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The Mississippi Valley Traveler 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,…

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Latest episodes

  1. The American Bottom In Focus, with Photographer Jennifer Colten5 Aug 2026
  2. From Great Sewer to Great River: How the Twin Cities Brought a Dead Mississippi River Back to Life22 Jul 2026
  3. Deep Time on the Mississippi: The River's Geologic Origins and Future with Roy Van Arsdale8 Jul 2026
  4. The Decades-Long Effort to Tame the Wild Mississippi River: How Engineers Reshaped America's Greatest River10 Jun 2026
  5. Better Safe Than Sorry? My Radical Choice to Trust the World27 May 2026
  6. The River Is Calling — Will You Answer? River Days of Action and National Mississippi River Day 202613 May 2026
  7. Lake Pepin’s Legends, Communities, and Future with Michael Anderson29 Apr 2026
  8. After Andersonville: The Sultana and the Cruelest Twist of the Civil War15 Apr 2026
  9. You Can Make It Illegal, But You Can't Make It Unpopular: History of Brothels and Prostitution in Mississippi River Towns1 Apr 2026
  10. The Power of Story: How Cahokia Became North America's Greatest City, with Dr. Julie Zimmerman18 Mar 2026