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Growing Up Amish
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/26July19-Growing-Up-Amish-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)As an Amish youth, David saw a vastly different world with modern conveniences all around him. As he became a…
Looking At Life Differently
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/25July19-Growing-Up-Amish-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)David Mast had to repeat the eighth grade…along with just about everyone else in his class. In a moment you’ll…
Popcorn and Pumpkins
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/24July19-Illinois-Popcorn-Pumpkins.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Popcorn, pumpkins and more. Colin just thought every farm in American grew those crops, but then he took a look…
The Risk of a Crop Below Ground
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/23July19-Illinois-Oil-Field-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Most farmers take on some risk when they put a crop in the ground. This farmer sees the risk in…
An Oil Field Where You Might Not Expect It
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/22July19-Illinois-Oil-Field-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When you think of American oilfield you perhaps think of Texas, North Dakota or the fields on the north slope…
Where to Park a Plane?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/19Jul19-Frank-Phillips-Oil-Company.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When Frank bought a plane he needed a hangar in which to park it. Soon the plane wasn’t the only…
Television or Real Life?
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/18Jul19-Movie-Car-Museum-4.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some people have trouble distinguishing television from real-life. That can create some interesting situations inside a museum like this. I’ll…
Survival Cars
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/17Jul19-Movie-Car-Museum-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Have you ever watched one of those action movies with car chase scenes and wondered how many cars they destroyed…
A Hobby People Travel to See
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/16Jul19-Movie-Car-Museum-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Rusty Robinson’s father was a plumber and Rusty himself helps manage rental properties. So he taught himself a skill that…
Recreating Memories of Youth
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/15Jul19-Movie-Car-Museum-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Rusty just couldn’t get enough of some of those television shows back in the 1980s, so he did his best…
A Trip to the Mastodon Park
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/12Jul19-Mastodon-Park.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Imagine you unearthed the bones of an animal and had little idea of what you found. Now imagine making up…
Rewards Beyond Tips
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/11Jul19-Arizona-Trail-Ride-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Devin loves his job, but he admits the pay isn’t always the best. Sometimes the rewards come in tips; not…
A Horse Adventure
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/09Jul19-Young-Arizona-High-School.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Horses helped settle the west and for Devin’s family, it’s those horses that people still come to see in order…
Young, Arizona High School
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/09Jul19-Young-Arizona-High-School.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The high school in Young, Arizona recently held it’s high school graduation. It’s a ceremony just about every high school…
A Different Egg for Breakfast
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/07/08Jul19-Arizona-Quail-Eggs.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Maybe you enjoy some bacon and eggs for breakfast, but if you get your eggs from Elery Martin, well, your…
The Great Little Madison
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/05Jul19-James-Madison-Constitution-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)He was nicknamed the Great Little Madison by his peers…and great his work was to this nation. We’ll head to…
James Madison Helps Save a Nation
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/04Jul19-James-Madison-Constitution-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)The United States was just eleven years old, but it was a nation in crisis. James Madison was the man…
Dave Roever
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/03Jul19-Dave-Roever-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)His name is Dave Roever, spelled R-o-e-v-e-r. If you’ve not heard or seen his message, you need to watch him…
Looking In the Mirror
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/02Jul19-Dave-Roever-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)What do you see when you look in the mirror? What Dave Roever saw was far from himself. In fact,…
Hit by a Sniper’s Bullet
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/06/01Jul19-Dave-Roever-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Dave Roever was serving his country in Vietnam when a sniper’s bullet would change his life forever. And in turn…
