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Bringing you the best from across the American Countryside.

Andrew McCrea

  • Aug 6, 2013 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 4m AVG DURATION
  • 26 EPISODES


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Scenic Route 13: Paula Neuman Gris

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2013 39:10


On this edition of The Scenic Route, Andrew talks to Paula Neuman Gris, who was just three years old when her family was broken up...

From Lumber Company to Feed Company

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2012 2:59


It all began with a lumber yard in Indianola, Iowa.  Of course, today you don’t know this company for its lumber.  You instead know it...

Preparing for Agriculture’s Future

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2012 2:59


The next 40 years are predicted to bring an ever increasing population both here and around the world.  Food needs will rise and agricultural jobs...

Resolving Controversies in Animal Agriculture

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2012 2:59


It used to be that controversies in agriculture revolved around which color of tractor to buy or what kind of seed to plant.  Those debates...

Flying a World Record Endurance

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2012 2:59


If you’ve ever flown into the Las Vegas airport, you may have noticed a colorful Cessna airplane hanging from the ceiling over the baggage claim...

The 24 Hour Las Vegas Museum

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2012 2:59


You may recall we recently discussed a pair of brothers in Mississippi who in 1935 set a record by keeping an airplane in flight for...

The World’s Longest Flight

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2012 2:59


The longest nonstop commercial flight in the world is currently a Singapore Airlines route from Newark to Singapore.  It’s in the air over 18 hours...

Iowa’s Aviation Museum

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2012 3:00


For the past few days we,ve been in Greenfield, Iowa, home to the Iowa Aviation Museum.  You probably never realized how many aviation firsts are...

Charles Levine

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2012 3:00


Chalres Lindburgh was the first person to fly an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean.  But lost in our history books in the name of a...

Landing A Plane on a Boat

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2012 3:00


Today, aircraft carriers and the planes they transport play a vital role in country’s military might.   However, have you ever given any thought to...

Pearl Harbor Survivor Al Bodenlos

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2012 3:01


Al can tell you plenty about building airport runways.  Of course, most of those he helped build were on surfaces like coral under the threat...

Turkey Tracks

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2012 2:58


There is definitely an art to tracking and calling a wild turkey.  Jerry Law had no trouble tracking this turkey.   That’s because the turkey’s...

The Luna Cafe

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2012 2:59


In front of the Luna Café, on old route 66 near Mitchell, Illinois, you’ll find a beautifully restored neon sign.  The bright lights include a...

A Palm Beach Girl on the Ranch

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2012 2:59


She was a very unlikely candidate to manage a cattle feedyard in central Nebraksa.  She grew up in Palm Beach County, Florida and knew next...

The Snowstorm That Built a Radio Station

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2012 2:59


Many radio stations have interesting stories of how they were born.  This station in central Nebraska was the product of one of the worst blizzards...

A Unique Midwest Harvest

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2012 2:59


In some parts of the Midwest, you can buy a brand new car for the same price as one acre of farmland.  That’s land that’s...

Ghana’s District Farmer of the Year

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2012 2:00


Today we meet the district farmer of the year.  A lady growing ten acres of corn–a farmer adopting some of the latest technology she can...

Corn Stored Under Tarps

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2012 2:00


Drive through farm country and you can find plenty of shiny new grain bins to hold ever increasing yields. Drive through farm country here and...

The Challenges of Growing Corn in Africa

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2012 2:00


Many farm events and banquets in the US begin with prayer.  This farm meeting opened with a joint prayer of Chritian and Muslim farmers.  They...

Best of 2011: Barbara Law

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2011 2:00


Our best of 2012 continues today with a lady named Barbara who was a teenager living in Japan when World War II ended. Her country’s...

Best of 2011: The New Mallery Abbey

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2011 2:00


When people began attending funerals here, many had the exact same reaction. They mentioned that when they passed, they wanted a funeral just like that....

Best of 2011: Santa Anna

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2011 2:00


It’s been over 150 years since Illinois soldiers faced Santa Anna in the Mexican War. However, traces of that battle fought over 1500 miles to...

Best of 2011: Pioneers of Flight

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2011 2:00


Today a transcontinental flight from New York to L.A. might take about five hours. But do you know how long the first such flight took?...

Best of 2011: Helen Netherton

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2011 2:00


It’s a tradition the last week of each year we give you the “Best of the American Countryside.” And in 2012 we interviewed 110 year...

A POW-built Nativity

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2011 2:00


It was Christmas 1945. German POWs at Camp Algona in Algona, Iowa would be returning to Europe the next year. This was the final Christmas...

An Odd Request

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2011 2:00


At first glance, it might appear to be an odd request. A U.S. commander asked a group of German POWs to construct a nativity scene...

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