Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer

Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer

Tom Wilmer’s Lowell Thomas Award-winning travel podcast, "Journeys of Discovery," is a regular segment on the weekly KCBX program "Issues & Ideas." Tom's interviews are recorded live on location across America and around the world and showcase the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine and spirits, brewpubs, the culinary arts and more. Tom 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. His 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

August 26, 2025 15 mins
Join the Wood Brothers in Bristol, Tennessee as they share their lifelong passion for making and sharing music.
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Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with Rosanna Horst at her Country Porch general store in the heart of uptown Muddy Pond, Tennessee.
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Come along and join the conversation to discover the back-story of 49 Winchester—and discover why Rolling Stone Magazine in the September 13, 2022 issue proclaimed the group “Country Music’s Buzziest of Buzz Bands”
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Join correspondent Tom Wilmer at the Hotel SLO in downtown San Luis Obispo for an exploration of fine dining experiences.
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Correspondent Tom Wilmer reports from the Bellasera Hotel and onsite Enoteca restaurant where he visits with GM Benny Cendali and master-chef Rachael Zollo.
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Exploring the art of brewing the ideal cup of coffee and much more at Greenwell Farms
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Honoring Acadians’ four-hundred-year history in Canada and their return from deportation, New Brunswick's Festival Acadien is one of country's premier cultural celebrations.
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Correspondent Tom Wilmer reports from Memphis, Tennessee at the legendary Royal Studios where he met up with owner and producer, Lawrence “Boo” Mitchell. This show is re-shared as a best-of-the-best Journeys of Discovery podcast.
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The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum is located at Whitefish Point in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in the southeast corner of Lake Superior. Join correspondent Tom Wilmer for a visit with Bruce Lynn, Executive Director of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
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Correspondent Tom Wilmer embedded with the Confederate North Carolina 58th Regiment at Chickamauga National Battlefield, located on the outskirts of Chattanooga, Tennessee and Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia to discover the daily life of the soldiers and painfully long process of reloading their rifles.
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Join Correspondent Tom Wilmer as he visits with Guy Mossman, co-director and director of photography for the documentary SPEAK showcased at the SLO FILM FESTIVAL following a rave world-premiere performance at the legendary Sundance Film Festival, February 2025.
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Join Correspondent Tom Wilmer for a Memorial Day special, recorded on-location at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia
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Filmmaker Ben Judkins visits with correspondent Tom Wilmer at the Fremont Theater to learn about the award-winning documentary Cigarette Surfboard, showcased at the 2025 San Luis Obispo FILM FEST.
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When the SLO Film Fest ends each year the show goes on with selected flicks offered at the Palm Theater in downtown San Luis Obispo.
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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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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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Correspondent Tom Wilmer explores the Lower Rio Grande Valley’s wildlife refuges and the Mission, TX Butterfly Center
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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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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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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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