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Seed from Chile

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/Tuniche-Seeds-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Last planting season as I poured a bag of corn in our planter, I noticed the seed originated in Chile….

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri

Menno Attema

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/17Jan11-Minnow-Altama.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Imagine growing up on a farm and then in your early twenties traveling on your own a half a world…

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Posted in American Countryside Podcast Washington, DC

The Women’s Astronaut Program

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/Mercury-Women-Program-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 1.8MB)In the early 1980’s, the United States put its first woman into space, a full two decades after space travel…

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Posted in American Countryside Podcast Washington, DC

The Mercury Training Program for Women

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/Mercury-Women-Program-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)The first man in space? The first man to orbit the earth? The first man to walk on the moon?…

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Posted in American Countryside Civil War Kansas Missouri Podcast

William Quantrill

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/William-Quantril.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)Mention the name William Quantrill in Kansas or Missouri, and you’re likely to get stories of Quantrill’s Raiders sweeping into…

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Posted in Alaska American Countryside Best of Podcast

A Farmer’s Market in the North

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/27Aug09-Palmer-Alaska-Farmers-Market.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 952.9KB)When you think of fertile farmland, you probably think about rich, deep soil in the heart of the Midwest. But…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

Salem, Illionois’ Library

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/10Jan11-Bryan-Bennett-Library.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)In Salem, Illinois you’ll find a library named for a man who never set foot in this town. He simply…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of FFA Podcast

The Official FFA Jacket

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/FFA-Jackets-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)A doctor is expected to wear a white coat. A policeman is supposed to have a badge. A cowboy, of…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri Podcast

Free Range Chickens

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/Free-Range-Chickens.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)When Herman’s son brought home an antiquated animal production book that he happen to find in his high school ag…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois Podcast

William Jenning Bryan

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/01/William-Jenning-Bryan.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)ver a century has passed since this man ran for president three times.  While he never held the oval office,…

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Posted in American Countryside Podcast Wisconsin

The Hearthstone Mansion

http://www.tombrand.info/audio/AMC/HearthstoneMansion.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Reports say the lights in this home made it seem like night had turned to day.  In fact, the lights…

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Mike Rinard, Deffense Attorney

http://www.tombrand.info/audio/AMC/03Jan11MikeRinard.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)Perry Mason was a star defense attorney on the silver screen, but it’s doubtful that he ever had to work…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of

Best of 2010: Ava Drugstore

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/Best-of-2010-Ava-Drugstore.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 937.2KB)In 1950s America kids might have finished their school day with a trip by the drug store soda fountain where…

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Best of 2010: Jim Thorpe

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/Best-of-2010-Jim-Thorpe.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.4KB)In 1912 he was proclaimed the world’s greatest athlete and some of his Olympic records from that year still stood…

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Best of 2010: The Alamo

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/Best-of-2010-Alamo.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.4KB)It’s one of the most famous buildings at the center of one of the most famous battles in history. A…

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Best of 2010: Tom Crosby

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/Best-of-2010-Tom-Crosby.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)American troops had finally made it to Manila and were attempting to free POWs like Tom Crosby. Just when things…

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Best of 2010: Mount Washington

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/27Dec10-Best-of-2010-Mt-Washington.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)If you are ever tempted to think the winter weather where you live is bad, just wait until you hear…

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Pastor Boyd

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/24Dec10-Pastor-Boyd-Christmas.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Here’s the story about a man who delivers the story of Christmas. A man who inspires people to share the…

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A Store for the Holidays

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/23Dec10-Holiday-Christmas-Store.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)If Santa Claus needed a place to buy all of his decorations, this would be it. This big business in…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri Podcast

A Future for Sleighs

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/12/Denver-Sleigh-Works-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.2KB)Santa needs a sleigh to make deliveries around the world. This man makes sure he will never run out of…

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