Author: Tom
A Cash Crop Not Grown in Soil
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/24Apr17-New-Bedford-Whaling-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you made good revenue from a field you might call it your “cash crop.” Here the cash crop doesn’t…
The Postville Courthouse
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/21Apr17-Postville-Courthouse-2017.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Americans regard him as one of their most beloved presidents…a man that pulled a nation together as civil war tore…
Going Inside Petra
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/20Apr17-Osama-of-Jordan-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)If you were ever fascinated in the adventures of Harrison Ford playing Indiana Jones, then you have definitely seen this…
A Place for Anyone to Swim
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/19Apr17-Osama-of-Jordan-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s estimated that about 40% of American do not know how to swim. Today I’ll take you to a place…
A Christian Named Osama
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/18Apr17-Osama-of-Jordan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we interview a gentlemen named Osama. He laughs because that name may bring certain images to mind for an…
A Peaceful Part of the Middle East
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/17Apr17-Osama-of-Jordan-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The country of Jordan is bordered by Syria on the north and Iraq on the east. Despite the unrest in…
The Site of Jesus’ Crucifixion
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/14Apr17-Isreal-Easter-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)The Church of the Holy Sepulcher contains the site of Jesus’ crucifixion, burial and resurrection. Several denominations have a presence…
On The Streets of Jerusalem
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/13Apr17-Isreal-Easter-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Holy Week is a time when Christians reflect on the death and resurrection of Christ. The events of Easter week…
A Peaceful Scene in the Middle East
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/12Apr17-Isreal-Easter-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Most people would consider the country of Syria to be a dangerous place right now. However, here, along this country’s…
Inside the Earth Lodge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/11Apr17-Ocmulgee-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It this country…the U.S. Capitol is the place where laws are made…but 1000 years ago…it was perhaps this earth lodge…
Unique Mounds and Lodges
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/10Apr17-Ocmulgee-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most of what we know about this group of people comes from the mounds they built all across the U.S. …
An Unexpected Boom
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/07Apr17-Oblong-Illinois-Oil-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just south of Interstate 70 in southeast Illinois, you may begin to see some unusual sights popping up and down…
More Profitable Than Farmland
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/06Apr17-Oblong-Illinois-Oil-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There was a time when the farmers of southeastern Illinois found something far more profitable on their land than corn…
A Busy Chocolate Shop
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/05Apr17-Hico-Texas-Chocolatier-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What is the busiest time of year for a chocolate shop? You can probably guess a couple of holidays will…
An Unexpected Business
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/04Apr17-Hico-Texas-Chocolatier-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It is perhaps an unexpected business to find on the streets of Hico, Texas. It is a place some might…
From 4-H Project to Unexpected Business
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/03Apr17-Hico-Texas-Chocolatier-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It all began with a 4-h project in a rural area about an hour outside of Texas. Fast forward about…
The Very Last Round of the Vietnam War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/31Mar17-USS-Turner-Joy-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Many of you listening to our broadcasts lived through the Vietnam War. No doubt, some of you fought in that…
Keeping Fishermen at Bay
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/30Mar17-USS-Turner-Joy-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Why would a small fishing boat try to stand in the path of a U.S. Navy Destroyer. This sailor knew…
A Bigger and Badder Name
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/29Mar17-USS-Turner-Joy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes you’ll looking for a name that will intimidate your enemy. Therein was the problem. The latest ship due to…
The Story Behind the Namesake of a Ship
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/28Mar17-USS-Turner-Joy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many ships, both military and otherwise are named for a person or place. Often the story behind those namesakes it…
