The show is a true crime podcast hosted by Leah Sottile and produced by Longreads and Oregon Public Broadcasting with episodes available on NPR One.

Cliven stood trial for the standoff, but the case ended as a mistrial because the judge decided the prosecution withheld evidence.

The Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in 2016 was more thoroughly covered in the news so the average American became aware of the Bundys.

During the occupation, the occupying force desecrated sacred artifacts belonging to the Burns Paiute Tribe and caused $6 million in damages to the Wildlife Refuge.

After the occupation, Ammon and Ryan convinced the jury that they were peaceful protestors and were acquitted and set free.

[1] The podcast discusses how the Bundy family ancestors moved to the American West where they established the town of Bundyville in the 1890s to escape the persecution of Mormons.

[1] Journalism since the 2016 presidential election has attempted to understand current events and needlessly sympathizes or justifies terrible people.

[1] The podcast argues that the success of the Bundy standoff and the Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge were not accidents or coincidence but are the sign of shifting perspectives on public land and protests.

The show anticipates that bad things will happen if people like the Bundys continue to gain political power.

"[21] Angela K. Evans wrote in Boulder Weekly that the show is a "long-winding journey of discovery, ending with prescient questions and observations" that are relevant to current events.

[22] Laura Jane Standley and Eric McQuade wrote in The Atlantic that "the podcast succeeds as an indispensable document on the clashes between ranchers and the feds.