About this podcast
The Mississippi River has cut a deep path through the heart of America for thousands of years, but how well do we really know the river beyond Huck Finn and headline-grabbing floods? In this podcast, Dean Klinkenberg wades into stories about the characters and places from the big river’s past and present.
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The Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast
About this podcast
The Mississippi River has cut a deep path through the heart of America for thousands of years, but how well do we really know the river beyond Huck Finn and headline-grabbing floods? In this podcast, Dean Klinkenberg wades into stories about the characters and places from the big river’s past and present.
Recent episodes
- The First People of the Mississippi Valley, Part 1: Creation, Mounds, and the Path of Souls19 Aug · 35 min
- The American Bottom In Focus, with Photographer Jennifer Colten5 Aug · 59 min
- From Great Sewer to Great River: How the Twin Cities Brought a Dead Mississippi River Back to Life22 Jul · 58 min
- Deep Time on the Mississippi: The River's Geologic Origins and Future with Roy Van Arsdale8 Jul · 1 h 12 min
- The Decades-Long Effort to Tame the Wild Mississippi River: How Engineers Reshaped America's Greatest River10 Jun · 1 h 18 min
- Better Safe Than Sorry? My Radical Choice to Trust the World27 May · 29 min
- The River Is Calling — Will You Answer? River Days of Action and National Mississippi River Day 202613 May · 58 min
- Lake Pepin’s Legends, Communities, and Future with Michael Anderson29 Apr · 1 h 14 min
- After Andersonville: The Sultana and the Cruelest Twist of the Civil War15 Apr · 1 h 20 min
- You Can Make It Illegal, But You Can't Make It Unpopular: History of Brothels and Prostitution in Mississippi River Towns1 Apr · 35 min
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