http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/07/23Jul12-Dublin-Bottling-Works-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Some of you may well remember the days of returning soda bottles to the store to get a few cents…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/07/20Jul12-Dublin-Bottling-Works-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)There are a lot of studies that show high consumption of sugary drinks is bad for your waistline and your…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/07/19Jul12-Dublin-Bottling-Works-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)If someone walked into a restaurant and said, “Shoot me a Waco,” no one would probably know what they meant….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/07/18Jul12-FrankPhillips.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 1.4MB)When Frank bought a plane he needed a hangar in which to park it. Soon the plane wasn’t the only…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/07/17Jul12-Sy-Brenner-5.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 1.4MB)Life inside a POW camp in Germany was a struggle for survival.  Yet inside the barbed wire and the horrific…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/07/16Jul12-Sy-Brenner-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 1.4MB)Sy Brenner was an American soldier captured by the Germans and held in a POW camp.  He was fearful his…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/07/13Jul12-Sy-Brenner-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 1.4MB)Sy Brenner served as a medic during World War II.  However, he was about to be asked to serve in…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/07/12Jul12-Sy-Brenner-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 1.4MB)November 29th, 1944 was the night Sy Brenner was killed in action in southern France.  At least that’s what many…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/07/11Jul12-Sy-Brenner-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 1.4MB)Over the next five days you’ll hear an amazing story about one American POW during World War II.  We are…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/07/10Jul12-Collinsville-Ketchup-Bottle-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Today we call it “ketchup.”  But there was once a segment of this nation that knew it as “catsup.”  Today…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/07/09Jul12-Collinsville-Ketchup-Tower-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)If you’re one of those folks who will put ketchup on just about anything, head to Collinsville, IL.  If this…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2010/07/Palm-Springs-Oasis.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:01 — 944.5KB)If you visit Palm Springs, California, you may be tempted to believe this resort town was carved out of an…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/05Jul12-Freedom-Rock-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Why do people from all continents around the world send patriotic messages to a thirty-something artist living in Greenfield, IA….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/04Jul12-Liberty-Bell.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)July 4th, 1776…Indpendence Day in the United States.  One of the symbols of our freedom is the Liberty Bell.  But…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2011/06/03Jul12-Freedom-Rock-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)This boulder was once the marker for a nearby rock quarry.  It was also a great spot for graffiti artists…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2009/07/Gettysburg-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:02 — 1.9MB)Imagine hitting the age to retire and then deciding to go volunteer for the army. That is what John Burns…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/06/29Jun12-Tom-Crosby-POW.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Today marks the three year anniversary of U.S. army soldier Bowe Burgdahls capture in Afghanistan.  It is a story that…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/06/28Jun12-Mammoth-Cave-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Stalagmites are cave formations that seemingly rise up from a cave floor.  Conversely, stalactites appear to hang from the ceiling….

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/06/27Jun12-Mammoth-Cave-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)Maybe you are looking forward to a summer vacation.  Every year thousands of visitors flock to this national park.  However,…

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2012/06/26Jun12-Cool-Springs-Arizona-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 1.4MB)It’s a road that may seem to lead to nowhere.  What’s more intriguing is that road has some of the…