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An Insect That Launched a Career
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/25Mar20-Nebraska-Mealworm-Farm-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people don’t like bugs. They might imagine they can creep and crawl and scare you when you least expect…
A Famous Route West
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/24Mar20-Erie-Canal.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a famous route that required a mule to pull you for fifteen miles. This is one of the important…
A Vast Trading Network
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/23Mar20-Fort-Union.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was the site of a vast trading network on the northern plains. Its history spanned forty years and today,…
Route 66 State Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/20Mar20-Times-Beach-Missouri-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just outside of St. Louis you can find Route 66 state park. It’s a spot next to the Meramec River…
A Vanishing Town
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/19Mar20-Times-Beach-Missouri-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Occasionally on this show we take a look back at stories from out nearly 25 year history. A recent visit…
A Town That Has Vanished from the Map
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/18Mar20-Times-Beach-Missouri-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s been nearly 40 years since this town of over 1000 people suddenly vanished from maps. Today we dig into…
Roy and Lilly
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/17Mar20-Judge-Roy-Bean-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There was no doubt Roy was in love with Lilly. He did everything he could to catch her attention. He…
A Bar and a Courtroom
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/16Mar20-Judge-Roy-Bean-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You won’t find many buildings in Langtry, Texas, so perhaps it shouldn’t be a surprise that two establishments needed to…
Clever Prizefighting Promotion
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/13Mar20-Judge-Roy-Bean-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Over a century ago, boxing was outlawed in most states and territories. Those who wanted to promote prizefighting, as it…
A Judge Who Wasn’t a Lawyer
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/12Mar20-Judge-Roy-Bean-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most lawyers must put in long hours of school, then spend years working cases in court, before they can ever…
Seeing a Story
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/11Mar20-Kona-Joe-Coffee-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes people not only want to hear a story, they’d like to see it. That’s the case here – for…
Harvesting By Hand
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/10Mar20-Kona-Joe-Coffee-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)On this farm the harvest is still done by hand. There is automation that may be used on some farms,…
The One State That Grows Coffee
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/03/09Mar20-Kona-Joe-Coffee-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s only one state in the U.S. that can grow coffee commercially. In a moment I’ll take you to the…
A Difficult Nut to Crack
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/06Mar20-Hawaii-Macadamia-Nuts-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When someone runs into a difficult challenge they may say, “it’s a difficult nut to crack.” Today I’ll take you…
Months of Harvest
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/05Mar20-Hawaii-Macadamia-Nuts-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Harvesting this crop can require months of time. A new harvest is ready every six to eight weeks requiring another…
Planting Trees to Attract Tourists
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/04Mar20-James-Miles-Big-Island-Hawaii-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You don’t often think of planting a tree as a way to draw tourists. But that was the idea these…
The Tallest Mountain on Earth
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/03Mar20-James-Miles-Big-Island-Hawaii-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What is the tallest mountain on Earth? Most of us would probably say Mt. Everest. However, today’s guest and many…
A Land of Water and Fire
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/02Mar20-James-Miles-Big-Island-Hawaii-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)James lives in a land of water and fire. That may sound like an oxymoron, but it’s true – his…
Trying To Get Parts from a Thousand Miles Away
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/28Feb20-Bayer-Hawaii-Corn-Farming-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine farming in a place where a break down could cost you not hours, but weeks to get repairs. When…
The “Roots” of a Corn Hybrid’s Past
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/02/27Feb20-Bayer-Hawaii-Corn-Farming-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When farmers put seed in the ground each spring, there’s a good chance that sometime during that corn hybrid’s past,…
