# Betsy Gaines Quammen

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Conservation, Religion and the Power of Conversation With Betsy Gaines Quammen

Betsy Gaines Quammen is a writer, historian, and conservationist. She is the author of American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God, and Western Public Lands. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, New York Daily News, and the History News Network. She has a doctorate in Environmental History from M…

The Art Box - Episode 464 - Haunted Landscapes: Betsy Gaines Quammen on Ghost Stories, History, and the American West

What if our ghost stories aren't really about the dead, but about the parts of history we've never fully faced? In Episode 464 of The Art Box, Steve welcomes acclaimed author, historian, and researcher Betsy Gaines Quammen for a captivating conversation about curiosity, storytelling, and the Ameri…

The Bundy Standoffs: Mormon Beliefs Behind the Fight Over Federal Land

Cliven Bundy refused to pay federal grazing fees. Armed supporters faced federal agents at his Nevada ranch, and his son Ammon later led the occupation of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. We look at the Mormon beliefs the Bundys used to explain their actions, the history of Native land i…

Plastic Shamans, Haunted Places and the Women Who Write the West

Today the Sun's Tracy Ross talks to Annette McGivney and Betsy Gaines Quammen about their new books Plastic Shaman and This Haunted Land as well as the importance of representation, why Western women writers matter and a haunting in the Hemingway House. They'll be in discussion about their books at…

Resounds: Betsy Gaines Quammen

Betsy Gaines Quammen is the author of American Zion and True West, which won the 2024 Reading the West Book Award.

'This Haunted Land' with Betsy Gaines Quammen on Access Utah

In her new book "This Haunted Land: Reckoning with Ghosts and the Stories that Shape America," Betsy Gaines Quammen takes us on a journey into haunted towns, forgotten lives, and abandoned places.

The Ghost Stories Still Haunting America

The writer Betsy Gaines Quammen believes in ghosts – and if you listen to them, she says, you might just understand our troubled history better.

Yonder Radio 10/29/26 (Podcast version, no breaks)

This week on Yonder Radio, we’re starting out with a conversation with energy reporter Julia Tilton about data center bans across rural America. It’s Halloween season and we’re celebrating the spooky with a trip to Madrid, New Mexico with reporter Anya Petrone Slepyan to look into their local ghos…

Yonder Radio 10/29/26 (Radio version, with breaks)

*Note: This episode is built for radio broadcasting and includes breaks filled with music for podcast purposes. This week on Yonder Radio, we’re starting out with a conversation with energy reporter Julia Tilton about data center bans across rural America. It’s Halloween season and we’re celebrati…