Follinglo Podcast

02/04/2024

If you live in Iowa, tune in to Iowa Life tonight (April 2) at 6:30pm Central Time to watch a segment about the Tjernagel tragedy at Folllinglo farm.

If you don't live in Iowa or want to watch the segment any time, it is available on the PBS website:
https://www.pbs.org/video/tragedy-at-follinglo-o6wqni/

I've also embedded it on the podcast website at https://follinglopodcast.com.

A National Guard airplane crashed into the Tjernagel family farmhouse on December 9, 1968.

09/12/2019

08/12/2019

Hello everyone!! We are LOOOOOONG overdue in updating you all on the next episode of Follinglo, so Marcus and I will be on Facebook live tonight at 8:30pm-ish CST - as soon as we get our son to bed. 😊 We hope to see you there!

27/05/2019

On this memorial day we remember the sacrifice Lieutenant Larry L. Thomas and Captain John H. Rooks made while training to protect our country on that fateful night more than 50 years ago. https://www.follinglopodcast.com/podcast/03

05/05/2019

We are still working on episode 8 of , which is requiring a lot of extra research to get the many complicated details of this part of the story right. Thank you for your patience!

07/04/2019

Hello everyone! We wanted to give you a status update for the next episode of the Follinglo Podcast. The last few weeks have been a doozy and we just wanted to let you know what was going on. We are working on the next episode and will keep you posted!

01/04/2019

We're still working on episode 8. In the meantime, please enjoy this short "behind the scenes" video by Rebecca Hanson (Marie Tjernagel's grandaughter who reads her account) and her husband Tim Ryder. We used some clips from this for our presentation to the Story City Historical Society.

27/03/2019

We had a wonderful time last week in Story City, Iowa speaking about the story of what happened at Follinglo farm 50 years ago and seeing a lot of you in person. Thank you Story City Historical Society for inviting us to speak, and thank you all of you who joined us!

17/03/2019

Hello everyone! We are officially in Iowa! Jenn has been singing all the songs from The Music Man since crossing the border. 😂 We are looking forward to seeing you at the Follinglo Podcast presentation at the Story City Historical Society on Thursday! Who will be joining us?

11/03/2019

Episode Seven: The Fight - Part One is now available! Marie begins her battle with the government to be compensated for all that was lost, and Mike leaves for the Vietnam War.

https://www.follinglopodcast.com/podcast/07

Marie begins her battle with the government over compensation for all that was lost, and Mike leaves for war.

03/03/2019

We are still working hard on Follinglo Podcast Episode Seven: The Fight and need another week to get it completed. You can subscribe to be notified via email as soon as it is available at https://follinglopodcast.com

The Des Moines Register's July 28, 1971 issue includes a story about Marie Tjernagel's challenges that will be covered in the upcoming episode.

25/02/2019

We are talking about Episode Six of the Follinglo Podcast!

25/02/2019

Join us at 8:30pm CST tonight on Facebook Live!

17/02/2019

Episode Six: "The Farm" is now available. Listen to stories of life at Follinglo and learn about the family's creativity in music, woodworking, and construction techniques. You can also hear an arrangement of "The Departed Sister," a piece by the family composer, Unko, at the end of the episode.
https://www.follinglopodcast.com/06

The family remembers what it was like to live and work on Follinglo farm.

11/02/2019

Be sure to listen to the latest episode at www.follinglopodcast.com

11/02/2019

We are getting ready for our Facebook Live! Join us at 8:30pm tonight! We will talk about Episode five and more - see you then!

11/02/2019

We are hopping on Facebook Live at 8:30 tonight (maybe a few minutes after - have to get our son to bed!) to catch up and chat about the latest episode. Would love for you to join us!