Whether you grew up watching the movies of John Wayne, cut your teeth on Clint Eastwood’s “Man with No Name” trilogy, or consider Kevin Costner to be the screen’s quintessential cowboy star, HOW THE WEST WAS ‘CAST is just the podcast you’ve been waiting for. Join screenwriter and journalist Matthew Chernov and film historian Andrew Patrick Nelson as they discuss the beloved masterpieces, forgotten treasures, and curious cult movies that make up the Western film genre. From the timeless classics of the 1940s and ‘50s, to the bold and bloody titles of the 1960s and ‘70s, to the prestige Westerns of today, HOW THE WEST WAS ‘CAST explores one of cinema’s most fascinating and enduring genres.
Johnny Guitar (1954) - with Author Brooks E. Hefner
Johnny Guitar (1954) · Sep 4, 2026
BONUS EPISODE! The Lone Pine Film Festival
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) · Sep 1, 2025
BONUS EPISODE! The Lone Pine Film Festival
Nevada Smith (1966) · Sep 1, 2025
BONUS EPISODE! The Lone Pine Film Festival
How the West Was Won (1962) · Sep 1, 2025
BONUS EPISODE! The Lone Pine Film Festival
The Gunfighter (1950) · Sep 1, 2025
BONUS EPISODE! The Lone Pine Film Festival
Ride Lonesome (1959) · Sep 1, 2025
BONUS EPISODE! The Lone Pine Film Festival
3 Godfathers (1948) · Sep 1, 2025
The Thicket (2024) - with Director Elliott Lester
The Thicket (2024) · Jul 29, 2025
The Searchers (1956) - with Author Glenn Frankel
The Searchers (1956) · Feb 14, 2025
Ride the High Country (1962) - with Author Robert Nott
Ride the High Country (1962) · Oct 9, 2024
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024) · Aug 16, 2024
Horizon: An American Saga (2024) – Trailer Reaction
Horizon (2024) · Feb 28, 2024
Little Big Man (1970)
Little Big Man (1970) · Aug 10, 2023
Ride Lonesome (1959) - with Writer & Producer Kirk Ellis
Ride Lonesome (1959) · Mar 10, 2023
Blood on the Moon (1948) - with Film Scholar Alan K. Rode
Blood on the Moon (1948) · Feb 28, 2023
Animated Westerns - with 'Fievel Goes West' Director Phil Nibbelink
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) · Jul 25, 2022
High Noon (1952) – with Film Historian Austin Fisher
High Noon (1952) · May 6, 2022
Heaven's Gate (1980) - with 'Cimino' Biographer Charles Elton
Heaven's Gate (1980) · Apr 7, 2022
The Hateful Eight (2015) - with Costume Designer Courtney Hoffman
The Hateful Eight (2015) · Aug 25, 2021
The Ballad of Little Jo (1993) - with Filmmaker Maggie Greenwald
The Ballad of Little Jo (1993) · Apr 12, 2021
Vera Cruz (1954) - with Outlaw Songstress Sarah Vista
Vera Cruz (1954) · Feb 26, 2021
Hondo (1953)
Hondo (1953) · Jan 28, 2021
The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) · Sep 23, 2020
The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017) - with Filmmaker Jared Moshe
The Ballad of Lefty Brown (2017) · Aug 19, 2020
Western Movies Today: History, Criticism, Production
The Searchers (1956) · Jul 21, 2020
Western Movies Today: History, Criticism, Production
Wagon Master (1950) · Jul 21, 2020
Western Movies Today: History, Criticism, Production
Meek's Cutoff (2011) · Jul 21, 2020
Western Movies Today: History, Criticism, Production
Hostiles (2017) · Jul 21, 2020
The Top Westerns of Rock Hudson
Bend of the River (1952) · Jul 8, 2020
The Top Westerns of Rock Hudson
Showdown (1973) · Jul 8, 2020
Lone Wolf McQuade (1983) - with Director Steve Carver
Lone Wolf McQuade (1983) · May 21, 2020
Wyatt Earp (1994)
Wyatt Earp (1994) · Apr 30, 2020
The Gunfighter (1950)
The Gunfighter (1950) · Apr 30, 2020