http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/20Nov11-Ha-Ha-Tonka-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It’s said that a man’s home is his castle. For Robert Snyder, his home was a castle. But this building,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/19Nov11-Ha-Ha-Tonka-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Everyone who ventures here seems to have the same two questions: How did this place get its name and why…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/16Nov11-Peter-Shinn-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)In this nation, a veterinarian may be called upon to help a sick animal. The vets Peter Shinn helps train…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/15Nov11-Peter-Shinn-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)There are certainly plenty of battles and firefights that continue to be waged in Afghanistan. However, for this team, most…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/Ethanol-Debate.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 1.8MB)Is turning corn into ethanol causing food prices to rise and some people to starve around the globe? You may…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/11/Washington-State-Park-Petroglyph.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)When the Civilian Conservation Corp was working here in the 1930s they began to notice some unusual carving in the…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Herman-Missouri-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Why did one family move their piano making business from Philadelphia to a fledgling community in the Midwest? In may…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Herman-Missouri-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Today we might look at a travel guide for insights on where to take a vacation. Those who looked at…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/09/Show-Me-Energy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 955.1KB)We may have heard of cellulosic ethanol production, but cellulosic plants can be used to provide a variety of energy…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Mammoth-Springs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)When farmers put hay bales in this spring, the reappeared three days later seven miles away. The underground waterway just…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Red-Delicious-Apples-2011.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)It’s one of the world’s most popular varieties of fruit and we have it because one farmer couldn’t get a…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/St-Genevieve-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)We’ve all seen a log cabin. Such structures were the norm for many Americans early in the country’s history. But…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/St-Genevieve-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)When these French Catholics learned that the British Protestants had taken over, they weren’t pleased. It may be the reason…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Rogers-Theatre-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)Today we make history on the American Countryside, for today we feature a talking dog. Don’t think dogs can talk?…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/08/Rogers-Theatre-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:00 — 938.0KB)There was a time when just about every town in America boasted a one or two screen, main street movie…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Jowler-Creek-Winery-21.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)Most crops in the Midwest are planted in the spring and harvested in the fall.  The farmer’s investment is mostly…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/07/Jowler-Creek-Winery-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)What led this beef and row crop farmer to begin growing grapes?  The answer is a good one, but it…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Cape-Girardeau-Discovery-Playhouse.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:13 — 1.5MB)We’ve all been to museums, but have you ever been to one were you needed to put on a boot…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Cape-Girardeau-Murals.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 1.4MB)Michelangelo had a very large canvass when he began work on the Sistine chapel.  Make a trip to this river…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/Cape-Girardeau-Lazy-L-Safari-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)When you pull in the drive at the Lance farm, you might expect to see cattle or horses.  But a…