20 episodes
Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer KCBX
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- Society & Culture
Tom Wilmer’s Lowell Thomas Award-winning travel podcast — recorded live on location across America and around the world — showcases the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine and spirits, brewpubs, the culinary arts and more. He covers 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. Tom's 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.
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Exploring Christiansburg VA’s Huckleberry Park and visiting with Master Gardener, Beth Umberger
Join the conversation with Brad Epperley, Christiansburg VA’s Director of Parks & Recreation and Master Gardener Beth Umberger at nearby Montgomery Museum of Art & History
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Central Coast veteran recollects WWII service aboard USS Idaho
A few months before he died in 2013, Morro Bay resident Steve Pivarski recalled his WWII service in the US Navy aboard the Battleship USS Idaho with Tom Wilmer
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Engaging with community at Blacksburg, Virginia’s weekly Farmers Market
Correspondent Tom Wilmer reports from Blacksburg, Virginia’s Farmers Market Come along for a visit with Director, Deborah Edwards.
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Blacksurg, VA's classic circa-1930 Lyric Theatre
Join Correspondent Tom Wilmer at the historic Lyric Theatre in downtown Blacksburg, Virginia for a conversation with Executive Director, Seth Davis.
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Hannah Lester, owner and brewer at Blacksburg Virginia's Moon Hollow Brewing
Join correspondent Tom Wilmer at Moon Hollow Brewing in Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia for a visit with owner and brewmaster, Hannah Lester.
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Engaging with Virginia Tech and the community at Eastern Divide Brewing Company
Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with head brewer, Brandon Roberson and tap room manager Samantha Sol at Eastern Divide Brewing in Blacksburg, Virginia