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Calls to Start and End the Day
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/05Dec14-Berkley-Plantation-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Any good bugler knows to play Reveille in the morning, Taps in the evening. But how did those calls become…
Keep Your Comments Brief – Or Else!
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/04Dec14-Berkley-Plantation-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Public speakers are often warned to keep their comments brief. Long windedness can bore an audience…or even worse it might…
The Sand Creek Masacre
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/03Dec14-Sand-Creek-Masacre-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s been 150 years since a massacre on the high plains angered a nation. The subsequent military investigations showed that…
A Sad Chapter in American History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/02Dec14-Sand-Creek-Masacre-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)While U.S. troops fought Confederate forces in the eastern half of the country, troops on the high plains were concerned…
High Tensions Far From War
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/01Dec14-Sand-Creek-Masacre-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Most of the battles during the Civil War were fought east of the Mississippi River. However, today we take you…
The First Thanksgiving Feast
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/28Nov14-Berkley-Plantation.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You may have thought Thanksgiving dates back to the pilgrims of Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, but this place claims to…
The Butterball Turkey Talkline
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/27Nov14-Turkey-Talkline.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard from her before, but considering the way some of us cook, maybe you should listen again. If your…
A November Pardon for the Birds
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/26Nov14-Turkey-Pardon.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s one of the most controversial decisions that can be made in the legal system. The end of November has…
A Trip to Joe & Aggie’s Cafe
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/25Nov14-Joe-Aggies-Cafe.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we’re at Joe & Aggie’s café, a restaurant that’s been serving up great meals for over 70 years now…
The Wigwam Hotel
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/24Nov14-Wigwam-Hotel.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you, your kids or even your grand kids have seen the movie Cars, then you probably remember the Cozy…
The Battle of Island Mound
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/21Nov14-Battle-of-Island-Mound.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)You may have never heard of the Battle of Island Mound, However the skirmish that took place here is still remembered…
Recruiting Students for Careers in Agriculture
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/20Nov14-Corey-Flournoy-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you were recruiting students for careers in agriculture, a large city might be the last place you’d think to make…
An Unlikely Choice for FFA President
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/19Nov14-Corey-Flournoy-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Twenty years ago a the Future Farmers of America made an unlikely choice for their national president…for his years were spent…
Life Without Limbs
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/18Nov14-Life-Without-Limbs-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He’s a nationally known speaker who will never experience his knees shaking or his palms sweating. That’s because he has…
A Life with No Arms or Legs
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/17Nov14-Life-Without-Limbs-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Imagine living in a world where you had no arms or legs. Some might say it’s a life not worth living. …
Dressing For Success
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/14Nov14-Tyson-CEO-Donnie-Smith-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)How should you dress for work? It’s a question many businesses must address with their employees. Here, the answer may seem…
Influencing People in Agriculture
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/13Nov14-Tyson-CEO-Donnie-Smith-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)How do you influence people in agriculture? To some, it may seem like an odd question. However the answer is one…
Dreams of Becoming a Vet
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/12Nov14-Tyson-CEO-Donnie-Smith-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:57 — 2.0MB)He had dreams of becoming a vet, and while that did not come true, his work today is certainly a position…
Rounding Up the Island Herd
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/11Nov14-2014-Antelope-Island-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)Every fall there is a round-up of the herd here just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. You can even…
Grazing Animals on an Island
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/11/10Nov14-2014-Antelope-Island-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)Until the 1960s, ranchers took animals by a barge from the mainland to this island for grazing. The vast rangeland…
