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San Antonio's missions are feeding this Texas city with cultural awareness

The chain of missions established along the San Antonio River in the form the largest concentration of Catholic missions in North America, and have recently gained global recognition as they received UNESCO World Heritage status.

Come along with the NPR podcast travel show Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer Associate Producer, Melissa Corbin, as she explores the Mission's history and how it's beginning to feed more than just the mind.

Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.