Program 542b: Wild West Ghost Towns; Heroes of Ireland; Savage Harvest

On the next Travel with Rick Steves, Jim Hinckley recommends old Western ghost towns you can still visit, before they fade away.

Irish singer Cathie Ryan shares how Ireland remembers its heroes, in the lyrics of traditional songs.

And journalist Carl Hoffman tells us what he learned about the disappearance of Michael Rockefeller, during an art-buying expedition in the jungles of New Guinea in 1961.

• Jim Hinckley, co-author of "Ghost Towns of the West" (Voyageur Press)
• Singer Cathie Ryan
• Reporter Carl Hoffman, author of "Savage Harvest" (William Morrow-Harper Collins)

• Jim Hinckley compiled the guide to "Ghost Towns of the West" with Philip Varney.
• Jim also wrote "Ghost Towns of Route 66" and "America's Longest Small Town" (Voyageur Press) as guides to the region of the old US Route 66. Jim also spoke with Rick on Travel with Rick Steves program #530 in July 2018 about his work promoting historical tourism along the former US Route 66.
• Jim also hosts a weekly podcast from Arizona, called Wake Up with Jim.
• Cathie Ryan's website includes lyrics to many of the traditional Irish songs she's recorded.
• The collection of "National Historical Ballads, Songs and Poems," compiled by Thomas Davis in 1869, is available to view online.
• Carl Hoffman researched the disappearance of Michael Rockefeller among the Asmat people of southwestern New Guinea, in his book "Savage Harvest."
• Nelson Rockefeller's Museum of Primitive Art was incorporated into the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 1969.
• Carl Hoffman was previously on Travel with Rick Steves to talk about his books "The Last Wild Men of Borneo" in March 2018, and "The Lunatic Express" in 2011.

• New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, cond., "Grand Canyon Suite - III: On the Trail (Grofe)," Gershwin-Rhapsody In Blue / Sony Classical
• Mark O'Connor and the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, "Fall" (from "Seasons of an American Life" for violin and orchestra), The American Seasons / Sony
• Mannheim Steamroller, "Crystal," Halloween / American Gramaphone
• Soundtrack to The Kentuckian, "Saloon Piano," The Kentuckian-Williamsburg (The Complete Bernard Herrmann Scores) / Tribute Film Classics
• Matthias Gohl, "Colorado Trail," Ken Burns' 'The West' (soundtrack) / Sony
• Dominic Frontiere, "Hang 'Em High," MGM Sneak Preview Compilation / MGM-Ryko
• Loreena McKennitt, "The Old Ways," The Visit / Quinlan Road
• * Unión Musical, "Tristezas Quetzaltecas," 100 Melodías de Guatemala Con las Mejores Marimbas (collection) / Difosa
• Scythian, "Donegal Rant," Aidan's Orbit / Birch House Records
• Aretha Franklin, "Hard Times," The Essential Aretha Franklin / Columbia-Legacy
• Cherish the Ladies, "Mairie O'Keefe," A Thistle & Shamrock Christmas Ceilidh (collection) / Green Linnet Records
• During her interview, Cathie Ryan sings excerpts from the following traditional Irish songs: "Grace O'Malley," "The Song of the Wandering Angus," "Willys Willys Waleya," and "Danny Boy"
• Auréole, "The Wind that Shakes the Barley," Celtic Grace: Airs, Dances and Ballads from Ireland / E 1 Music International
• Mago de Oz, "Irish Pub," Belfast / Locomotive Records
• Black 47, "Danny Boy," Bittersweet Sixteen / Gadfly
• * Grace O'Malley Quartet, "Jig, from Second Suite in F, op. 28 (Holst)," Say Grace / (self-released)
• Afro Celt Sound System, "Inion," 10 Out of 10 (collection) / RealWorld
• Evergreen Ensemble, "Seduk Maru 3," O Bali / CBC Records
• Fifteen Working Men, "A Men's Work Group Clears a New Garden," Bosavi: Rainforest Music from Papua New Guinea (collection) / Smithsonian Folkways
• Lus Mangi Grin Neks String Band, "Really Hungry," Bosavi: Rainforest Music from Papua New Guinea (collection) / Smithsonian Folkways
• R. L. Burnside, "Come On In, part 2," Come On In / Fat Possum Records
• Celebrants in the Wilkill Village, "Parade of the Niyl Masks," The Living, Dead and Dying: Music of the New Guinea Wape (collection) / Smithsonian Folkways
• Loreena McKennitt, "Bonny Portmore," The Visit / WEA
• Spade Cooley, "Oklahoma Stomp," King of Western Swing, vol. 5 (anthology) / Soundies

* Indicates filler music used during internal breaks on the broadcast

• At 14:17, Jim Hinckley says he's been researching old Western towns "for 50 years." Rick makes the 50-years reference in the billboard as well.
• Jim notes at 16:05 that Mr. Robinson, the proprietor of the Gold King Mine Museum in Jerome, Arizona, recently passed away, but his family continues to operate the attraction.
• At 23:44 Rick references the 1916 Easter Rising in Ireland as "a little over 100 years ago."
• In the reset at 26:30, Rick notes that Cathie Ryan was twice named Irish Female Performer of the Decade by LiveIreland.com.
• Near the end of segment B, Cathie sings a verse of "Danny Boy" that includes a seasonal reference to fall.
• Rick updates the segment C reset at 50:56 with a mention of Carl Hoffman's latest book (in 2020), "Liar's Circus," about Donald Trump's MAGA rally fans.
• Starting at 51:30, Carl Hoffman says it is possible to travel to almost any part of New Guinea, and adds that the Asmat people are now mostly Catholics and no longer practice cannibalism.

Pgm #542 Haiku awards

Ohio River
bratwurst mustard on my nose
scenic Roebling bridge

— Jim Snyder, Chuluota, Florida

Mist over the moors
Daylight goes gray yearning for
fall to turn hopeful

— Roy Barnes, Cheyenne, Wyoming

Puppets reenact
Pulp Fiction with tiny guns
Strings tangle, limbs fly

— Jorie Slodki, Raleigh, North Carolina