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Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer Podcast

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.

  1. Fort Hunter Liggett—leading the energy independence charge with micro-grids

    13 HR AGO

    Fort Hunter Liggett—leading the energy independence charge with micro-grids

    Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, energy and Environment; Commissioner California Energy Commission and Col. Trotter offer insights about Fort Hunter Liggett's new micro-grid.

    9 min
  2. SLO’s Budget Café—a metaphor for the best of Americana

    17 SEPT

    SLO’s Budget Café—a metaphor for the best of Americana

    Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with Rhonda Mayeda at her iconic Budget Café in San Luis Obispo, California

    14 min
  3. Changing up the Habit at Merced’s Sisters of the Valley

    14 SEPT

    Changing up the Habit at Merced’s Sisters of the Valley

    Join correspondent Ruth Carlson for a visit with the nun’s crafting and sharing CBD oils at Sisters of the Valley in Merced, California

    46 min
  4. Harry S. Truman’s Independence, Missouri Library, home and Frontier Trails

    10 SEPT

    Harry S. Truman’s Independence, Missouri Library, home and Frontier Trails

    Join correspondent Tom Wilmer in Independence, Missouri at Harry S. Truman’s home, the Presidential Library, and the National Frontier Trails Museum

    17 min
  5. Tuscumbia, Alabama, Helen Keller’s birthplace

    7 SEPT

    Tuscumbia, Alabama, Helen Keller’s birthplace

    Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with docent, Lynn Weaver at Helen Keller’s birthplace home, Ivy Green, in Tuscumbia, Alabama

    17 min
  6. The Mesquite Rodeo—a best of the best broadcast from the Journeys archives

    4 SEPT

    The Mesquite Rodeo—a best of the best broadcast from the Journeys archives

    A time-trip exploration at the legendary Mesquite Rodeo in Mesquite, Texas back in April, 1998

    17 min
  7. Mobile, Alabama’s enchanting Bellingrath Gardens and mansion

    1 SEPT

    Mobile, Alabama’s enchanting Bellingrath Gardens and mansion

    Join Tom McGehee at Bellingrath Gardens and Home to discover the backstory of one of the Mobile, Alabama region’s best-kept-secret destinations

    16 min
  8. Assisting John McCain's 2011 initiative to increase funding for veterans

    28 AUG

    Assisting John McCain's 2011 initiative to increase funding for veterans

    A conversation with veterans employed at Grand Canyon flightseeing operations

    15 min
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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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