In this episode of the Six-Gun Justice Podcast, co-hosts Paul Bishop and Richard Prosch ride hell for leather back to the days when shootouts ruled the radio waves and your imagination added to the entertainment value...
01:44 — Paul reviews Steve Frazee’s The Alamo movie tie-in novel
04:45 — Rich talks nonfiction that reads like fiction: Blue Coat and Pioneer: The Recollections of John Benton Hart, 1864 - 1868.
07:07 — Paul and Rich tune into the origins of Old Time Radio westerns
07:50 — Paul rides the airwaves with The Lone Ranger
08:50 — Rich shoots straight on Tom Mix Ralston Straight-shooters
10:24 — Your hosts strum along with Gene Autry and Roy Rogers
14:59 — The Cisco Kid robs from the rich and gives to the poor
17:30 — Gunsmoke finds an adult audience for radio westerns
19:15 — Rich bows to The Frontier Gentleman
21:35 — Paul prescribes Doctor Six-Gun for your Western radio ills
23:50 — James Stewart is Britt Ponsett—The Six-Shooter
28:25 —Paul finds a forgotten treasure with Luke Slaughter of Tombstone
31:38 — The cry goes up — Frontier Town!!
33:34 — The straight dope on Straight Arrow
36:58 — Rich and Paul rein in on radio’s Have Gun, Will Travel
39:41 — Paul signs up with Tales of the Texas Rangers
41:34 — Rich Escapes to the old west
43:05 — Paul attends the Lux Radio Theater
44:12 — Radio drama after the Golden Age
45:34 — Rich uncovers The CBS Radio Mystery and Adventure Theaters
46:00 — Paul shares the contemporary audio drama, Powder Burns
47:50 — Shoot-Outs and Shout-Outs
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