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, Dean Klinkenberg wades into stories about the characters and places from the big river’s past and present.
Podcasting since 2022 • 73 episodes
The Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast
Latest Episodes
The Power of Story: How Cahokia Became North America's Greatest City, with Dr. Julie Zimmerman
Of all the great archaeological sites around the world, I suspect the one near my hometown, Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, is among the least appreciated. While the rich floodplain along the Mississippi River south of Alton, Illinois (know...
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Episode 72
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Wild at Heart: The Natural World of the Lower Mississippi with Jack Killgore
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 middle of it. In this season of the Mississippi Valley Traveler podcast, we’re going to go deeper into that world...
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Episode 71
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Preview of 2026 Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast Season
Coming soon! The Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast resumes a new season on March 4. Listen for a quick preview of upcoming episodes.
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Beyond Plantations: Getting to Know Louisiana’s River Road
Mary Ann Sternberg has spent twenty years challenging the idea that the River Road between Baton Rouge and New Orleans is nothing more than rows of noxious chemical plants interspersed with 19th century plantation houses, so in this episode, we...
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Episode 70
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A French Village in the American Heartland: Historian Jim Gass on Sainte Genevieve, Missouri
In this episode, I talk with Jim Gass, Director of Research and Education at the Centre for French Colonial Life, about the long and rich history of Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. We begin with a discussion of what we know about the indigenous peo...
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Episode 69
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