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Down Under: Managing Drought

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/06May14-Australia-Curtis-Springs-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)U.S. farmers and ranchers are no stranger to droughts. However, here in central Australia, these ranchers must manage their ground…

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Posted in American Countryside Australia

Down Under: The Story of Curtain Springs Station

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/05May14-Australia-Curtis-Springs-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Today we begin a fascinating series from an over million acre ranch in the Australian outback. The story of Curtin…

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Posted in Australia Scenic Route

Scenic Route – The Curtain Springs Station

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/05/ScenicRoute_CurtinSprings.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 38:13 — 26.2MB)In central Australia you will find Ayer’s Rock…the iconic red monolith that’s the country’s well-known landmark. Just 60 miles east…

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Posted in American Countryside Australia

Down Under: 6 Stoplights in 1700 Miles

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/02May14-Austalia-Alice-Springs-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a highway that once had no speed limits. There are still portions of the road where you can go…

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Down Under: Alice Springs

Podcast: Download (2.1MB)The city of Alice Springs is a place with rich history and amazing landscapes. It’s still the center of business for those who…

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Down Under: Linking the Rest of the World

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/30Apr14-Australia-Alice-Springs-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In the heart of the Outback, you can still see the telegraph station that helped link cities like Sydney and…

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Posted in American Countryside Australia

Down Under: A 4000 Mile Walk

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/29Apr14-Australia-Alice-Springs-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a walk of over 4000 miles across some of the most remote stretches of land in the world….

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Posted in American Countryside Australia

Down Under: The Outback of Austalia

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/28Apr14-Australia-Alice-Springs-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)For the next couple of weeks we’ll be outside of our country for a look at life “down under.” We’re…

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Posted in American Countryside New Mexico

A Hotel Icon Still Serving Travelers Today

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/25Apr14-El-Rancho-Hotel-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The movie stars are gone, but the legends still abound, including the story one celebrity who rode his horse into…

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Posted in American Countryside New Mexico

A Hotel for Movie Stars

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/24Apr14-El-Rancho-Hotel-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It was built to house movie stars. A hotel in western New Mexico where celebrities could catch some rest and…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Breaking the Color Barrier

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/23Apr14-Tom-Bass-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Jackie Robinson is known for breaking the color barrier in baseball.  However, some people say the first athlete to break…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

Tom Bass

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/22Apr14-Tom-Bass-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today we say hello to our listeners on KXEO in Mexico, Missouri.  Folks there know the name Tom Bass…and you…

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Posted in Alabama American Countryside

A Surprise in Law Enforcement

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/21Apr14-Birmingham-Childrens-March-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In 1963 this city’s police force brutally attacked Gwen Webb.  Just over a decade later, she was a member of…

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Posted in Alabama American Countryside

Jailed for Participating in Civil Rights

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/18Apr14-Birmingham-Childrens-March-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In May of 1963 hundreds of Birmingham school students were jailed for participating in Civil Rights marches.  There were so…

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Posted in Alabama American Countryside

Children on the March in Birmingham

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/17Apr14-Birmingham-Childrens-March-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)The images from Birmingham were difficult to watch.  Kids under the age of 18 where being knocked off their feet…

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Posted in Alabama American Countryside

A Pivotol Moment in Civil Rights

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/16Apr14-Birmingham-Childrens-March-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Gwen Webb was a high school student in one of Birmingham, Alabama’s segregated public schools.  In early May 1963 she…

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Posted in Alabama American Countryside

The Effort to Change

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2014/04/15Apr14-Birmingham-Childrens-March-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It is said that in the early 1960s, there was no large city more racially segregated that Birmingham, Alabama.  It…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of

The Museum of Osteology

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/14Apr14-Museum-of-Osteology-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s called the Museum of Osteology.  It’s a one-of-a-kind place.  But many of you are asking what’s osteology?

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The Bone Collector

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/11Apr14-Museum-of-Osteology-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Jay’s father could have scolded him for what he’d unearthed.  Most parents would say, “Put down that filthy thing!”  His…

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Posted in American Countryside Missouri

The Message of the Mailbox

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2013/03/10Apr14-Brookfield-Missouri-Mailboxes.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Mailboxes come in many shapes, colors and sizes.  But the mailboxes given as gifts every May in Brookfield, Missouri are…

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