The Scenic Route
The Scenic Route
Andrew McCrea
Now you can take a longer, more leisurely trip through the American Countryside with our long-form podcast. Andrew McCrea brings you some of the most interesting stories you’ve never heard about the people, places, and events that have shaped America.
Scenic Route – Santa Claus House
No matter our age, we all have a fascination with Santa’s journey of delivering gifts around the world. Take a trip to North Pole, Alaska...
Dec 23, 2015
13 min
Scenic Route – Barrow, Alaska
Barrow, Alaska is the northernmost town in the United States. It’s population is mostly native Alaskans. Centuries-old traditions still influence life. On this Scenic Route, Andrew...
Dec 21, 2015
16 min
Scenic Route – Tom Brand
American Countryside Producer and Editor Tom Brand faced multiple heart attacks in the summer of 2013 that not only affected his life, but left him...
Dec 7, 2015
45 min
Scenic Route – Navajo Code Talker
Beginning in 1942, Navajo men began using their native language to send coded messages in combat during World War II.  The role they played in...
May 30, 2014
1 hr 1 min
Scenic Route – The Curtain Springs Station
In central Australia you will find Ayer’s Rock…the iconic red monolith that’s the country’s well-known landmark. Just 60 miles east of that famous site, you’ll...
May 5, 2014
38 min
Scenic Route:  Inside the World Trade Center
If you were old enough to remember September 11th, 2001, you know exactly where you were when you heard the news of the terrorist attacks...
Jan 20, 2014
23 min
Scenic Route: Inside the ER After the JFK Assassination
Phyllis Hall was a nurse at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, and she was on duty on November 22, 1963, the day JFK was assassinated.  Her...
Nov 20, 2013
17 min
Scenic Route – Conversation with an Assassin
Pierce Allman was working as a young man at a Dallas radio station in November 1963. He was only feet away from President Kennedy when...
Oct 4, 2013
21 min
Scenic Route 14: The North Dakota Boy and the Top of the World
Carl Ben Eielson grew up in North Dakota, but his aviation career took him much further north than that. The latest edition of The Scenic...
Sep 4, 2013
9 min
Scenic Route 13: Paula Neuman Gris
On this edition of The Scenic Route, Andrew talks to Paula Neuman Gris, who was just three years old when her family was broken up...
Aug 6, 2013
39 min
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