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The Adventures of Brother John's Salad Sputnik

Brother John's salad spinner that became a Sputnik orbiting his neighborhood
Tom Wilmer
Brother John's salad spinner that became a Sputnik orbiting his neighborhood

Correspondent Tom Wilmer recalls a memorable day in Aptos, California when his brother John's salad spinner spun out of control and orbited across the neighborhood.

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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.