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Living in the Far North of Alaska
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/22Dec15-Barrow-Alaska-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Do Eskimos live in igloos? A lot of people who visit here are expecting to see that. Some are disappointed…
The Entire Town to Your House for Dinner
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/21Dec15-Barrow-Alaska-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some of us might celebrate a big occasion by going out to dinner. If you live in Barrow, Alaska, there’s…
Scenic Route – Barrow, Alaska
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/Scenic-Route-Barrow-Alaska.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 16:24 — 11.3MB)Barrow, Alaska is the northernmost town in the United States. It’s population is mostly native Alaskans. Centuries-old traditions still influence life….
Going On a Whale Hunt…
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/18Dec15-Barrow-Alaska-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many rural towns have folks that love to go hunting. That is definitely the case for this city of 4000. …
A World Without Sun for Two Months
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/17Dec15-Barrow-Alaska-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The sun didn’t come up in Barrow, AK on November 20th. They won’t see it again for over two months. …
Century Year Old Vines
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/16Dec15-Cranberry-Farm-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s hard to imagine a farm growing a crop from vines that are over a century old. But that’s exactly…
Flooding Out the Crops
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/15Dec15-Cranberry-Farm-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most farmers want to avoid a flood that drenches their crops. Here, it’s just part of the process to keep…
Growing Bountiful Crops
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/14Dec15-Cranberry-Farm-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s hard to image that a place once known for mining iron would become an area that later was recognized…
A Second Chance At Life
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/11Dec15-Tom-Brand-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)To say Tom Brand got a second chance at life is to infer that he hadn’t been making the most…
The Power of Prayer
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/10Dec15-Tom-Brand-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Do you believe in the power of prayer? If not, today’s feature may just make you a believer. Tom Brand…
Surviving the Odds
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/09Dec15-Tom-Brand-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Statistics show that if you need CPR, even in a hospital setting, your chances of survival are under ten percent. …
Angels Watching Over Us
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/08Dec15-Tom-Brand-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you are a person of faith, you may believe there are angels watching over us. Today’s story certainly supports…
Facing A Heart Attack
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/07Dec15-Tom-Brand-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we begin a series with Tom Brand. Many of you may know Tom as a long-time broadcaster and today’s…
Scenic Route – Tom Brand
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/Scenic-Route-Tom-Brand.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 45:29 — 31.2MB)American Countryside Producer and Editor Tom Brand faced multiple heart attacks in the summer of 2013 that not only affected…
Where Did That Pumpkin Pie Come From?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/04Dec15-Ackerman-Farms-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Over the holidays many of us will have a piece of Pumpkin pie. When you eat that dessert, you might…
Changing the Way They Farmed
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/03Dec15-Ackerman-Farms-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During the 1980s many farmers were forced to change the way they farmed. The financial conditions of the decade made…
Stories from Pendleton, Oregon
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/02Dec15-Pendelton-Underground-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most towns have a mix of good and bad in their histories. Perhaps that’s the case for Pendleton, Oregon. Certainly…
Underground Tunnels and Secret Establishments
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/01Dec15-Pendelton-Underground-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may think stories of secret underground tunnels and secret subterranean establishments is a thing of folklore. But go below…
A Town for Early Travelers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/30Nov15-Pendelton-Underground-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)About 200 miles east of Portland, Oregon on today’s interstate 84, you’ll find a town that once served the early…
The McElhaney Cattle Company
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/27Nov15-McElhaney-Cattle-Company.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Angus Brown is used to dealing with 120 degree plus heat and three inches of rain a year. It’s a…
