Love in America!

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.

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. Loving 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.

Carol Burnett makes us glad we had this time together - a love story with life and comedy! On the Road with Love in America, you'll meet two powerful women in one - and woe to them who stand in the way of either - Deadwood’s own Calamity Jane, actress Jena Sierks; Then, an original Tale from The Heart of America brings you the narrative of a woman who’s strength turned struggle into kindness, and a story called Karma Margo.

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.

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.

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?

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.

George and Margaret Westinghouse offer a “powerful” love from American history as we go back for seconds on two favorite stories. Then, we take you On the Road to Cheboygan, Michigan, to meet a man “recalled to life” after prison 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!

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.

Mel Brooks and Anne Bancroft, an elegant Catholic girl from the Bronx and a goofy Jewish boy from Brooklyn show why interfaith couples have faith in mixed doubles! Come on the road to Portlandia and share the Pagan/humanist love of Jade and Ben. Tales from the Heart of America makes divine introductions with the story, God Is... All here on Love in America!

The Déjà vu of Love with couples who remarry...each other! Marie Osmond & Steve Craig’s twice true love; Baron & Luwanna, for better or worse & better again in Montana. Why did Sioux Falls SD hold the title of “Divorce Capital of the Nation”? Love in America, the Second Time Around!

Love stories with the spirit of radio on all points on the dial, from Marconi to an FM romance! On the American road is our Maine attraction - veteran radio pro Ken Main and his wireless partner, Penny Mills. Love in American history offers “the rest of the story” of the lifelong love of Radio Hall of Fame broadcaster Paul Harvey and his Angel. Our Friends and Lovers narrative is a poem inspired by kids definitions of love called, A Day Full.

Growing old together - the love story of Betty White and Allen Ludden and the chickens that ended one marriage and became date night in another! A 1946 South Dakota romance that started at Grandma’s House and continues today, as long as she says he needs her. Then, On the Road with Myron and Nadine, proving that Happily Ever After can strike twice and why feathers are vital to a lasting relationship. Our narrative Tale from the Heart of America shares maturing together, the crackling of autumn leaves - and our joints - in a story called: This Is Getting Old.

Real love for Women’s History Month! The American love story of Annie Oakley & early feminist Frank Butler; down home with the women of North Carolina's Min-O-Pon Bait, Tackle & Restaurant; Women’s History on two wheels with an original narrative on the history of women motorcyclists, Motor Maids & Bubblegum.

Unexpected love! From a South Dakota gold mine to a surprising Hollywood couple, a Buddhist monk offering laughs and bible verses in an Iowa Greek cafe, to the open secret of happiness in marriage, Love in America this week shows that you seldom see what love has coming!

Loves + swords = Lovesmiths! First, what do swords, South Dakota, and love have in common? Love On the Road then takes you to Kenosha, WI and a Renaissance of love stories at the Bristol Renaissance Faire. Love in History whispers, My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father. Prepare to... hear the history of actor Mandy Patinkin and his wife Kathryn Grody! Lastly, a dramatic narrative exploring the connection between love and katana swords; an original Tale from the Heart of America called, Lovesmithing.

The Afterlife of Love...and vice versa! From the beautiful Lakota vision of “walking on” to another native culture’s kinky eternal dinner party, Love in America explores love and life after death. American's thoughts On the Road about love after death; the love story of Tabitha and Stephen King; an original Tale from the Heart of America that starts in grief and ends in hope, called, Dear Cody.

Hamsters & lingerie from the Middle East; the love of Marlo Thomas & Phil Donahue; A gift from Heaven in Buffalo, NY; writer Mo Issa’s insights on Kahlil Gibran.

South Dakota storytellers Scotte and Toni Burns bring you along the American road and through her history to explore an Empire State of love, from the romance of New Yorkers Kirk Douglas and Anne Buydens to a Ticonderoga bakery serving up love muffins, a Big Apple journalist's winter misadventure in the Black Hills, and writer Maria Rodale's take on why we love New York! All coming up this time, on Love in America!

America's diversity of color, faith and status in love, on this week's Love in America! In Woodstock, New York a fairytale romance between boxer Shrek and Puerto Rican dancer Cinderella. Love in History features a couple who taught us to live up to their names: Richard and Mildred Loving, and their lesser-known South Dakota love pioneer counterparts - Rupert and Dee Nelson. Finally, an original narrative from writer Carmel Jones and a tale called, The Night I Survived Dinner With His Parents.

Love means knowing you are never alone, and having a little something to laugh about together - perfect for this week’s theme of love and Alzheimers/dementia. We start with a tale that began as a Hollywood romance and became one of the greatest American love stories: the lifelong love of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Then, in our Friends and Lovers narrative, we'll share a piece from writer Brooke Shelby Biggs about falling in love with your mother - every time you meet her - and a story called Hello, Goodbye.

It’s a MAD, MAD, MAD, MADison World on Love in America this episode, starting in Madison, South Dakota, where it’s not safe to steal a seat! We’re going to lay it all on the line with The Wichita Lineman of love in Madison, Wisconsin - On the Road with Jeff and Mary Sue. Then, what do naughty jokes, seafood ice cream, and burning down the White House have in common? The love story of James and Dolley Madison! Lastly, in our new segment, Friends and Lovers, narratives from storytellers across the United States, we have Dear Madison, a letter about being loved in a world of mean girls.

Love and homelessness in America, beginning with the tale of how a dollar given in charity on the streets of New York City turned into a lifetime of love for two South Dakota women. Then, our Love in History is the story of a man who escaped homelessness - Harry Houdini and his two loves, his wife Bess, and his mother Cecilia. On the Road brings a mystic experience with a homeless, (and boatless) retired police officer in Mystic, Connecticut. And finally, a Tale from The Heart of America is about a game no one wants to play, but for which love can rewrite the rules, called: Hide and Sleep.

Mental illness is no laughing matter. Yet, humor can still be the best medicine! This week on LiA - Psych! On Love in History, he’s not a psychiatrist, but he plays one on T.V., the love story of Kelsey Grammer and his wife Kayte, challenging our notions of who deserves a second (or third, or fourth) chance at love. On the Road is wisdom and humor from addiction counselor and urban guru, Jim LaPierre, who will take you from hell to Higher Ground in Bangor, Maine. Lovin SoDak offers the first female comic to perform at Sturgis, and who also happens to be a psychiatric nurse! And, our original narrative from the upcoming book, Tales from The Heart of America, is a story about the scars we carry - the ones you can’t see - in a tale called Rub Some Dirt on It.

Lovin' the teachers! Starting with A Little Love On the Prairie – the tale of Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder. On the Road begins with “two educators walk into a tapas bar”, a Love in America interview with a mixed-race educator couple in Atlanta, Georgia. Lovin SoDak is all about one SD school’s answer to fundraising: Eagles… with ukuleles! And, our narrative from Tales from The Heart of America is a tale about the school of life teaching us what we really need to know, in a story called Be Cool.

All about the love of dogs! He’s a Tramp, but they love him (especially his Lady) - Discover the story behind Lady and the Tramp, the greatest dog love story ever filmed! Next, we take you with us On the Road to a countryside and chapel devoted to the love of dogs - Dog Mountain, Vermont. Our Lovin SoDak segment is the fetching tale of River, a lost and found hunting dog. And, our narrative from Tales from The Heart of America is about love, loss and why innocence can still take a walk with experience, in a tale called Puppy Love.

This week's Love in America is all about love in art - the Art of Love! - starting with SoDak sculptor Wayne Porter, who is taking his love for gargantuan artwork to new heights on the northern plains ("I'm not Da Vinci, so I make it bigger!") Next, we hear from one of America's best-known modern painters, modern realist and official artist of Harley-Davidson, Scott Jacobs and his irrepressible bride, Sharon. Theirs is a colorful tale on it own, but made even more poignant when they are joined by kindred spirits Gary and Lorrie Puckett (Gary Puckett and the Union Gap) in a story of how tragedy brought friends together as family. Our Love in History feature this week is the passionate tale of master painter Georgia O"Keefe and photographer Alfred Steiglitz, and their lifelong love balancing creativity, sexuality and the changing tempers of time. Finally, our original narrative from Tales from The Heart of America is Toni's muse on the pieces, colours and textures of love called Love Is Art. All in this week's Love in America!

Love is in the stars - From SoDak, where stars don’t only come out at night, they come out all day, to the story of Kathy at the North Stonington Ag Fair in Connecticut: From tractor puller to celestial being! Love in History is one small step for a man and one giant leap for love – the love story of John and Annie Glenn. Finally, our Tales from The Heart of America original narrative reveals that if our years were stars, our lives would be a constellation – in a story called Goodbye Orion.

Lovin the tough ladies! 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; In Lovin History, you’ll be glad we had this time together - a love story with life and comedienne Carol Burnett; Lovin SoDak is a slew of ladies showing their... grit, in Deadwood!; and our original Tale from The Heart of America is the narrative of a woman who’s strength turned struggle into kindness, called: Karma Margo.

This episode, Lovin’ the tough guys! Real men love Teddy Bears and so do ladies – the love story of Theodore and Edith Roosevelt; On the Road, discover the real-life tale of a tough guy “recalled to life” by the love of his children; Lovin SoDak the story of Hugh Glass, a man too tough to die; Our original Tale from The Heart of America is a narrative exploring what it means to be a real man, called: A Man’s World.

Love triumphs, even through the Civil War, with a union within the Union – the love story of Ulysses S. and Julia Grant; On the Road, discover a Union among confederates with Daniel and Haidee at the Nevada State Fair; our Lovin SoDak feature explains how the war made South Dakota taste better (thanks, Aunt Lou!); and our narrative is a Gettysburg Tale from The Heart of America in a story called: Monumental.

This week, we’ve got love down to a science! On the Road, we discover the love of a man who made cleaning a science - The Don Juan of the John, Don Aslett; Lovin History is a cosmic tale of love with Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan, while our Lovin SoDak segment searches for the Big Bang in a forgotten gold mine!; finally, our Tales from the Heart of America narrative is all about the magic of knowing stuff, in a tale called: Find a Rock.

A trek through the stars with Star Trek Elvis in Ticonderoga, New York; then, where no love has gone before - the story of DeForest Kelly and Carolyn Dowling; Lovin SoDak this week, we’ll share a Blue Book chapter on the Ellsworth Incident; finally, our narrative is about seeking out new life and new civilizations of the heart, through a tale called: Story Time.

South Dakota storytellers and Scotte and Toni Burns bring you along the American road to discover "lovers, dreamers and me", from a caravan of Tiny Houses in Portland to loves that carved mountains and created the Muppets! All that, and from our upcoming book Tales from The Heart of America, a narrative about the difference between wishing and making dreams happen, called: Around the Corner.

This Love in America is about everyday people: laughs and love with Steve and Cindy from the couch in an Alabama motorcycle shop; Speaking of couches, he’s not a psychologist, but he played one on TV – the love story of Bob and Ginny Newhart; Warmth and wisdom from the road, served with milk and this week’s Tales from The Heart of America narrative: Cookies!​

With great Pride, this week's feature is Karol and Tammy of Namaste Ocean Shores, Washington – proving that Love is Magick!; Lovin History is the lifelong tale of love and laughter between Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner; also Deadwood SD’s First Annual Pride Fest!; Our narrative is a story about learning to speak, but more importantly learning to listen, in a tale called Speakers and Listeners.

Love in the military! Discipline can be funny, especially when it doesn’t happen to you; military marriage in the words of the US Army and Lehigh Valley, PA’s Kyle and Meghan Dalpais; Love in History is the inspiring true story of Pat and Marie Tillman…and Joe Shenton; this episode’s Lovin America narrative is a tribute to a Coast Guardsman and dad: USS Vaudeville.

An episode all about imagination! Love from the Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Buddhist Monastery in Woodstock NY; the creative love story of Joanne and Fred Rogers; a Tales from Heart of America narrative titled, "Can You Imagine?"; and an off-the-hoof idea for a Deadwood sporting event: The Running of the Buffalo!

A Daily Show of passion with the love story of comedian and animal lovers Jon Stewart and Tracey McShane; Diving deep for love with submariner Cliff and his wife Char in Virginia Beach, VA; This week's narrative from the book, Lovin America: The Roads to Happily Ever After, is about love’s detours and discoveries, titled appropriately - Road Blocks.

Tractor pulling and becoming a star with Connecticut Kathy in North Stonington; Love in History this week is a Main Event of love between Shawn Michaels and Rebecca (Whisper) Hickenbottom; Dogs, guns and whiskey - all the news that is news when you’re lovin South Dakota!

Irving Berlin wrote the songs that were America's soundtrack of the 20th Century, escaped the Cossack buring of his Siberian home, across Europe, onto America's shores and into her heart. Never learning to write music, he nonetheless wrote a life and love story told through 256 hits rooted in the events of he and his Ellin's lives together. Also in this episode, meet the lady and the lawman on the Riverfront of New Orleans, an honest, funny and unvarnished conversation on western love. The show opens with a ribald romp through South Dakota happenings, a feature that will soon be a new series - South Dakota Weakly News!

"The rest of the story" with the lifelong love of Paul and Lynn/Angel Harvey; South Dakota versus the Whistle Pigs!; On the road with Lovin America finds East meets West - Shree and Swati in the City of Brotherly Love

Storytellers and motorcycle longriders Scotte and Toni Burns begin this week's journeys Lovin' Deadwood South Dakota, and exploring the return of the Deadwood stagecoach, as well as the town's more modern technologies, the trolley and music carried through electricity! Then, the route takes listeners up through Belle Fourche, The (Geographic) Center of the Universe (well, the US, anyway)and a spirited visit with leatherman Kerry Wilcox and the Lady Bernadette. Love in History this week takes listeners through the passionate and revealing tale of comedian, husband and father Harpo Marx and his lifelong love, Susan Fleming.

A coyote tale that really hits “The Spot” in Deadwood; Then, “We’ll get you my pretties!” (with the Hollywood love story of Toto né Terry); finally, how Microsoft Works – at least when it comes to the love story of Bill and Melinda Gates!

Lovin the historic small towns of America, including the largest town of its size, anywhere!; All’s “Faire” in love, at the Bristol Renaissance in Kenosha, Wisconsin; This week’s Love in History: Welcome to our Lovin Nightmare (we hope we don’t scare you) with the story of Alice and Sheryl Cooper!

Foreplay chardonnay and “wining” about winter in the South Dakota vineyards; Love and laughter with Omaha's sage stylist Alesia; our weekly Lovin History features Star Trek meets Corinthian leather on Fantasy Island - the love story of Ricardo and Georgiana Montalban.

Opportunity knocks on a Purple Door in Deadwood; older than the Rocky Mountains in the Black Hills; wisdom and a quickie from Salem, MA - how to recover from saying precisely the wrong thing; the brilliant love story of George and Marguerite Westinghouse. Extended features for Lovin America’s Patrons include politics gone to the good dogs: Mayor Duke of Cormorant, Minnesota; this week’s narrative - Storms, Palaces, Knights, Fairy Tales… and a Goat, from Lovin America: The Roads to Happily-Ever-After.

Deadwood’s limping cowboy poet - Captain Jack Crawford; Lovin America on the road meets Virginia…in Green Bay; and our Lovin History story is a M*A*S*H up of actor Alan Alda and photographer/writer Arlene Weiss (Alda). Extended features for Lovin America’s Patrons include a tail of the Midnight Circus gone to the dogs; and a tale of The Best Plaid Lanes from the book, Lovin America: The Roads to Happily-Ever-After.

The dark side of Daylight Saving; Learning to crawl on St Patty’s Day in Deadwood; A Republic of Texas romance with Don and Shay; and a Legacy of love – Sam Elliott and Katharine Ross. Extended features for Lovin America’s Patrons include a dog that keeps running away from home… to home; and a tale of home in "Home Delivery" from our book Lovin America: The Roads to Happily-Ever-After.

Boxers, woodpeckers share hard knocks in Deadwood; Taj sends love from Haight (Ashbury!); the passionate Old West tale of a gentleman dentist and a cultured dance hall girl – Doc Holliday and Kate Elder. Patron’s extended features include: Military Service Dog Dexter CO67, you can call him Dex; a tale from Lovin America travels tells of a well-fitting road: Road Worn. For more, visit www.lovinamerica.us