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The Intriguing Man Behind the Blue & Gold Can – WD40
https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/1d004633-2e9e-47f1-9b89-a754011a2aa9/87acce9d-6e1d-427e-9030-ab9200e3ded5/1cfb4bc5-b6fb-4913-9c7c-abb100b9d888/audio.mp3Podcast: Download ()Perhaps you know how and why the product got that name…but there’s much more to this story and it’s all because of the…
The First U.S. Woman to Win the Nobel Peace Prize
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/04May20-Jane-Adams-Hull-House.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)She was the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, a lady who helped establish a field of work…
The Story of Tom Schafer
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/01May20-Iran-Hostage-Tom-Schafer-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a stand-off that would consume parts of three calendar years. Today we take a look back at the…
444 Days as a Hostage
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/30Apr20-Iran-Hostage-Tom-Schafer-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During the current Covid-19 pandemic, some people may feel they are very confined compared to life a few months ago. …
A Hostage in Iran
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/29Apr20-Iran-Hostage-Tom-Schafer-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Tom was working at the U.S. embassay in Theran in the late 1970s, and soon he and fifty-one other Americans…
Looking For a Warm Place to Work
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/28Apr20-Iran-Hostage-Tom-Schafer-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)All Tom Schafer was looking for was a warmer place to work. Unfortunately for him, he chose Iran in 1978…
Peanuts and Baseball
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/27Apr20-Royal-Peanut-Vendor-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Dan Nash has been selling peanuts at Kansas City Royals games for about three decades. While the current season is…
Drives Into the Upper Deck
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/24Apr20-Royal-Peanut-Vendor-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Dan Nash has been known to launch drives into the upper decks of Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium. While those shots…
Throwing at the Ballpark
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/23Apr20-Royal-Peanut-Vendor-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Dan Nash has thrown plenty of pitches at the ballpark. He earns a nice living but he’s not throwing baseballs. …
100 Year-old Letters with a Tie to Today
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/22Apr20-Spanish-Flu-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jonathan Casey reads a lot of letters. Most of the letters are over a century old, but they are very…
The Struggle Against the Spanish Flu
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/21Apr20-Spanish-Flu-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Over a century ago the world was struggling against what we call the Spanish flu. However, the disease probably didn’t…
A Pandemic from Over 100 Years Ago
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/20Apr20-Spanish-Flu-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We are still traveling the countryside…although today’s interview was done by phone, a necessity of our current times. We look…
Sending Spies to Uncover Truths
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/17Apr20-Ulysses-Grant-Farm-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This future president, had a sitting president send spies to uncover the truth about the man’s life. It’s a unique…
A Presidential Farm
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/16Apr20-Ulysses-Grant-Farm-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When a U.S. president finishes their term in office, retirement can be difficult. What do you do after running a…
The Story of Thomas Jackson
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/15Apr20-Stonewall-Jackson.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If I told you that today’s feature is about Thomas Jackson, you probably wouldn’t have a very good idea of…
A Record That People Didn’t Want Broken
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/14Apr20-Roger-Maris-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Records are made to be broken – or are they? When it came to this record, many people wanted the…
A Museum in a Shopping Mall
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/13Apr20-Roger-Maris-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You might be surprised to find this museum in a shopping mall, but there’s a very good reason it’s there…and…
Iranian Hostage Tom Schaefer
https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/1d004633-2e9e-47f1-9b89-a754011a2aa9/87acce9d-6e1d-427e-9030-ab9200e3ded5/942958df-c428-4566-b6d7-ab9b014704e4/audio.mp3Podcast: Download ()We take you the country of Iran in 1979. Tom Schaefer was working in the U.S. Embassy when he and others working there…
From a Knick-Knack to a Collection
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/10Apr20-Last-Supper-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Perhaps some husbands listening to this show have been told that if they want to bring a certain knick-knack home…
A Museum Dedicated to a Painting
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/04/09Apr20-Last-Supper-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1495 Leonardo Da Vinci began work on a painting that all of us have seen. In fact, it’s his…
