The Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast

The Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast

By Dean Klinkenberg

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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.

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Episodes(86)

From Colonial Kitchens to Concretes: Two Centuries of St. Louis Food with Suzanne Corbett

2026-09-3067:10

The Riverboat Gambler: Myth, Reality, and the Making of an American Icon with Thomas Ruys Smith

2026-09-1864:08

The First People of the Mississippi Valley, Part 2: A Big Bang and First Contact

2026-09-0259:28

The First People of the Mississippi Valley, Part 1: Creation, Mounds, and the Path of Souls

2026-08-1935:04

The American Bottom In Focus, with Photographer Jennifer Colten

2026-08-0558:43

From Great Sewer to Great River: How the Twin Cities Brought a Dead Mississippi River Back to Life

2026-07-2258:17

Deep Time on the Mississippi: The River's Geologic Origins and Future with Roy Van Arsdale

2026-07-0871:40

The Decades-Long Effort to Tame the Wild Mississippi River: How Engineers Reshaped America's Greatest River

2026-06-1078:12

Better Safe Than Sorry? My Radical Choice to Trust the World

2026-05-2728:31

The River Is Calling — Will You Answer? River Days of Action and National Mississippi River Day 2026

2026-05-1358:26

Lake Pepin’s Legends, Communities, and Future with Michael Anderson

2026-04-2973:34

After Andersonville: The Sultana and the Cruelest Twist of the Civil War

2026-04-1579:36

You Can Make It Illegal, But You Can't Make It Unpopular: History of Brothels and Prostitution in Mississippi River Towns

2026-04-0135:21

The Power of Story: How Cahokia Became North America's Greatest City, with Dr. Julie Zimmerman

2026-03-1878:15

Wild at Heart: The Natural World of the Lower Mississippi with Jack Killgore

2026-03-0464:49

Preview of 2026 Mississippi Valley Traveler Podcast Season

2026-02-251:52

Beyond Plantations: Getting to Know Louisiana’s River Road

2025-11-0568:07

A French Village in the American Heartland: Historian Jim Gass on Sainte Genevieve, Missouri

2025-10-2278:46

Learning the Language of the Mississippi River with John Ruskey

2025-10-0872:47

The Mississippi’s Forgotten People: Life on Shantyboats and the Margins of American Society

2025-09-1080:32

Beyond Mark Twain: Faye Dant on Hannibal's African American Stories

2025-07-3068:10

Tips for Traveling the Great River Road, Part 2

2025-07-1664:27

Tips for Traveling the Great River Road, Part 1

2025-07-0264:27

The Missouri River, Part 2: Channelization, Community, and Recreation

2025-06-1848:44

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