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Better Safe Than Sorry? My Radical Choice to Trust the World
Episode 77
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Travel has played an outsized role in my life, has shaped it in overwhelmingly positive ways. In this episode, I share the story behi…
5 months ago
The River Is Calling — Will You Answer? River Days of Action and National Mississippi River Day 2026
Episode 76
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The weather is warming in our part of the world, which means many of us are working on plans to spend time on or near the Mississippi…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Lake Pepin’s Legends, Communities, and Future with Michael Anderson
Episode 75
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Lake Pepin is a natural widening in the main channel of the Mississippi River and one of the most popular sections of the river. In t…
6 months ago
After Andersonville: The Sultana and the Cruelest Twist of the Civil War
Episode 74
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Deep into the night on April 27, 1865, the boilers on the steamboat Sultana exploded, triggering the worst maritime disaster in US hi…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
You Can Make It Illegal, But You Can't Make It Unpopular: History of Brothels and Prostitution in Mississippi River Towns
Episode 73
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From the brothels of post-Civil War-era St. Louis to the streets of New Orleans' Storyville, this episode traces the history of prost…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
The Power of Story: How Cahokia Became North America's Greatest City, with Dr. Julie Zimmerman
Episode 72
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Of all the great archaeological sites around the world, I suspect the one near my hometown, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, is am…
7 months, 1 week ago
Wild at Heart: The Natural World of the Lower Mississippi with Jack Killgore
Episode 71
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The lower half of the Mississippi grows to an immense scale that is hard to comprehend until you’re sitting on a small boat in the mi…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Preview of 2026 Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast Season
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Coming soon! The Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast resumes a new season on March 4. Listen for a quick preview of upcoming episodes.
8 months ago
Beyond Plantations: Getting to Know Louisiana’s River Road
Episode 70
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Mary Ann Sternberg has spent twenty years challenging the idea that the River Road between Baton Rouge and New Orleans is nothing mor…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
A French Village in the American Heartland: Historian Jim Gass on Sainte Genevieve, Missouri
Episode 69
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In this episode, I talk with Jim Gass, Director of Research and Education at the Centre for French Colonial Life, about the long and …
1 year ago