Journeys Of Discovery With Tom Wilmer

Filmmaker Ben Judkins visits with correspondent Tom Wilmer at the Fremont Theater to learn about the award-winning documentary Cigarette Surfboard, showcased at the 2025 San Luis Obispo FILM FEST.

When the SLO Film Fest ends each year the show goes on with selected flicks offered at the Palm Theater in downtown San Luis Obispo.

Executive Director at the Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum shares chilling recollections of the Oklahoma City bombing of the Murrah Federal Building

Join correspondent Tom Wilmer for a visit with Kim Bumpas, president of Visit Knoxville and Mark Ezell, the State of Tennessee’s Commissioner of Tourist Development.

Correspondent Tom Wilmer explores the Lower Rio Grande Valley’s wildlife refuges and the Mission, TX Butterfly Center

Join National Park Ranger Gregory Wolf at Manannas/Bull Run to discover fascinating insights about the two battles that occurred here.

Discover Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic site, an operational historic cotton-gin in Burton, TX; Joe Robertson at the Blue Bell Ice Cream factory; David Thomas the Director at the Brenham Heritage Museum; Heaven on earth—Milk & Honey Ranch; The Antique Rose Emporium; Brenham’s Camptown Freedom Colony Cemetery and Ant Street Inn & Main Street House

Sierra Gold Country denizens share their stories--Calaveras County commissioner and historian, Martin Huberty; wine pioneer Gay Callan, and award-winning Hinterhaus spirits distiller Bonnie Boglioli

Join the Indiana exploration--Notre Dame University; South Bend’s Studebaker Museum; Indiana Dunes National Park; Cedar Lake Museum; Charlestown State Park, and historic French Lick Resort.

Come along for visits with the denizens of the historic, rural Missouri towns of Hermann; St. Charles; Silver Dollar City; Augusta; Hannibal, and the circa-1856 riverboat Arabia’s artifacts on display in Kansas City, MO.

An exploration of the people and places that makes Cincinnati a vibrant, engaging community.

Come along and discover the Silent Wings Museum in Lubbock, Texas

Join correspondent Tom Wilmer on the Caribbean island of Montserrat as he explores the isle’s Incredible Irish connection and how St. Patrick’s Day became a national holiday

Eric Czaja, a US Army Special Forces Major leads Monterey, California’s Naval Postgraduate School’s Regenerative Grazing Open Air Lab on 2,500 acres at Camp San Luis Obispo, CA.

Come along correspondent Tom Wilmer for a visit to Yulin in Northern Shaanxi Province with Great Wall sections constructed with rammed earth; Mao’s mountain headquarters and a premier relics museum

Chickamauga National Military Park Ranger Lee white shares fascinating insights about the life of Civil War soldiers.

Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with Sean Weir, Cal Poly grad and author of the book, The Mad Crush, detailing his time as a cellar rat at the historic San Luis Obispo County based Sausalito Canyon winery.

Berkeley, California based author Yang Huang shares tales of growing up in China, post cultural revolution. And how, on the heels of the Tiananmen Square protests, she was empowered to write in hopes of propelling a more tolerant and hopeful world through her stories.

Join Phillip & LaNell McMahon at their alpaca ranch as they share their passion for raising and breeding the exotic animal that kids and adults alike adore

A best-of-the-best Journeys podcast—recorded live in Memphis with Faith Morris at the poignant National Civil Rights Museum