The love of Ricardo and Georgiana Montalban: Star Trek meets Corinthian leather on Fantasy Island; Foreplay chardonnay or “wining” about winter in the South Dakota vineyards; Love and laughter On the Road with sage stylist Alesia in Omaha; A Great Joy - A Tale from The Heart of America about when history reaches out to touch you back. This Love in America Podcast originally aired April 14, 2018 as Episode 27 - Grapes of Wrath of Khan CREDITS: https://lovin-america.blubrry.net/khan-072 (Like the podcast? For as little as $1 a month you can Become a Patron of Love in America: https://www.patreon.com/LoveInAmerica) Links: From South Dakota Public Broadcasting: Tips on Cows (not cow tipping) Wine’ing in South Dakota: Valiant Vineyards Red Ass Rhubarb from Prairie Berry Winery The Strawbale Winery Stone Face Winery Naked Winery And all the ones we missed from the American Winery Guide: A list of South Dakota wineries  From iGrow.org: Grapes Varieties for South Dakota More from Alesia of Omaha: From Amazon.com: Life Behind the Chair, Journey of a Concrete Rose Ricardo and Georgiana Montalban: YouTube: From Spy Kids YouTube: From Star Trek the Wrath of Khan YouTube: From Chrysler Commercial From People Magazine, 1978: Cast Off in Hollywood, Ricardo Montalban Lands Safely on 'Fantasy Island' From the New York Times: Ricardo Montalbán, Star of ‘Fantasy Island,’ Dies at 88 From Cafe California with Cris Franco, YouTube Video: Ricardo Montalban 2/3 From Cafe California with Cris Franco, YouTube Video: Ricardo Montalban 3/3 YouTube Video: Ricardo Montalban on Late Night with David Letterman, April 14, 1987 From PureHistory.com: Ricardo Montalban Lovin America website: www.LoveInAmerica.us

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Grapes of Wrath of Khan – 072

John Glenn and Annie Glen - love is in the stars with one small step for a man and one giant leap for love. From tractor puller to celestial being, On the Road with Kathy at the North Stonington Ag Fair in Connecticut. Lovin SoDak - where stars don’t only come out at night, they come out all day. And, our Tales from The Heart of America original narrative reveals that our years are stars, our lives a constellation - a story called Goodbye Orion.    **This Love in America Podcast originally aired August 19, 2018 as Episode 45 - In the Stars** CREDITS: http://lovin-america.blubrry.net/right-stuff-love-071 (Like the podcast? For as little as $1 a month you can Become a Patron of Love in America and help keep the lovin’ comin’! https://www.patreon.com/lovinamerica) Links: Night Sky Program, Badlands National Park (https://www.nps.gov/badl/planyourvisit/night-sky-program.htm) Within the Stars in South Dakota: Astronaut Charles D. “Sam” Gemar - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_D._Gemar);  Astronaut Michael Fossum - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_E._Fossum) Actress Mamie Van Doren - imdb.com (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0886638/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm0); Radio Voice Personality Gary Owens - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Owens) Annie and John Glenn: From MyHero.com - Annie Glenn, by John Glen (https://myhero.com/Annie_Glenn_bk06) From The Washington Post - Annie Glenn: ‘When I called John, he cried. People just couldn’t believe that I could really talk.’ (https://goo.gl/DhY5DJ) From CNN.com: John Glenn's True Hero, by Bob Greene (https://www.cnn.com/2012/02/19/opinion/greene-john-annie-glenn/index.html);  From The Columbus Dispatch: Glenn, Wife Continue Long Journey Together (https://tinyurl.com/GlennColumbusDispatch);  Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

The Right Stuff for Love – 071

Carol Burnett and her love story with life - you’ll be glad we had this time together; On the Road stays close to home with two powerful women in one - and woe to them who stand in the way of either - Deadwood’s own Calamity Jane, actress Jena Sierks; Lovin SoDak is a slew of ladies showing their... grit, in Deadwood; and our original Tale from The Heart of America is a narrative of a woman who’s strength turned struggle into kindness, Karma Margo. **This Love in America Podcast originally aired August 12, 2018 as Episode 44 - Tough as (Painted) Nails** CREDITS: http://lovin-america.blubrry.net/ladies1st-070 (Like the podcast? For as little as $1 a month you can Become a Patron of Love in America and help keep the lovin’ comin’! https://www.patreon.com/lovinamerica)  Links: Strong Women of Deadwood The Madams: Mollie Johnson a/k/a Queen of the Blondes  (http://www.deadwoodmagazine.com/archivedsite/Archives/Girls_Mollie2.htm) Dora DuFran (https://sites.google.com/site/samanthapattersonamh/marriage-among-prostitutes/madam-dora-dufran) Kitty LeRoy (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134214586/kitty-leroy) Eleanore Dumont a/k/a Madame Mustachio (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-eleanoredumont/2/) Poker Alice Tubbs (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-pokeralice/) Lucretia “Aunt Lou” Marchbanks (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/sd-auntlou/) Calamity Jane, Jena Sierks, and Deadwood Alive (https://www.deadwoodalive.com/about-us.html) Carol Burnett:  From ABCNews online, Humor Helps Carol Burnett Cope (https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=123891&page=1) From the NY Times, A Touch for Funny Bones and Earlobes (https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/books/31burnett.html); Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

Ladies First – 070

Doc Holliday and Kate Elder - the passionate Old West tale of a gentleman dentist and a cultured dance hall girl; Boxers and woodpeckers share hard knocks in Deadwood; Taj brings forth love from Haight (Ashbury!); an original Tales from the Heart of America, Road Worn, tells the story of a well-worn highway.  This episode of Love In America Podcast originally aired on March 17, 2018. CREDITS: http://lovin-america.blubrry.net/love-haight-069 Links: John Henry (Doc) Holliday and Mary Katharine (Kate Elder) Haroney: From the Tombstone Times: Katie Elder, Her True Story by Maggie Van Ostrand (http://www.tombstonetimes.com/stories/kate.html) From AngelFire.com: Biography, John Henry Holliday (http://www.angelfire.com/co4/earpgang/doc01.html) From True West Magazine: Mrs. John Holliday? By Gary L. Roberts (https://truewestmagazine.com/mrs-john-holliday) From the Book: Love Untamed, by JoAnn Chartier and Chris Enss (https://www.amazon.com/Love-Untamed-Romances-Old-West/dp/0762711426) Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

Love & Haight – 069

Pat and Marie Tillman...and Joe Shenton - an inspiring story of love and devotion begins this episode on love in the military! Discipline can be funny, especially when it doesn’t happen to you; military marriage with the US Army and Lehigh Valley, PA’s Kyle and Megan Dalpais; an original Tale from The Heart of America tribute to a Coast Guardsman and dad - USS Vaudeville. *Originally broadcast June 16, 2018* CREDITS: http://lovin-america.blubrry.net/no-greater-love-068 Links: The Love Story of Pat and Marie Tillman, and Marie Tillman and Joe Shenton - From Amazon.com: The Letter: My Journey Through Love, Loss, and Life, by Marie Tillman (https://tinyurl.com/TheLetter-MyJourney);  Narrative - USS Vaudeville From the upcoming book: Tales from The Heart of America;   Love in America website: www.LoveInAmerica.us

No Greater Love – 68

Fred and Joanne Rogers’ imaginative love story opens this episode of Love in America - Just Imagine! Also, love from the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Buddhist Monastery in Woodstock NY;  an off-the-hoof idea for a Deadwood sporting event: The Running of the Buffalo!; An original Tale from The Heart of America titled Can You Imagine? CREDITS: http://lovin-america.blubrry.net/just-imagine-067 All this and more on this episode of Love in America. Links: Lead in song: Lovity Love by SomethingUnderground.com; Love Story of Mrs. and Mr. Rogers Mr. Rogers Neighborhood opening song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL3xSctTB5c  From YouTube, Galen Fott Channel: Unmixed Garden of Your Mind, original clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-eA_HxeCfI From YouTube RockOBuster Channel: The remix song - Garden of Your Mind . PBS . Mister Rogers, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRo3jkgyn6M Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us  

Just Imagine – 067

Alice and Sheryl Cooper Welcome you to their Lovin’ Nightmare (we hope they don’t scare you!) Also, come on a pre-journey to the Love in America 2019 Road. From across the country, hear fellow American’s answers to the question: “What is Love?” Finally, our original from Tale from the Heart of America is a story for when you need a little pick me up, called: We all Fall Down. CREDITS: https://lovin-america.blubrry.net/playfavs2-066 (Like the podcast? For as little as $1 a month you can Become a Patron of Love in America: https://www.patreon.com/loveinamerica) Links: Alice and Sheryl Cooper: ***A very SPECIAL THANKS to Jocelyn and Aaron Freeman (Meet the Freeman's https://www.meetthefreemans.com/) for the use of comments from their interview with the Coopers!*** Alice Cooper’s Solid Rock Foundation website Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

Playing Favorites, Too – 066

George and Margaret Westinghouse offer a “powerful” love from American history as we go back for seconds on two favorite stories. In the other, we take you On the Road to Cheboygan, Michigan, to meet a man “recalled to life” by his kids. In our original Tales from the Heart of America, an example of the melting pot of love in America in a story called, Love from Jamaica… and New Jersey. CREDITS: https://lovin-america.blubrry.net/playfavs-065 (Like the podcast? For as little as $1 a month you can Become a Patron of Love in America: https://www.patreon.com/loveinamerica) Links: Georgia and Marguerite Westinghouse: From Amazon.com: George Westinghouse: Gentle Genius, by Jr. Quentin R. Skrabec Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

Playing Favorites – 065

Jeb and Columba Bush and their Schoolhouse Rock love story - an international couple with a Tex-Mex flair. Come On the Road with us to Kennebunk, Maine, and farmer-adventurers Dom and Dan, showing there’s great love in being the annelida lumbricus to another’s flower. Then, what does it mean to be a mixed-nativity couple in South Dakota? And, in our original Tales from the Heart of America, the love of new encounters when “we are not knowing this life” in a story called, Big Time. (Like the podcast? For as little as $1 a month you can Become a Patron of Love in America: https://www.patreon.com/loveinamerica) Links: From YouTube: The Singing Nun - Dominique (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO7cD6qmydo) Jeb and Columba Bush - Hands Across the Water: Jeb and Columba Wedding Picture (https://tinyurl.com/JnCBushWed) Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us  

Hands Across the Water – 064

Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft, interfaith couples have faith in mixed doubles! An elegant Catholic girl from the Bronx falls for a goofy Jewish boy from Brooklyn. On the Road to Portlandia with the Pagan/humanist love of Jade and Ben. Tales from the Heart of America makes divine introductions with the story, God Is... (Like the podcast? Support Love in America on Patreon: www.patreon.com/loveinamerica) Links: Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft: From Amazon.com: It’s Good to be the King, by James Robert Parish Kindle: https://amzn.to/2Dsb183   Paperback: https://amzn.to/2Dj5qAA Hardcover: https://amzn.to/2UXx5Bn   Please be aware that should you follow the above links and purchase the item, as an Amazon Associate we may earn from qualifying purchases. Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

Believe It Or Not – 063

Marie Osmond and Steve Craig’s Déjà vu of love and other couples who remarry...each other! Baron and Luwanna - a Montana couple On the Road who vowed to love each other for better or worse, and for better again. Why did Sioux Falls SD once hold the title of “Divorce Capital of the Nation”?  Guest Friends and Lovers narrative is a tale from Savannah Summers about the wishes children of divorce sometimes make, and what happened when hers came true. (Like the podcast? Contribute to Love in America on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/loveinamerica) Links: Marie Osmond and Steve Craig: From Amazon.com: Behind the Smile, by Marie Osmond Kindle: https://amzn.to/2Kud29D Paperback: https://amzn.to/2KuP5yL Hardcover: https://amzn.to/2IbCn6d Please be aware that should you follow these links and purchase the item, as an Amazon Associate we may earn from qualifying purchases. From Savannah G Summers: My Parents Divorced, and then Remarried Each Other (https://www.theodysseyonline.com/parents-divorced-then-remarried-each-other); Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

The Second Time Around – 062

Paul Harvey and Angel with “the rest of the love story” and the spirit of radio! From Marconi to an FM romance, we start with a Maine attraction - veteran radio pro Ken Main and his wireless partner, Penny Mills. Our Guest Friends and Lovers narrative is a radio-inspired poem about kids’ definitions of love called, A Day Full. (Like the podcast? For as little as $1 a month you can Become a Patron of Love in America:  https://www.patreon.com/loveinamerica) Links: Paul and Lynne (Angel) Harvey: From Amazon.com: Paul Harvey’s: Destiny, by Paul Aurandt Paperback: https://amzn.to/2uvhNoz Hardcover: https://amzn.to/2Wqm8oI Paul Harvey’s the Rest of the Story, by Paul Aurandt and Lynne Harvey Paperback: https://amzn.to/2WBONrl Hardcover: https://amzn.to/2WwiHNC Please be aware that should you follow these links and purchase the item, as an Amazon Associate we may earn from qualifying purchases. From NPR: Love Is: A Crowdsourced Valentine's Day Poem: A Day Full of Hugs (https://tinyurl.com/DayFullHugs); Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

The Spirit of Radio – 061

Betty White and Allen Ludden  have a Love in History including chickens that ended one marriage and became date night in another. Other tales of growing old together in love include a wartime South Dakota romance starting at Grandma’s House and continuing today, as long as she says he needs her. On the Road takes you to Myron and Nadine, proving that Happily Ever After can strike twice and why feathers are vital to a lasting relationship. Our original Tale from the Heart of America shares maturing together, the crackling of autumn leaves - and our joints - in: This is Getting Old. (Like the podcast? For as little as $1 a month you can Become a Patron of Love in America:  https://www.patreon.com/lovinamerica) Links: Betty White and Allen Ludden: From YouTube: Betty White & Allen Ludden - The Love Boat 1/2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2djatIP1EqI&t=52s); Betty White & Allen Ludden - The Love Boat 2/2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMnoguhpgoE&t=91s); From Amazon: If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t), by Betty White Kindle: https://amzn.to/2U58eaS Paperback: https://amzn.to/2DZUZRW Hardcover:  https://amzn.to/2GYVOxN Please be aware that should you follow these links and purchase the item, as an Amazon Associate we may earn from qualifying purchases. Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us Keep an eye out for our upcoming book: Tales from the Heart of America.

Golden Years – 060

Shootists Annie Oakley and Frank Butler help us celebrate Women’s History Month with a frontier flair, including the story of a determined 1880’s Deadwood physician pioneer, Dr. Flora Stanford. On The Road takes you with us to North Carolina for a downhome take on love with the ladies of the Min-O-Pon Bait, Tackle, and Restaurant. Finally, Women’s History on two wheels: ride with us through a Tale from The Heart of America, Motor Maids and Bubblegum. (Like the podcast? For as little as $1 a month you can Become a Patron of Love in America:  https://www.patreon.com/lovinamerica) Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

Ladies First – 059

Jason Momoa and Lisa Bonet’s love story starts with a smitten eight-year-old, and continues today in an unexpectedly blended family. Buet then, love is often unexpected, and always exceptional, as in South Dakota where, no matter whether in love or weather...you’ll never see this Lovin SoDak story coming! Love On the Road brings you to a Buddhist monk in a Des Moines Greek restaurant quoting the Bible - A truly American encounter! Our original Tale from the Heart of America narrative, “No Secrets”,  offers the unexpected job description for the work of love. (Like the podcast? For as little as $1 a month you can Become a Patron of Love in America: https://www.patreon.com/lovinamerica) Love in America website: https://www.LoveInAmerica.us

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