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The Most Watched Movie of All Time

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/08Jun23-Wizard-of-Oz-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1939 two major movies were released at the same time.  One was “Gone with the Wind,” one of the…

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Frank, the Great Storyteller

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/07Jun23-Wizard-of-Oz-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some people can spin great stories.  By all accounts, Frank was a great story teller, but his audience was just…

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Wamego’s Famous Exhibition

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/06Jun23-Wizard-of-Oz-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In Wamego, Kansas you’ll find the Columbian Theatre.  It’s history is a story in its own right.  However, the larger…

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Top Secret Pastor

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/06/05Jun23-Christian-Christiansen-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The military exercise was top secret.  When this mission was finally opened to the public, the reverend who played the…

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The Pastor Who Saved the World From Nuclear Destruction

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/02Jun23-Christian-Christiansen-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)During World War II the Germans raced against the Americans to be the first to successfully build an atomic bomb. …

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

Gardner, Illinois and the Two Cell Jail

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/01Jun23-Gardner-Illinois-Jail.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The need for maximum security prisons is an unfortunate reality of life.  On the other end of the spectrum is…

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Posted in American Countryside Tennessee

Twice a POW

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/31May23-Ripavilla-Plantation-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine being taken a prisoner of war, not once but twice and while you were away from home, the opposing…

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Paying the Son To Choose a Different Spouse

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/30May23-Ripavilla-Plantation-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There are times when a family is not thrilled with a son’s choice of a spouse.  There may be many…

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The Higgins Boat Memorial

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/29May23-Higgins-Boat-Columbus-Nebraska.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Every Memorial Day we remember our family and friends who have passed.  Many communities will also remember their veterans and…

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Hitchhiking to Meet the Civil War Drummer Boy

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/25May23-Milt-Torati-Veteran-Stories-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I will confess, there are some interviews for this show that sent me driving hundreds of miles just to meet…

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Heading to Vietnam

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/24May23-Milt-Torati-Veteran-Stories-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes when a conflict erupts somewhere around the world, young men will volunteer for the war effort.  That was the…

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Stallion Bonnie Scotland

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/23May23-Belle-Meade-Plantation-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There’s a good chance you’ve never heard of a horse named Bonnie Scotland.  However, there’s a good chance you’ve heard…

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Why the Thoroughbred Industry Moved from Tennessee to Kentucky

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/22May23-Belle-Meade-Plantation-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we know Kentucky as home to some of the top thoroughbred farms in the nation.  However, roll back the…

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Beginnings of Belle Meade

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/19May23-Belle-Meade-Plantation-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When John Harding moved to this property, it was just another parcel of land just outside the town of Nashville. …

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Helping Veterans Tell Their Story

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/26May23-Milt-Torati-Veteran-Stories-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)I like to say that everyone has a story.  Today’s guest helps people tell their story.  In fact, he helps…

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The Presidential Limo Collection

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/18May23-Presidential-Limo-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)March 30th, 1981.  After delivering a speech at the Washington Hilton Hotel, President Ronald Regan was hit by a bullet…

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President Kenney’s Limo

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/17May23-Presidential-Limo-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may have heard people say that president Kennedy would have never been assassinated in Dallas if he ordered the…

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Origins of the Presidential Limo

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/16May23-Presidential-Limo-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we begin a three part series on one of the most luxurious and secure automobiles in America – the…

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Moving the Birthplace of America?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/15May23-Henry-Ford-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The birthplace of America is often considered to be Independence Hall, the site of the signing of the Declaration of…

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The Henry Ford

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2023/05/12May23-Henry-Ford-Museum.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Edison, Ford and Firestone.  They are some of the best known inventors and businessmen of the 20th century.  But not…

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