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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Paige Hunt: Southern Fried Blues

Click here to listen... Click here to download   The movie The Help took viewers behind the scenes of a post WWII southern society in the midst of change. It was filled with wit, insight and mouth-watering southern fried dishes. When Hollywood location scouts for the movie found Greenwood, MS, they knew that had struck gold. The architecture, cotton fields, fabulous food, and residents who welcome everyone with open arms were enough to convince producers that Greenwood was the perfect place.

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Rick Fraley: Norfolk Ten Top Part 2

Click here to listen... Click here to download   One of the best parts of an American Road adventure is finding interesting and authentically local places to eat. In Volume 4 of the 10th Anniversary edition of American Road Magazine, our Diner Days column focused on the tiny and unique Ten Top Restaurant in an historic Norfolk Virginia neighborhood. It’s a story of romance and a love of good, homemade food that our guest and co-owner Rick Fraley has to tell about his charming Ten Top Rest

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Rick Fraley: Norfolk Ten Top Part 1

Click here to listen... Click here to download   Part 1 Legend has it that Napoleon said, “An army marches on its stomach.” Whether that is true or not, it is absolutely true that finding new, interesting and authentically local places to eat is a wonderful part of the American Road adventure. In Volume 4 of the 10th Anniversary edition of American Road Magazine, our Diner Days column focused on the tiny and unique Ten Top Restaurant in Norfolk Virginia’s historic Ghent neighborhood. I

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Karen Rubowski: Hospitality On The Hudson Part 2

Click here to listen... Click here to download   Franklin Delano Roosevelt was one of America’s most influential presidents having brought the country through the Depression and to the brink of victory in WWII. The quaint town of Hyde Park on the Hudson, New York was his hometown and the site of the Roosevelt Inn, the Memory Motel in our Winter 2012 issue. Karen Rubowski runs this family motel along with her mother Raili. In this second part of our conversation with her she shares more abo

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Karen Rubowski: Hospitality On The Hudson Part 1

Click here to listen... Click here to download   In the colonial days of Ichabod Crain, the Headless Horseman and the Knickerbockers, a stagecoach, post road connected New York City and the state capital of Albany. The little city of Hyde Park along side the mighty Hudson River marked the halfway point in the long journey and was a frequent overnight lodging place. That Post Road still exists as US Route 9. This lovely town was also the birthplace and favorite retreat of Franklin Delano

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Jamie Summerlin: American Road Warrior Part 2

Click here to listen… Click here to download …   For most of us, a road trip is no more strenuous than getting in our vehicles and driving from one destination to another. For our guest, Jamie Summerlin, his 2012 road trip was an extraordinary feat of human endurance that only 40 + other humans have ever accomplished. Starting at Sunset Bay State Park in Oregon, Jamie Summerlin ran 3,452 miles in 100 days until he dipped his 10th pair of worn shoes into the Atlantic at Annapolis, MD. In par

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Jamie Summerlin: American Road Warrior Part 1

Click here to listen... Click here to download   Welcome to the second decade of the American Road Magazine. During the past 10 years we have covered lots of miles with our guests on American Road Trip Talk, but none of those excursions compare with the cross-country journey that today’s guest made in 2012. Starting at Sunset Bay State Park in Oregon, Jamie Summerlin ran 3,452 miles in 100 days until he dipped his 10th pair of worn shoes into the Atlantic at Annapolis, MD. In our convers

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Erika Nelson: The Dime Box

Click here to listen... Click here to download   I confess; I have favorites. After nearly 40 years of hosting talk shows, podcasts and a weekly radio program, I have interviewed an estimated 50,000 people and today’s guest, Erika Nelson, is one of my favorites. This delightful peripatetic artist is the author of the Think Big column that appears in every American Road Magazine. In this podcast, we talk not only about her most recent subject, the world’s largest Dime in a Box, but also tel

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Steve Sidlecki - You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!

Click here to listen... Click here to download …   (In honor of the 30th Anniversary of the movie A Christmas Story, we are bringing back a podcast that features the interview with the curator of the house that was featured in the film.)   Nothing says Christmas like sparkling lights, mistletoe and leg lamps. That is, of course, if you are a fan of the 1983 holiday movie, A Christmas Story. The film chronicles a hilarious holiday season during the late 1950’s through the eyes of a child. In

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Robert Huttinger: Finding Covered Bridges

Click here to listen... Click here to download Believe it or not, covered bridges are as American as apple pie. According to Robert Huttinger, web designer and covered bridge aficionado, what we might consider quaint rural river crossings are very particular to North America. Robert is not only knowledgeable about these architectural wonders but he also wants to make sure that the rest of us can find them. That is why he developed a covered bridges app or program for the iPhone or iPad, a po

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Margaret Dunning: 102 In The Fast Lane Part 2

Click here to listen... Click here to download Margaret Dunning may be 102 years old, but most of us might find it hard to keep up with her. In a recent issue of our magazine this remarkable woman was featured for her participation in a classic car event with her 1930 Packard 740 Roadster. In this second part of our interview, Margaret relates what it was like to travel on original American Biways, like the Lincoln Highway and Route 66 when there were more horses than horseless carriages. But

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Margaret Dunning: 102 In The Fast Lane Part 1

Click here to listen… Click here to download …   Margaret Dunning may be 102 years old, but most of us might find it hard to keep up with her. In a recent issue of our magazine this remarkable woman was featured for her participation in a classic car event with her 1930 Packard 740 Roadster. During an extended interview with Margaret, she shared about her love for cars and told some fascinating stores about the beginnings of motor travel in America. In this first of a two-part interview, Mr

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Christy Hackman - Cross At The Crossroads

Click here to listen... Click here to download   It's not the kind of thing that you can miss if you are headed through the heart of the land of Lincoln. An enormous cross that rises nearly 200' out of the corn and soybean fields of central Illinois and can be seen for miles away coming from any point of the compass on the flat landscape. It towers above the convergence of two major freeway systems: I 70 between Terre Haute, IN and St. Louis MO and I 57 between Chicago and Memphis, TN. For

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Kare Anderson: Olympic Sweets

Click here to listen… Click here to download From Biblical times the name Goshen has been synonymous with a promised land of plenty. That is exactly what the little community by the same name in Northwest Indiana’s Amish country became for Kare Anderson’s relatives. His great-grandfather brought European candy making skills from Greece to Goshen where folks have come to count on those handmade delicacies and his corner restaurant, the Olympia Candy Kitchen. During a recent trip through Ind

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Take 10 Photo Contest - September 2012 Deadline

Click here to listen... Click here to download   Beautiful photography has been a key part of the magic of American Road Magazine right from the start. How fitting, then, that we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the magazine with the Take 10 Photo Contest to find the best "ten themed" images of the American byways! Becky Repp invites you to help them celebrate their tenth anniversary year by sending them your favorite “ten” themed road trip photo! You could win $250 and have your photo

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Becky Repp Special Interview: Part 2, Digital Highways

Click here to listen... Click here to download American Road Magazine is not just another a beautiful, glossy magazine, it has also developed an excellent digital presence with its Internet homepage. Readers can now view their full magazines online if they prefer and enjoy all the information and beautiful pictures on the device of their choice. They can even work the crossword puzzle electronically, find special sales and enter sweepstakes online! On this podcast co-founder Becky Repp de

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Becky Repp Special Interview: Part 1

Click here to listen... Click here to download Foster Braun has not only been the host of American Road Trip Talk but he has also been the co-host of The Internet Advisor radio program on WJR 760-AM in Detroit since 1998. It was there that he met Thomas and Becky Repp, the co-founders of American Road Magazine. In this interview Foster and his co-host Gary Baker chatted with Becky Repp in 2011 about a summer issue that featured classic drive-ins and they discussed the best things about tr

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): Pinball Wizard Pt. 1: The Guru Of Games

Click here to listen... Click here to download …   The spring issue of American Road Magazine focused on America’s love of games and a feature article by Terri Cook traced the Pinball Route down the east coast from New Jersey to the National Pinball Museum in Baltimore. Along the way we met, Todd Tuckey, the Pinball Wizard and proprietor of TNT Amusements, His Pennsylvania showroom specializes in the acquisition, restoration and sale of old, coin-operated video game machines. In Part 1 of o

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Judy Busy: Finding Bigfoot...again

Click here to listen… Click here to download   The 2012 summer edition of American Road Magazine celebrates some of the best columns, trips, interviews and stunning photographs presented during its first decade. This podcast brings back a favorite conversation with ARM founders, Thomas and Becky Repp, when they interviewed Judy Bushy from Happy Camp, CA. The subject was a bashful fellow named Big Foot and California's Bigfoot Scenic Byway, a breathtaking Northern California stretch running

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast): 10Th Anniversary Pt. 1 Florida Mermaid Tour

Click here to listen… Click here to download… In 2002 Thomas and Becky Repp took their dreams and turned them into American Road Magazine, a nationally syndicated travel publication celebrating our nation’s two lane highways. Its 2012 summer edition celebrates some of the best columns, trips, interviews and stunning photographs presented during that first decade. To mark this milestone, this podcast brings back one of Thomas and Becky’s first and favorite interviews with a mermaid, Barbara Wy

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Dave Silva: Gmc Motorhome, A Passion For The Past

American Road Trip Talk (Podcast) - Dave Silva: GMC Motorhome, A Passion For The Past Click here to listen… Click here to download…   We all have a trusted steed that carries across the American Road whether it’s a vintage Campervan or the latest Hybrid. But there is group of travelers with a peculiarly deep passion for an historic American Road transport: The GMC Motorhome. From 1974-1978 GMC made the only RV produced by a major automaker. Of the 12,000 made, 8000 are believed to still be

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Ray Dallaveccia Jr.: Slinky All American Toy

American Road Trip Talk (podcast)– Ray Dallaveccia Jr.: Slinky All American Toy Click here to listen… Click here to download …   Normally our podcasts introduce you to the people behind the places along the American Road that we visit in our magazine. In this interview, however, we are going to focus on a different kind of celebrity: a toy! Not just any toy, but Slinky, the All American Toy born during the battles of WWII and still internationally popular after more than half a cen

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Kurt Schumacher: Walking The War Of 1812

American Road Trip Talk (podcast)– Kurt Schumacher: Walking the War of 1812 Click here to listen... Click here to download   200 years ago this summer the War of 1812 secured Detroit for the United States and gave us our national anthem, the Star Spangled, among many other historic milestones. Its battles were fought from the steamy bayous of Louisiana, to the expanse of Baltimore’s harbor and the inland seas of the Great Lakes where we pick up our story.   In the spring edition of Amer

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Erika Nelson: Babe's Big Bat

American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Erika Nelson: Babe's Big Bat Click here to listen… Click here to download …   The American Road is home to some of the most unique landmarks in the world from the Largest Catsup Bottle to Biggest Ball of String. In each issue of our magazine artist and educator Erika Nelson trains her gifted eye on one of these unique sentinels. This time it’s Babe’s Big Bat that is on deck; the world’s largest baseball bat that leans up against the Louisville Slugge

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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Ruth Dobyns: Quaker Heritage Scene Byway

American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Ruth Dobyns: Quaker Heritage Scene Byway   Click here to listen.. Click here to download …   For many years the designation of an American Byway meant the recognition of a very special route and a very special history of the American Road. In the Spring 2012 issue of American Road Magazine, we caught a quick glimpse of a brand new byway in the birthing, The Quaker Heritage Scenic Byway planned for southern Ohio. On this TripTalk our guest is Ruth Dobyns,

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