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Shouldn’t Pigeon have a “D”?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/01/13Jan21-Bob-Slater-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)How do you spell pigeon? You know that bird that you sometimes need to get rid of around buildings? That…
Shaking Hands and Trading Punches with Legend
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/01/12Jan21-Bob-Slater-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)In his years as a newspaper reporter, Bob Slater shook hands with a lot of folks you’ve heard of…a who’s…
The US President & The Hitchhiker
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2021/01/11Jan21-Bob-Slater-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s a big deal to meet the president of the United States. Some people will do just about anything to…
The Man Who Ran For President Three Times
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/08Jan21-William-Jennings-Bryan.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Over a century has passed since this man ran for president three times. While he never held the oval office,…
The Lights That Turned Night to Day
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/07Jan21-Hearthstone-Mansion.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Reports say the lights in this home made it seem like night had turned to day. In fact, the lights…
Swamp Root to Cure Your Ails
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/06Jan21-Allerton-Iowa-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)If you saw an advertisement for someone selling “swamp root” that could cure your ails, well, you might be a…
A Meeting in the Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/05Jan21-Allerton-Iowa-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)This small town was in danger of losing a treasured part of its past and present. But who would step…
The World’s Fair in Iowa
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/04Jan21-Allerton-Iowa-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Perhaps you’ve heard of the World’s Fair. Many editions of that global event have been held over the centuries. But…
Best of 2020: The Elephant Hotel
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/01Jan21-Best-of-2020-Elephant-Hotel.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the best of 2020! It all began with a man who wanted to farm, not with a team of…
Best of 2020: Hawaiian Cattle Rancher Robby Hind
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/31Dec20-Best-of-2020-Hawaii-Cattle-Rancher.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the best of 2020! Robby Hind has the title of “Paniolo.” For people living in one state, that’s a…
Best of 2020: The Covered Bridges of Park County, Indiana
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/30Dec20-Best-of-2020-Park-County-Covered-Bridges.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the best of 2020! Park County, Indiana holds a record. If you’ve ever traveled there, you probably know what…
Best of 2020: Limpy Jack
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/29Dec20-Best-of-2020-Limpy-Jack.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the best of 2020! Today’s feature is about a man named Limpy Jack. With a name like that, I…
Best of 2020: Martha Jane Canary
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/28Dec20-Best-of-2020-Calamity-Jane.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It’s the best of 2020! Today, we look at the life of Martha Jane Canary. If that name doesn’t ring…
Making a Home Every Day of the Year
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/25Dec20-Father-Xavier-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Christmas is a time that we usually gather with family. But what is Christmas like when you have no family…
An Encounter in a Homeless Shelter
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/24Dec20-Father-Xavier-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Each year around Christmas we might attend a church service, or watch children portray the birth of Jesus. It’s a…
A Kansas Franciscan
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/23Dec20-Father-Xavier-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)St. Francis of Assisi lived in Italy during the late 1100s and early 1200s. His religious life of service, forgoing…
A Heavenly Nudge
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/22Dec20-Father-Xavier-11.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Chris was earning a degree in Animal Science from Kansas State University, but he felt a call to explore the…
The Graham Cave
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/21Dec20-Graham-Cave.mp3http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/21Dec20-Graham-Cave.mp3Podcast: Download ()One of the first men to farm this plot of land used the nearby rocky overhang to shelter his herd of hogs. Then…
The Denver Sleigh Works
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/18Dec20-Denver-Sleigh-Works-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Before the days of cars, people uses horses and buggies or carriages to haul their families or goods. But in…
Preserving The Runners of History
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2020/12/17Dec20-Denver-Sleigh-Works-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Did you ever go to a sale and purchase an item important to you, just so someone else didn’t get…
