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The Oasis in the Desert
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/26Jan18-Palm-Springs-Tour.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)Before Palm Springs was a resort town–before Palm Springs was really even a town, for that matter; movie stars began…
Crops For Those Who Aren’t Afraid of Heights
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/25Jan18-Date-Farming-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Some farmers need expensive, high tech equipment to harvest their crops. This crop requires a very low-tech method of harvest…but…
A Unique Farm
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/24Jan18-Date-Farming-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)David’s farm is just 2 ½ acres in size…but that does not mean he’s not busy. In fact, the crop…
An Astronaut Program For Women
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/23Jan18-Mercury-Women-Program-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)In the early 1980s, the United States put its first woman into space, a full two decades after space travel…
Training Another Gender for Outer Space
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/22Jan18-Mercury-Women-Program-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)The first man in space, the first man to orbit the earth, the first man to walk on the moon…you…
The Worst Blizzard You Ever Experienced
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/19Jan18-Mt-Washington-Weather-Observatory-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)If you are ever tempted to think the winter weather where you live is bad…just wait until you hear Brian…
Extreme Conditions At the Top of the Mountain
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/18Jan18-Mt-Washington-Weather-Observatory-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.1MB)The warmest temperature ever recorded here was 72 degrees. It once got down to 47 below. Brian Clark’s job is…
Clear For 130 Miles
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/17Jan18-Mt-Washington-Weather-Observatory-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)This lookout sees an average of 237 days of fog each year…but on a clear day you can see up…
Recycling With Positive Change
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/16Jan18-Purdy-Missouri-Recycling-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)We’ve all heard of recycling programs, but this one in a small town in southern Missouri has a bit of…
A Different School Fundraiser
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/01/15Jan18-Purdy-Missouri-Recycling-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)If you have kids or grandkids in school, you’ve probably been asked to buy something as part of a school…
Pawnee Bill
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/12/12Jan18-Pawnee-Bill-2018-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)It may have seemed this famous western showman had married the wrong woman. After all, his bride was a city…
The Cowboy Named Gordon Lillie
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/12/11Jan18-Pawnee-Bill-2018-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)Many of us had childhood heroes, and for Gordon it was the famous showman Buffalo Bill. What he might never…
Claiming a Body in Two Different States
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/12/10Jan18-Billy-the-Kid-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)When two different cities, in two different states claim to have the body of the same man, well, you know…
William Henry Roberts Junior
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/12/09Jan18-Billy-the-Kid-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)His name was William Henry Roberts Jr. Or was it? In fact, could you really believe any name this man…
The Indirect Transformation of a Florida Neighborhood
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/12/08Jan18-Ybor-City-Florida-2018-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:58 — 2.0MB)When U.S. soldiers crossed the Atlantic to fight in World War I, they not only preserved freedom, they also discovered…
The History of Ybor City
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/05Jan18-Ybor-City-Florida-2018-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Mention Ybor City to someone in Tampa, FL and they will probably tell you about all the great restaurants and…
Big Snows In Michigan
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/04Jan18-Lauriam-Michigan-3.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some people measure snow in inches. Here it is measured in feet. Many years it’s measured in many dozens of…
Restoring An Abandoned Property
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/03Jan18-Lauriam-Michigan-2.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)There is a lot of work that goes into restoring a home. Now imagine you have an abandoned 13,000 square…
Building An Enormous Home
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/02Jan18-Lauriam-Michigan-1.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 3:01 — 2.1MB)Some people need large homes to accommodate growing families. For this builder, part of the motivation may have been to…
Best of 2017: A Store Named Pops
http://americancountryside.com/wp-content/gems/2017/11/01Jan18-Best-of-2017-Pops.mp3Podcast: Download (Duration: 2:59 — 2.0MB)Most people travel Old Route 66 for the nostalgia. So on the surface, this convenience store might not seem to…
