WORLD FOOTPRINTS

World Footprints takes you on an exciting journey through Montana’s Missouri River Country as we go digging for dinosaurs and gold.   First, we’ll go in search of Carl the Dinosaur with the help of Dave Trexler and Sue Frary of the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station as they take us digging for dinosaur bones.  We’ll introduce you to Brenda Koss, whose family-owned ranch has produced some major dinosaur fossils, including one discovered by her daughter Kennedy.   Then it’s off to Zortman, an interesting gold rush era town nestled in Montana’s Little Rocky Mountains that’s filled with lot of character and characters alike, and we’ll learn about this quirky place from one of the town’s resident entrepreneurs, John Kalal.

Join World Footprints as we take you on another through the State of Montana.  We covered just Glacier Country and our first stop begans in the town of Whitefish, an enchanting art and cultural center. 

Whitefish is the gateway to our second stop—Glacier National Park where we'll go deep inside to share some of its charm. 

Then we’ll travel by rail to Havre where we’ll experience the Havre Underground, a town beneath

To celebrate Veteran's Day on Nov. 11th, World Footprints introduces the fillmaker behind "Gold Star Children:  Two Generations Sharing Loss and Healing" which will premiere on the Pentagon Channel.  Filmmaker Mitty Mirrer, a gold star child herself, focuses on the sharing, loss and mentoring of the Iraq/Afghanistan generation by the Vietnam generation gold star children and how they heal together.

November 22nd marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.  The shot that took the 35th President of the United States was heard throughout the nation and the world.  Saturday Evening Post historian Jeff Nilsson opens the Post's archival vaults and shares some historical perspectives.

Finally,  World Footprints will be joined by Ret. Col. Gail Halverson, a former American Pilot of C-47S and C-54S during the WWII Berlin Airlift (Operation Vittles) 1948-49. Col. Halverson, aka, Uncle Wiggly Wings is best known as the Candy Bomber during the Berlin Airlift.

World Footprints visits Havre, Malta and Glasgow today.  No, we’re not going to Europe, but we’ll be taking you through these towns in Montana for the final leg of our great Montana journey.  Our stops on this trip also included Fort Peck and Fort Benton – the birthplace of Montana.  We will be sharing everything from Dinosaur digging in Malta to fisheries in Ft. Peck, the 2,000 year old buffalo jump in Havre, the fur trading post in Ft. Benton, various museum collections and lots of history in between.

Montana is a state of great eco-diversity, natural resources, cultural heritage and rich history and we are pleased to share with you one of our favorite destinations.

World Footprints travels through Eastern Montana and explores the history and diversity of Big Sky Country's eastern border.  Today we'll fulfill a "need for speed" when we go drag car racing at Phillips County Motor Sports Dragstrip in Malta with racing champions Shaun and Dillion Carnahan.   We'll travel along the vast landscape of the Hammond Ranch where some of the most significant dinosaur discoveries have been made.  From Malta we'll head south to Billings and go behind the scenes at the Dino Lab where prehistoric creatures are restored fossil-by-fossil.  Finally, we'll visit the elegant Moss Mansion former home to Billings founder Preston Boyd Moss.  We'll learn how Moss' vision for Billings and his world travels influenced the city's growth and his home's design.

Do you believe in ghosts or vampires? On today’s show you’ll meet two people that do—a paranormal photographer and a writer who traveled along dracula’s trail. 

  Jason Dowd is an award-winning photographer whose work has been exhibited throughout the world. He is also a paranormal investigator, who has debunked possible “ghost sightings” and confirmed others through his own personal experiences—some which he captured on recording.   Steven P. Unger has traveled extensively in North and South America, Western Europe, Israel, and Romania. But his life journeys are even more intriguing. He was one of a handful of white students at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, and a member of the Bear Tribe, a California commune that tried sharecropping, goat herding, and living in teepees. So it’s not surprising that this adventurer also sought to discover the truth and myths behind “Vlad the Impaler” aka, DRACULA. In his new book, IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DRACULA: A PERS

World Footprints  enjoys a intimate chat with "Global Renaissance Woman" Dr. Maya Angelou.  Dr. Angelou shares some wisdom, insights and stories from her incredible life's journey, including the transitional relationship with her mother Vivian Baxter.  Her mother shared messages of courage, hope, forgiveness and unlimited possibilities and those messages are what Dr. Angelou attributes to many of her life's blessings.  Dr. Angelou joins us to talk about her relationship with her mother and her new book "Mom & Me & Mom."

We also take a short trip to Detroit where we share the city's great comeback and one of the greatest reinvention stories in America.

Finally we chat with artist Michele Wood - a Coretta Scott King award-winning illustrator whose work is displayed in her latest book "I See the Rhythm of Gospel"

Today's show will find World Footprints traveling to the crown jewel of Louisiana's River Road, revisiting a dark chapter in American history, and uncovering the best that New Orleans has to offer.

The Houmas House in Darrow, Louisiana is an antebellus plantation and sister property of the famous Greenbrier Resort in Virginia.  This historical jewel sits between New Orleans and Baton Rouge and contains a treasure trove of history within its walls.  We were pleased to spend a day with the planation's colorful owner, entrepreneur Kevin Kelly and learn what he is doing to preserve Houmas House as a living history and decorative arts showcase.

Then, the greatest act of slave resistance in American history took place in 1811 just outside of New Orleans and has remained largely untold, until now.  Author Daniel Rasmussen joins us to discuss his book, American Uprising: The Untold Story of America's Largest Slave Revolt, and shed new light on the great American paradox--slavery.

Finally, native New Orleanian and travel writer Laura Martone is the author of the Moon Travel Guide to New Orleans and she stops by to offer an insider's guide to the best that New Orleans has to

Today on World Footprints we’ll contemplate the personal boundaries of Stone Walls with Ansel Adams protégé, photographer Mariana Cook.  We’ll also look at the fusion between eco-friendly couture and glamour.  We’ll talk to one traveler's initiatives to fight human trafficking and we’ll learn about Dubai’s sustainable initiatives.

Mariana Cook is an extraordinary photographer who is actually the last protégé of Ansel Adams.  She joins us today to discuss her newest photographic book, Stone Walls: Personal Boundaries.

Designer Elizabeth St. John is known for her elegant couture that is a masterful fusion of Eco-Friendly and Glamour.

Frank Stallone knew he wanted to be a singer at an early age. Although he has joined his brother Sylvester on the big screen, music has been the driving force in Frank’s life and has earned him several Grammy and Academy Award nominations. Frank’s unique music style has paved the way for artists like Harry Connick, Jr., Rod Stewart and Michael Buble.

New York played host to a new film festival that’s been created just for travelers. The Nomading Film Festival co-founder Josh Wolff will take us a cinematic journey that is shared from the travelers’ perspective.