Untold Tales from This Side of Nowhere
by jonesconnora
”Untold Tales from This Side of Nowhere” is a hilarious podcast about the mishaps and adventures of life in the rural West. Join host Connor Jones as he recounts previously untold tales about the Al and his twin brother Fred’s experiences growing up on a ranch this side of nowhere in Poverty Flats, Wyoming, as well as various exploits in the great outdoors. You’re sure to laugh so hard you cry, or at least get a decent chuckle out of it. Come along for the ride!
Episodes
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 22: The Legend of Drag-Flop
If you're looking for a spine-tingling Halloween story, then you've come to the right place. Join us with a throwback to a retelling of the Legend of Drag-Flop, the Bighorn Basin's most terrifying flesh-eater. A special thanks to special guest, Mike! He did a great job with this one, and it's…
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Untold Tales Episode 98: The Strange Tale of Orwell Farm
Welcome to our extra spooky Halloween special! In this year's story, Old Man Orwell dies and his kids sell his farm. The Amish move in and soon the place is a regular Amish paradise--or is it? When a neighbor hears strange sounds coming from the old barn, the police are called on to investigate....
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 21: Weak Knees
I have always struggled with blood, at least the human variety. (I may have even passed out during a blood draw recently.) But I don't worry about it too much--I mean, if Jim Bridger had weak knees, I shouldn't feel too bad about being afflicted with the same malady! Wait, you didn't know Jim...
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Untold Tales Episode 97: The 100 Pound Joke
There are all kinds of jokes. Dad jokes. "Your mom" jokes. (I'm looking at you, middle schoolers!) There are knock-knock jokes and blonde jokes. But I bet you have never heard of the 100 pound joke...
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 19: How It All Began
In honor of my wife's birthday, I'm re-sharing the story of how we met, fell in love, and married, and in order to make sure I got it straight, my wife joined me on the episode! So, here's to the best guest episode I ever recorded, and happy 30th, Haley!
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Untold Tales Episode 96: Wyoming's Walden
Maybe you've heard of Henry David Thoreau, but maybe not. If you've ever wished you could just go live in a cabin in the woods, then you can relate to the American Transcendentalist, though. Did you know there's a Walden Pond in Wyoming, though? Well, you know now!
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 18: The Ideal Hunting Companion
As hunting season approaches, it's important to make sure your second in the duel with big game meets all the important requirements--a great conversationalist, strong enough to pack your game out, and slow enough a bear will get them first!
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Untold Tales Episode 95: Elk Make Lousy Poets
In all the animal kingdom, few animals write really good poetry. Elk are not among them. I'm serious--anyone who has spent serious time studying elk will tell you the same thing. In this episode, join Al as he encounters elk poetry firsthand on a hunting trip in the wilds of Wyoming.
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 17: Invasion of the Trash Pandas
This one has it all: an amazing guest, a hilarious story, and a solid dose of the outdoors. Invasion of the Trash Pandas is among the top three most downloaded episodes of Untold Tales, and it's back at the top of your feed! You're welcome.
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Untold Tales Episode 94: Shaved Ice Is Twice as Nice
Whether you know it or not, you've been lied to your entire life. A snow cone is not shaved ice. The two are not equal. And you would know this if you grew up in a tiny town with more cows and people but somehow managed to run a shaved ice stand...
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 16: The Great Dirt Clod War
You've heard of the Hatfields and McCoys, but have you heard of the warring factions of the Jones family? Probably not. Well, now you'll know...
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Untold Tales Episode 93: Cowboy Boots--Good for Horses, Bad for Feet
If you live in the Cowboy state, chances are you wear cowboy boots or at the very least know several people who do. I myself love cowboy boots and frequently wear a pair, but there are admittedly some situations where cowboy boots are a poor choice. Like when you go swimming or try to outrun a...
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 15: Essential Gear
We all love stuff, and we all probably have too much stuff, but what stuff would you truly consider to be essential? I dive into that question and explore my own essential gear selections on this throwback episode. Enjoy!
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Untold Tales Episode 92: Chainsaws & Pine Trees
If you live out West, chances are you have spent some time around chainsaws. I grew up in a family that heated our home with wood, so we dedicated several hours to collecting firewood. You would think that cutting up, loading, and stacking wood would be a terrible job, but the Jones family was...
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 14: You Have a Twin?
My twin brother Adam and I go way back. No, seriously, all the way back. He is in town this weekend, so I only thought it appropriate we use this one for the Untold Tales Retold this week. Enjoy!
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Untold Tales Episode 91: While You Were Out
If you have kids, you know what a joy fishing with them can be. There's nothing like watching your kids land a fish. The excitement. The laughter. The joy. Then there are the countless hours spent untangling knots, the complaining about the cold, and the crying. Yes, fishing with kids is a roller...
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 13: The Authentic Fishing Exerience
It just seems like a good time to talk about fishing, and nothing beats the authentic fishing experience. Only the true anglers among us know what I'm talking about. If you don't listen to find out!
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Untold Tales Episode 90: Only in Wyoming
It's the 4th of July, and the United State of America is 250 years old! For this week's episode we're looking at one of the 50 states and what makes the Cowboy State unique. Only in Wyoming can you have more trailers than neighbors. Or have people stop to take pictures with your population sign...
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 12: Murder on the Mountain
This shocking tale is sure to make your blood run cold--if you can stop laughing. This episode featured one of our very first guests on the show and it's definitely worth another listen!
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Untold Tales Episode 89: The 20 Miler
If you were a Boy Scout, then you may remember the hiking merit badge--or maybe it's a repressed memory! One of the major requirements for the merit badge is the completion of a 20 mile hike, and in northwestern Wyoming, a 20 mile hike can take you to the middle of nowhere...
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 11: Mustard and Mayo
With all the summer driving we're doing, it brings back memories of working with my Grandpa Iverson delivering ice. Grandpa was notorious for working long hours, and that often made him sleepy. Sometimes he even drove while drowsy, and that was when things got interesting...
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Untold Tales Episode 88: If I Had Five Million Dollars
People used to say, "If I had a million dollars..." but with inflation, you almost have to have five million to really do anything extravagant. That would also allow you to take care of your family and charitable pursuits before turning to important matters--like hunting and fishing. With that…
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Untold Tales Retold Episode 10: Chocolate Ice Cream and Chickens
This is the first story I ever published! It was featured in the Wyoming Rural Electric News (WREN) back when we lived in Idaho Falls. Just like chocolate ice cream, though, it's still good any time you want it!
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Untold Tales Episode 87: Baseball This Side of Nowhere
I think every kid in the good ole US of A has played at least one game of baseball, and us kids growing up in the middle of nowhere were no different. I'm sure you'll relate to the Jones's experiences learning to play America's pastime and hopefully get a few laughs along the way. Play ball!
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 9: Sound Advice
I know some folks might take a lot of stock in what I have to say, but it might surprise you how often people do ask me for advice. It's practically on a daily basis! If you don't believe it, just give this one from our first season a listen!
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Untold Tales Episode 86: A Terrible Thing
It really is a crying shame, the way some people treat their children. I myself fell victim to a highly addictive habit at a young age, and in this episode, I tell you all about Al's journey down a path from which he has never recovered...
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 8: George and the Hornets
The description I wrote for this one is good enough to use again!: What happens when you mix four boys with about a million hornets? Quite the story, that's what! Listen in to find out what new mischief Al and his twin brother get into in their little town of Poverty Flats, Wyoming during this...
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Untold Tales Episode 85: A Picture of Wyoming's Past
In addition to an essay on Wyoming and its history, there's some big news to share from the Jones family! Or some little news, I guess, depending on how you look at it... If you want to know what it is, I guess you'll have to give this one a listen!
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 7: A Penny Saved
Listening to this one again brought back great memories, and I'm sure you'll enjoy it, too. Like when pennies were a thing. Or my kids were littler. You get the idea. Enjoy!
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Untold Tales Episode 84: Spring Fever
You have it. I have it. We all have it. It's spring! Or at least we wish it were... Don't worry, winter will end. Eventually.
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 6: Worth a Shot
My Grandpa Hildreth is one of my favorite people in the world, and telling a story with him on the podcast was a blast! Listen in for a story from a golden storyteller on this Untold Tales Retold.
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Untold Tales Episode 83: It's Not Hot!
Sometimes it can be hard to tell if an electric fence is active or not. They usually make noise, but you can never be too sure. Surely Al and Fred would never be dumb enough to touch an electric fence to find out...
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 5: If You Break it, You Fix It
Here's a throwback to the first year of the show! If it ain't broke, why fix it? Unless it is broke, then I guess you're going to have to...
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Untold Tales Episode 82: The First Date
First dates can be so intimidating. You always wonder how things will go. Will you hit it off? Embarrass yourself? Have to change your name and move to a different state? Luckily for Lily and Al, their first date worked out just fine.
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Untold Tales Episode 81: Tyson Has Nothing on Us
I was probably ten years old when I learned there are alternatives to processing your own wild game. I just didn't know you could harvest a deer and then you could pay someone else to cut it up for you! (If you are just now learning this as well, we probably had similar upbringings...) That being...
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 4: Time Gone By
A student-teacher was telling me the other day how it feels like time just seems to fly by when you're in the outdoors. It reminded me of this episode from February of 2023. My how time has flown! Almost as if I actually had been fishing the past three years...
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Untold Tales Episode 80: Dear Al
From time to time we receive listener mail here at Untold Tales from This Side of Nowhere, and once in a while it's even from people who enjoy the show! In this episode Al answers a few of the messages we've received here at UTFTSON. Enjoy!
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 3: Sharks in Wyoming
You probably have some irrational fears. Al has his own, too, and they make for great podcasting. Listen to one of our favorites, the second ever episode of the show and a story that was featured in the WREN (Wyoming Rural Electric News) magazine!
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Untold Tales Episode 79: Dirt
Dirt. We're surrounded by it. It gets in the house; it gets in your shoes; it gets in your hair. But if you try to buy some, you find out just how valuable it is...
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 2: Getting Benched
Here's another fan favorite from back in the day! Take a seat and enjoy "Getting Benched," an episode that talks not only about Al's illustrious career riding the bench on the basketball team, but also about the infamous bench seat of an old pick-up truck...
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Untold Tales Episode 78: Penny Candy
The decision to discontinue the penny was a long time coming, but it still hurt. Can you believe there was a time when you could buy candy for a penny? For Al's Grandpa Myron, that was a reality for most of his life. In an episode celebrating what would have been Grandpa's 100th birthday, Connor...
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Untold Tales Retold - Episode 1: Welcome to Poverty Flats
They say there's no such thing as too much of a good thing, and we agree. Here's an episode you probably haven't heard for a while--maybe for a few years! For your listening pleasure, Episode 1, Welcome to Poverty Flats.
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Untold Tales Episode 77: The Disturbing Case of a Bad Burrito
"I love getting sick," said no one ever. Getting sick is the worst, and there are certain places and times when getting sick is even worse. In this episode I recount a friend's experience on a flight to go hog hunting in Texas. Let's just say it wasn't his best flight...
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Untold Tales Episode 76: The Time it Snowed in California
Merry Christmas! In this holiday special, Al spends Christmas a long way from Poverty Flats in sunny Southern California during his time as a missionary. You'll never believe what happens--it may even be called a Christmas miracle...
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Untold Tales Episode 75: If It's Black It Must Be a Bear
If you think this episode is about bears, you're right. If you think it's about another embarrassing event in the lives of Fred and Al, you are also right. Guess you better listen to this one!
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Untold Tales Episode 74: The Complete Guide to Getting Stuck
Let's face it--everyone has a great story about getting stuck, and plenty of advice about how to get un-stuck. But does anyone have advice on how to actually get stuck in the first place? Introducing the first-ever (mostly) complete guide to getting stuck. Now you can really spend some quality…
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Untold Tales Episode 73: West Meets South Part 3
In the first few days of the Jones' Charleston vacation they've seen the ocean, been saltwater fishing, and visited Fort Sumter, but there's still so much more to do in South Carolina! The best is yet to come, though, in the final part of this three-part story.
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Untold Tales Episode 72: West Meets South - Part 2
The South Carolina vacation continues in part two of West Meets South, and in this part, the Jones boys actually get to go fishing! But how will two country boys born a thousand miles from the nearest ocean fare saltwater fishing?
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Untold Tales Episode 71: West Meets South
It's a long ways from Wyoming to South Carolina, and the two places couldn't be more different. One is bone-dry with frigid winters, and the other hot and humid. When the Jones boys and their spouses go to South Carolina, they bring a piece of the West with them, and they're more than pleased…
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Untold Tales Episode 70: Win or Lose
There are only four states in the US that don't have a professional sports team--minor or major--in at least one of the "big four": baseball, basketball, football, and soccer. Wyoming, unsurprisingly, is on that list, but that doesn't mean Wyomingites aren't sports fans, the Jones family…
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About this show
”Untold Tales from This Side of Nowhere” is a hilarious podcast about the mishaps and adventures of life in the rural West. Join host Connor Jones as he recounts previously untold tales about the Al and his twin brother Fred’s experiences growing up on a ranch this side of nowhere in Poverty Flats, Wyoming, as well as various exploits in the great outdoors. You’re sure to laugh so hard you cry, or at least get a decent chuckle out of it. Come along for the ride!
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