http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/11/26Nov18-Ethanol-Technology-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Once upon a time, I gave a speech as a FFA member titled, “Ethanol, the Farmer’s Link to Solving the…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/21Sep18-Dan-Meers-KC-Wolf-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Dan Meers has nearly a dozen suits he wears to work.  The odd thing is, all the suites are alike. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/20Sep18-Dan-Meers-KC-Wolf-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Maybe you’ve conquered fear and made a bungee jump in your life.  Or perhaps you’ve rode a zip line on…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/19Sep18-Dan-Meers-KC-Wolf-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If a football player makes it to the NFL, chances are their career may last three or four years on…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/18Sep18-Dan-Meers-KC-Wolf-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Dan had a potential problem.  He had a four-year college degree from a major state university, but he was concerned…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/12Sep18-Rural-Development-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Are small towns full of opportunities of full of overwhelming challenges?  Certainly the answer can be both, but Deb Markley…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/11Sep18-Rural-Development-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Drive into farm country and you’re likely to see some silos.  Deb Markley talks about silos a lot when she…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/07/25Jul18-Fort-Leonardwood-History-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What’s a steel fence post and a diesel glow plug have to do with saving lives?  It was just one…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/07/24Jul18-Fort-Leonardwood-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It may seem odd to take young men and women to a museum to help prepare them for the future. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/07/23Jul18-Fort-Leonardwood-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a place carved from the woods – a place created from the necessities of World War II.  Yet, it…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/05/16May18-Boots-Court-Motel-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This motel advertisers a “radio in every room.”  Perhaps it doesn’t sound too elegant, but it’s doing a nice business…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/05/15May18-Boots-Court-Motel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There was a time when the movie stars of the day did not fly to their destination, but rather drove…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/05/14May18-Boots-Court-Motel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)He was a man in search of the crossroads of the nation.  For of course, that would be the best…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/02May18-Old-Drum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)We’ve all heard of man’s best friend…but it was this dog that probably gave us the phrase so common today. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/02May18-Old-Drum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the courthouse square in Warrensburg, Missouri you will find a statue in tribute to a dog named Old Drum. …

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/26Apr18-Cherry-Mash-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Barry Yantis’ family has been in this family business since the days of World War II.  It’s a career that…

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