It’s Our Favorite Klucking Podcast!

One of the ways we’ve discovered to arrive to a city feeling more in tune with it, is to listen to podcasts from local community radio. It’s a great way to get a feel for a city, know some of the current issues and even get hints on local places to eat and shop.

One podcast that we regularly listen to is Chicken Lips from Salida, Colorado’s KHEN 106.9. Salida is a city we love to visit often.

It sits along the Arkansas River in the midst of the Rocky Mountains and is quite scenic. It has a wonderful quirky small town artistic feel, as well as a couple of microbrews. Salida is also, incidentally, the site of our second date (they haven’t installed the plaque yet). Our good friends Andrew & Teresa Koransky also settled there after their nomadic year on the road, which is our reason for coming back. They’re incidentally the host’s of Chicken Lips, which is only partly why we continue to listen.

Teresa and Andrew spin up an amazing collection of unique tunes that really keeps our driving days fueled. And they frequently feature locals on the show and highlight events and issues – so we get to stay in touch with one of our favorite cities as we travel.

We were recently visiting Salida, and upon our arrival we mentioned to TnA (as they affectionally refer to themselves) that we had listened to Chicken Lips on our drive into Colorado. We had learned, for instance, that the city decided to keep the RV trailer dump station free – a definite plus for us RV traveling technomads.

We asked if we could interview them for a video piece on local community radio. And they got an idea in their head and convinced us to get up early the next morning and join them on the air too!

You can catch our radio interview on being technomadic on their podcast #65, and meet Teresa & Andrew in our video interview.

So next time you’re traveling to a new city and want a bit more of a local feel – search out podcasts from local community radio. It’s a great way to get to know a city.

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