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Posted in American Countryside Best of California

A Record-Setting Pilot

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/22Feb19-Jackie-Cochran.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Most people have heard of Chuck Yeager, but most have not heard of his good friend Jackie…a pilot who set…

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Posted in American Countryside South Dakota

Inside A Silo

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/21Feb19-Minuteman-Missle-National-Historic-Site-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)You can find plenty of silos in South Dakota, but there are only two of this type still around.  We’ll…

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Posted in American Countryside South Dakota

The Cold War

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/20Feb19-Minuteman-Missle-National-Historic-Site-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into space in the late 1950s, it put the U.S. on notice that the…

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Posted in American Countryside South Dakota

The Other Minutemen

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/19Feb19-Minuteman-Missle-National-Historic-Site-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)The first minutemen where the soldiers at Lexington and Concord – those who fired those shots heard ‘round the world. …

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Posted in American Countryside international

Balancing School and Acting

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/18Feb19-Bolivia-Movie-Maker-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:03 — 2.1MB)It’s tough balancing school with acting in the movies.  But that’s exactly what today’s guests are doing – and they…

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Posted in American Countryside international

Giving Kisses

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/15Feb09-Bolivia-Movie-Maker-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Today’s guest has a most interesting job.  He gives many kisses to many ladies and people like to follow his…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Oklahoma

The King of Marriage

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/14Feb09-Tom-Mix-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Tom Mix was known as the King of the Cowboys, starring in over 300 films from 1910 to 1935. He…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Oklahoma

The King of the Cowboys: Tom Mix

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/13Feb09-Tom-Mix-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)He was king of the cowboys, a real-life ranch hand that won the hearts of the nation with his amazing…

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Posted in American Countryside North Dakota

A Lifetime Opportunity

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/12Feb09-Bagg-Bonanza-Farm-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was quite an opportunity – manage a farm for two decades and then be given nearly 10,000 acres of…

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Posted in American Countryside North Dakota

Bonanza Farms

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/11Feb09-Bagg-Bonanza-Farm-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)They were some of the largest farms on the continent.  Called bonanza farms, they stretched for thousand of acres and…

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Posted in American Countryside Arizona Best of

When Life Throws You Lemons

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/08Feb19-Spencer-Citrus-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)When life throws you a lemon, you make lemonade.  Mark certainly has plenty of lemons…but he doesn’t have to make…

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A Citrus Packer

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/07Feb19-Spencer-Citrus-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)You’ve probably bought their fruit and not even realized it.  This is a family owned citurs packer that grows, packs,…

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Using Concerts To Give Back To Towns

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/06Feb19-Jason-Brown-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Jason loves singing music all across the Midwest.  But there was something on his mind.  He kept seeing towns that…

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Posted in American Countryside Nebraska

From Church to Concert Series

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/05Feb19-Jason-Brown-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)Jason grew up singing on the farm and in church each Sunday.  It led him to make it a career. …

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Posted in American Countryside Nebraska

One of the Most Famous Americans

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/02/04Feb19-Sequoyah-2019.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:02 — 2.1MB)His work helped teach an entire nation to read and write within a matter of just a few years.  In…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri

Daniel Boone Working For Another Country

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/01Feb19-St-Louis-History-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)Daniel Boone is one of the most famous American frontiersman.  But when he crossed the Mississippi River, he went to…

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Posted in American Countryside Best of Missouri

One of the Oldest Cities on the Mississippi

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/31Jan19-St-Louis-History-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)It’s one of the oldest and largest cities on the Mississippi River…and although some may have heard of names like…

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

A World Food Prize Winner

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/30Jan19-Rob-Fraley-CTO-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)What the Oscars and Emmys are to movie and TV, the World Food Prize is to the world of agriculture. …

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Posted in American Countryside Indiana

A Visit with the CTO

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/29Jan19-Rob-Fraley-CTO-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)You’ve heard of a CEO or a COO, but what’s a CTO?  It’s a very big and important title to…

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Posted in American Countryside South Dakota

A Community Valuing Those Who Passed Through

http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2019/01/28Jan19-Aberdeen-Pheasant-Canteen-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:00 — 2.1MB)It was a tremendous meal that had to be prepared, every day, for about three years.  And it was all…

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