
Get in-depth analysis and stay up to date on the wide, wild and wonderful West. West Obsessed is an audio series produced in collaboration with KVNF community radio in Paonia, Colorado, where the editors and writers of High Country News discuss stories about the American West and why they matter.
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 35 | Founded | 9 years ago |
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The borderlands are a long-misunderstood region of the country, wrapped up in rhetoric and myth. In this episode of West Obsessed, Tucson-based Associate Editor Maya Kapoor joins Editor-in-Chief Brian Calvert and Deputy Editor-Digital Kate Schimel to... more
In this episode of West Obsessed, contributing editor Jonathan Thompson joins High Country News editors Brian Calvert and Kate Schimel to explore the struggle of Navajo Nation residents, and others, to prevent more oil and gas exploration in historic... more
Writer Julian Brave Noisecat join High Country News editors on the latest episode of West Obsessed to talk about the original victims of gentrification. Inside this story is an emotional tale of one Indigenous family's experience with structural ineq... more
Miss you guys .... loved every episode.
Condescending, immature and unprofessional. It reminds me of a high journalism class with little leadership.
Could reduce the use of... like or you know.
As someone who has lived in the rural west for the last quarter century, I rely on HCN to keep me informed on subjects that affect me. Subjects the corporate media will not cover. Plus, they have a great sense of humor.
While everyone else is flipping out about Trumps bans on things that won't stick HCN is keeping you in the dark & sinister loops of what his Interior Department is up to along with other great stories about the beautiful outdoor places Americans of the west care about.









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