond. Cowboy poets, ranc...
Dust and Dispatches
A historical narrative podcast about starting new lives. Each season, we explore the life stories of a different group of real people as they begin...
How this list is built
Shows are selected from PodSEO topic associations and matched AI recommendations. They are ordered by their average PodSEO score over records dated since seven days ago, with ties ordered by show name. The score combines podcast-platform search visibility, editorial placements, and chart performance, with adjustments for Apple listing status. AI recommendations help identify candidates; their frequency does not determine the order. Each list includes up to 100 shows with an Apple Podcasts ID and updates when regenerated.
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