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John Gilbert, Olympian

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/17Aug16-Paraolympian-John-Gilbert-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Perhaps we remember some of the things our mom said or did that inspired us to do good or work…

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Rolling over a Challenge

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/16Aug16-Paraolympian-John-Gilbert-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What happened to John Gilbert at the age of nine Cheap Jerseys free shipping would be devastating to most.  The…

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Posted in American Countryside Montana

Leaving Your Mark

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/15Aug16-Pompeys-Pillar-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)If someone makes a difference in the world, we may say they’ve left their mark.  Well this spot is known…

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The Youngest Member of the Lewis and Clark Team

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/12Aug16-Pompeys-Pillar-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)He was the youngest member of the Lewis and Clark journey. cheap nfl jerseys Although he didn’t make the entire trip,…

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Posted in American Countryside Kansas

The 1936 Berlin Olympics US Basketball Team

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/11Aug16-Olympic-Basketball-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Eighty years ago the first Olympic gold medal basketball match was played.  You can bet the scene back then is…

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Dunking the Basketball

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/10Aug16-Olympic-Basketball-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)What would the game of basketball be without the dunk?  You have some unlikely folks in central Kansas and one…

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Training for the Olympics

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/09Aug16-Olympic-Basketball-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Today’s Olympic athletes may be able to devote many hours to training for their big event.  Eighty years ago, this…

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Getting Your Name Out In Public

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/08Aug16-Olympic-Basketball-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Businesses may use a variety of ways to get their name out to the public.  In the first half of…

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Uncovering Treasure in Lost Luggage

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/05Aug16-Lost-Luggage-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Some describe it as a hunt for lost treasure.  Others think it would be like hitting the lottery.  It’s a…

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Losing Parts of Your F-16

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/04Aug16-Lost-Luggage-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Who would pack a surfboard in their luggage to go on an airplane?  Someone did, and then lost the surfboard. …

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Where Does Lost Luggage Go?

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/03Aug16-Lost-Luggage-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Where does lost luggage go?  Perhaps you’ve wondered that if you’ve ever landed at an airport and your bags didn’t…

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Where Elvis Began

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/02Aug16-Elvis-Presley-Birthplace.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)About 70% of the 100,000 visitors that come to this small home each year are from outside the U.S.  Yet…

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Battlefield Immortality

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/01Aug16-Civil-War-Reenactment-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jacob Thomson is in one sense…immortal. http://www.washingtonredskinsgear.com It may appear that he has met his demise…but soon he will come back…

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A Battlefield “Know-It-All”

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/29Jul16-Civil-War-Reenactment-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jacob has the best of both worlds. wholesale nfl jerseys from china Hindsight is 20/20 and he can predict the future. …

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Fighting the Greatest Battles

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/28Jul16-Civil-War-Reenactment-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today’s guest has not spent time fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan, yet he has fought some of the most important…

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Arco, Idaho’s Claim to Fame

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/27Jul16-EBR-Atomic-Energy-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was an attention getter.  A statement that showed the world the United States was serious about using nuclear energy…

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The Town that Made History – And Didn’t Know It

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/26Jul16-EBR-Atomic-Energy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Arco, Idaho is a town that made history, but no one knew it when it happened.  Yet what happened here…

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After the Manhattan Project

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/25Jul16-EBR-Atomic-Energy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The Manhattan Project helped produce the first atomic weapons used at the end of World War II.  But when the…

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The Stardom of Jenny Lind

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/22Jul16-Elizabethtown-Singer-Jenny-Lind-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine Taylor Swift was forced to stay in a small town and put on a free concert for the local…

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The Hottest Ticket in 1850

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2016/04/21Jul16-Elizabethtown-Singer-Jenny-Lind-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Name any female music star today and this Sweedish star of the mid 1800s would eclipse them all.  Her fame…

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