Love in America

The love of Ricardo and Georgiana Montalban: Star Trek meets Corinthian leather on Fantasy Island; Foreplay chardonnay or “wining” about winter in the South Dakota vineyards; Love and laughter On the Road with sage stylist Alesia in Omaha; A Great Joy - A Tale from The Heart of America about when history reaches out to touch you back.

This Love in America Podcast originally aired April 14, 2018 as Episode 27 - Grapes of Wrath of Khan

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Links:

From South Dakota Public Broadcasting: Tips on Cows (not cow tipping)

Wine’ing in South Dakota:

Valiant Vineyards

Red Ass Rhubarb from Prairie Berry Winery

The Strawbale Winery

Stone Face Winery

Naked Winery

And all the ones we missed from the American Winery Guide: A list of South Dakota wineries 

From iGrow.org: Grapes Varieties for South Dakota

More from Alesia of Omaha:

From Amazon.com: Life Behind the Chair, Journey of a Concrete Rose

Ricardo and Georgiana Montalban:

YouTube: From Spy Kids

YouTube: From Star Trek the Wrath of Khan

YouTube: From Chrysler Commercial

From People Magazine, 1978: Cast Off in Hollywood, Ricardo Montalban Lands Safely on 'Fantasy Island'

From the New York Times: Ricardo Montalbán, Star of ‘Fantasy Island,’ Dies at 88

From Cafe California with Cris Franco, YouTube Video: Ricardo Montalban 2/3

From Cafe California with Cris Franco, YouTube Video: Ricardo Montalban 3/3

YouTube Video: Ricardo Montalban on Late Night with David Letterman, April 14, 1987

From PureHistory.com: Ricardo Montalban

Lovin America website: www.LoveInAmerica.us

John Glenn and Annie Glen - love is in the stars with one small step for a man and one giant leap for love. From tractor puller to celestial being, On the Road with Kathy at the North Stonington Ag Fair in Connecticut. Lovin SoDak - where stars don’t only come out at night, they come out all day. And, our Tales from The Heart of America original narrative reveals that our years are stars, our lives a constellation - a story called Goodbye Orion.   

**This Love in America Podcast originally aired August 19, 2018 as Episode 45 - In the Stars**

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Links:

Night Sky Program, Badlands National Park (https://www.nps.gov/badl/planyourvisit/night-sky-program.htm)

Within the Stars in South Dakota:

Astronaut Charles D. “Sam” Gemar - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_D._Gemar); 

Astronaut Michael Fossum - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Fossum)

Actress Mamie Van Doren - imdb.com (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0886638/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm0);

Radio Voice Personality Gary Owens - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Owens)

Annie and John Glenn:

From MyHero.com - Annie Glenn, by John Glen (https://myhero.com/Annie_Glenn_bk06)

From The Washington Post - Annie Glenn: ‘When I called John, he cried. People just couldn’t believe that I could really talk.’ (https://goo.gl/DhY5DJ)

From CNN.com: John Glenn's True Hero, by Bob Greene (https://www.cnn.com/2012/02/19/opinion/greene-john-annie-glenn/index.html); 

From The Columbus Dispatch: Glenn, Wife Continue Long Journey Together (https://tinyurl.com/GlennColumbusDispatch); 

Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

Carol Burnett and her love story with life - you’ll be glad we had this time together; On the Road stays close to home with two powerful women in one - and woe to them who stand in the way of either - Deadwood’s own Calamity Jane, actress Jena Sierks; Lovin SoDak is a slew of ladies showing their... grit, in Deadwood; and our original Tale from The Heart of America is a narrative of a woman who’s strength turned struggle into kindness, Karma Margo.

**This Love in America Podcast originally aired August 12, 2018 as Episode 44 - Tough as (Painted) Nails**

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Links:

Strong Women of Deadwood

The Madams:

Mollie Johnson a/k/a Queen of the Blondes  (http://www.deadwoodmagazine.com/archivedsite/Archives/Girls_Mollie2.htm)

Dora DuFran (https://sites.google.com/site/samanthapattersonamh/marriage-among-prostitutes/madam-dora-dufran)

Kitty LeRoy (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134214586/kitty-leroy)

Eleanore Dumont a/k/a Madame Mustachio (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-eleanoredumont/2/)

Poker Alice Tubbs (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-pokeralice/)

Lucretia “Aunt Lou” Marchbanks (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/sd-auntlou/)

Calamity Jane, Jena Sierks, and Deadwood Alive (https://www.deadwoodalive.com/about-us.html)

Carol Burnett: 

From ABCNews online, Humor Helps Carol Burnett Cope (https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=123891&page=1)

From the NY Times, A Touch for Funny Bones and Earlobes (https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/books/31burnett.html);

Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

Doc Holliday and Kate Elder - the passionate Old West tale of a gentleman dentist and a cultured dance hall girl; Boxers and woodpeckers share hard knocks in Deadwood; Taj brings forth love from Haight (Ashbury!); an original Tales from the Heart of America, Road Worn, tells the story of a well-worn highway. 

This episode of Love In America Podcast originally aired on March 17, 2018.

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Links:

John Henry (Doc) Holliday and Mary Katharine (Kate Elder) Haroney:

From the Tombstone Times: Katie Elder, Her True Story by Maggie Van Ostrand (http://www.tombstonetimes.com/stories/kate.html)

From AngelFire.com: Biography, John Henry Holliday (http://www.angelfire.com/co4/earpgang/doc01.html)

From True West Magazine: Mrs. John Holliday? By Gary L. Roberts (https://truewestmagazine.com/mrs-john-holliday)

From the Book: Love Untamed, by JoAnn Chartier and Chris Enss (https://www.amazon.com/Love-Untamed-Romances-Old-West/dp/0762711426)

Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

Pat and Marie Tillman...and Joe Shenton - an inspiring story of love and devotion begins this episode on love in the military! Discipline can be funny, especially when it doesn’t happen to you; military marriage with the US Army and Lehigh Valley, PA’s Kyle and Megan Dalpais; an original Tale from The Heart of America tribute to a Coast Guardsman and dad - USS Vaudeville.

*Originally broadcast June 16, 2018*

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Links:

The Love Story of Pat and Marie Tillman, and Marie Tillman and Joe Shenton -

From Amazon.com: The Letter: My Journey Through Love, Loss, and Life, by Marie Tillman (https://tinyurl.com/TheLetter-MyJourney); 

Narrative - USS Vaudeville

From the upcoming book: Tales from The Heart of America;  

Love in America website: www.LoveInAmerica.us

Fred and Joanne Rogers’ imaginative love story opens this episode of Love in America - Just Imagine! Also, love from the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Buddhist Monastery in Woodstock NY;  an off-the-hoof idea for a Deadwood sporting event: The Running of the Buffalo!; An original Tale from The Heart of America titled Can You Imagine?

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All this and more on this episode of Love in America.

Links:

Lead in song: Lovity Love by SomethingUnderground.com;

Love Story of Mrs. and Mr. Rogers

Mr. Rogers Neighborhood opening song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL3xSctTB5c 

From YouTube, Galen Fott Channel: Unmixed Garden of Your Mind, original clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-eA_HxeCfI

From YouTube RockOBuster Channel: The remix song - Garden of Your Mind . PBS . Mister Rogers, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRo3jkgyn6M

Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

 

Alice and Sheryl Cooper Welcome you to their Lovin’ Nightmare (we hope they don’t scare you!) Also, come on a pre-journey to the Love in America 2019 Road. From across the country, hear fellow American’s answers to the question: “What is Love?” Finally, our original from Tale from the Heart of America is a story for when you need a little pick me up, called: We all Fall Down.

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Links:

Alice and Sheryl Cooper:

* ***A very SPECIAL THANKS to Jocelyn and Aaron Freeman (Meet the Freeman's https://www.meetthefreemans.com/) for the use of comments from their interview with the Coopers!***

Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Foundation website

Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

George and Margaret Westinghouse offer a “powerful” love from American history as we go back for seconds on two favorite stories. In the other, we take you On the Road to Cheboygan, Michigan, to meet a man “recalled to life” by his kids. In our original Tales from the Heart of America, an example of the melting pot of love in America in a story called, Love from Jamaica… and New Jersey.

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Links:

Georgia and Marguerite Westinghouse:

From Amazon.com: George Westinghouse: Gentle Genius, by Jr. Quentin R. Skrabec

Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

Jeb and Columba Bush and their Schoolhouse Rock love story - an international couple with a Tex-Mex flair. Come On the Road with us to Kennebunk, Maine, and farmer-adventurers Dom and Dan, showing there’s great love in being the annelida lumbricus to another’s flower. Then, what does it mean to be a mixed-nativity couple in South Dakota? And, in our original Tales from the Heart of America, the love of new encounters when “we are not knowing this life” in a story called, Big Time.

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Links:

From YouTube: The Singing Nun - Dominique (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO7cD6qmydo)

Jeb and Columba Bush - Hands Across the Water:

Jeb and Columba Wedding Picture (https://tinyurl.com/JnCBushWed)

Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

 

Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft, interfaith couples have faith in mixed doubles! An elegant Catholic girl from the Bronx falls for a goofy Jewish boy from Brooklyn. On the Road to Portlandia with the Pagan/humanist love of Jade and Ben. Tales from the Heart of America makes divine introductions with the story, God Is...

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Links:

Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft:

From Amazon.com:

It’s Good to be the King, by James Robert Parish

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Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us