Episodes 119
Avg. Duration 49m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (292)
Since Dec 2016
Latest Episode May 2026

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Andy Hedges interviews a different guest on each episode and asks them to share stories from the working cowboy West and beyond. Cowboy poets, ranchers, working cowboys, musicians, songwriters, artists, historians, and western legends.

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Episode 118: Jan Hunewill

May 01, 2026 49m

Ranch wife, cowboy poetry reciter, and the matriarch of the historic Hunewill Ranch talks about growing up in a Navy family, marrying into the Hunewill family, the history of the ranch, guest…

Episode 117: Kent Reeves

Mar 31, 2026 1h 11m

Cowboy conservationist, photographer, and packer Kent Reeves joins the show to talk about photographing cowboy poets, his decades long work in rangeland conservation, and the 30th anniversary of his…

Episode 116: Tom Sharpe

Feb 17, 2026 49m

Horseman and poet Tom Sharpe talks about his background in the livestock industry, the similarities between working with horses and writing poetry, and the life and work of classic cowboy poet Henry…

Episode 115: Joel Nelson

Jan 16, 2026 58m

Recorded live at the 2025 Ranch Verse, Joel Nelson returns to Cowboy Crossroads to share stories from his earliest memories of livestock and being horseback. Joel reflects on his time working at the…

Episode 114: JM Cates

Nov 05, 2025 1h 20m

Old-time cowboy and fiddler JM Cates was born in 1936. This interview was recorded on August 22nd, just 8 days before his 89th birthday and a little over a month before he passed away on October 2nd.…

Episode 113: Bruce Greene

Sep 23, 2025 53m

Cowboy artist Bruce Greene talks about his beginnings as an artist, becoming a member of the Cowboy Artists of America, his artistic influences, his artistic process, and the working cowboy having a…

Episode 112: Skip Gorman

Sep 01, 2025 48m

Old-time cowboy singer Skip Gorman talks about his journey into American folk music, attending the Newport Folk Festival as a kid, discovering cowboy music on 78 RPM records, the Celtic roots of…

Episode 111: Yvonne Hollenbeck

Jul 31, 2025 50m

South Dakota poet and ranch wife Yvonne Hollenbeck talks about her fiddle playing father, making quilts, her friendship with Elizabeth Ebert and offers some parting words upon her retirement from the…

Episode 110: J.B. Zielke

Jun 13, 2025 1h 6m

Cowboy, author, and videographer J.B. Zielke, AKA the Lost Cowboy, tells stories about cowboyin' in Australia, Argentina, Sweden, South Africa, Mexico, and Mongolia. Learn more about J.B. Zielke at…

Episode 109: Bill Lowman

May 23, 2025 1h

Cowboy poet and rancher Bill Lowman talks about growing up ranching in North Dakota, where his cowboy poetry comes from, the very first Elko gathering, being mistaken for Claude Dallas by the FBI,…

Episode 108: Craig Haythorn

Apr 17, 2025 51m

Fourth generation rancher Craig Haythorn talks about the history of Haythorn Land & Cattle Company, the influence of his father and grandfather, the Nebraska Sandhills, feeding with a team of…

Episode 107: Scott Slusher

Mar 19, 2025 52m

Cowboy and fashion photographer Scott Slusher talks about photographing working cowboys, authenticity, staying out of the way, and being in the right place at the right time. Learn more about…

Episode 106: Ed Ashurst

Jan 24, 2025 57m

Arizona cowboy and writer Ed Ashurst tells stories of working with old-time cowboys Whistle Mills and Bill Howell and talks about his experiences on legendary Arizona outfits including the O RO…

Episode 105: Teal Blake

Dec 04, 2024 41m

Cowboy artist Teal Blake talks about his father Buckeye Blake, his western art influences, becoming a member of the Cowboy Artists of America, his artistic process, and his love for the West. …

Episode 104: Carl Lane Johnson

Oct 21, 2024 1h 23m

Third generation New Mexico rancher and author Carl Lane Johnson talks about his family's ranching history, his cowboy idol, breaking colts, treating screwworms, changes in the ranching industry and…

Episode 103: Wylie Gustafson

Sep 17, 2024 58m

Wylie Gustafson of Wylie & The Wild West talks about the beginning of his musical career, the cowboy folk music of his father, the story of the Yahoo yodel, cutting horses, writing songs with…

Episode 102: Martin Black

Aug 08, 2024 1h 2m

Cowboy and horseman Martin Black talks about his family's deep ranching roots, being in cow camp with his brother at eight years old, ranching changes in the Great Basin, the disappearance of the…

Episode 101: Peter Rowan

Jun 11, 2024 55m

Bluegrass legend Peter Rowan talks about his lifelong fascination with the West, amateur historians, and making the album High Lonesome Cowboy with Don Edwards. Learn more about Peter Rowan at…

Episode 100: Waddie Mitchell

May 16, 2024 37m

Waddie Mitchell returns to Cowboy Crossroads to celebrate 100 episodes of the podcast. Waddie talks about making phone calls to Kris Kristofferson and S. Omar Barker, classic cowboy poetry, his…

Episode 99: Barbara Van Cleve

Apr 16, 2024 1h 3m

Legendary western photographer Barbara Van Cleve talks about growing up at the end of the horse age, her family's Lazy K Bar Ranch, her father Spike Van Cleve, her collaborations with rodeo poet Paul…

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