Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer
- Website
- http://www.thomascwilmer.com
- Description
- Tom Wilmer’s Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast, recorded live on-location across America and around the world- showcases the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine and spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts. We cover nouns and verbs—people, places, things, and action—everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls, and interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic. His feature, recorded live at Harland& Wolfe Shipyards in Belfast Northern Ireland, celebrating the centenary of the launch of the Titanic was the recipient of a Best Travel award from Outdoor Writers Association of California.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-05-14 19:12
- last episode published
- 2024-05-14 10:18
- publication frequency
- 2.55 days
- Contributors
- South Carolina Public Radio
- Owner
- KCBX Central Coast Public Radio
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 1025
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture Places & Travel History
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2024-05-14 |
Time travel back to 1774 at Smithfield Plantation on Virginia Tech’s campus A conversation with historians at historic Smithfield Plantation at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg Virginia |
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| 2024-05-12 |
Exploring Christiansburg, Virginia’s Old New River Books, antiques and art Exploring Christiansburg, Virginia’s Old New River Books, antiques and art |
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| 2024-05-08 | A conversation with John Provo, Executive Director of Virginia Tech’s Center for Economic and Community Engagement in Blacksburg, Virginia |
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| 2024-05-06 |
Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee’s Lexington, Virginia connection Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits Stonewall Jackson’s home in Lexington VA and Washington & Lee University where Robert E. Lee presided post-Civil War |
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| 2024-04-29 | Songwriter/musician Jim Lauderdale shares his musical journey with correspondent Tom Wilmer |
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| 2024-04-25 |
Jake Blount- Stomps, handclaps and fiddle reinvents old-time roots music Musician Jake Blount shares his passion for propelling Afro-futurist music |
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| 2024-04-19 |
Japanese American writer expands artistic and historical diversity in San Luis Obispo County Author and poet Shizue Seigel shares stories of hidden narratives of People of color sharing class, culture and history |
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| 2024-04-17 |
A visit with a Taoist priest at China’s sacred Mount Emei, and exploring nearby Snow Mountain Exploring China's Sacred Mount Emei in Sichuan Province with Chinese interpreter "Mavis" Liu Mei |
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| 2024-04-13 |
500,000 Sandhill Cranes annually descend on Kearney, Nebraska, along with thousands of birders A visit with Roger Jasnoch, Director of the Kearney Visitors Bureau about experiencing the crane migration and experiencing Kearney, Nebraska’s attractions. |
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| 2024-04-02 |
Sasha Vasilyuk honors grandfather’s WWII Ukrainian soldier life and post-war struggles Sasha Vasilyuk's new novel, Your Presence is Mandatory is based on historical events that span from WWII until the advent of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. |
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