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Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer

The Mesquite Rodeo—a best of the best broadcast from the Journeys archives

By Tom Wilmer

Published September 3, 2024 at 8:36 PM PDT

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A time-trip exploration at the legendary Mesquite Rodeo in Mesquite, Texas back in April, 1998

The Mesquite Rodeo in Mesquite, Texas has been an integral part of the rodeo world since 1958. In celebration of Journeys of Discovery’s 35^th year producing on-air travel broadcasts we share one of the show’s most popular installments--recorded live at the Mesquite Rodeo's 40th anniversary back in the spring of 1998.

Bull rider at Mesquite Rodeo

Come along and join the audio time-trip for a reprise visit at the Mesquite Rodeo where we’ll meet up with bullfighter clowns and an up and coming bull rider from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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Tom Wilmer

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.

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