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Posted in American Countryside Massachusetts

A Cash Crop Not Grown in Soil

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/24Apr17-New-Bedford-Whaling-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you made good revenue from a field you might call it your “cash crop.” Here the cash crop doesn’t…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Illinois

The Postville Courthouse

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/21Apr17-Postville-Courthouse-2017.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Americans regard him as one of their most beloved presidents…a man that pulled a nation together as civil war tore…

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Posted in American Countryside international

Going Inside Petra

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/20Apr17-Osama-of-Jordan-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)If you were ever fascinated in the adventures of Harrison Ford playing Indiana Jones, then you have definitely seen this…

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Posted in American Countryside international

A Place for Anyone to Swim

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/19Apr17-Osama-of-Jordan-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s estimated that about 40% of American do not know how to swim.  Today I’ll take you to a place…

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Posted in American Countryside international

A Christian Named Osama

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/18Apr17-Osama-of-Jordan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we interview a gentlemen named Osama.  He laughs because that name may bring certain images to mind for an…

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Posted in Miscellaneous

A Peaceful Part of the Middle East

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/04/17Apr17-Osama-of-Jordan-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The country of Jordan is bordered by Syria on the north and Iraq on the east.  Despite the unrest in…

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Posted in American Countryside international

The Site of Jesus’ Crucifixion

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/14Apr17-Isreal-Easter-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)The Church of the Holy Sepulcher contains the site of Jesus’ crucifixion, burial and resurrection.  Several denominations have a presence…

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Posted in American Countryside international

On The Streets of Jerusalem

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/13Apr17-Isreal-Easter-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Holy Week is a time when Christians reflect on the death and resurrection of Christ.  The events of Easter week…

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Posted in American Countryside international

A Peaceful Scene in the Middle East

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/12Apr17-Isreal-Easter-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Most people would consider the country of Syria to be a dangerous place right now.  However, here, along this country’s…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Georgia

Inside the Earth Lodge

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/11Apr17-Ocmulgee-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It this country…the U.S. Capitol is the place where laws are made…but 1000 years ago…it was perhaps this earth lodge…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Georgia

Unique Mounds and Lodges

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/10Apr17-Ocmulgee-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most of what we know about this group of people comes from the mounds they built all across the U.S. …

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

An Unexpected Boom

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/07Apr17-Oblong-Illinois-Oil-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Just south of Interstate 70 in southeast Illinois, you may begin to see some unusual sights popping up and down…

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Posted in American Countryside Illinois

More Profitable Than Farmland

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/06Apr17-Oblong-Illinois-Oil-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)There was a time when the farmers of southeastern Illinois found something far more profitable on their land than corn…

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Posted in American Countryside Texas

A Busy Chocolate Shop

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/05Apr17-Hico-Texas-Chocolatier-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What is the busiest time of year for a chocolate shop?  You can probably guess a couple of holidays will…

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Posted in American Countryside Texas

An Unexpected Business

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/04Apr17-Hico-Texas-Chocolatier-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It is perhaps an unexpected business to find on the streets of Hico, Texas.  It is a place some might…

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Posted in American Countryside Texas

From 4-H Project to Unexpected Business

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/03Apr17-Hico-Texas-Chocolatier-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It all began with a 4-h project in a rural area about an hour outside of Texas.  Fast forward about…

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Posted in American Countryside Washington

The Very Last Round of the Vietnam War

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/31Mar17-USS-Turner-Joy-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Many of you listening to our broadcasts lived through the Vietnam War.  No doubt, some of you fought in that…

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Posted in American Countryside Washington

Keeping Fishermen at Bay

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/30Mar17-USS-Turner-Joy-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Why would a small fishing boat try to stand in the path of a U.S. Navy Destroyer.  This sailor knew…

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Posted in American Countryside Washington

A Bigger and Badder Name

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/29Mar17-USS-Turner-Joy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Sometimes you’ll looking for a name that will intimidate your enemy.  Therein was the problem.  The latest ship due to…

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Posted in American Countryside Washington

The Story Behind the Namesake of a Ship

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/03/28Mar17-USS-Turner-Joy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Many ships, both military and otherwise are named for a person or place.  Often the story behind those namesakes it…

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