Bonnie McCarroll's guest appearances

Bonnie McCarroll

Think Out Loud

Nick Kristof

Chuck Klosterman

Colson Whitehead

Michael Pollan

Ezra Klein

Tara Westover

Colin O'Brady

Frederick Douglass

Walt Whitman

Alicia Jo Rabins

Lidia Yuknavitch

George Saunders

Sam Adams

Jacqueline Woodson

Salman Rushdie

OwlTail

In the early 20th century, American cowgirls and cowboys often competed in similar rodeo events. But after famed cowgirl Bonnie McCarroll died in a tragic accident at the 1929 Pendleton roundup, everything started to change. We hear from historian Bill Willingham about McCarroll, and Nicole Schrock, the organizer of a growing, annual all-girls Oregon rodeo.

Bonnie McCarroll and Modern Oregon Cowgirls