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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/11/25Nov19-McRib-Tom-Brand-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)What’s your favorite sandwich?  That’s an easy question for today’s guest.  He’s an expert on a sandwich that only shows…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/11/20Nov19-Unionville-Plane-Crash-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)His name is William Paca, and although most American can’t tell you much about this signer of the Declaration of…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/11/18Nov19-Unionville-Feeder-Cattle-Sale.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Imagine a sale so large it took eight days to sell everything.  It was an enterprise that took all ages…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/11/15Nov19-Unionville-Midgets.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The most common high school mascot names are the Eagles, Bulldogs and Tigers.  But this school is unique with a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/11/14Nov19-Mike-Rowe-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Mike Rowe came to fame for the dirty jobs he was asked to perform.  But how many times did those…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/11/12Nov19-Perryville-Veterans-Memorial-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)On the outskirts of Perryville, Missouri who will find a place once only to be seen in the nation’s capital. …

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/08Nov19-Postal-Foundation.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Communication technology means people don’t mail as many letters as they once did, so you might think this hobby would…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/07Nov19-Amana-Colonies.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You might see the name on a refrigerator…but the history runs much longer and deeper than any kitchen appliance…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/06Nov19-Martin-Van-Buren.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)He served as the eight president of the United States, but that was not his favorite occupation.  How do we…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/05Nov19-Cherokee-Strip-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Imagine a train chugging south out of Kansas with people jumping from the cars all along its route.  Here’s the…

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http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/01Nov19-Tom-Dittmer-7.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)They are two nations that trace their modern day roots to 1959.  The course of those nations had very different…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/10/31Oct19-Tom-Dittmer-6.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve hosted dinner parties, but I doubt you were ever asked to host one for a communist dictator.  That…