Episodes
103: Looking for Gold
March 27, 2023
Today I’m with Brent and Nick and we’re going to be trying something a little different. After our national parks series, it occurred to me that we had not yet discussed one of my favorite parts of that trip – the day we wen…
102: Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Hall of Fame Museum
March 20, 2023
Standing in the center of music museum in southern Indiana, I’d like to start this episode with a little bit of music trivia. I'll give you just a moment to think about each of these. Who wrote the B-side for Elvis Presley's…
101: Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood Home, Part 2
March 13, 2023
Abraham Lincoln is one of those presidents with a seemingly endless list of trivia and fun facts that set him apart. He is the tallest president. He was the first to be photographed at his inauguration. He is the only presid…
100: Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood Home, Part 1
March 6, 2023
Wherever I travel, I seem to run into two people – Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln. Not only are both of these people personal heroes of mine, but I have a knack for finding memorials to them without even knowing they’re ther…
99: Black History Month - The Legacy of the 1963 Lakeview High School South Carolina State Championship Football Team, Part 2
Feb. 27, 2023
(Part 2 of 2) This is the story of how a small segregated high school in South Carolina won a state championship in 1963, despite playing on a field known as “the dust bowl.” This is also the story of a group of men who part…
98: Black History Month - The Legacy of the 1963 Lakeview High School South Carolina State Championship Football Team, Part 1
Feb. 21, 2023
This is the story of how a small segregated high school in South Carolina won a state championship in 1963, despite playing on a field known as “the dust bowl.” This is also the story of a group of men who partnered to save …
97: New Harmony, Part 3
Feb. 13, 2023
Have you ever wanted to join a commune? Better yet, have you ever wanted to start a commune? Have you ever wondered how communes work, or how they fail, which they seem to inevitably do? If your answer is yes to any of those…
My Bloody Valentine, Part 2
Feb. 10, 2023
…12 dates … …14 love gone wrong stories… …Will YOU be my Valentine? This Valentine’s Day, prepare for a unique podcast experience! Shane Waters will introduce 14 crime podcast hosts. Each host brings a new, love gone wrong t…
My Bloody Valentine, Part 1
Feb. 9, 2023
…12 dates … …14 love gone wrong stories… …Will YOU be my Valentine? This Valentine’s Day, prepare for a unique podcast experience! Shane Waters will introduce 14 crime podcast hosts. Each host brings a new, love gone wrong t…
96: New Harmony, Part 2
Feb. 6, 2023
Today Jennifer Greene from the University of Southern Indiana is back with us. Jennifer is going to give us a little more insight on New Harmony, The Harmonist, and there way of life. Episode 2 of 3. Find us on all podcastin…
95: New Harmony, Part 1
Jan. 30, 2023
I'm talking with Jennifer Greene today about one of my favorite hometowns in all of America - New Harmony, Indiana. New Harmony was founded by a religious commune nearly 200 years ago and despite the fact that only 700 peopl…
94: Paradise Spring
Jan. 23, 2023
Long time listeners will know that we’ve been all over the country finding stories - from Florida to Washington State, from Texas to Minneapolis. All this time, there’s been one at the end of our street - literally at the en…
93: Our Visit to the Beat Museum, Part 02
Jan. 16, 2023
Last episode we sat down with Brandon at the Beat Museum in San Francisco to learn more about the Beat Movement and the way it forever changed the way Americans have thought about not only literature but life itself. This ep…
92: Our Visit to the Beat Museum, Part 01
Jan. 9, 2023
In High School I read Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road, like everybody else. So, when we were in San Francisco this past spring we stopped at the Beat Museum downtown, to learn more about the movement Kerouac helped found a …
91: Reno, Nevada: Divorce Mills and Lost Cities
Jan. 2, 2023
After our episode on “the Conqueror’s Curse,” we invited Richard Moreno back to the studio to talk more about the history of the city of Reno. One of the reasons I invited Richard back was to help introduce us to the real Re…
90: The Conquerer's Curse
Dec. 26, 2022
Some would say the 1956 movie, The Conqueror, was cursed from the beginning. It had a terrible script, an unhappy crew, and a producer, in Howard Hughes, who would soon lose his mind to obsessive compulsive disorder and any …
89: Virginia City
Dec. 19, 2022
This episode will be a little different in that we’ll be taking you deep underground in Virginia City. This is the city where Mark Twain worked at a local paper in his younger years and became the writer we know and love tod…
From Team Hometown History, Introducing: Mystery Inc
Dec. 14, 2022
From the same team that brings you Hometown History, we want to introduce you to Shane's new show Mystery Inc. If you enjoy talking about shady mysteries, Aliens, murder, legends, and of course the occasional tea - then Myst…
88: Crescent City
Dec. 11, 2022
In this episode, Shane visits the former lumber town of Crescent City, California, right at the edge of the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. Among other things, this quiet coastal village is known for having been hit by m…
87: Pig War / San Juan National Historic Park, Part 2
Dec. 5, 2022
When things go as well as they did during the Pig War, it can be easy to forget just how wrong they could have gone. I asked former Chief of Interpretation and Historian for the San Juan Island National Historical Park, Mike…
86: Pig War / San Juan National Historic Park, Part 1
Nov. 28, 2022
Have you ever had a fight with a family member over something stupid? Better yet, have you ever had that fight, only to realize it wasn’t so stupid after all? That behind that excuse for a fight was a real fight just waiting…
85: The North Cascades National Park
Nov. 21, 2022
After writing "On The Road," and before it was published, Jack Kerouac spent a long summer on Desolation Peak in what is now the North Cascades National Park. We'll be hearing from Kerouac and also our favorite Ranger, Jim B…
84: Crater Lake National Park
Nov. 14, 2022
Before we explore Crater Lake National Park, I’d like to share a few pieces of general advice. I hope this series has inspired you to see more of our national parks, so I asked Jim and Will from More Than Just Parks to offer…
83: Bring Back the Civilian Conservation Corps
Nov. 7, 2022
The Civilian Conservation Corps was founded by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, and operated for roughly a decade until the program was ended in 1942. In this episode, Jim and Will Pattiz, from More Than Just Parks , explain why …