Category: Missouri
A Bungee Jump and a Zipline
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/20Sep18-Dan-Meers-KC-Wolf-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Maybe you’ve conquered fear and made a bungee jump in your life. Or perhaps you’ve rode a zip line on…
A Long Career in the NFL
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/19Sep18-Dan-Meers-KC-Wolf-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If a football player makes it to the NFL, chances are their career may last three or four years on…
The Right Resume for the Job
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/18Sep18-Dan-Meers-KC-Wolf-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Dan had a potential problem. He had a four-year college degree from a major state university, but he was concerned…
Small Town Opportunities
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/12Sep18-Rural-Development-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Are small towns full of opportunities of full of overwhelming challenges? Certainly the answer can be both, but Deb Markley…
A Different Kind of Silo
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/09/11Sep18-Rural-Development-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Drive into farm country and you’re likely to see some silos. Deb Markley talks about silos a lot when she…
A Steel Post and a Glow Plug
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/07/25Jul18-Fort-Leonardwood-History-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What’s a steel fence post and a diesel glow plug have to do with saving lives? It was just one…
Going to a Museum to Prepare for the Future
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/07/24Jul18-Fort-Leonardwood-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It may seem odd to take young men and women to a museum to help prepare them for the future. …
A Place Carved in the Woods
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/07/23Jul18-Fort-Leonardwood-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a place carved from the woods – a place created from the necessities of World War II. Yet, it…
Unearthing the Bones of an Unknown Animal
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/07/20Jul18-Mastadon-Park-2018.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine you unearthed the bones of an animal and had little idea of what you found. Now imagine making up…
A Motel With a Radio in Every Room
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/05/16May18-Boots-Court-Motel-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This motel advertisers a “radio in every room.” Perhaps it doesn’t sound too elegant, but it’s doing a nice business…
Movie Stars on Wide-Open Roads
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/05/15May18-Boots-Court-Motel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There was a time when the movie stars of the day did not fly to their destination, but rather drove…
Searching for the Crossroads of the Nation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/05/14May18-Boots-Court-Motel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)He was a man in search of the crossroads of the nation. For of course, that would be the best…
Man’s Best Friend
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/02May18-Old-Drum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)We’ve all heard of man’s best friend…but it was this dog that probably gave us the phrase so common today. …
A Famous Canine
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/02May18-Old-Drum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the courthouse square in Warrensburg, Missouri you will find a statue in tribute to a dog named Old Drum. …
A Career That Brings Romance
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/26Apr18-Cherry-Mash-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Barry Yantis’ family has been in this family business since the days of World War II. It’s a career that…
The 100th Birthday of a Candy Bar
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/25Apr18-Cherry-Mash-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When you rank candy bars by the date they were first introduced, this would be the third oldest in the…
A Mercantile Company That Invented
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/24Apr18-Cherry-Mash-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It was in 1876 a new mercantile company began business. It may not sound that significant if not for one…
50 Years of Broadcasting Major League Baseball
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/13Apr18-Denny-Matthews-50th-Season-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)162 games a year for 50 years…that’s over 8000 baseball games…and this man has seen virtually every single one of…
Keeping the Listener Interested Calling a Ballgame
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/12Apr18-Denny-Matthews-50th-Season-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When a baseball broadcaster has to describe a game that is lackluster at best, they may resort to talking about…
Getting a Mule to Obey
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2018/04/11Apr18-Wilbur-Taylor-Mules-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Mules can be stubborn. So what do you do with a mule that simply won’t obey? Wilbur was told what…