Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer
Hosted by Tom Wilmer · KCBX
4.9from 35 ratings
- 208
- Episodes
- 36
- Transcribed
- 35
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 5B
- YouTube views
About Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer
Tom Wilmer’s Lowell Thomas Award-winning travel podcast, "Journeys of Discovery," is a regular segment on the weekly KCBX program "Issues & Ideas." Tom's interviews are recorded live on location across America and around the world and showcase the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine and spirits, brewpubs, the culinary arts and more. Tom covers nouns and verbs: people, places, things, and action — everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls, and interviewing the "real" Santa Claus in the Arctic. His feature, recorded live at Harland & Wolfe Shipyards in Belfast Northern Ireland, celebrating the centenary of the launch of the Titanic was the recipient of a Best Travel award from Outdoor Writers Association of California.
- Publisher
- KCBX
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Dec 2023
- Latest episode
- 19 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
36 of 208 episodes have a transcript.
19 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Franklin Tennessee—the Civil War’s last battle
12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
New Wildlife Center in San Luis Obispo to open in December
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Central Coast connection to WWII Monuments Men mission in Germany
Inside a recent episode
Franklin Tennessee—the Civil War’s last battle
Published 19 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But the wounded are being moved in a myriad of directions. The dead were mostly buried the day after the battle, so December 1st, by the Confederate Army and some U.S. troops who had been captured. So they buried close to 2,500 men that morning. And just that other side of the war, the medics, the MDs, the nurses. Yeah, Civil War surgeons, they get credit where we work, but a lot of them, they're still considered butchers and hacks. Right. This is a dedicated group of people trying to save lives. And by 1864, they'd had a lot of practice. And they saved a great many men that night who would have otherwise died. […]
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- Eric Jacobson
- Kristen Howland
- Jim Huchthausen
- NASA scientists
- Mayo Clinic scientists
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- YouTube views
- 5,059,086,097
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 35 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 86 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 90
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