http://hhosein.hipcast.com/podcast/H3VtJb Shun the superhighway and bypass an America blanketed by Wal-Marts and McDonalds. Stick to two-lane roads through the heartland and make your acquaintance with Mom & Pop. Yes, they're endangered, but they're still around. And believe it or not, a deep, not-so-silent groundswell of support is growing for them as Americans realize that nice things maybe do come in small packages, and not always in Big Boxes. That's what two former network journalists discover as they produce their own road movie across an increasingly polarized United States in search of Independent America that mystical, picturesque place unchained from corporate retail. Economies of scale, globalization, the endless quest for growth -- they're all here to stay. Yet perhaps technology and homeland security concerns point to another way for the local entrepreneur to succeed and thrive in the furthest reaches of America. Copyright 2005 Independent America Media Inc. en-us Wed, 16 May 2012 16:46:09 GMT Hipcast RSS Feeder 1.25 Travel 60 http://hhosein.hipcast.com/albumart/1001.1337186769.jpg http://hhosein.hipcast.com/podcast/H3VtJb yes Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes A married couple go looking for "Mom & Pop" -- as they produce their own road movie across an increasingly polarized United States in search of Independent America. It's a mystical, picturesque place unchained from corporate retail. A husband-and-wife team on a cross-country quest for the struggle between Independent America and corporate chain retail. no Travel,Roadtrip,Wal,Mart,Mom,Pop,documentary,corporate,chain,big,box HRH Media hrh_media@yahoo.com 1f44aa68-ae0a-d40d-8769-82b26e8b1a6a Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:43:46 GMT yes Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes no 25d38ee6-298c-ac7f-75f4-d7e8494c3283 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 01:50:44 GMT yes Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes no c7a19d6b-227f-d3df-ca87-422787ed391f Sun, 10 Jul 2005 22:45:01 GMT yes Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes no 581df928-862f-2649-4b22-6c6fe1f22efd Fri, 08 Jul 2005 01:51:22 GMT yes Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes no 7ad26d0e-b5d2-45c6-f13e-4c0dcd3b51da Mon, 04 Jul 2005 06:01:45 GMT yes Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes no 6cda71f5-504c-a8d8-b5e9-6267a28a9f97 Tue, 28 Jun 2005 06:15:22 GMT yes Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes no 219bc2fa-e313-91a5-a031-d9772ccaefd0 Tue, 07 Jun 2005 19:01:47 GMT yes Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes no 4cdaa05c-a5fc-3505-e6ed-30ade0b2edfc Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:03:06 GMT yes Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes no 4af78e40-9db5-a741-a91b-0dfae68df92c Tue, 31 May 2005 06:23:08 GMT yes Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes no 15290a50-a62b-b7ed-0cad-d4098ae5f8ea Sat, 28 May 2005 00:18:26 GMT yes Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes no 7626c256-968f-26b3-eebf-8c676d8b5c9f Fri, 20 May 2005 05:47:16 GMT yes Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes no 8f0f2234-fec2-c5fa-80cf-393905fcb705 Mon, 16 May 2005 08:29:44 GMT yes Hanson Hosein and Heather Hughes no