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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Neal Howk: Jewels Of The North

American Road TripTalk (Podcast)- Neal Howk: Jewels of the North Click here to listen... Click here to download...     Like 21 rough-cut jewels the Apostle Islands adorn the shores of western Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin. These rugged islands aren't just pretty baubles crowning the Badger State; they have had tremendous cultural and historical significance to North America for millennia. Once the ancestral home of the Ojibwa people, and resource for a growing nation, the Apostle
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Nathan Schock: Corn Power

American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Nathan Schock: Corn Power Click here to listen... (11:00) Clickhere to download... It's highway robbery every time we pull up to the gas station. Whether it's political turmoil in the Middle East or pure greed on the part of oil companies, there always seems to be an excuse for jacking up the prices Well there are some folks in the heartland of America working to break that dependence on foreign fuels at a company called POET, a company formed in the
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Mike Gassman: Santa's Christmas Catsup Climb

Click here to listen... Click here to download … Collinsville is a little town in southwest Illinois with a big roadside attraction that’s hard to miss and that will be even harder to miss this Christmas season. Towering over a hundred feet above the town’s main road stands the world’s largest catsup bottle, a symbol of both the town’s proud past and valiant efforts to save the landmark during the 1990’s. In this podcast Mike Gassman, President, CEO and Big Tomato of the non-profit World’s
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Max Armstrong: Heritage Tractor Adventure

American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Max Armstrong: Heritage Tractor Adventure Click here to listen... Click here to download…   It’s loud, it’s funky and definitely a whole lot of fun. It’s The Heritage Tractor Adventure in Morris, Illinois held this year from June 8-11, 2012. Nearly 200 vintage tractors that have been lovingly restored and carefully tended take to the road with a roar to celebrate the farmer’s iron work horse and best friend. To give you some of the history of the Herita
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Mary Ellen Hennesy Nottage: Csi Indiana Part 1

Click here to listen...   Click here to download …   Sometimes the best visits you make during a vacation are those unique, hidden attractions that aren't on the big maps. It's a special little cafe, a unique overlook or a remarkable museum that is full of extraordinary displays. Such was my experience when I visited the Indiana Medical History Museum off US 40, the National Highway just outside downtown Indianapolis. There I met Mary Ellen Hennessey Nottage, the passionate curator of med
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Lt. Mike Kline: Part 2 Csi And The Repentant Assassin

American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Lt. Mike Kline: Part 2 CSI and the Repentant Assassin Click here to listen… Click here to download…   The St. Valentine's Day Massacre This is part 2 of our interview with Lt. MikeKline, Quartermaster for the Berrien County Sherriff's Dept. who is the keeper of the machine guns used in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. During this concluding interview Lt. Mike reveals how examination of the guns used in the bloodbath became the key to launching w
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Lt. Mike Kline: Part 1 Cowboys And Tommy Guns

American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Lt. Mike Kline: Part 1 Cowboys and Tommy Guns Click here to listen… Click here to download We wrap up our coverage of the Gangland fall 2011 issue of American Road Magazine with The St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago. Our guest is Lt. Mike Kline, Quartermaster for the Berrien County Sherriff's Dept. on the shores of Lake Michigan. His office is home to the two Thompson submachine guns used in that bloodbath and in this first of two segments, Lt.Mike
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Lars Johnson: Goats On The Roof

American Road Trip Talk (podcast)– Lars Johnson: Goats on the Roof Click here to listen… Click here to download …   ThisTripTalk is all about how a very special birthday present turned into a famous restaurant’s unique calling card. The location for this strange but charming site is Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant and Butik in Sister Bay, Wisconsin. The eatery is located near the tip of the beautiful Door County, which was the subject of a full-length article in our Winter edition of Americ
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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)– 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)– John Goldsmith: Coloring History

American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– John Goldsmith: Coloring History Click here to listen… Click here to download…   He may not be Babe the Blue Ox of Paul Bunyan fame, but Ollie has one big advantage: He can be whatever color you make him! I'm talking, of course, about the friendly mascot for the Illinois National Highway Association, Ollie the Ox. You can find his smiling face and many other characters that were part of the wagon trains moving through the Illinois wilderness, in a 13 p
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Joann Sasse Givens: Lincoln Remembered Weekend

American Road Trip Talk (podcast)- JoAnn Sasse Givens: Lincoln Remembered Weekend Click here to listen... Click here to download... Abraham Lincoln, one of America's greatest presidents, spent much of his early political career in the old state capitol in Vandalia, Illinois. So it's fitting that the Vandalia would be the site for the "Lincoln Remembered" Weekend. Feb. 11th and 12 Vandalia is going to be the focus of multiple historical anniversaries including the remembrance of Lincoln's
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Jim Jones: Waldmire's Wheels

American Road Trip Talk (podcast)- Jim Jones: Waldmire's Wheels Click here to listen... Click here to download...   Route 66 has been dubbed the Mother Road and Bob Waldmire has to have been one of her favorite sons. A Tunnel Vision article in the Winter 2010 issue of American Road Magazine describes some of the unique vehicles that Waldmire used while creating his incredibly detailed pen and ink images of the American Road along Route 66 . In this American Road Trip Talk, JimJones, th
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Jay Allen: Painting The Lincoln Highway

American Road Trip Talk (podcast)– Jay Allen: Painting the Town Click here to listen... Click here to download…       The picture above is one of 43 murals created by Jay Allen our guest on this week's American Road Trip Talk. Jay's sign painting company, Shaw Craft Signs collaborated with renowned muralist Bill Hueg to produce these historic gems in Illinois cities under a grant obtained by the Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition. During our interview Jay will give you the full history o
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Jay Allen: Lincoln Highway Mosaics

American Road Trip Talk (podcast)– Jay Allen: Painting the Town Click here to listen... Click here to download…       The picture above is one of 43 murals created by Jay Allen our guest on this week's American Road Trip Talk. Jay's sign painting company, Shaw Craft Signs collaborated with renowned muralist Bill Hueg to produce these historic gems in Illinois cities under a grant obtained by the Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition. During our interview Jay will give you the full history o
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Janet Leopold: Hawaiian Jurassic Park

American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Janet Leopold: Hawaiian Jurassic Park Click here to listen... Click here to download...   When filmmakers want to create a dinosaur domain for our imaginations, there is one favorite place on earth that they go to create their prehistoric settings: The Hawaiian island of Kauai. Specifically, they set up their cameras in the National Tropical Botanical Gardens. Our spring issue of American Road Magazine is built around the theme of dinosaurs so I dial
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– James Schulte: Toy Treasure Trove

American Road Trip Talk (podcast)- James Schulte: Toy Treasure Trove Click here to listen... Click here to download... Nothing brings back the wonderful moments of our childhood like seeing our favorite toy, whether it was a classic Barbie doll or one of the original GI Joe's. The city of Wheeling, W.Va is home to a treasure trove of those great memories all collected in Millers Kruger Street Toy and Train Museum. Alan Miller and his son assembled toys dating from the 1890's along with a
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Jake Sigal: Riding Digital Shotgun

American Road Trip Talk (podcast)– Jake Sigal: Riding Digital Shotgun Click here to listen... Click here to download…   American Road TripTalk is where you normally meet the people behind the stories and places on American Road Magazine. This show, however, will introduce you to a new companion for your next trip down that road.   If you can figure out how to listen to a podcast, there is a good chance that you understand some things about digital devices like iPods, smartphones and the d
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Jackie Hughes: Hi Tech Amish Highway

American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Jackie Hughes: Hi Tech Amish Highway Click here to listen... Clickhere to download...   The notion of a high-tech tour of Amish country is a bit of a contradiction in terms. You normally identify the Amish with horses and buggies, kerosene lamps, quaint clothing and NO electricity. However, Jackie Hughes and the folks at the Elkhart Convention and Visitors Bureau have managed to combine the two opposing concepts in one excellent package: The Heritage Tr
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Heather Carmona: Woodward, Avenue Of Dreams

American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Heather Carmona: Woodward, Avenue of Dreams Click here to listen… Click here to download…   Henry Ford's favorite roadway received a high tech, solar powered salute in the summer of 2011 when the National Scenic Byway conference named the Woodward Avenue Tributes the best interpretive highway project in the nation. Detroit's Woodward Avenue Action Association (WA3) helped erect the 30 ft. tall, cylindrical glass and concrete pillars that feature solar-po
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Erika Nelson: Think Big Vault

American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Erika Nelson: Think Big Vault Click here to listen... Click here to download…     If you're guarding America's wealth, you better have a really good lock on your front door, particularly when the year is 1922. It was an era of gangsters and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland was determined to be ready for anything. That was why they installed the world's largest bank vault door, a 100-ton lid on the nation's cookie jar. In the
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Erika Nelson: Supersized Fruit Cocktail

American Road Trip Talk (podcast)– Erika Nelson: Supersized Fruit Cocktail Click here to listen… Click here to download …   Erika Nelson is a traveling artist who has made it her life mission to chronicle and clone the largest landmarks along America’s classic byways. In each issue she has a think big column and the Winter Issue focused on a massive can of fruit cocktail that just happened to be a water tower. Erika will tell us all about that remarkable California landmark. *********
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American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Erika Nelson: Biggest, Tinniest, Biggest Collection

American Road Trip Talk (podcast): Erika Nelson. Think Big! Click here to listen... Click here to download...     This podcast is sponsored by the City of Joliet, IL who want you to include their Festival of Trees from Nov. 22-28, 2010 on your holiday itinerary.   Hi, it's good to be back with our American Road Podcasts, conversations with authors, fellow travelers and interesting people we meet along the way. My name is Foster Braun and I have had the pleasure of doing these intervie
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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)– Dr. Cristina Schnider: Night Driving Safety

American Road Trip Talk (Podcast)– Dr. Cristina Schnider: Night Driving Safety Click here to listen… Clickhere to download…   What is the least favorite part of a trip? No matter where you are headed or how long the trip is, the least pleasant aspect of the journey is usually driving at night. Signs are harder to read, the fellow coming at you won't dim his headlights and there's always the concern that something will dart out in front of you, particularly on winding rural roads. You could
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