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
- 2024-12-19 22:42
- last episode published
- 2024-12-18 22:51
- publication frequency
- 2.59 days
- Contributors
- South Carolina Public Radio
- Owner
- KCBX Central Coast Public Radio
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 1090
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture Places & Travel History
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2024-12-18 |
Exploring birthplace of the Republic of Texas and Washington County living history Discover Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic site, an operational historic cotton-gin in Burton, TX and a visit at the Brenham Heritage Museum in Brenham, TX. |
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| 2024-12-16 |
Visit SLO CAL—promoting San Luis Obispo County’s finest attractions to the world Cathy Cartier, Visit SLO CAL’s CEO shares insights about San Luis Obispo County’s non-profit tourism promotion organization. |
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| 2024-12-12 |
Penguins rule at Wonders of Wildlife in Springfield, Missouri Correspondent Tom Wilmer reports from the Wonders of Wildlife Aquarium in the heart of Springfield, Missouri. |
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| 2024-12-08 |
5th graders’ transformative outdoor-curriculum at Springfield, MO’s WOLF School Correspondent Tom Wilmer reports from Springfield, Missouri for a most insightful conversation with Johnny Morris Conservation Foundation’s Misty Mitchell at the WOLF School for 5th graders. |
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| 2024-12-04 | Correspondent Laurie McAndish King meets Dr. Laurie Marker--the Jane Goodall of Cheetahs--and finds out how Marker revolutionized cheetah conservation. |
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| 2024-12-02 |
Johnny Morris’s incredible journey—from bait & tackle stand to Bass Pro empire Correspondent Tom Wilmer reports from Missouri to explore the world of Johnny Morris—the visionary behind Dogwood Canyon nature park and Top of The Rock adjacent to Big Cedar Lodge. |
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| 2024-11-24 |
Finding paradise-author Robert Kay shares tales of South Pacific paradise--Fiji Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with author Robert Kay about his forty year odyssey that led him from the SF Chronicle to Tahiti and onward to the islands of Fiji. |
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| 2024-11-20 |
Waikiki’s Retro Surfjack Hotel & Swim Club exemplifies old Hawaii Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with the GM and Bar Czar at the legendary, 60s retro Surfjack Hotel & Swim Club in the heart of old Waikiki, Hawaii. |
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| 2024-11-11 |
From Snow White to a Sea of Memories—Hawaii International Film Festival conversations Join Elizabeth Rain, star of Fair; film producer, Angelique Axerode’s parents; filmmakers; Richard Hamasaki and Jody Stillwater and LA based, Luna Zhang, film financier. |
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| 2024-11-06 | Canadian connections at Hawaii International Film Festival include SHĹŚGUN producers and Getting Lost documentary director and producer sharing their insights. |
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