Dawson's Den | Radio Theater, Western Swing & Tall Tales

This New Year’s Eve, Dawson’s Den throws open the doors for a celebration packed tighter than a Miles City dance hall. Will kicks things off with an original frontier‑folk ballad honoring the Dawson family tradition of ringing his grandfather’s iron bell at midnight—a tune steeped in memory, myth, and that unmistakable Den warmth.

Then we ride straight into a legendary tale from up north: the Miles City Inflatable Prairie Chicken Drop Disaster. Last year’s attempt at civic pageantry went so sideways it’s still talked about in hushed tones at feed stores and barbershops. Expect rogue winds, runaway poultry, and a town council that still won’t admit whose idea it was.

To close out the night, the Bighorn Buckaroos fire up a western swing holiday toast—a fiddle‑snappin’, steel‑guitar‑grinnin’ number guaranteed to send listeners two‑steppin’ into the new year with style.

Tradition, chaos, music, and frontier charm.

All Dawson’s Den. All night (Well, at least 17 minutes worth). All heart.

Saddle up for a holiday ride like no other! Dawson’s Den jingles all the way into Christmas with a brand-new opening that swings harder than a saloon door in a Wyoming windstorm. Expect the Den’s signature zany commercials—equal parts cowboy grit and frontier wit—plus toe-tapping western jingles that’ll have you humming along like a trail hand around the campfire.

This special episode also debuts an original Christmas song, stitched with Dawson’s trademark humor and heart, and delivers a poignant installment of Red Shirts: Tales of a Wyoming Game Warden—a story that blends heartfelt memories, quiet heroism, and a touch of holiday poignancy.

Quirky, cowboy, and unmistakably Dawson’s Den, this Christmas show is a stocking stuffed with Americana myth, laughter, and a few bittersweet truths from the wide Wyoming plains.

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Music underscore credit for "Red Shirts..." Peaceful piano by SunixMuz License: Attribution 4.0 

Saddle up, partner, because Dawson’s Den is ridin’ into December with a heap of holiday hijinks and critter curiosities.

• 🦌 Moose Mayhem: Will and Terry Denton find themselves face-to-face with a colossal moose in a tale taller than a pine tree and twice as wild.

• 🐇 Critter Corner: We mosey on over to discover the quirky, snow-dusted secrets of the snowshoe hare—nature’s own winter trickster.

• 🥛 Colt Curd, Dairy Detective: Our gumshoe of the dairy aisle returns in a yuletide noir, sniffin’ out eggnog crimes and holiday conspiracies with cowboy slang and Chandler-esque grit.

• 📻 Radio Ad Nauseum: And don’t miss the pitch that’ll tickle your funny bone and make you wonder if jingles are the true outlaw of the airwaves.

It’s quirky, it’s cowboy, it’s Dawson’s Den—where mythic Americana meets holiday cheer and critter lore.

Saddle up for a holiday special that’s equal parts gravy and grit. This month on Dawson’s Den, we kick things off with a smoky noir commercial for the Will Dairy—where the milk’s cold, the shadows long, and the cows don’t talk about what happened in the barn last Tuesday.

Then it’s off to the bunkhouse, where a ragtag posse of cowboys attempts to rustle up a Thanksgiving Day feast. Spoiler alert: the turkey ends up who knows where, the stuffing ends up in someone’s boot, and nobody knows what a roux is. It’s a culinary calamity with extra cornbread.

Finally, Will opens the "Answer is No "mailbag to field your burning Thanksgiving questions. Can you deep-fry a turkey in a horse trough? No. Should you invite your ex to dinner if she still owes you a saddle? Also no. Is gratitude compatible with vengeance? That one’s complicated.

Pull up a hay bale, pour yourself a mug of Will Dairy’s Midnight Mocha, and enjoy a holiday episode that’s all heart, half-baked, and 100% Dawson.

Saddle up for a rootin’-tootin’ ride through the absurd and the aromatic in a Halloween episode of Dawson’s Den, where Western grit meets small-town wit.

🕳️ First up: a tale of holy confusion in Miles City. Let’s just say Sister Mary Clarence wasn’t expecting to be asked about water pressure.

🌾 Then it’s time for our sponsor spotlight:

• Big Ralph’s Feed & Seed, home of the region’s only haunted outhouse

• Gourd B Gone, the revolutionary treatment for pumpkin spice dependency.

📬 And don’t miss our listener mailbag segment, "The Answer is NO" where Will tackles a topical question related to the holiday. Spoiler: it’s still a no.

With tumbleweed logic, barnyard drama, and a dash of spiritual plumbing, this episode’s got more twists than a rattlesnake in a lasso. Tune in, partner.

Saddle up for another rip-roarin’ ride through the wild and whimsical West of words and wonders! This month in the Den:

🌾 “Buck's Bath" When Buck tries to outsmart a ditch, things get wetter than a frog in a thunderstorm. It’s a tale of tangled tails, misplaced pride, and one very confused calf.

🧦 Commercial Breaks You Won’t Forget:

• Save the Socks: The nonprofit fighting the good fight against lonely, single socks. Because every sock deserves a sole mate.

• Sammy’s Sweetbreads: Montana's finest internal organs, now with 20% more mystery. “You don’t know what part it is, but you’ll love it!”

📚 “Word Wranglin’ With Will” – Our resident Grammatical Guru lassos the lingo... and ropes rogue idioms.

It’s quirky, it’s folksy, it’s got more charm than a prairie dog in a bowtie. Tune in, kick back, and let Dawson’s Den tickle your funny bone and rustle your vocabulary.

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In this episode, after pushing Dusty's Dating Service, Will talks Tractors, Trucks and Tools. ..sort of.

The sentimental cowboy ends the show with a heartwarming story... revealing that an everyday object can hold significance beyond the ordinary.

Our shy, quiet cowboy pitches an egg‑cellent new invention before diving into a mailbag full of seasonal mischief, then spins a frontier folktale about the Easter Bunny’s desperate dash across the High Plains — a long, perilous hop toward sunrise with baskets, bad luck, and a ticking clock nipping at his heels.

As the long winter finally loosens its grip, our sharp‑eyed storyteller who still gets tangled in the easy parts, celebrates the first signs of spring before unraveling the egg‑cellent details of a nefarious seasonal crime — a tale of thawing trails, suspicious shells, and mischief lurking just beneath the melting snow.

Always on the lookout for new sponsors, our sharp‑eyed storyteller who can outsmart a coyote but still overcomplicates the simple things, kicks things off with a self‑help outfit before moseying through local doings and finally settling into the matter at hand — sharing a handful of telling quotes from American Presidents, each one filtered through the dust, humor, and heart of the High Plains.