Dawson's Den

Dawson's Den tips its hat to Presidents Day with a full saddlebag of frontier fun, linguistic hijinks, and heartfelt hometown tribute. The Bighorn Buckaroos open the show with an all‑new western‑swing number tailor‑made for the holiday, fiddles shining like fresh‑minted quarters.Then it's time for Word Wranglin' With Will, where the mighty pluperfect gets roped, branded, and explained in true Den fashion — with grammar riding shotgun on a dusty trail of examples and cowboy logic.Our tall‑tale spotlight shines on Jasper “Vote‑for‑Me” McGraw, the most persistent presidential hopeful this side of Powder River. After losing every election from homeroom to the hay‑loft caucus, Jasper finally finds victory in the most obscure organization imaginable — proving that sometimes the office chooses the man, even if nobody's quite sure what the office does.The episode closes with a warm, sincere tribute to Big Al — beloved family man, tireless community activist, and the kind of neighbor who made a town feel smaller, kinder, and more connected. His legacy of community‑based service gets the full Dawson's Den salute.A little music, a little grammar, a little mischief, and a whole lot of heart — that's Season 5, Episode 4.

Saddle up for another delightfully unpredictable ride through the foothills of frontier foolishness as Dawson's Den rolls into its third episode of Season Five.This week's shindig is proudly sponsored by Dusty's Dating Service — the only matchmaking outfit where love comes with a waiver, a weather report, and a mule's opinion whether you asked for it or not.After the commercial, Will moseys into a tale for the ages: the day Dusty himself trotted up to Snowball Ranch to host a full‑blown Speed Dating event. Between the judgmental mule, the confetti‑confused chickens, and Dusty's clipboard of questionable compatibility metrics, it's a miracle anyone left with their dignity intact.Then we pivot into high‑stakes dairy noir with a fresh installment of Colt Curd, Dairy Detective. This time, Colt's hot on the trail of a sticky scheme in “The Case of the Counterfeit Chocolate.” Expect intrigue. Expect lactose. Expect Colt to say something dramatic while standing in a walk‑in cooler.Next up, the ever‑popular segment “The Answer is No!” returns with a special romantic‑advice edition. Folks write in with their matters of the heart, and Will responds with frontier clarity, tough love, and the occasional gentle snort of disbelief.And to send you off grinnin', the Big Horn Buckaroos swing us out with a jaunty little number guaranteed to put a tap in your boot heel and a smile in your coffee.It's classic Dawson's Den: warm, weird, musical, and just a little bit dusty. Season Five keeps ridin' strong.

Sponsored by Yodel O's — America's Only Yodeling CerealThis week in the Den, things get quirky even by our standards. We kick off with a fresh installment of Prairie Dog Air, the only airline where turbulence is optional but weirdness is mandatory. Then our roving reporter Dave checks in from the Florida coast, where he's been watching dolphins leap the wake of a high‑speed boat like they're auditioning for a saltwater rodeo.From there, Will heads into the storytelling circle to share the latest doings up in Broadus—including the baffling arrival of a 40‑ton frozen whale that's got the whole town scratching their heads and checking their thermometers. And to wrap things up, the Bighorn Buckaroos swing us home with an original toe‑tapper, “Buckaroo Tuesday.”Pour yourself a bowl of Yodel O's, settle in, and let the Den carry you off to the wide, weird West.Follow us on Spotify and check out Dawson's Den on Facebook!

Welcome back to Dawson's Den, where the coffee's strong, the tales are taller than a windmill in a chinook, and Season Five kicks off with a holiday hootenanny. This 12th Night episode is proudly sponsored by German for Cowboys, the frontier's leading provider of accidental bilingualism — helping ranch hands say “Guten Tag, Partner” whether they meant to or not.After the commercial break, Will ambles into a warmhearted yarn about the 12 Days of Christmas — and how Timber Tom takes the whole tradition a little too much to heart. Before long, the Bighorn Buckaroos strike up a brand‑new toe‑tapper: “The 12 Days of Christmas, Timber Tom Style,” a musical tribute to one man's over‑enthusiastic holiday spirit.But the festive misadventures don't stop there. Will then recounts the saga of Buck Rawlins, who decided to impress his Mother‑in‑Law with a state‑of‑the‑art robotic gravy boat. Predictably, the contraption behaves about as well as a caffeinated prairie dog, and the results are pure Dawson's Den chaos.It's merry, it's messy, it's unmistakably frontier‑flavored — in other words, it's a classic Dawson's Den episode to ring in Season Five.

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.Please follow us on Spotify or your favorite platform! 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.•

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.

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

Howdy! Welcome to the Snowball Ranch and Dawson's Den! 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.

Will pushes and egg-cellent new product before answering questions from the mailbag. The cowboy then relates the hare- rowing journey of the Easter Bunny... as the celebrated holiday icon attempts to deliver this year's Easter baskets.

Will celebrates the coming of Spring and relates the egg-cellent details of a nefarious crime.

Always looking for new sponsors, Will pushes a self-help organization. The young cowboy then launches into local doings before getting down to the matter at hand....revealing telling quotes from American Presidents.

Celebrate Twelfth Night, and the New Year, in The Den! Will pushes a new product from Bighorn Flouring Mills before chatting about the weather and the doings around the ranch. Roving Reporter, Dave, calls in with a holiday dispatch from Michigan. Will, sentimental cowboy he is, returns to share a family New Year's tradition. Music Credit: Random Chance by G.M. Krawczyk

Celebrate the Christmas season in The Den! An improbable commercial (Well, maybe not so improbable) kicks off the show. In the "Answer is No!" segment, Will is forced to come clean about a highly-touted product.... much to the embarrassment of the young cowboy. The show heads to the final stretch, as Will plucks heartstrings, in this year's Christmas story. Merry Christmas! Music Credits: Random Chance (Opening and closing theme): G.M. Krawczyk Christmas Jazz: Audio Coffee --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/support

It's Will's Birthday! Will Rogers was born November 4, 1879 and his words are just as relevant today as they were a 100 years ago. So, Join the other "Will" in the Den for an improbable commercial and a chat about regarding one of America's foremost humorists! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/support

Join Will for this special Halloween episode as he relates a true, spooky story from Wyoming's past. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/support

Will wanders into a conversation about Montana license plate numbers as Terry gets confused riding to the Snowball. Will Terry get set straight? Will Dave take-up with an AI generated voice? Will Will wake-up from his conifer induced coma? Find out, in this month's visit to The Den! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/support

All things being relative, Will does his best thinking in the saddle, and a chance ride to the Canyon Creek Pasture gives the cowboy something to ponder. We hear from the Office of Strange and Unusual Places before launching into another true-to-life tale of a Wyoming Game Warden. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/support

Knuckles rides into the ranch and sings one of his dandy, original compositions. Will, who always wanted to be a singing cowboy, poses probing questions as he attempts to discover how a man comes to be named "Knuckles." This show is brought to you by still another improbable product... Very improbable, at least in 2024! To see and hear Knuckles play go to https://www.youtube.com/@kadmusic4me Follow Knuckles on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553421844582 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/support

Will, master of the obvious, introduces a new segment to the Den. Then our intrepid cowboy rummages through the "Answer is No!" mailbag, answering questions regarding Easter. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/support

Will entertains questions about hats in "The Answer is No!," we hear from The Anglo-American Society for Critical Thinking and Will provides quirky, little-known facts about presidents. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/support

Dave poses a frigid physics question. Someone, who actually knows what she is talking about, helps Will provide an accurate answer- saving the young cowboy from an embarrassing intellectual faux pas (As if Will even knew what a faux-pas was). With the thermometer inching above zero, Will saddles-up Homer for a ride to the Denton Ranch, for a cup of coffee and a chat about miner nicknames. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/support

Will welcomes you back into the Den for a special holiday show. A little laughter, a little music and a few tears...just like Christmas. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/will-dawson7/support

Celebrate Christmas in the Den...that's Dawson's Den! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

Let's get ready for Christmas! Find a gift for your horse, listen to a chilling tale of the trail and get your "no!" questions answered in this episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

Join us for a Thanksgiving Special, featuring "The Answer is No!!", "Tales of a Game Warden" and words from our new sponsor! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

"The Answer is No!" and a visit to a haunted hotel highlights this holiday episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

Will welcomes a strange sponsor, reviews a strange book and fields strange questions from "The Answer is No!" mailbag. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

A special Easter show- A commercial for Will Dairy, The Answer is No and more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

Duffy Exon drops by the Den this week and enlightens us all about a wedding where nothing seemed to go right. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

Tales of a Game Warden, Trail Talk and a commercial for that sensational new breakfast cereal...Yodel O's! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

Will pontificates about daylight saving time, Ed Vine makes a surprise visit to the den and talks about survival and we hear about the rugged way to start your day... with Prairie Bits Cereal. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

Will celebrates the 150th birthday of Yellowstone National Park with some facts you didn't, and likely did not want, to know. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

A special President's Day episode! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

A segment of "Strange but True" A special visitor rides into the den... illustrating just how far Will will go to get a guest. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

Big Al stops into the Den again this week and talks about why he became a community activist. Will supplies a small bit of wisdom himself. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

Big Al drops into the Den for a chat and Will fields a call-in question in The Answer is No! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

An original radio play..."The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky"... adapted for radio by Bruce Scigliano and George Krawczyk, from a short story by Stephen Crane. Produced in cooperation with The Hub on Smith, Sheridan, Wyoming and by arrangement with Theatricus LLC. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

Will fields Christmas related questions and wrangles reindeer in the Critter Corner.... a commercial for Radio Ad Nauseum and a Christmas Eve story in "Tales of a Game Warden". Plus! Something for our German audience...the sound of Christmas, as two , sweet, German girls sing the old song, "Quietly falls the snow" .... in German! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

A holiday gift suggestion, Trail Talk and "A Miner's Christmas"... adapted from a short story by Samuel Davis. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

Will fields holiday mail questions in an installment of "The Answer is No!" "Trail Talk" makes its debut on the Den... this week, featuring Beaver, Utah. "Trail Talk"...places to go and tactful, tantalizing trail tips to get you there! Plus! A holiday commercial for The Will Dairy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

The warden has an embarrassing moment (or two) in Tales of a Game Warden. We hear "Down Home Boys" by George Krawczyk and his Bighorn Buckaroos... and a "Cat-a-strophic" commercial for Big Bob's Cat-a-Tonic! Thanks to John and Terry and Threatricus LLC(www.community-theater.com) for their assistance in making this episode! Follow on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/Dawsons-Den-103687578818106 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

A special Thanksgiving episode of Dawson's Den! Will fields holiday related questions from The Answer is No! mailbag and we hear why turkey is called turkey. A heartwarming segment of Tales of a Game Warden rounds out the episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

A spooky installment of Tales of a Game Warden will keep you on the edge of your seat in this episode! Sponsored by Buck's Cowboy Bidet...The modern way to keep your tail clean. Plus! Learn about a brand-new radio news service! Some helpful links! Looking to pickup some Cowboy Creamery Ice cream? Google Cowboy Creamery Ice Cream and follow the link at the bottom of the information box Interested in the radio theater offerings aired on Dawson's Den? www.comunity-theater.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

Will talks about Radio Theater and asks ...no, grovels for support to keep the radio acting troupe going. A commercial for Magnolia Home Defense, and Uncle Bill...the Sequel round out the program. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

Sourdough Sam from Alaska stops by the Den. Plus, we hear from our Roving Reporter, Dave, via the wireless. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

Dave and Nancy Jam in the Den. Plus...A commercial for Sammy's Sweetbreads! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

Dave and Nancy drop by and talk about living life on the road as full-time RVers and traveling musicians. Join us as we jam in The Den! Plus! "The Answer is No!" --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support

Terry reviews another book. An action-packed episode from Tales of a Game Warden. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/will-dawson7/support