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

Memphis legend-Royal Studios rocking with award-winning recordings since 1984

June 24, 2025 • 24 mins
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—homage to more than 7,000 sunken vessels

June 16, 2025 • 19 mins
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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North Carolina Confederate reenactors drill at Chickamauga Battlefield

June 11, 2025 • 8 mins
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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Documentary SPEAK deftly showcases hope for the future

May 28, 2025 • 30 mins
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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A visit with the National Museum of the Marine Corps' Archivist

May 26, 2025 • 27 mins
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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Ciggy-butts surfboard documentary stimulates ocean mindfulness and stewardship

May 18, 2025 • 15 mins
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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Palm Theater showcases SLO Film Fest flicks year-round

May 12, 2025 • 7 mins
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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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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