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
- 2025-02-18 13:51
- last episode published
- 2025-02-17 21:25
- publication frequency
- 2.62 days
- Contributors
- South Carolina Public Radio
- Owner
- KCBX Central Coast Public Radio
- Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 1101
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Society & Culture Places & Travel History
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Episodes
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| 2025-02-17 | Chickamauga National Military Park Ranger Lee white shares fascinating insights about the life of Civil War soldiers. |
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| 2025-02-04 |
Talking California Wine and History with Sean Weir, Author of The Mad Crush Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with Sean Weir, Cal Poly grad and author of the book, The Mad Crush, detailing his time as a cellar rat at the historic San Luis Obispo County based Sausalito Canyon winery. |
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| 2025-01-29 |
A conversation with award-winning Chinese-American author Yang Huang Berkeley, California based author Yang Huang shares tales of growing up in China, post cultural revolution. And how, on the heels of the Tiananmen Square protests, she was empowered to write in hopes of propelling a more tolerant and hopeful world thro... |
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| 2025-01-26 | Join Phillip & LaNell McMahon at their alpaca ranch as they share their passion for raising and breeding the exotic animal that kids and adults alike adore |
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| 2025-01-20 |
Discovering Memphis, Tennessee’s National Civil Rights Museum A best-of-the-best Journeys podcast—recorded live in Memphis with Faith Morris at the poignant National Civil Rights Museum |
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| 2025-01-16 |
Unearthing history at Camptown Freedom Colony Cemetery in Brenham, Texas Join Jennifer Eckermann, Director of Tourism and Marketing for the City of Brenham, Texas at the Camptown Cemetery and the legacy of the Camptown Freedom Colony formed on the heels of the Civil War. |
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| 2025-01-08 |
Blue Bell Ice Cream—iconic Texas treat with a fond following for a century Correspondent Tom Wilmer reports from Brenham, Texas at the Blue Bell Ice Cream factory for a visit with Joe Robertson, Director of Advertising and Marketing about the company’s century long odyssey as a legendary Texas ice cream company |
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| 2025-01-02 |
The Antique Rose Emporium in the heart of Texas, Washington County A visit with Jim and Kim Keeter, owners of the legendary Independence, Texas based, Antique Rose Emporium followed by a conversation with former owner, Mike Shoup who birthed the business back in 1984. |
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| 2024-12-29 |
BBQ, fine wine, gourmet coffee & homemade pies in Washington County TX Correspondent Tom Wilmer explores cool destinations in Washington County, Texas—we’ll discover a trendsetting winery, Chapelton Vineyards in Washington, the Pioneer Smokehouse and Mercantile in Brenham; Neon Moon Coffee Roasters in Burton; and a visit ... |
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| 2024-12-26 |
Ant Street Inn & Main Street House—raising the hospitality bar in Brenham, TX The tale of how Artist, Suzy Hankins and her husband Keith radically transformed their lives by deciding to become innkeepers of historic properties in Brenham, Texas. |
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