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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 1,285 episodes available.
July 25, 2018Journeys of Discovery: Army Reserve combat-ready training at Fort Hunter LiggettJoin correspondent Tom Wilmer as he embeds with Army Reserve troops during a training exercise at Fort Hunter Liggett in Monterey County. Wilmer observes and visits with soldiers during training operations to clear a minefield, remove an anti-tank ditch and build a bridge, with Stryker combat vehicles providing cover....more14minPlay
July 19, 2018Journeys of Discovery: Chronicling a year on the road with minor league baseball teamsCorrespondent Tom Wilmer visits with Katya Cengel , adjunct professor at San Luis Obispo's Cal Poly about her passion for baseball, specifically minor league teams. While working as a reporter at the Louisville Courier, Cengel spent over a year traveling with regional minor league teams. Her baseball odyssey is chronicled in her book, Blue Grass Baseball—A Year in the Minor League Life ....more17minPlay
July 16, 2018Laurence Rockefeller’s vision lives on at Big Island resortThe Big Island's Westin Hapuna Beach Resort , an iconic destination on the Kohala Coast since 1994, is presently completing a $50 million dollar renovation. The resort's public relations director, Vicky Kometani, talks with correspondent Tom Wilmer about the resort and its historic connection with developer and environmentalist Laurence Rockefeller....more13minPlay
July 12, 2018Dolphins serve as environmental educators on Hawaii’s Big IslandD olphin Quest at Hilton Waikoloa Village on Hawaii’s Kohala Coast serves as a memorable educational experience for resort guests. But Dolphin Quest’s unsung program is educational field trips for Hawaii’s school children....more13minPlay
July 09, 2018The bright side of the Big IslandThe reason the 4,000-square-mile island of Hawaii is fondly dubbed the 'Big Island' is because it’s the size of Connecticut—it’s so big, all of the other Hawaiian Islands would fit within the bounds of the island....more31minPlay
July 05, 2018Hilton Waikoloa Hotel Manager Simon Amos’s incredible life journey—Join Simon Amos as he shares tales of his early career path in London and Paris, and international career with Hilton Hotels & Resorts. Equally fascinating is his mission to source fresh, local culinary offerings on the Big Island of Hawaii and his ongoing quest for environmental solutions and initiatives at the Hilton Waikoloa Village ....more25minPlay
July 03, 2018"This is Who I Am"--Southeast Alaska's Tlingit embracing native languageIn July 2017, correspondent Christine Gordon traveled to Juneau, Alaska to find out what’s happened in the state since advocates and local officials succeeded in their campaign to make 20 Native Alaskan languages official state languages along with English....more32minPlay
July 02, 2018From Janus lead musician to reincarnation as Lake Geneva Wisconsin’s pizza wizardJoin Paul Meckler, Operations Manager at Oakfire Napoletana & Bar in downtown Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Meckler talks about Oakfire’s popular Neapolitan-style pizzas—cooked in 90 seconds at 800 degrees in special ovens imported from Italy....more10minPlay
June 29, 2018Wisconsin’s Yerkes Observatory—stargazing through the world’s largest refracting telescopeJoin Dan Koehler, Director of Tours and Programs at Yerkes Observatory . The 40” refracting telescope is the largest ever built in the world. Amazingly Yerkes Observatory’s stunning Gothic Romanesque architecturally significant structure and telescope first opened in 1897....more12minPlay
June 28, 2018SLO bike R&D lab hosts open house and fundraiser for African villagersCorrespondent Tom Wilmer visits with Will King, Design Engineer at SRAM ’s San Luis Obispo R&D high-tech bicycle component facility. King talks with Tom about SRAM’s open house july 20 5-9p and its involvement with World Bicycle Relief a nonprofit organization mobilizing people through The Power of Bicycles....more16minPlay
FAQs about Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer:How many episodes does Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer have?The podcast currently has 1,285 episodes available.