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More Than Buying, Renovating and Selling

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/02Jan17-Flip-This-Town-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard of people flipping homes for a living.  For many years, that’s how Ron Drake made part of his…

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Best of 2016: Take A Little Trip with Colonel Jackson

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/30Dec16-Best-of-2016-Battle-of-New-Orleans.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)What you know about this battle probably comes from a song you’ve heard.  So today we’ll “Take a little trip…

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Best of 2016: Judge Roy Bean

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/29Dec16-Best-of-2016-Judge-Roy-Bean.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)We may not like the rules, but every place needs them.  And with the rules comes a person to enforce…

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Best of 2016: A Nuclear “Event”

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/28Dec16-Best-of-2016-Idaho-National-Laboratory.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)It was an attention getter.  A statement that showed the world the United States was serious about using nuclear energy…

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Best of 2016: General Patton’s Special Drink

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/27Dec16-Best-of-2016-Boundary-Oak-Distillary.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)Sometimes people will use secret codes to keep vital information from slipping into the wrong hands.  General Patton used such…

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Best of 2016: The Moldy Cantaloupe That Saved The World

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/26Dec16-Best-of-2016-Peoria-Penicillin.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)You could call it the “moldy cantaloupe that saved the world.”  It was an unlikely find, but one that indeed…

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The Effect of The Three Wise Men

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/23Dec16-Bethlehem-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Bible tells us that after Jesus’ birth, wise men from the east came to honor the child.   Interestingly, those…

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Away In A Manger

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/22Dec16-Bethlehem-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)At Christmas time we may sing, “Away in a manger no crib for a bed.”  While the phrase may be…

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The “Little” Town of Bethlehem

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/21Dec16-Bethlehem-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a “little” town forever associated with Christmas.  In a moment you’ll see that town is today a large city,…

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Where Santa Gets His Decorations

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/20Dec16-Bronners-Christmas-Wonderland.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)If Santa Claus needed a place to buy  all of his decorations, this would be it.  It’s big business in…

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Getting An Ice Cold Drink

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/19Dec16-Cedar-Rapids-Ice-House-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)These days we don’t give a second thought to getting ice out of a machine to cool our drinks.  There…

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Honoring the Prince of Peace with Peace

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/16Dec16-World-War-I-Christmas-Truce-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For parts of five years, opposing soldiers dug into trenches all across Europe.  World War I would claim the lives…

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Christmas in World War I

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/15Dec16-World-War-I-Christmas-Truce-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Christmas is not only a time for remembering the birth of Jesus, but it’s also a time when many of…

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Fighting in the Trenches

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/14Dec16-World-War-I-Christmas-Truce-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)1914 marked the beginning of a war unlike anything the world had ever seen.  Soon thousands of troops had amassed…

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Using Your Tools In Another Trade

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/13Dec16-Cedar-Rapids-Ice-House-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some crop farmers may take on extra work in the winter once the harvest is complete.  For farmers near Waterloo,…

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The Big Winter Harvest in Iowa

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/12Dec16-Cedar-Rapids-Ice-House-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The state of Iowa is well known for harvesting a strong percentage of the nation’s corn and soybeans.  Once upon…

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From the NFL to the Farm

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/09Dec16-Jason-Brown-NFL-Farmer-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jason Brown had no experience on the farm.  In fact, his job seemed far removed from tilling the land.  But…

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A Call To Help Others

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/08Dec16-Jason-Brown-NFL-Farmer-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was one of the best players at his position in the National Football League.  At the height of his…

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A Family Lost In The Pacific

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/07Dec16-Sullivan-Brothers-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the fall of 1942, the USS Juneau was sunk in the Pacific.  On board were some young men from…

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Family Members On The Same Ship

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/10/06Dec16-Sullivan-Brothers-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The captain of the USS Juneau saw a potential problem.  He had several members of the same families serving on…

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