Death Valley - the Name
Borax Museum and Historic Inn
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by J. D. Streeter
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Death Valley National Park is the lowest and the hottest place in North America. Patricia Lawrence explores Death Valley to find out about the name, the borax industry, and the historic inn.
The Muppets
The Early Years of the Muppets, With Emmy Award Winning Head Writer Jerry Juhl
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by J. D. Streeter
Part of the Audio Journeys series
In his studio overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Emmy-award winning head writer, Jerry Juhl (1938-2005), sat down for a casual interview with show host. Juhl reminises about the Muppets' early years and radio roots, and what it was like to work with the founder of the Muppets, Jim Henson (1936-1990).
San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park
Audio Journeys are on a photo safari exploring San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by Patricia L. Lawrence
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Patricia Lawrence is riding in the back of a Photo Safari truck at San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park. These trucks are one of several ways visitors can get up close to some of the most endangered animals in the world. Most of the animals that live in San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park represent the last individuals of their species anywhere on Earth
La Creek Wildlife Refuge, Martin, South Dakota
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by J. D. Streeter
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Explore bird and mammal habitats with a group of biologists. A few hours drive from most major USA cities, there is a National Wildlife Refuge. Wildlife Refuges are artificial habitats meant to entice wildlife away from farms and cities. Our tour brings us very close to nature.
Pine Ridge Reservation South Dakota
Land of the Oglala Sioux
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by J. D. Streeter
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Oglala Sioux elder Johnson Holy Rock speaks with Patricia Lawrence about the Black Hills of South Dakota and why the tribe will not cash the check the US Federal Government gave them to pay for their sacred mountains. And we speak with Chief Oliver Red Cloud, 85-year-old grandson of Chief Red Cloud, one of the signers of the Fort Laramie Treaty that granted the Black Hills to the Sioux Nation.
Tamastslikt Cultural Center Pendleton Oregon
Eastern Oregon Native American Life...Past...Present...Future
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by J. D. Streeter
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Audio Journeys explores the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute in Pendleton, Oregon. This 35,000-square-foot cultural center is a working monument to the past, present, and future of three native tribes of southeastern Oregon. Tamastslikt celebrates the traditions of Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla Tribes. It means turning something over. The Center's education manager is our guide.
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by Patricia L. Lawrence
Part of the Audio Journeys series
St. Croix is the largest of the three Caribbean islands in the US Virgin Islands. We go off the beaten path on horseback and in a boat.
African Americans in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
the Colonies first Capital
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by J. D. Streeter
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Audio Journeys explore The Life of African Americans in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. The first capital of the colonies, Colonial Williamsburg tells the story in the years preceding and during the American Revolution. Four hundred years of history across the Commonwealth of Virginia series.
Explore Park in the Shenandoah Valley
Blue Ridge Mountains, Roanoke, Virginia
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by J. D. Streeter
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Audio Journeys tour Explore Park in the Shenandoah Valley, Roanoke, Virginia. On the Blue Ridge Parkway, Explore Park's visitors' center is open, the Living History Tour, the subject of this Audio Journey is currently closed. Four hundred years of history across the Commonwealth of Virginia series
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge
South Dakota
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by J. D. Streeter
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge north of Aberdeen South Dakota, is one of be best places for bird watching in the USA and has been designated an area of international importance. Patricia Lawrence explores and gets up close to the the praire ecosystems with park managers.
Blue Mountain Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center
Where Rescued Wildlife Receives Care
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by J. D. Streeter
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Audio journalist Patricia Lawrence tours the Blue Mountain Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center near Pendleton, Oregon, with Lynn Tompkins, founding director of the educational nonprofit, where injured wildlife are given veterinarian treatment and lovingly cared for. The center is an important source of education and information about western wildlife.
Maritime National Historical Park
San Francisco, California
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by J. D. Streeter
Part of the Audio Journeys series
The San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is the country's only floating museum. Patricia Lawrence explores two of the six ships with a park ranger; the 1886 square-rigger Balclutha, and the 1890 steam ferryboat Eureka.
Mission Ridge Ski Resort
Wenatchee Washington
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by Patricia L. Lawrence, E. J. Barney
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Mission Ridge Ski Resort near Wenatchee Washington is one of the most popular ski destinations in the world. It's also a 1944 crash site of a B-24 bomber on a secret mission. Patricia Lawrence is exploring Mission Ridge, she ascends on a tram up the tall mountain and descends in a courtesy toboggan.
Pamunkey Indian Museum
King William Virginia
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by J. D. Streeter
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Audio Journeys explore Pamunkey Indian Museum in King William, Virginia with basket weaver and curator, Joyce Palemoon Krigsvold. Pamunkey Indians now number one hundred people, of a once very large and powerful tribe on the east coast of USA since the Ice Age. Four hundred years of history across the Commonwealth of Virginia series.
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Salt Lake City, Utah
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by J. D. Streeter
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge is on the northeast shores of the Great Salt Lake. Our exploration begins at the Park Ranger Station before we meet our naturalist guide for a tour of one of the most important bodies of water in the Americas for migrating birds.
Galapagos Bartholomew Island, Equador
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by Patricia L. Lawrence
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Audio Journeys are following in the footsteps of Charles Darwin. Six hundred miles west of the coast of Equador in the Galapagos Island chain, we are exploring Bartholomew Island, its highest point is only 370 feet above sea level.
Coconino National Forest near Sedona, Arizona
With Touch the Earth Adventures
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by J. D. Streeter
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Patricia Lawrence is exploring archeology and nature with Touch the Earth Adventures, in the Coconino National Forest near Sedona, Arizona. Thousands of years ago, in the foothills of the southwestern edge of the Colorado Plateau, highly organized cultures lived. Among the artifacts these early Americans left behind are petroglyphs and pictographs, images painted on or picked into the red rock canyon walls we are exploring.
National Civil War Park, Richmond Virginia
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by Patricia L. Lawrence
Part of the Audio Journeys series
The National Civil War Park is a complex of sites and event locations including a naval battle, a key industrial complex, the Confederacy's largest hospital, and dozens of miles of elaborate original fortifications.
Tracy Aviary
Salt Lake City, Utah
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by Patricia L. Lawrence
Part of the Audio Journeys series
The Tracy Aviary is a perfect place for visitors to get up close and learn about birds from the USA and around the world. Patricia Lawrence and Douglas Roycroft are exploring this world class private aviary, open to the public since 1938, with knowledgeable aviary staff.
Wizard of Oz
The Life of the Author L. Frank Baum
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by Patricia L. Lawrence
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Audio Journeys are exploring the life of L Frank Baum, author of some of the world's most loved children's books, The Wizard of Oz. L Frank Baum was born near Syracuse New York in 1856. We meet L. Frank Baum historian, Kathleen De Scenna, at Ste Marie amoung the Irquoise on Onondaga Lake, near Syracuse New York. Ms De Scenna considers Mr. Baum a visionary. Wizard of Oz music score is by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Yip Harburg, performed specially for Travel Radio International, by Jim Rote. (c) 2011 All Rights Reserved.
Wolfgang A Mozart
Salzburg Austria
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by Patricia L. Lawrence
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Wolfgang A Mozart, one of the world’s greatest composers, was born in Salzburg Austria in 1756. Patricia Lawrence is exploring the life and times of Mozart in Salzburg with an historian.
Nevada Historical Society Museum Reno, Nevada
15,000 Years of Nevada History
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by Patricia L. Lawrence
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Audio Journeys explore Nevada Historical Society Museum, Reno Nevada. We discover 15,000 years of Nevada History.
Prehistoric California
at Sonoma State Parks
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by Patricia L. Lawrence
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Archeology meets paleontology on the Sonoma Coast of California where State Parks archeologist, Breck Parkman and others have made discovers of the existence of Columbian mammoths, and saber tooth tigers, as the last ice age melted and humans moved in 15,000 years ago. Patricia Lawrence is exploring Sonoma State Park and Goat Rock Park with Breck Parkman.
Itasca State Park, Minnesota
Headwaters (disputed) of the Mississippi River
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by J. D. Streeter
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Audio Journeys explores the (disputed) headwaters of the Mississippi River with park rangers. A trail takes us to a spring coming out of the ground in the Minnesota mountains. The spring forms a pool before gliding from the rocks to become the mighty Mississippi River, most people believe. Itasca is a derivative of two Greek words that mean "true" and "source."
Mammoth Site of Hot Springs South Dakota
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by J. D. Streeter
Part of the Audio Journeys series
The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs South Dakota announced in 2011 that it now has discovered 60 specimens of prehistoric animals in this unique paleontological site. This is where, more than 26,000 years ago, large Columbian and woolly mammoths were trapped and died in a spring-fed pond. Now we visit the in-situ site. Dr. Larry Agenbroad, founder of the site, is our guide.
Yosemite National Park in Spring
A Tram Ride through the park
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by J. D. Streeter
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Audio Journeys explore Yosemite National Park, California via a tram. Spring is a great time to visit Yosemite; when birds and wildflowers flowers abound. Our tour guide tells us about rock climbers, Miwok natives, the swift flowing Merced River and other superlatives of Yosemite. One of the oldest parks in the nation, Yosemite was make a national park in 1890, and designated a World Heritate Site in 1984.
Niagara Falls State Park, New York
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by Patricia L. Lawrence
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Audio Journeys explore USA's first tourist attraction, Niagara Falls New York. Niagara Falls is one of the most visited natural wonders in the world.
Hawaiian Maritime Culture
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by Patricia L. Lawrence
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Audio journalist Jessica Spain is in Hawaii exploring the Maritime Culture as she sails in a traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe.
Luther Burbank Home and Gardens, Santa Rosa California
19th Century Horticulturalist
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by J. D. Streeter
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Audio Journeys explore Luther Burbank Home and Gardens in Santa Rosa California. It was here that the famous horticulturalist Burbank developed most of his 800 varieties of vegetables, flowers and trees.
Cornell Ornithology Lab Ithaca New York
Bird Lab to the World
by Patricia L. Lawrence
read by Patricia L. Lawrence
Part of the Audio Journeys series
Audio Journeys explore Cornell Ornithology Lab, Ithaca New York. The Cornell Bird Lab is one of the largest nature research and conservation organizations in the world. This important non-profit organization protects, studies, and records the sounds of birds and other animals around the world.
