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Issues & Ideas: air date 11-13-2013

Tom Wilmer

Hear a conversation about John Steinbeck's life in the Salinas Valley with correspondent Tom Wilmer, as he visits the Steinbeck Center.

Then head with Tom over to Elkhorn Slough to learn about the birds and sea life there, and to discover the kayaking and whale watching opportunities in the area.

Sanctuary Cruises whale watching adventure.
Credit Tom Wilmer

Then enjoy a visit to San Luis Obispo's Granada Hotel for some fun at their Art Bar, where patrons learn to paint while sipping on wine. Leslie Westbrook chats with one of the teachers at the Art Bar, and channels her own inner artist at a recent class.

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Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.