# Betsy Gaines Quammen

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Charm of the Wilderness Ep. 2 - Public Lands & American Mythologies with Betsy Gaines Quammen

Hello Crammers! I’m excited to bring you the rest of the Charm of the Wildrness podcast directly to your feeds! We’ve gotten some great traction over on the podcast platforms, but many of you haven’t had the chance to hear from the amazing people I brought to the podcast, so here we are in your fee…

Charm of the Wilderness - Ep. 3 - Indigenous History of Yellowstone National Park and Beyond with Shane Doyle

In January 2021, The Smithsonian Magazine published an article called “The Lost History of Yellowstone.” I was already in the middle of an awakening about the origins of how the land of North America became settler land (i.e., it was stolen from Indigenous peoples). The article interviews and follo…

Conservation, Religion and the Power of Conversation With Betsy Gaines Quammen - The Edge of Everyday

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…

Open Spaces and Male Myths with Betsy Gaines Quammen and Tasha Adams

Hello listeners. This is a potent episode and I am so grateful to my guests. We are #LIVEintheHIVE with Betsy Gaines Quammen, historian and award-winning author of American Zion + True West – and Tasha Adams, the ex-wife of Oath Keeper’s founder, Stewart Rhodes. Betsy has previously been a guest on…

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.