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Tom Wilmer’s Lowell Thomas Award-winning travel podcast, "Journeys of Discovery," is a regular segment on the weekly KCBX program "Issues & Ideas." Tom's interviews are recorded live on location a... more
FAQs about Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer:How many episodes does Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer have?The podcast currently has 1,284 episodes available.
July 05, 2021Journeys of Discovery: A conversation with fashion-artisan Natalie “Alabama” ChaninJoin correspondent Tom Wilmer for a most insightful conversation with Chanin at her combination showroom and School of Making in Florence, Alabama. For NYC fashion legend Natalie Chanin , it was a fruitless hunt for a NYC embroidery company willing to work on her hand-sewn designer t-shirt projects that spurred her to move back home to Florence, Alabama . Frustrated with an endless litany of thanks but no thanks from East Coast embroidery companies, it suddenly dawned on Chanin that her network...more42minPlay
July 03, 2021Journeys of Discovery: Curator Courtney Bradford at Little Rock's Mosaic Templars Cultural CenterJoin correspondent Tom Wilmer for a revealing conversation about African American history with Courtney Bradford , curator of collections at the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas . Ms. Bradford is also a professor of African American Studies at the University of Arkansas Little Rock. Ms. Bradford shares fascinating insights about African American history revealed and embraced through the legacy of storytelling, music, art, architecture, cuisine and more....more22minPlay
July 02, 2021Journeys of Discovery: Two Episcopal rectors share their passion for keeping their parishes relevantCorrespondent Tom Wilmer visits two distinctly different Episcopal parishes and finds both rectors sharing consistent philosophies predicated on compassion and engagement. Christopher Bowhay is the Rector St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Columbia Tennessee . Bowhay’s church dates from 1860, but his parish also stewards the antebellum St. John’s Episcopal Church in nearby Ashwood, Maury County, Tennessee. Wilmer met with Bowhay at the circa-1830s Antibellum St. John's church . During the Civil War,...more27minPlay
June 28, 2021Journeys of Discovery: Medicinal magic from Santa Barbara organic olive-tree leavesJoin correspondent Tom Wilmer reporting from Santa Barbara County for a visit with the Craig, Cindy and Chad Makela at their organic olive ranch in the rugged hills above Refugio State Beach....more37minPlay
June 25, 2021Journeys of Discovery: Exploring North Little Rock a.k.a. "Dogtown"The town of North Little Rock , Arkansas is separated from the capital city of Little Rock by the Arkansas River. Come along and join correspondent Tom Wilmer for a visit with Scott Sudduth with the North Little Rock Convention & Visitors bureau to discover the array of cool and distinctive attractions. Suddeth also shares the story of how the town’s elders turned around the derogatory moniker, "Dogtown", that was bestowed by folks on the other side of the river more than a century ago…Today...more21minPlay
June 23, 2021Journeys of Discover: Little Rock—a riverfront capital city that rocksJoin correspondent Tom Wilmer for a visit with Gretchen Hall, President and CEO of the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau to discover the litany of cool things to do and see in the capital city of Arkansas. Highlights include the River Market District, the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site , as well as an abundance of historic homes, trendsetting cuisine and much more....more17minPlay
June 22, 2021Journeys of Discovery: Exploring Arkansas “The Natural State” with tourism directorJoin correspondent Tom Wilmer in Little Rock, Arkansas for a conversation with Arkansas State Tourism Director, Travis Napper. Arkansas’s moniker is “The Natural State” as there’s an eye-popping litany of outdoor activities that attract visitors from around the world....more27minPlay
June 21, 2021Journeys of Discovery: SFO’s trendsetting aviation history museum and art galleriesJoin correspondent Tom Wilmer for a visit with Tim O’Brien, assistant director and curator of exhibitions at the SFO Museum . SFO showcases the arts, science, pop-culture, anthropology and aviation history in 28 galleries located in terminals throughout the airport....more17minPlay
June 16, 2021Journeys of Discovery: Exploring Chattanooga's International Towing & Recovery MuseumJUL 19, 2016 The International Towing and Recovery Museum in Chattanooga , Tennessee features famous tow trucks, including the world’s largest wrecker, a WWII tank recovery tow truck, and the world’s oldest tow truck. But equally engaging is the Tow Truck Wall of Fame honoring tow truck industry legends from around the world. Most touching is the Wall of The Fallen out front, with a large bronze statue of a driver lifting a mother and child from a nearly submerged car. The Wall of the Fallen...more17minPlay
June 16, 2021Journeys of Discovery: Exploring the possibility explorer Meriwether Lewis didn’t commit suicideFranklin, Tennessee historian and attorney-at-law Tony Turnbow , envestigates the possibility that Meriwether Lewis, of Lewis and Clark fame, didn’t commit suicide in 1809. Turnbow shares compelling circumstantial evidence that Lewis was actually murdered and robbed while traveling along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee....more17minPlay
FAQs about Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer:How many episodes does Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer have?The podcast currently has 1,284 episodes available.