Latest Rand mcnally Podcast Episodes
#120: Randall, NY
These Parts - September 03, 2018 05:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn the finale show, Elliot and Vince make it to their great-great-grandfather's all-time favorite town. Randall, NY, was established by Rand as a valhalla of sorts for the McNally lineage. It's customary that all McNallys make a pilgrimage here in their formative years to learn about the famous f...
#119: Loufficeatte, LA with Janelle Blasdel
These Parts - September 03, 2018 05:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsVince and Elliot McNally head to the bayou to check out Loufficeatte, LA. Rand's 2nd all-time favorite town was once the short-lived sovereign country of Randada. Rand purchased the land from French con-woman Lucille Loufficeatte in a deal called the Lousiana Hornswaggle—it reverted back to US ju...
#118: Isle of Doves, CA with Aric McKeown
These Parts - September 03, 2018 05:07 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsVince and Elliot McNally head west to Rand's 3rd all-time favorite town. Isle of Doves, CA, was the westernmost point in the union until Alaska and Hawaii were admitted. Rand created one of the first formal nature preserves when he discovered the small island, though he originally believed he had...
#117: San Guajandro, NM with Jeremy Adler
These Parts - September 03, 2018 05:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsElliot and Vince McNally check out Rand's 4th all-time favorite town in this episode. San Guajandro, NM, served as the sleepy southwest stage for Rand’s late-in-life religious reawakening. Now it's home to the Born-Again-Born-Again Movement, a group that has realized that “Born-Again” Christians ...
#116: Phox, SC with Michael Ribbens
These Parts - September 03, 2018 05:05 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe McNally brothers break into Rand's Top 5 with their visit to Phox, SC. Phox was the setting of the Spanish-American War's last shots fired in the Spanish-American war. Unfortunately, yellow journalism ran so rampant in the town that, in an effort to sell more newspapers, word of the peace tre...
#115: Byarkansa, AK with Milan Patel
These Parts - September 03, 2018 05:04 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsElliot and Vince McNally are staying cool in one of Rand's hottest towns. Byarkansa, AK, clocks in number 6 on the brothers' countdown. When originally charting Byarkansa, Rand mistranscribed all of the town’s coordinates. Zealous and nearsighted town governance ratified the measures into law, an...
#114: Kaner, WI with Bill McKinley
These Parts - September 03, 2018 05:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe McNally brothers visit their great-great-grandfather's 7th all-time favorite town. Kaner, WI, is where Rand holed himself up for a year to write the Great American Novel. Although he never finished, Kaner is now home to authors, wordsmiths and novelists of all kinds attempting to craft their ...
#113: Ortolan, PA with Michael Erickson
These Parts - September 03, 2018 05:02 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsElliot and Vince McNally visit Ortolan, PA, their great-great-grandfather's 8th all-time favorite town. Citizens of Ortolan have believed the apocalypse was coming any day now for the better part of a century. A haven for preppers of all kinds, Rand spent a year hunkered down in a bunker here. Ch...
#112: Nergens, KS with A.J. Grimm
These Parts - September 03, 2018 05:01 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsElliot and Vince McNally are at last reunited to visit Rand's 9th all-time favorite town: Nergens, KS. The nation’s first laundromat founded here, and Rand utilized it on a cross-country mapping expedition. He unfortunately lost a sock in the process—the only personal effect he ever misplaced. No...
#111: Ungsten, DE with Matt Fox and Vince Koci
These Parts - September 03, 2018 05:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn the mid-season premiere, Elliot McNally visits Rand's 10th favorite town. He's joined by his illegitimate cousin—a descendant of Rand's secret family—Frederick "Frito" Kissinger (Matt Fox), since Vince forgot to show up. Ungsten, DE was home to Rand's very own newspaper, the Ungsten Free Monit...
#110: Bradley, MA with Jack Van Thomme
These Parts - March 31, 2018 05:10 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn the mid-season finale, Vince and Elliot McNally travel to Rand's 11th favorite town, Bradley, MA. Established by board game inventor and investor Milton Bradley, some of the most famous and infamous games were created right here with the help of his long-time friend and one-time partner Rand M...
#109: Charla, ME with Sam Hayes
These Parts - March 31, 2018 05:08 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsCharla, ME makes Rand's Top 20 list at spot #12. The northeastern town is rumored to be the resting grounds of Roman Emperor Charlemagne. Rand was preoccupied for a year here in a DaVinci Code-esque grail quest for answers and more. Vince and Elliot McNally visit and talk to present-day adventure...
#108: Huntley, AR with Jared Haverdink
These Parts - March 31, 2018 05:07 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsVince and Elliot McNally visit Rand's 13th favorite town, Huntley, AR. Huntley hosts and boasts the most eating competitions of anywhere else in the nation. Rand McNally once placed second in a hot dog eating contest here. Chatting with the traveling duo is competitive eater Doug "The Disposal" D...
#107: Blumenthall, CO with Eric Simons
These Parts - March 31, 2018 05:06 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRand's 14th all-time favorite town is home to the first widely broadcast radio program. Now, the Colorado town of Blumenthall is a breeding ground of podcast production. Rand’s old radio show based on his journal, The Windings & Findings of the Great Rand McNally, aired weekly in all 18 states. T...
#106: Hawkins, TN with Hallie Zmroczek
These Parts - March 31, 2018 05:05 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsElliot and Vince McNally travel to Rand's 15th favorite town: Hawkins, TN. Originally named for Sadie Hawkins, the first girl to ever ask a boy to a dance, the town's namesake once escorted Rand McNally to a barn dance during his travels. Today, the citizens of Hawkins champion feminism and cultu...
#105: Mount Melanie, WA with Brady Cripe
These Parts - March 31, 2018 05:04 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRand's 16th favorite town comes straight from the heart. Mount Melanie, WA was founded by Rand in tribute to his forbidden love, Melanie Mercator—of the Mercator Projection lineage. Because their love could never be, this was originally their secret meeting place. Today, the town serves as a home...
#104: Fairfax, GA with Scott Engdahl and Elliot Matson
These Parts - March 31, 2018 05:03 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsRand's 17th all-time favorite town will put a spring in your step and a song in your heart. Fairfax, GA is home to the most barbershop quartets, but only one barbershop. Rand belonged to a group here called The Note-able Gentlemen that's still going strong today. With Elliot out this we...
#103: Mayhew, TX with Jeremy Sender
These Parts - March 31, 2018 05:02 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsVince and Elliot head south to Rand's 18th favorite town, Mayhew, TX. Mayhew is home to the most cults of anywhere else, including one Rand belonged to here for a few years that's still going strong today. With the brothers this episode is Kip Tennis (Jeremy Sender), a citizen who's tried just ab...
#102: Clybourn, CT with Alex Collyard and Alexa Palmero
These Parts - March 31, 2018 05:01 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsVince and Elliot McNally travel to Rand's 19th all-time favorite town, Clybourn, CT. Clybourn is home to sports played the old fashioned way, from leather heads to woody skis and everything in between. Rand played quarterback for a season with the Clybourn Kodiaks. Talking with Vince and Elliot a...
#101: Brompton, VA
These Parts - March 31, 2018 05:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsElliot and Vince McNally are back with a new series of These Parts and a new journey. Following along with their great-great-grandfather's travel journal, they're visiting and counting down Rand McNally's all-time 20 favorite American towns. Kicking things off at #20 is Brompton, VA, t...
#100: Lastly, CO
These Parts - July 28, 2017 12:41 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn the landmark 100th episode of These Parts, Vince and Elliot McNally travel to Lastly, CO. Having just been incorporated the previous week, the brothers offer their assistance in jump-starting some town culture with clips of their favorite places across small-town America.
#99: Abra, NM with Maria Bartholdi, Lupe Muraszewski, Vince Koci and Elliot Matson
These Parts - July 21, 2017 12:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAs Vince and Elliot prep for their 100th episode, a couple of their distant relatives fill in to host. One is their far-removed and illegitimate British cousin Ash Picklicker (Lupe Murazsewski), and the other is a cyborg with the D.N.A. of Rand McNally's bastard child Tube McNally called Robot Tr...
#98: Scuttlebutt, NJ with Jake Michels and Katie Michels
These Parts - July 14, 2017 12:37 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsElliot and Vince McNally head to Scuttlebutt, NJ for this week's show. Scuttlebutt is deemed the most gossipy town in the United States, and telling the brothers all about it and more are local housewives, best friends and world-class gossips, Lex (Jake Michels) and Sally Saywhat (Katie Michels).
#97: Togeroga, AL with Matt Fox
These Parts - July 07, 2017 12:04 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsVince and Elliot McNally are in for a high-octane episode this week in Togeroga, AL. The NASCAR epicenter is home to the famous annual Togeroga 1 one-lap race. Talking with the brothers is NASCAR commentator Calvin Monterrey (Matt Fox).
#96: Florp, LA with Casey Haeg
These Parts - June 30, 2017 12:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis week on These Parts, Vince and Elliot head to the Bayou. Florp, LA is home to the makers of Florp, a short-lived '90s slime toy desperately ready to make a comeback. At the forefront of this endeavor is head of PR at Florp Corp. Intl. Tina Florp (Casey Haeg).
#95: Brumsky, AR with Jed Arkley
These Parts - June 23, 2017 12:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe McNally boys head over to Brumsky, AR on this week's episode. The entire town of Brumsky is an Amazon warehouse wherein its citizens are employed as "pickers"—talking with Elliot and Vince is one of them: Mark Charlesworth (Jed Arkley).
#94: Hampshire, NH with Aric McKeown
These Parts - June 16, 2017 12:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsElliot and Vince McNally visit Hampshire, NH in this week's show. The town harbors the fugitive bloodline of American monarch King Bosco IV, and still attempts to conceal their pre-Revolution British allegiance. Talking with the travelers is local all-American shopkeep Pip Swellington (Aric McKeo...
#93: Marshfield, MS with Jack Van Thomme
These Parts - June 09, 2017 12:08 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsVince and Elliot McNally visit Marshfield, MS this week. Built on a swamp after a sign from God to the town founder, the town is sinking at a rate of around 10 feet per year. Chatting with Vince and Elliot is town architect Bill a.k.a. Mountain Man (Jack Van Thomme).
#92: Handler, OK with Jeremy Adler
These Parts - June 02, 2017 12:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsElliot and Vince McNally head over to Handler, OK this week. Historically the largest manufacturer of pan handles, the town has since needed to diversify into handles of other products. Talking with the travelers is struggling pan handle salesman Russell Brinkman (Jeremy Adler).
#91: Windsom, NE with Michael Erickson
These Parts - May 26, 2017 12:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsElliot and Vince McNally are in the heart of America and its street art scene in this week's show. Windsom, NE boasts a large population of Banksy-esque graffiti artists looking to make a statement and gain notoriety. However, the town has a lush arts community and are thus unoffended by the pain...
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