It's all things Duke in this episode of Real Grit. We examine the career of actor John Wayne and his immense impact on how cowboys are viewed in popular culture around the world.

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It's been a busy summer, but we're getting ready to get back in the saddle with new episodes this fall. Show producer and co-host Camon gives you a short update on what's going on and what to expect in the future.

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The American Civil War preceded the main era of the cowboys, but the impact of that war had a huge impact upon them. Join us as we discuss how the war affected the cattle industry of Texas, how southern prisoners of war joined the Union Army out west, and how many cowboys were war veterans.

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Saddle up and take a ride with us as we discuss that famous cavalry officer George Armstrong Custer. Listen in as we delve into his colorful career, demystify his legacy, and discover how he could be considered the first popular "cowboy".

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"Yellowstone" is all the rage these days.  In this episode we talk about why Yellowstone has continued to grow in popularity and how it is spawning a resurgence in the western genre.

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In this final part of our look at early American literature on the West, we talk about author Washington Irving and his "Western Trilogy" that documents early travels out west.  It's an episode full of history and books...what more could a cowboy ask for?

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We continue our series on early American Tales of the Frontier.  This time we're talking about one of America's great humor authors Mark Twain.  While we may remember him for great fictional works like Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn, Twain was also a prolific travel writer and one of his books deals directly with his travels in the Old West.  Listen in as we talk about the book "Roughing It" and how it captures one man's humorous observations of the west.

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Pull those dusty old books off the shelf, in this episode we're beginning a discussion of early American frontier stories and how they would ultimately shape our perceptions of the cowboy.  In this first part, we talk about James Fenimore Cooper and his "Leatherstocking Tales".  Learn how the books were inspired and how the characters that Cooper created served as a basis for many great American literary characters for generations to come.

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Picking up from the previous episode on the different ways cattle and horses made it to the American Continent and how different cultures used them; along with the equipment, techniques and words that are still a part of the cattle industry to this day.

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In this episode we take a detailed look at how cattle made their way to the new world and the people who made it happen.  Learn more about the podcast at thecowboypodcast.com