Pumacocha Unlimited Podcast

A recap of the first week on the road. I share thoughts on the places I have been, the people I have met, the state of the union, and more.

Be advised: racist and homophobic slurs inside

I stopped by a bar in eastern Ohio tonight just inside the border from Pennsylvania up in the steel milling towns along Lake Eerie. I am joined today by 3 locals of the bar and town for a shoot the shit session. It's raw and unfiltered- that's what you're going to get. I don't seek people out for these interviews, I take what I can get each day to keep White Lightning on the road to the next state. We are joined tonight by a special guest...trapped possum.

This was a fascinating conversation for me to stumble into!!I If you haven’t listened to an interview from the road yet this is worth the 20 minutes to listen.

Timmy was on the side of the road heading out of Beckley, WV selling an assortment of tools and small engine machines like weed wackers and the sort. He is a 3 year clean heroine user and spent a few years in prison as a result of his addiction. We talk about the rampant drug abuse in his neck of the woods, we talk about his time in prison, and some other wild shit.

Thank you, Timmy. ENJOY!!

Today we are joined by Chuc from Kentucky. I stopped to talk with Chuc near Deatsville, Kentucky just down the road from Jim Beam Distillery in Clermont, KY. Chuc was selling sweet corn with one of his daughters and a grandson. Chuc is a farmer, business owner, and proud grandpa. He ends our conversation by giving some advice to one who finds themself overwhelmed by all the media in our lives today. Chuc shares the secret to eating the best sweet corn too. Enjoy!

Give this one a listen! This episode is what it's all about. Giving the people an opportunity for their voice to be heard and sometimes equally as important or even more important a listening ear. I was 8 miles south of Huntington, Indiana on my way to Muncie when I saw KEvin walking on the road north to Huntington. I pulled over, turned around, and stopped to ask what he was up to. He was on his way to the food bank in Huntington which was still over 8 miles up the road and in the rain. Kevin had plenty to say so I asked him to come on the podcast and gave him a ride into Huntington. Give him a listen he has lots of entertaining stories to share. ENJOY!

Onalee is a costume designer, seamstress and tour guide at the De Zwaan Windmill in Holland, Michigan. The De Zwaan windmill is the only functioning windmill in the United States to have been built in the Netherlands and shipped to the USA. They still operate daily grinding gran flour. She managed to teach me quite a bit in the few short minutes we talked. For the record…stroopwafels are the best treat in the entire world IMO. I was so grateful that Onalee agreed to talk with me for 10 minutes as she was tight on time heading to a class where she is deepening her knowledge of Dutch grain mills and how best to share that knowledge. Thanks, Onalee.

Onalee designs Dutch costumes, Colonial and Civil War Civilian Attire, and Wool Capotes & Blankets. Check out her work here:

Facebook: Buttons and Blooms, LLC

Website: buttonsandblooms.com

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Pierce was born and raised in Ghana, Africa but has lived in Chicago for 11 years. He drives a taxi cab for work spending most of his time in Lincoln Park and downtown. He loves the opportunities he has in America (but has never taken the opportunity to try Chicago deep dish pizza!). He loves to cook Jollof Rice (Ghanaian rice dish). And he loves Taylor Swift! Pierce also says people don’t know how good they have or here in America..check out the conversation and find out why.

Mark Wagner

Wagner Dairies

Middleton, Wisconsin

Chatting with Mark Wagner or Wagner Dairy in Middleton, Wisconsin. This is one conversation I could have again. Mark has some interesting and innovative ideas that he brings to agriculture and dairy farming in general. He tells us about new milking machines that give a gentler massage on the animals as well as being more effective and efficient making the entire process easier on the cows. Mark told me about his interest in using brush waste and water waste from cities to compost in his fields, a new corn for the US dairy industry that obtains more easily digestible starches for cows, and how he uses O3, a free radical, in the cooling and shipping process so that his milk is never exposed to oxygen until bottling.

This week the podcast comes to you on the road from Holcomb, Wisconsin! I talk about mosquitoes, home shopping, getting punched in the face, mysterious bloody messes, weddings, road trip interviews and the nerves that accompany day 1 of epic undertakings, car scares, St. Paul, Minnesota, Cheese curds, and probably some other stuff too. Enjoy!

Let the road trip begin!! Here is my conversation with Jacob Koshiol from Minnesota.

July 12, 2021 at Nina's Coffee Cafe (165 Western Ave N St. Paul, MN