Dawson's Den

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

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! 

 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! 

Sourdough Sam from Alaska stops by the Den. Plus, we hear from our Roving Reporter, Dave, via the wireless.   

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!"

Terry reviews another book. An action-packed episode from Tales of a Game Warden.

Terry Denton  drops in and reads from Trails Plowed Under by Charlie Russell , we see who is in The Critter Corner and  a commercial for Clarabelle's Just for Horses

Will talks about reading detective novels. A commercial for Prairie Bits Cereal and a true-life adventure from Tales of a Game Warden.  But wait..there's more! We learn about the fine plays offered by Theatricus LLC (www.community-theater.com) 

LJ from Cowboy Creamery visits Dawson's Den and talks about...ice cream. We see who is in the Critter Corner and field questions from the  Answer is no! mailbag. 

Ed Vine talks about his new book. We see who is in the Critter Corner and hear about Uncle Bill. 

Author Ed Vine talks about his book.  A commercial for new Prairie Bits Cereal and crazy questions in an episode of "The Answer is No!" 

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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.• 🦌 Moose Mayhem: Will and Terry Denton find themselves face-to-face with a colossal moose in a tale taller than a pine tree and twice as wild.• 🐇 Critter Corner: We mosey on over to discover the quirky, snow-dusted secrets of the snowshoe hare—nature’s own winter trickster.• 🥛 Colt Curd, Dairy Detective: Our gumshoe of the dairy aisle returns in a yuletide noir, sniffin’ out eggnog crimes and holiday conspiracies with cowboy slang and Chandler-esque grit.• 📻 Radio Ad Nauseum: And don’t miss the pitch that’ll tickle your funny bone and make you wonder if jingles are the true outlaw of the airwaves.It’s quirky, it’s cowboy, it’s Dawson’s Den—where mythic Americana meets holiday cheer and critter lore.