Podcasts have come to fill a unique role in the media landscape, and their proliferation has encouraged better storytelling and analysis. Here, a round up of some our favorites that fill the gap.

Threshold

Mountain & Prairie

Go West, Young Podcast

The Modern West

Open Spaces

Range: Stories of the New American West

Desert Oracle

Media Indigena

outLANDish

Home of the Brave

The Last Best Stories

Bundyville

Nuestra Tierra

Jodi Peterson is a contributing editor at High Country News. Follow @Peterson_jodi

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Podcasts that fill the gap

by Jodi Peterson, High Country News
December 24, 2018

<h1>Podcasts that fill the gap</h1> <p class="byline">by Jodi Peterson, High Country News <br />December 24, 2018</p> <p>Podcasts have come to fill a unique role in the media landscape, and their proliferation has encouraged better storytelling and analysis. Here, a round up of some our favorites that fill the gap.</p> <p><strong><a href="http://www.thresholdpodcast.org" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://www.thresholdpodcast.org" rel="noopener">Threshold<br /></a></strong><span style="font-weight: 400"></span></p> <!-- RTT removed image (86714) --> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"></span>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><a href="http://mountainandprairie.com/podcast" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://mountainandprairie.com/podcast" rel="noopener">Mountain &amp; Prairie</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"></span></p> <!-- RTT removed image (86708) --> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"></span>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><a href="http://westernpriorities.org/category/podcast" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://westernpriorities.org/category/podcast" rel="noopener">Go West, Young Podcast</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"></span></p> <!-- RTT removed image (86703) --> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"></span>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><a href="http://themodernwest.org" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://themodernwest.org" rel="noopener">The Modern West</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"></span></p> <!-- RTT removed image (86707) --> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><a href="http://wyomingpublicmedia.org/programs/open-spaces-podcast" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://wyomingpublicmedia.org/programs/open-spaces-podcast" rel="noopener">Open Spaces</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"></span></p> <!-- RTT removed image (86711) --> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><a href="http://rangepodcast.org" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://rangepodcast.org" rel="noopener">Range: Stories of the New American West</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"></span></p> <!-- RTT removed image (86713) --> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><a href="http://desertoracle.com/radio/" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://desertoracle.com/radio/" rel="noopener">Desert Oracle</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"></span></p> <!-- RTT removed image (86702) --> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><a href="http://mediaindigena.com" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://mediaindigena.com" rel="noopener">Media Indigena</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"></span></p> <!-- RTT removed image (86706) --> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/outlandish/id1228414679?mt=2" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/outlandish/id1228414679?mt=2" rel="noopener">outLANDish</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"></span></p> <!-- RTT removed image (86712) --> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><a href="http://homebrave.com/" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://homebrave.com/" rel="noopener">Home of the Brave</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"></span></p> <!-- RTT removed image (86704) --> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><a href="http://lastbeststories.org" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="http://lastbeststories.org" rel="noopener">The Last Best Stories</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"></span></p> <!-- RTT removed image (86705) --> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/606441988/bundyville" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/606441988/bundyville" rel="noopener">Bundyville</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"></span></p> <!-- RTT removed image (86701) --> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.nuestra-tierra.org/" target="_blank" data-linktype="external" data-val="https://www.nuestra-tierra.org/" rel="noopener">Nuestra Tierra</a></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400"></span></p> <!-- RTT removed image (86710) --> <p><em>Jodi Peterson is a contributing editor at</em> High Country News.&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/Peterson_jodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" class="twitter-follow-button" data-show-count="false">Follow @Peterson_jodi</a></p> <div class="wp-block-group hcn-print-edition-box"> <p>This article appeared in the <a href="/?p=187674">print edition of the magazine</a> with the headline <span class="hcn-magtitle">Podcasts that fill the gap</span>.</p> </p></div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; 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