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The Spirit of America: An Art of Living Series brought to you by Physicians Mutual

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John Palmer hosts The Spirit of America: An Art of living Series; an inspiring collection of stories about unique characters from across our nation who are enjoying adventure, answering a call or making a difference. This ten-part series explores a rich tapestry of personalities as they pursue life on their own terms, celebrating the resiliency and accomplishment of the American Spirit.

We’ll meet folks like Bill, who still plays ice hockey well into his eighties - even though he has two replacement hips, Mary Anne who creates contemporary art masterpieces and connects with her Granddaughters through quilting, and Fran, a cancer survivor who created an organization to help find missing and abducted children. Ordinary people living extraordinary lives – and their stories will only be found on The Spirit of America: An Art of Living Series.

Meet Your Host

John Palmer

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With over five decades of experience in broadcast news, John Palmer has covered the world. He served as a correspondent in Chicago, Paris, and the Middle East as well as a White House correspondent covering Presidents Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush. For seven years, Mr. Palmer was the news anchor for The Today Show and later anchored NBC News at Sunrise. During his almost 40 years with NBC, he briefly stepped away to host a weekly series for the Discovery Channel and, following that, to anchor the Christian Science Monitor’s daily national news broadcast, World Monitor with John Palmer. Currently, Palmer hosts two shows for RLTV: Encore with John Palmer and Prudent Advisor.

A Message from John Palmer

I've always thought of America as a country driven by unique values: A place where honesty, integrity, civic duty and self-determination are highly valued and at the core of our national life. I think "The Spirit of America", our new documentary series produced by RLTV, reflects these values with stories of ordinary people who are living extraordinary lives: I am especially fond of our story about a 70-year old grandmother who dropped out of high school fifty years ago and who now spends her days helping students at a school for troubled teens. Then, there is the story about a former Mayor of Philadelphia who helps the children of inmates avoid making the same mistakes their parents did. Some of our stories are just plain fun, like the one about a retired physician who volunteers at a wild bird sanctuary and a couple who has turned their home into a wild animal rescue center. I found that many of the people we profile in our series are simply amazing individuals like the retired hockey player, still on the ice in his mid-eighties and members of a rough and tumble senior stickball league in Florida. To me, reporting on these stories about the lives of people who are pursuing their own passions and making such a difference is both personally satisfying and truly reflects what I call "The Spirit of America".