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Posted in American Countryside Virginia

Keep Your Comments Brief – Or Else!

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/04Dec14-Berkley-Plantation-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Public speakers are often warned to keep their comments brief.  Long windedness can bore an audience…or even worse it might…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

The Sand Creek Masacre

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/03Dec14-Sand-Creek-Masacre-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s been 150 years since a massacre on the high plains angered a nation.  The subsequent military investigations showed that…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

A Sad Chapter in American History

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/02Dec14-Sand-Creek-Masacre-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)While U.S. troops fought Confederate forces in the eastern half of the country, troops on the high plains were concerned…

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Posted in American Countryside Colorado

High Tensions Far From War

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/01Dec14-Sand-Creek-Masacre-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most of the battles during the Civil War were fought east of the Mississippi River.  However, today we take you…

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The First Thanksgiving Feast

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/28Nov14-Berkley-Plantation.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may have thought Thanksgiving dates back to the pilgrims of Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, but this place claims to…

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The Butterball Turkey Talkline

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/27Nov14-Turkey-Talkline.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard from her before, but considering the way some of us cook, maybe you should listen again.  If your…

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A November Pardon for the Birds

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/26Nov14-Turkey-Pardon.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s one of the most controversial decisions that can be made in the legal system.  The end of November has…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

A Trip to Joe & Aggie’s Cafe

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/25Nov14-Joe-Aggies-Cafe.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we’re at Joe & Aggie’s café, a restaurant that’s been serving up great meals for over 70 years now…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona

The Wigwam Hotel

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/24Nov14-Wigwam-Hotel.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you, your kids or even your grand kids have seen the movie Cars, then you probably remember the Cozy…

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The Battle of Island Mound

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/21Nov14-Battle-of-Island-Mound.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)You may have never heard of the Battle of Island Mound, However the skirmish that took place here is still remembered…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

Recruiting Students for Careers in Agriculture

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/20Nov14-Corey-Flournoy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you were recruiting students for careers in agriculture, a large city might be the last place you’d think to make…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

An Unlikely Choice for FFA President

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/19Nov14-Corey-Flournoy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Twenty years ago a the Future Farmers of America made an unlikely choice for their national president…for his years were spent…

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Posted in American Countryside Kentucky

Life Without Limbs

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/18Nov14-Life-Without-Limbs-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He’s a nationally known speaker who will never experience his knees  shaking or his palms sweating.  That’s because he has…

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Posted in American Countryside Kentucky

A Life with No Arms or Legs

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/17Nov14-Life-Without-Limbs-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine living in a world where you had no arms or legs.  Some might say it’s a life not worth living. …

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Dressing For Success

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/14Nov14-Tyson-CEO-Donnie-Smith-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)How should you dress for work?  It’s a question many businesses must address with their employees.  Here, the answer may seem…

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Influencing People in Agriculture

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/13Nov14-Tyson-CEO-Donnie-Smith-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)How do you influence people in agriculture?  To some, it may seem like an odd question.  However the answer is one…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

Dreams of Becoming a Vet

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/12Nov14-Tyson-CEO-Donnie-Smith-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)He had dreams of becoming a vet, and while that did not come true, his work today is certainly a position…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

Rounding Up the Island Herd

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/11Nov14-2014-Antelope-Island-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)Every fall there is a round-up of the herd here just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah.  You can even…

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Posted in American Countryside Arkansas

Grazing Animals on an Island

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/10Nov14-2014-Antelope-Island-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)Until the 1960s, ranchers took animals by a barge from the mainland to this island for grazing.  The vast rangeland…

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Oceanfront Property in Arizona

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/10/07Nov14-Yuma-Arizona-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)George Strait once sang that he had some oceanfront property in Arizona and if you’d buy that he’d throw the…

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