Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with Cal Poly journalism lecturer Katya Cengel to talk about her new book, “Exiled: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to California and Back. " Cengel shares the stories of four Cambodian families as they "confront criminal deportation forty years after their resettlement in the United States." You are invited to subscribe to the Lowell Thomas Award-winning travel show podcast, Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer, featured on the NPR Podcast Directory , Apple

Join correspondent Tom Wilmer in China for an exploration of the northwest province of Shaanxi , and the numerous benefits of traveling to Tibet by automobile versus aircraft or train.

Morro Bay resident Chris Christensen will be in Nashville, the Ryman Auditorium on Aug. 22 to receive the Academy of Country Music Founders Award. Christensen’s mother and father started the Country Music Awards back in 1964 at the family owned Red Barrel nightclub in the Los Angeles community of Hawaiian Gardens.

Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with Monterey-based country and western musician Mike Beck. Beck talks about California’s unsung role as a prime incubator of America’s country and western musical genre, which gelled back in the 1950s and ‘60s with hotbeds in Bakersfield and Los Angeles.

Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with Monterey-based country and western musician Mike Beck. Beck talks about California’s unsung role as a prime incubator of America’s country and western musical genre, which gelled back in the 1950s and ‘60s with hotbeds in Bakersfield and Los Angeles.

Correspondent Tom Wilmer reports from Shaanxi Province in Northwestern China, just south of Inner Mongolia. Wilmer visits with Paul Su and Simon Zhang, talking about China’s relationship with countries around the world; the quest to mitigate pollution via solar, wind, and nuclear power; and the country’s mandate to transition to hybrid and electric vehicles.

Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with Annette McGivney , author of " Pure Land: A True Story of Three Lives, Three Cultures, and the Search for Heaven on Earth ." McGivney is Southwest Editor for Backpacker Magazine and professor of journalism at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Recently, correspondent Tom Wilmer covered a combat training exercise at an Army base in Monterey County. In this segment, Wilmer visits with Brigadier General Shane Buzza, commander of the 91 st Training Division at Fort Hunter Liggett, followed by insights from two of the troops.

Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with Annette McGivney , author of Pure Land: A True Story of Three Lives, Three Cultures, and the search for Heaven on Earth . McGivney is Southwest Editor for Backpacker Magazine and professor of journalism at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Correspondent Tom Wilmer reports from Shaanxi Province , China and visits with 24-year-old Dan Wang, a graduate student at Xi’an International Studies University.