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We've all heard the legends and lore of the Old West, the shootouts, the saloon brawls, the notorious gunslingers.
But you ever wonder what life was really like for regular folks in a frontier town?
Or is a fugitive outlaw riding the planes?
Or a pioneering family on the Oregon Trail?
Join me, Don Wildman, as we gallop across the vast frontier to uncover the truth of America's relentless push to the West.
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On the 28th of February, the US and Israel launched an attack on Iran, targeting military sites and the country's leadership.
The next day on Iranian TV, a visibly emotional presenter announced the death of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.
But sorrow turned into defiance on TV screens as a new Ayatollah Khamenei was announced, the son, Mushtaba.
The succession was framed as something reminiscent of a rebirth.
Khamenei has been made decades younger.
We've not lost Khamenei, we have a rejuvenated Khamenei instead.
Immediately after the announcement, there were several people.
They went to their rooftops and started saying death to Mushtaba.
Dissent is dangerous here.
Just weeks earlier, mass protests were met with brutal force.
When the country later came under attack, state media switched into war mode.
We already had a more restrictive media environment from the January protests.