In this episode, I'm chatting with Melodie Edwards, host of The Modern West podcast, about how locals are being outpriced in the Wyoming real estate market, the evolving identity of the American West, and fun things to do if you find yourself in Laramie, Wyoming.
Melodie Edwards is the recipient of the Public Radio News Director award for her investigation of the reservation housing crisis, several regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, and two Hopwood Awards for fiction and nonfiction. She hosts the Edward R. Murrow Award-winning and Peabody-nominated podcast The Modern West and co-owns Night Heron Books and Coffeehouse with her husband in Laramie, WY.
Night Heron Books & Coffeehouse
The Modern West Podcast
The Lesser Known History of African-American Cowboys, The Smithsonian Magazine
Kiss The Ground
Evan Graham Arango Talks about Regenerative Farming on The Bookshop Podcast
Akorena & the League of Crows, Melodie Edwards