Category: Missouri
Angels Watching Over Us
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/08Dec15-Tom-Brand-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you are a person of faith, you may believe there are angels watching over us. Today’s story certainly supports…
Facing A Heart Attack
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/07Dec15-Tom-Brand-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we begin a series with Tom Brand. Many of you may know Tom as a long-time broadcaster and today’s…
Scenic Route – Tom Brand
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/12/Scenic-Route-Tom-Brand.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 45:29 — 31.2MB)American Countryside Producer and Editor Tom Brand faced multiple heart attacks in the summer of 2013 that not only affected…
A Variety Show In The Basement of City Hall
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/10/06Nov15-Baldknobbers-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)It had a inauspicious beginning. A variety show held in the basement of city hall that attracted a couple dozen…
The Baldknobbers
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/10/05Nov15-Baldknobbers-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They were called the Baldknobbers – a group of vigilantes that roamed the Ozarks dispensing justice as they saw fit. …
One of the Biggest Stars in Country Music
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/10/04Nov15-Todd-Bradshaw-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)Today we visit with one of the biggest stars in country music – Kenny Chesney. But it’s a story with…
Making It Big Someday
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2015/10/03Nov15-Todd-Bradshaw-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Perhaps some of us have an dreams of making it big someday on stage. That was the case for Todd,…
Campaigning Against Another Player
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/01Jul15-Carl-Mays-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Ty Cobb was a great baseball player, but he was also known as a guy who would bend and break…
A Baseball Career Not Recognized By Cooperstown
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/30Jun15-Carl-Mays-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Carl Mays had a career worthy of the baseball hall of fame, however many in his hometown will tell you…
A Gun Without Bullets
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/29Jun15-Carl-Mays-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some boys grow up hunting animals in the woods. That was the case for Carl Mays, but he didn’t use…
The 1930’s Largest Lake in the World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/24Jun15-Lake-of-the-Ozarks-2015.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)In the 1930s it became the largest lake in the world…and interestingly, that record setter was nestled in the undeveloped…
Possibly the Only Expert in the World
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/23Jun15-Hair-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)If you have a valuable heirloom you’d like to sell, you might see an expert appraiser to assess its value….
Curator of A Unique Museum
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/22Jun15-Hair-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)You might not picture our founding fathers wearing broaches or other jewelry. However, this lady says it’s just one of…
An Odd Method of Tracking A Family History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/19Jun15-Hair-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today many people like to trace their family tree. Before the age of photos and computerized records, there was another…
From the Field to the Press Box
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/29May15-Rex-Hudler-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)His major league career spanned over 20 seasons and even included a stint in Japan. He’s still a part of…
When Mom Negotiates Your Major League Contract
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/28May15-Rex-Hudler-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Today’s sports stars often have high powered agents who negotiate their contracts. However, this first round draft pick simply turned…
Dreams of Playing Professional Sports
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/27May15-Rex-Hudler-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Many young boys have dreams of playing pro sports. This man had many sports from which to choose which left…
A Drug Store Soda Fountain Reopens
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/15May15-Ava-Drug-Store-2015-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)When this drug store soda fountain reopened, they began charging 1950s prices. What’s unusual is they’re still using prices from…
Back from the Past
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/14May15-Ava-Drug-Store-2015-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Once upon a time, just about every town had at least one drug store soda fountain. Today we head to…
A Quick-Draw Shootout
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/02/06May15-Wild-Bill-Hickok-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)John Sellers says the key to winning an old-west shootout was not quickness, but accuracy. And when you take into…
