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The Warmest Coat

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/05Oct15-Prudhoe-Bay-Animals-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Animals that live in extreme cold of course have a heavy blanket of fur or hair to keep them warm. …

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Camp Floyd

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/02Oct15-Camp-Floyd.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)For three years, 3500 soldiers served alongside one another in Utah Territory.  It was the largest military outpost in the…

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The Only Remaining Packard Showroom

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/09/01Oct15-Packard-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Name your favorite brand of car and you can probably find a dealership within a reasonable distance of your home. …

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The Luxury Car of the 20th Century

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/30Sep15-Packard-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)It was the luxury car of the first half of the 20th century.  Today the company is gone, but the…

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Positioning A Product

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/29Sep15-Cherry-Farmer-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:56 — 2.0MB)Many Americans are growing more concerned about their health and diet.  That means this farmer has to put some thought…

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A Crop Nearly Everyone Enjoys

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/28Sep15-Cherry-Farmer-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)Ben LaCrosse grows a crop just about everyone enjoys.  However, it’s a crop that is difficult to harvest and one…

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Running the Buses Below Zero

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/25Sep15-Prudhoe-Bay-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes the snow blows or the chill sets in and it’s just too miserable to have school.  However, here, the…

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Headed to Prudhoe Bay on the Ice Road

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/24Sep15-Prudhoe-Bay-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you’ve seen the show Ice Road Truckers, then there’s a good chance you’ve witnessed a part of the story…

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The End of the Road in Alaska

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/23Sep15-Prudhoe-Bay-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we head north, to the end of the road in Alaska.  That means traveling up the Dalton Hwy to…

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An Alaskan Dairy

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/22Sep15-Havemiester-Dairy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)This family’s dairy herd is not large when compared to the nation.  They joke that to get repairs for their…

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The First Farmers to Come to Alaska

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/21Sep15-Havemiester-Dairy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some of the first farmers in Alaska came here in the 1930s.  They were called colonists and many picked up…

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The Most Visited Area of the Fair

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/18Sep15-Alaska-State-Fair-Vegetable-Superintendant-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What’s the most visited area of a state fair?  Here it’s the crops department.  It may sound unusual until you…

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The Northernmost State Fair

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/17Sep15-Alaska-State-Fair-Vegetable-Superintendant-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just about all of us have been to our state’s fair.  This year we’re taking you to the northernmost such…

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A Five-Time World Record Holder

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/16Sep15-Alaska-Vegetable-Grower-Scott-Robb-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)Scott Robb holds five world records.  That fact makes him a well recognized man among Alaskan farmers and among those…

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The Best in His Category

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/15Sep15-Alaska-Vegetable-Grower-Scott-Robb-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Imagine a record that stood for over a century.  That’s quite a mark to be broken, but today, Scott Robb…

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Plenty of Hours to Get Things Done

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/14Sep15-Alaska-Vegetable-Grower-Scott-Robb-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Sometimes you might wish you just had more hours of the day to get things done.  For a portion of…

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A Route to Healing

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/11Sep15-Holocaust-Survivor-Eva-Kor-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s sometimes difficult to forgive someone.  In this case, Eva was willing to forgive the perpetrators of murders against her…

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Taken From Mother’s Arms

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/10Sep15-Holocaust-Survivor-Eva-Kor-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Their story is one that will make you cry.  Ten year old twin girls, taken from their mothers arms –…

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Holocaust Survivor Eva Kor

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/09Sep15-Holocaust-Survivor-Eva-Kor-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we begin a three part series with Eva Kor, a Holocaust survivor with a story you won’t want to…

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The Capulin Volcano

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/08Sep15-Capulin-Volcano-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many people traveling in northeast New Mexico pass this site and fail to realize the historical significance and the amazing…

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