The new "Cowboy Philosopher" Hidden Brain episode dropped last month, and I'm so relieved they allowed me to fact check the old episode. I learned something from my journalist friends and I will pass this along: Podcasts are under no obligation to fact check their guests. That is why anyone can go on Joe Rogan and talk all kinds of nonsense.

Matt Marble discusses Riley Shepard's career and music history in Stacya Silverman's blog.

Great news! Hidden Brain has rebroadcast the story about my father, Riley Shepard. The episode dropped today, May 11th, 2026. Please listen and share on social media, and share with your friends!

A man broke away from the group and came up close to me. He was tall, lanky, and his broad smile showed broken, yellow front teeth.

My father said that part of his encyclopedia of folk music was burned in a fire, and that he'd have to start all over. Was it true?

Stolen songs and strange behavior, Riley Shepard fits right in.

©Stacya Shepard Silverman Riley Shepard ’s Promise 2021 All Rights Reserved Today is Saturday, March 20, 2021. Deaths from the...

Today is Sunday, November 15, 2020. The 45th president of the United States still refuses to concede the election to President-elect Joe...

The women look up at me. A few of them look at each other, but they don’t make a move to get up to help me, their hands hovering above their

My Dad did three things (that I knew of) to make a living when I was a kid; He coached aspiring performers, cooked in diners, and wrote porn