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Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer

Harry S. Truman’s Independence, Missouri Library, home and Frontier Trails

By Tom Wilmer

Published September 9, 2024 at 7:52 PM PDT

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Display at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri

Join correspondent Tom Wilmer in Independence, Missouri at Harry S. Truman’s home, the Presidential Library, and the National Frontier Trails Museum

Join correspondent Tom Wilmer in Independence, Missouri at Harry S. Truman’s home, the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library, and the National Frontier Trails Museum

President Harry S. Truman's Oval Office at the Presidential Library in Independence, Missouri

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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.

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