Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer

Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer

Tom Wilmer’s Lowell Thomas Award-winning travel podcast — recorded live on location across America and around the world — showcases the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine and spirits, brewpubs, the culinary arts and more. He covers nouns and verbs: people, places, things, and action — everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls, and interviewing the "real" Santa Claus in the Arctic. Tom's feature, recorded live at Harland & Wolfe Shipyards in Belfast Northern Ireland, celebrating the centenary of the launch of the Titanic was the recipient of a Best Travel award from Outdoor Writers Association of California.

Episodes

In remembrance—America’s deadliest domestic terrorist attack, Oklahoma City April 19, 1995

April 18, 2025 • 9 mins
Executive Director at the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum shares chilling recollections of the Oklahoma City bombing of the Murrah Federal Building
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Knoxville’s urban wilderness dovetails with live music & trendsetting cuisine

April 15, 2025 • 23 mins
Join correspondent Tom Wilmer for a visit with Kim Bumpas, president of Visit Knoxville and Mark Ezell, the State of Tennessee’s Commissioner of Tourist Development.
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Lower Rio Grande Valley’s legendary birds, butterflies and dragonflies

April 10, 2025 • 17 mins
Correspondent Tom Wilmer explores the Lower Rio Grande Valley’s wildlife refuges and the Mission, TX Butterfly Center
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Exploring Virginia’s Civil War battlefield Manassas/Bull Run

April 7, 2025 • 17 mins
Join National Park Ranger Gregory Wolf at Manannas/Bull Run to discover fascinating insights about the two battles that occurred here.
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Exploring the birthplace of Texas--Washington County’s living history

March 31, 2025 • 59 mins
Discover Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic site, an operational historic cotton-gin in Burton, TX; Joe Robertson at the Blue Bell Ice Cream factory; David Thomas the Director at the Brenham Heritage Museum; Heaven on earth—Milk & Honey Ranch; The Antique Rose Emporium; Brenham’s Camptown Freedom Colony Cemetery and Ant Street Inn & Main Street House
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Exploring enchanting California Gold Country's Calaveras County

March 30, 2025 • 60 mins
Sierra Gold Country denizens share their stories--Calaveras County commissioner and historian, Martin Huberty; wine pioneer Gay Callan, and award-winning Hinterhaus spirits distiller Bonnie Boglioli
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Captivating Indiana travel destinations

March 30, 2025 • 57 mins
Join the Indiana exploration--Notre Dame University; South Bend’s Studebaker Museum; Indiana Dunes National Park; Cedar Lake Museum; Charlestown State Park, and historic French Lick Resort.
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Exploring Missouri’s dynamic rural renaissance

March 29, 2025 • 60 mins
Come along for visits with the denizens of the historic, rural Missouri towns of Hermann; St. Charles; Silver Dollar City; Augusta; Hannibal, and the circa-1856 riverboat Arabia’s artifacts on display in Kansas City, MO.
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Engaging community while simultaneously propelling tourism in Cincinnati, Ohio

March 27, 2025 • 60 mins
An exploration of the people and places that makes Cincinnati a vibrant, engaging community.
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Lubbock, TX Silent Wings Museum showcases WWII gliders

March 17, 2025 • 9 mins
Come along and discover the Silent Wings Museum in Lubbock, Texas
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Why Saint Patrick’s Day is a national holiday on the Caribbean isle of Montserrat

March 10, 2025 • 22 mins
Join correspondent Tom Wilmer on the Caribbean island of Montserrat as he explores the isle’s Incredible Irish connection and how St. Patrick’s Day became a national holiday
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U.S. Army Green Beret ramrods regenerative cattle grazing at Camp San Luis Obispo

March 3, 2025 • 41 mins
Eric Czaja, a US Army Special Forces Major leads Monterey, California’s Naval Postgraduate School’s Regenerative Grazing Open Air Lab on 2,500 acres at Camp San Luis Obispo, CA.
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A visit to China’s Yulin region bordering Inner Mongolia

February 24, 2025 • 28 mins
Come along correspondent Tom Wilmer for a visit to Yulin in Northern Shaanxi Province with Great Wall sections constructed with rammed earth; Mao’s mountain headquarters and a premier relics museum
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Civil War--dress, diet and disease

February 18, 2025 • 14 mins
Chickamauga National Military Park Ranger Lee white shares fascinating insights about the life of Civil War soldiers.
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Talking California Wine and History with Sean Weir, Author of The Mad Crush

February 4, 2025 • 24 mins
Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with Sean Weir, Cal Poly grad and author of the book, The Mad Crush, detailing his time as a cellar rat at the historic San Luis Obispo County based Sausalito Canyon winery.
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A conversation with award-winning Chinese-American author Yang Huang

January 29, 2025 • 35 mins
Berkeley, California based author Yang Huang shares tales of growing up in China, post cultural revolution. And how, on the heels of the Tiananmen Square protests, she was empowered to write in hopes of propelling a more tolerant and hopeful world through her stories.
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Peeka Ranch, a haven for Alpacas in Burton, Texas

January 26, 2025 • 10 mins
Join Phillip & LaNell McMahon at their alpaca ranch as they share their passion for raising and breeding the exotic animal that kids and adults alike adore
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Discovering Memphis, Tennessee’s National Civil Rights Museum

January 20, 2025 • 22 mins
A best-of-the-best Journeys podcast—recorded live in Memphis with Faith Morris at the poignant National Civil Rights Museum
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Unearthing history at Camptown Freedom Colony Cemetery in Brenham, Texas

January 16, 2025 • 14 mins
Join Jennifer Eckermann, Director of Tourism and Marketing for the City of Brenham, Texas at the Camptown Cemetery and the legacy of the Camptown Freedom Colony formed on the heels of the Civil War.
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Blue Bell Ice Cream—iconic Texas treat with a fond following for a century

January 8, 2025 • 9 mins
Correspondent Tom Wilmer reports from Brenham, Texas at the Blue Bell Ice Cream factory for a visit with Joe Robertson, Director of Advertising and Marketing about the company’s century long odyssey as a legendary Texas ice cream company
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