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Love in America!

by Scotte and Toni Burns

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.Deadwood, South Dakota storytellers Scotte and Toni Burns reveal Tales from the Heart of America, deep and abiding real love stories from American history, culture and travels.

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Episodes

  1. Love in America 072 - The Grapes of The Wrath of Khan

    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...

  2. Episode 071 - The Right Stuff for Love

    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…

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  3. Love in America 070 - Ladies First!

    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...

  4. Love in America 069 - Lovers and Haighters

    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...

  5. Love in America 068 - No Greater Love

    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…

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  6. Love in America 067 - Just Imagine!

    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…

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  7. Love in America 066 - Playing Favorites, Too!

    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...

  8. Love in America 065 - Playing Favorites

    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...

  9. Love in America 064 - Hands Across The Water

    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…

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  10. Love in America 063 - Believe It Or Not

    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...

  11. Love in America 062 - The Second Time Around

    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!

  12. Spirit of Radio - Love in America 061

    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…

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  13. Golden Years - Love in America 060

    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...

  14. Ladies First! - Love in America 059

    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…

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  15. Love Unexpected - Love in America 058

    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!

  16. Lovesmiths - Love in America 057

    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...…

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  17. The Afterlife of Love - Love in America 056

    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…

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  18. The Mecca of Love! - Love in America 055

    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.

  19. Love in America 054 - New York New York!

    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...

  20. Love in America 053 - Mixed Doubles

    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…

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  21. Love in America 052 - Hello, Goodbye

    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…

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  22. Love in America 051 - It's a Mad, Mad, Madison World!

    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...

  23. Love in America 050 - Where the Heart Is

    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…

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  24. Love in America 049 - Shrink Rap

    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...

  25. Love in America 048 - Learning to Love

    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…

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  26. Love In America 047 - Dog Is Love

    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…

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  27. Love in America 046 - The Art of 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...

  28. Love in America 045 - In the Stars

    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…

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  29. Love in America 044 - Tough as (Painted) Nails

    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...

  30. Love in America 043 - Tough Love

    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…

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  31. Love in America 042 - The Unfinished Work

    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...

  32. Love in America 041 - Something Incredible

    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...

  33. Love in America 040 - Where No Love Has Gone Before

    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...

  34. Love in America 039 - Lovers, Dreamers and Me!

    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...

  35. Love in America 038 - What About Bob?

    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...

  36. Love in America 037 - Pride and Joy!

    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...

  37. Love in America 036 - No Greater Love

    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…

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  38. Love in America 035 - Just My Imagination

    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...

  39. Love in America 034 - Animal Lovers

    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…

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  40. Love in America 033 - Mr. and Mrs. Heartbreak Kid

    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!

  41. Love in America 032 - Puttin' On the Ritz

    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...

  42. Love in America 031 - Angels and Whistle Pigs!

    "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

  43. Love in America 030 - Leather, Love and Laughter

    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...

  44. Love in America 029 - The Gates of Love

    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!

  45. Love in America 028 - Nightmares and Fairytales

    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!

  46. Love in America 027 - The Grapes of Wrath of Khan

    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.

  47. Love in America 026 - Purple Doors, White Dresses

    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...

  48. Love in America 025 - Captain Jack's Rum Cake

    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...

  49. Love in America 024 - KooKooKaDude, Mrs. Robinson!

    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…

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  50. Love in America 023 - Love and Haight!

    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...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

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.Deadwood, South Dakota storytellers Scotte and Toni Burns reveal Tales from the Heart of America, deep and abiding real love stories from American history, culture and travels.

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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...

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