The holiday feast dates back to November 1621, when the newly arrived Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians gathered at Plymouth for an autumn harvest celebration, an event regarded as America’s “first Thanksgiving.” Text credit to history.com (Encore Presentation)
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Perfect Day Michigan with Amy S. Eckert
Amy S. Eckert returns with a survey of her new book, Perfect Day Michigan. She shares highlights of destinations across the state in answer to the question: how should we make the most of 24 hours in the Great Lakes State?
Visit WebsiteHow U.S. Automakers Helped the Allies Win WWII
On Jan. 1, 1942, the government froze the sale of consumer vehicles. Instead of working on luxury designs and automotive innovations, automakers were building tanks, trucks, airplanes, Jeeps, torpedoes, and even helmets. (Thanks to Hertz.com for text). Mark Greene joins us to discuss how automakers helped the Allies win the war.
Visit WebsiteTwo-Lane Pilgrim’s Pride in New England
Autumn in New England is a fiery presage of Winter, a spectacular display of Mother Nature in all her seasonal glory. Jamie Jensen has driven the two-road path to Northeast paradise and shares the thrill of the journey. (Encore)
Visit WebsiteSantee Cooper Country and Clarendon Co. SC
Santee Cooper Country and nearby Clarendon County in South Carolina offer all the rich history, natural beauty and outdoor activities anybody could want. Even Hollywood has discovered the region! Local experts Jane Powell and Jesse Surett have plenty to share in this episode.
Visit WebsiteGrovers Mill and The Night That Panicked America
The tiny community of Grovers Mill, New Jersey was made famous by Orson Welles’ October 30, 1938 radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, depicted as the first landing site of a Martian invasion. The Martians never actually showed up but that didn’t stop much of the nation from becoming terrified as the fictional attack was accepted as real by thousands of listeners. Karl Petry knows the spot and shares the story of The Night That Panicked America.
Visit WebsiteLeslie Rule and Haunted In America
Leslie Rule for decades has been a chronicler of ghost stories and related phenomena as experienced at American locations from coast to coast. She joins us (on Friday the 13th no less!) to talk about strange things seen and heard by people from various walks of life.
Visit Website50 Best USA Road Trips with Jessica Dunham
Meet Jessica Dunham. She is an expert on American road-tripping from Route 66 to a plethora of other routes across the nation. Just released is her updated version of The Open Road: 50 Best Road Trips in the USA.
Visit WebsiteGetaway Adventure in Michigan
Detroit native and travel writer Amy S. Eckert packed up the bare essentials and headed to the U.P. Her trek to the wondrously wooded region in Michigan, bounded by three of the Great Lakes, rewarded Amy with the experience of getting away from big city pressures and encountering the rich natural beauty that stokes the pride of every Michigander. (Originally aired July 2020)
Visit WebsiteHalloween Season Comes Early to Seattle
In the Emerald City and environs, dreary turns to eerie if you know where to look in Autumn. With so much to entice (and scare) you in the works, it’s time to bring our roving correspondent Matt Shea in for a survey of the best of what is “on tap” or goes bump in the night in 2023.
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