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Journeys of Discovery: From Muddy Pond to Cookeville, Tennessee

Correspondent Tom Wilmer continues his reporting from the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee. 

Rosanna Horst talks about life in the Mennonite village of Muddy Pond, and Jeremy Crabtree, owner of Poet’s Coffee house talks about life in the university town of Cookeville. 

Beth Thompson, director of the Cookeville Depot Museum, shares her passion for bringing history to life for kids at the railroad museum, and Tom Allen, general manager at Dale Hollow Lake Sunset Marina, shares insights about houseboat rentals that draw vacationers from across America.

You are invited to subscribe to the Lowell Thomas Award-winning travel show podcast, Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer, featured on the NPR Podcast Directory, Apple Podcast, the NPR One App & Stitcher.com. Twitter: TomCWilmer. Instagram: Thomas.Wilmer.  Member of the National Press Club in Washington D.C. Underwriting support provided by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

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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