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Remoteness is Goodness

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/10/19Oct22-Marfa-Texas-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This town in southwest Texas is one of the most remote in the U.S.  Some might think that would make…

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A Drink That Was Good for You

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/07/29Jul22-Dublin-Bottling-Works-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are a lot of studies that show high consumption of sugary drinks is bad for your waistline and your…

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Shoot Me a Waco

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/07/28Jul22-Dublin-Bottling-Works-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If someone walked into a restaurant and said, “Shoot me a Waco,” no one would probably know what they meant. …

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Limpia Creek Hats

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/06/29Jun22-Limpia-Creek-Hats-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)How much would you pay for a good cowboy hat?  I suppose it depends what you do for a living…

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Should You Wear Your Cowboy Hat in the Rain?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/06/28Jun22-Limpia-Creek-Hats-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 26 years of doing interviews for this show, John Davis may take the award for the most polite person…

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Making a Great Cowboy Hat

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/06/27Jun22-Limpia-Creek-Hats-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Every cowboy needs a cowboy hat.  There are plenty of places you can buy a hat, but this small shop…

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The $25 Million Dollar Room

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/06/24Jun22-Museum-of-the-Big-Bend-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In a moment I’ll take you to a small room, about the size of a large walk-in closet, that’s insured…

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Taking the Southern Route

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/06/23Jun22-Museum-of-the-Big-Bend-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)As settlers moved from east to west across this continent they were looking for the best route to reach the…

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Museum of the Big Bend

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/06/22Jun22-Museum-of-the-Big-Bend-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Big Bend region of Texas is a place where mountain chains meet but few people stayed.  The land was…

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The Rio Grande – Past & Present

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/04/14Apr22-Big-Bend-River-Guide-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a land full of tall grass – a place perfect to graze cattle and set up a ranch. …

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Wading the Rio Grande Legally

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/04/13Apr22-Big-Bend-River-Guide-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If I told you there were people wading the Rio Grande River crossing the border, you might think they were…

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Terlingua, Texas

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/04/12Apr22-Big-Bend-River-Guide-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Terry lives in one of the most remote U.S. towns in the lower 48 states.  He didn’t grow up here,…

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Meet A Championship Hot Air Balloon Pilot

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/31Mar22-Hot-Air-Balloon-Pilot-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a competition where you fly a hot air balloon equipped with survival gear over snow capped mountains in the…

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Flying a Craft That’s Seven Stories High

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2022/03/30Mar22-Hot-Air-Balloon-Pilot-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What’s seven stories high and can hold two million light bulbs.  It may sound like the set up for a…

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The XIT Ranch

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/08/25Aug21-XIT-Ranch-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just off the courthouse square in Dalhart, Texas you’ll find a small museum devoted to a very large subject –…

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Thousands of Miles of Fence

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/08/24Aug21-XIT-Ranch-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine a ranch so large it took thousands of miles of wire just to fence the pastures.  It was a…

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Raising Money for a New Capitol Building

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/08/23Aug21-XIT-Ranch-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When the state of Texas needed to build a new state capitol building they had a plan in place to…

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Remembering Your Roots

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/07/14Jul21-Buddy-Holly-Museum-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We sometimes say that famous folks forget their roots.  They become so engrossed in stardom that they lose site of…

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That’ll Be The Day

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/07/13Jul21-Buddy-Holly-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many of us know the Buddy Holly sing, That’ll Be the Day.”  It was a hit that launched the young…

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It’s Not County Western Music

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/07/12Jul21-Buddy-Holly-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Landing a record deal is a big step in a musician’s career.  But when this record company wanted their young…

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