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

December 14, 2025 30 mins
In honor of Sergeant York’s birthday (born December 13, 1887) we re-share a visit to his family farmstead in Pall Mall, Tennessee for a visit with his daughter, Betsy and granddaughter Deborah.
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In Gandhi's footsteps, literally and figuratively, author Perry Garfinkel discovers finding Truth and Peace is not an easy path to follow in 21st century society...but well worth the journey.
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Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941 Marshall Law was declared in Honolulu, but very few residents of Japanese descent were ever interned.
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Join correspondent Tom Wilmer on Oahu at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii aboard the “Mighty Mo”.
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Join correspondent Tom Wilmer as he revisits a moment in time 35 years ago in Shanghai and a journey to one of China’s most sacred Buddhist temples in the hills above the Yangtze-river port of Ningbo.
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An “evergreen” show recorded at the 6th Floor Museum in Dallas, Texas, correspondent Tom Wilmer interviewed a reporter who covered the JFK assassination while working at a Dallas newspaper on that fateful day, November 22nd 1963.
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join correspondent Tom Wilmer for an insightful conversation with John E. Krause Lt. Commander USN (Ret.) who now serves as National Security Consultant in Washington D.C.
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Bart Topham Director at the Central Coast Veterans Museum shares stories about the events scheduled for Veterans Day and an overview of the offerings at the museum.
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Lahaina Rising producers & videographers share tales of the community’s poignant response to the deadly August, 2023 firestorm that devastated the historic town of Lahaina on the island of Maui and the community-based organization Lahaina Strong
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Join correspondent Tom Wilmer for spine chilling tales of the ghosts who haunt the Queen Mary.
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October 19, 2025 37 mins
Author Robert Aquinas McNalley shares tales of John Muir and his racist attitudes in his new book, Cast out of Eden
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Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with Emma Rhoads for an exploration of cool things to do and see in and around Pismo Beach, California.
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Erica Fryburger, GM at Paso Robles Inn shares insights about the partnership with SLO Safe Ride, offering their guests shuttles to and from Vina Robles Amphitheater, and the Inn’s fascinating history.
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The little sister of one of the Little Rock Nine recalls the terror her family lived through, followed by Robin White, superintendent at the National Historic Site at the time of the 2017 interview.
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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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