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243: Later That Same Day
Act One

The Hiker And The Cowman Should Be Friends

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Scott Carrier tells the story of how the environmentalist that ranchers hated the most—whom they tried to run out of town and hanged in effigy—came to take the ranchers' side of things. Some funding for this story comes from Hearingvoices.com and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Scott Carrier is the author of the book Running After Antelope. (26 minutes)

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Scott Carrier

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“The Hiker and the Cowman” by Jon Langford and John Rauhaus, with apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein

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