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Our American Stories tells stories that aren’t being told. Positive stories about generosity and courage, resilience and redemption, faith and love. Stories about the past and present. And stories about ordinary Americans who do extraordinary things each and every day. Stories from our listeners about their lives. And their history. In that pursuit, we hope we’ll be a place where listeners can refresh their spirit, and be inspired by our stories.
- 3928 - Becoming Dr. Seuss: The Making of an American Imagination
On this episode of Our American Stories, from Green Eggs and Ham to How the Grinch Stole Christmas, we’re all familiar with the work of Dr. Seuss. But the story of how he actually became the author we know and love is far from short and simple. Brain Jay Jones, author of “Becoming Dr. Seuss”, is here with the full story of the man behind this pen name.
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Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 3927 - The Medal of Honor Recipient Who Crashed His Plane On Purpose To Get To His Downed Wingman
On this episode of Our American Stories, the Navy commissioned a destroyer on April 1, 2017, and named it after a man who deliberately crash-landed a perfectly good aircraft behind enemy lines. But the man who became the first American serviceman in the Korean War to receive the Medal of Honor—and the man who lent his name to the USS Thomas Hudner had a darn good reason, perhaps the best of reasons. Here’s the History Guy with the story.
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Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 3926 - How a Group of Daring Bootleggers Created NASCAR
On this episode of Our American Stories, long before NASCAR’s rampant commercialism lurks a not so distant history that has been carefully hidden from view—until now. Here to tell the true story behind NASCAR’s hardscrabble, moonshine-fueled origins is Neal Thompson, author of Driving with the Devil: Southern Moonshine, Detroit Wheels, and the Birth of NASCAR.
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Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 3925 - Belinda Mulrooney: The Richest, Toughest Woman of the Klondike Gold Rush
On this episode of Our American Stories, no woman figured more prominently on the Yukon and Alaskan frontiers than Belinda Mulrooney. She gained international fame as the richest woman in the Klondike and made and lost more than one fortune. She became a character in novels and her dog the inspiration for "Buck" in the Call of the Wild. Here to tell the story is Roger McGrath, author of Gunfighters, Highwaymen, and Vigilantes: Violence on the Frontier.
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 3924 - A Black Man (Jesse Owens) and a Nazi: A Friendship Forged in Competition & Courage
On this episode of Our American Stories, the story of United States Olympic legend Jesse Owens' and Nazi long jumper Luz Long’s friendship demonstrates how sports can unite people even in the toughest circumstances. Here to tell the story is the Jack Miller Center’s editorial officer and historian, Elliott Drago.
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 3923 - A 12-Year-Old Girl's Eight-Hour Car Chase to Get Elvis' Photo at a Gas Station
On this episode of Our American Stories, a listener from Colorado tells her remarkable Elvis story about the time she met the King not once but twice in an 8 hour period!
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 3922 - From Soviet Spy to American Cold War Hero: The Whittaker Chambers Story:
On this episode of Our American Stories, the book Witness: A True Story of Soviet Spies in America and the Trial That Captivated the Nation is one of the biggest U.S. bestsellers of the 20th century, yet it is almost unknown among Americans today. Here to tell the story is Greg Forster on behalf of the Acton Institute.
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Mon, 18 Mar 2024 - 3921 - The Big Four and the Transcontinental Railroad
On this episode of Our American Stories, this is the story of the men known as “The Big Four,” who incorporated the Central Pacific Railroad and helped build the transcontinental railroad. These four individuals risked their businesses, money, time and talent in order to achieve an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and courage. Here to tell the story is Roger McGrath. McGrath is the author of Gunfighters, Highwaymen, and Vigilantes: Violence on the Frontier.
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Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 3920 - Abigail Adams and Her 7-Year-Old Son John Quincy Witnessed First-hand The Battle of Bunker Hill: 100 Bible Verses That Made America
On this episode of Our American Stories, if you want to know about the history of America, it is imperative that you know the role that the Bible played in shaping our country. Our Founding Fathers—both Christian and non-Christian—were heavily influenced by the Bible. Here to share another story is Robert Morgan, author of 100 Bible Verses That Made America.
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Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 3919 - How Pat Boone Became Famous
On this episode of Our American Stories, many know that Elvis grew up singing in his church choir - and he would lead the charts with hit songs through many years. Hear from another music legend, Pat Boone - who grew musically by leadinga large church choir, a capella - and would top the charts for an even longer stretch than Elvis.
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Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 3918 - The Story of a Mother Who Destroys the Perfect Mom Mythology
On this episode of Our American Stories, popular social media influencer and mother Tiffany Jenkins talks about her secret to being a mother....(hint: it's not what you post on social media!)
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Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 3917 - One of America's Great CEO's Tells The Story of Why Bureaucracy Size Matters
On this episode of Our American Stories, Mike Leven was President and Chief Operating Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp. One of the great hoteliers of all time—a legend in his business. He is also what you would call a “wise man.” Here’s Mike Leven with the story: The bigger the bureaucracy, the smaller the customer.
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Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 3916 - Ben Franklin: Chess Can Make You A Better Person?
On this episode of Our American Stories, Ben Franklin has the distinction of many "firsts": He invented the lightning rod, the Franklin stove, bifocals, the catheter, swim fins and the odometer. He started the first public library, the first volunteer fire company, the first American fire insurance company, the first hospital and was the first postmaster general. Chess.com also reminds us that Franklin was also the first known chess player as well as the first chess author in America. Here again to tell us the story is the Jack Miller Center's Editorial Officer and historian, Elliott Drago.
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Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 3915 - Pilot Dies, Passenger Lands Plane—with His Family on Board
On this episode of Our American Stories, experience the true story behind the movie "On a Wing and a Prayer" - When Doug White, his modicum of flying experience, and his powerful calm would determine his family's fate.
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 3914 - Coach “Bear” Bryant, and the Packers, Transformed My Life
On this episode of Our American Stories, here’s Rich Wingo with the story of how his time under the legendary Alabama coach refashioned his character, and then how his time with the Green Bay Packers redefined his faith.
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 3913 - The Con Man Who Was Pardoned By Both Abe Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
On this episode of Our American Stories, our next story is about a con man who was so good that he got both the Union and the Confederate presidents to pardon him; yet, he was so bad that a NYC woman offered a $50k reward to find him—dead or alive.
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 3912 - The Remarkable Life of Abe's Son, Robert Todd Lincoln—Lost In His Father’s Shadow
On this episode of Our American Stories, The History Guy remembers the 16th President’s son, Robert Todd Lincoln. Because of his father, Abraham Lincoln, Robert Todd's life has been largely forgotten—but it deserves to be remembered.
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Thu, 14 Mar 2024 - 3911 - A Brief History of Toilet Paper
On this episode of Our American Stories, everything you've ever wanted to know, and more, about toilet paper. Here's The History Guy with the story.
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 3910 - Hollywood Goes To War: Wild Bill Wellman
On this episode of Our American Stories, here to tell another Hollywood Goes to War story is Roger McGrath. McGrath is the author of Gunfighters, Highwaymen, and Vigilantes: Violence on the Frontier. A U.S. Marine and former history professor at UCLA, Dr. McGrath has appeared on numerous History Channel documentaries and is a regular contributor for us here at Our American Stories.
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 3909 - Remembering the Gold Star Father Whose Story Inspired the Hit Country Song "I Drive Your Truck"
On this episode of Our American Stories, Paul Monti was able to keep - and drive - a meaningful memorial of his son Jared, who was killed in action defending his comrades. Hear the true experiences that became a powerful song.
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 3908 - “Son of a Gun & Steal My Thunder” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions
On this episode of Our American Stories, Andrew Thompson shares another slice of his guide to understanding the baffling mini-mysteries of the English language. The book is Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red: The Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions and Fun Phrases.
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 3907 - An Empty Nester Helps a Lonely Lost Senior in a Nursing Home Find His Purpose
On this episode of Our American Stories, this story comes to us from Paul (a.k.a. the "empty nester"), a listener from Minneapolis, MN.
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Wed, 13 Mar 2024 - 3906 - Last Men Out of Vietnam: Evacuating Saigon
On this episode of Our American Stories, in a thrilling, moment-by-moment narrative based on a wealth of recently declassified documents and in-depth interviews, authors Bob Drury and Tom Clavin tell the remarkable story of the evacuation of Saigon in Last Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam. This closing chapter of the war would become the largest-scale evacuation ever carried out, as improvised by a small unit of Marines. Bob Drury is here to tell the story.
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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 3905 - "In a Nutshell" & "In the Doghouse" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions
On this episode of Our American Stories, Andrew Thompson shares another slice of his guide to understanding the baffling mini-mysteries of the English language. The book is Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red: The Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions and Fun Phrases.
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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 3904 - The Story of the Real Saint Patrick
On this episode of Our American Stories, buried beneath the St. Patrick’s Day symbols of shamrocks, leprechauns, and green beer, lies the story of a man determined to share a message with a people who made him a slave.
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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 3903 - The Day a Soviet Nuclear Attack Submarine Rammed an American Aircraft Carrier
On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1984, during a period of Cold War tension, a Soviet submarine collided with a United States aircraft carrier. Here’s The History Guy with the story of the USS Kitty Hawk collision.
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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 3902 - The Story of How George Strait's "Love Without End, Amen" Came to Be
On this episode of Our American Stories, Songwriter Aaron Barker tells the story of a life altering event in his life as a father that birthed one of country music's greatest songs. An event that brought him to his knees to pray. And play his guitar.
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Tue, 12 Mar 2024 - 3901 - The Tragedy of Friendship in the Vietnam War
On this episode of Our American Stories, Camelo Venegaz was the kind of guy you could talk to about anything. In Vietnam combat, his serving in this role left him all the more rivened each time another of his comrades, his friends, would call on him in their last moments of life.
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Mon, 11 Mar 2024 - 3900 - An Aussie Discovers American Wings
On this episode of Our American Stories, Australian Colin Bettles tells the story of discovering the buffalo wing in America.
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Mon, 11 Mar 2024 - 3899 - The Woman Who Saved The Lewis and Clark Expedition
On this episode of Our American Stories, Dr. Dedra Birzer of Hillsdale College tells the story of Sacagawea, the woman who saved the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
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Mon, 11 Mar 2024 - 3898 - Louisiana and Beyond: The Story of America Series [Ep. 18]
On this episode of Our American Stories, Thomas Jefferson took huge steps toward the American life and frame of mind built since his time. One of these steps was toward the West.
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Mon, 11 Mar 2024 - 3897 - My Conversations With Two Fraternity Brothers Before They Died
On this episode of Our American Stories, Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick tells the story of two college friendships that would impact him for the rest of his life.
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Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - 3896 - The Story of a Bathroom Drug Deal Interrupted by Jesus
On this episode of Our American Stories, Pastor Greg Laurie tells a success story of profoundly helping a man who was going astray. The call could not be clearer, and Pastor Greg did his duty despite less than comfortable environs.
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Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - 3895 - Reconnecting With My Absent Father Who Was Presumed Dead
On this episode of Our American Stories, meet Ron Brown, a man who grew up in a rough area of Chicago, was practically abandoned by his father, and would mend their relationship later on in life.
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Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - 3894 - America Prepares For the Largest Land Invasion in History at Normandy (with Stephen Ambrose)
On this episode of Our American Stories, the late, great Stephen Ambrose tells the WWII story of the lead-up to Operation Overlord—the largest land invasion in history at Normandy, France, June 6, 1944.
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Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - 3893 - Superman Versus the Ku Klux Klan
On this episode of Our American Stories, hear how an undercover agent infiltrated the KKK, and with the help of Superman, exposed them to the world.
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Thu, 07 Mar 2024 - 3892 - How the Tow Truck Came to Be
On this episode of Our American Stories, commitment to serve others better is a hallmark of American life. Add a sensible new design, honest pricing, and the ceaseless journey of mechanical engineering - and we now have another key player in the forces behind public safety.
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Thu, 07 Mar 2024 - 3891 - The Old Upright Piano
On this episode of Our American Stories, Joy Neal Kidney shares the story of her old upright piano that was passed down to her from her mother.
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Thu, 07 Mar 2024 - 3890 - A Lost Boy and the Hippie Jesus Revolution: Greg Laurie's Story
On this episode of Our American Stories, Pastor Greg Laurie tells the story of his life.
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Thu, 07 Mar 2024 - 3889 - Sabin Howard on the National WWI Monument
On this episode of Our American Stories, World War I was not about hellish artillery blasts and machine-gun barrages - or even deception and disease. The war was about people. Hear stories of a lost generation from the sculptor whose memorial to them will soon show this reality to visitors in Washington, D.C.
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Wed, 06 Mar 2024 - 3888 - Danielle Mickelson: Suing to Sell Soup
On this episode of Our American Stories, Danielle Mickelson's business was expanding until administrative rules forced her to put her dreams on hold. Thankfully, The Institute for Justice stepped in to help.
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Wed, 06 Mar 2024 - 3887 - The Spies That Saved The World (w/ Stephen Ambrose)
On this episode of Our American Stories, counterespionage - it's what's for winners! Defeating the Nazi menace would take more than strength and tactics. It required the Allies giving them lots of completely accurate Allied secrets, for years.
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Wed, 06 Mar 2024 - 3886 - 16, Addicted, Pregnant: My Motherhood Story
On this episode of Our American Stories, drug culture - the kind where your parent is a dealer - wrecked Teri Neal's life. Hear how her son inspired and encouraged her to build a life of service and change things for the better!
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Wed, 06 Mar 2024 - 3885 - How the Supreme Court Became Supreme: The Story of America Series [Ep. 17]
On this episode of Our American Stories, when the Constitution was written, it didn't specify the exact role of the Supreme Court. It took a few undelivered letters for that to change. Bill McClay, author of Land of Hope, tells the story.
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Wed, 06 Mar 2024 - 3884 - I Found Out I was Adopted At 30!
On this episode of Our American Stories, Skip Reeves tells the story of how he came to find out he was adopted years after the fact.
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Tue, 05 Mar 2024 - 3883 - Like A Mosquito In The Rain: The Unsinkable USS Plunkett
On this episode of Our American Stories, the Story of the USS Plunkett at Salerno.
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Tue, 05 Mar 2024 - 3882 - Iowa's Long-Lost NBA Team Who Beat the Celtics
On this episode of Our American Stories, Tim Harwood of Waterloo/Cedar Falls' KXEL 1540, author of Ball Hawks: The Arrival and Departure of the NBA in Iowa, tells us the story of the only professional sports team ever to play in Iowa.
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Tue, 05 Mar 2024 - 3881 - A Black Cowboy is the Inspiration for the Lone Ranger?
On this episode of Our American Stories, the Lone Ranger, with his cry of “Hi-Ho Silver!” has become an American institution ranking with Paul Bunyan in the realms of folklore and legend. The History Guy remembers Bass Reeves, John Reynolds Hughes, and forgotten history of the Wild West.
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Tue, 05 Mar 2024 - 3880 - An Army Moves On Its Stomach... And Lots of Coffee
On this episode of Our American Stories, Richard Muniz tells a story that one of his friends told him: A coffee incident that took place on the USS Enterprise.
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Tue, 05 Mar 2024 - 3879 - Zero Victim: One Black Man's Story of Transformation
On this episode of Our American Stories, author James Ward (Zero Victim: Overcoming Injustice With a New Attitude) describes the pivotal moment in third grade that transformed his life.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2024 - 3878 - My Life After Firefighting
On this episode of Our American Stories, James, a retired fire captain, shares his story of firefighting and the emotions that come along with it.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2024 - 3877 - Alana's Birth Was Beautiful - Except That She Didn't Take Her First Breath
On this episode of Our American Stories, Samantha Durante Banerjee knew that her stillbirth would be a nightmare, but she didn't expect feeling joy, too...the joy of holding her little Alana.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2024 - 3876 - The Story of Captain Kangaroo
On this episode of Our American Stories, on October 3, 1955, a television program debuted that would eventually produce nearly 9,000 shows over a span of 40 years. Here’s the History Guy with the story of Captain Kangaroo.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2024 - 3875 - 50 Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy—The Plow, Barbed Wire, and Google Search
On this episode of Our American Stories, Tim Harford, author of the bestselling book 50 Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy, shares the stories of three inventions that changed the way we live today.
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Mon, 04 Mar 2024 - 3874 - She Was Attacked For Running the Boston Marathon?
On this episode of Our American Stories, Kathrine Switzer was the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon, in 1967. As a result she suffered endless criticism - and an actual physical attack.
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Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 3873 - James Madison: Founding Father and Lawgiver
On this episode of Our American Stories, President of Hillsdale College, Dr. Larry Arnn, tells the story of our fourth president, James Madison.
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Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 3872 - The American Surgeon Who Escaped the Viet Cong
On this episode of Our American Stories, Hoat Hoang's childhood in South Vietnam was filled with family and fun times... Until the North Vietnamese communists began to ambush his village. Once Saigon fell to the communists' troops, Hoat and his family fled. Hoat tells the story of their escape, and his journey to becoming a surgeon in America.
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Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 3871 - The Penguin Who Wears Shoes
On this episode of Our American Stories, this elderly penguin named Enrique lives at the St. Louis Zoo. After being diagnosed with arthritis in his feet, the zoo began trying to find ways to make him comfortable. Marija Elden, the Zoological Manager of Birds, shares Enrique’s journey to owning a pair of pretty cool kicks.
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Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 3870 - The Teen CEO of the Candy that Cleans Your Teeth
On this episode of Our American Stories, she was the youngest person ever to be featured on the cover of Entrepreneur magazine. Alina Morse, CEO of Zolli Candy, is here to tell the story.
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Thu, 29 Feb 2024 - 3869 - Giving Out Pizza From a Second Story Apartment Raises Over $30,000
On this episode of Our American Stories, Ben Berman, a 2nd-year grad student in Philadelphia, made the most of his time while staying at home during a global pandemic. Here's his story.
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Thu, 29 Feb 2024 - 3868 - How Patrick Henry Saved America From Its First Civil War
On this episode of Our American Stories, George Washington led America's army to independence. He needed help to avoid leading it into our first civil war.
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Thu, 29 Feb 2024 - 3867 - The Most Divided Election in American History—The Story of America Series [Ep. 16]
On this episode of Our American Stories, like today, our nation has always been divided. Bill McClay, author of Land of Hope, tells the story of a nation on the brink shortly after its founding—and how we got our first peaceful transition of power from one political party to another.
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Thu, 29 Feb 2024 - 3866 - How B.B. King's Guitar "Lucille" Got Her Name
On this episode of Our American Stories, Neil Young has "Old Black", Willie Nelson plays "Trigger", and Elvis worked with "The Dove", but perhaps the most famous nickname for a guitar is what B.B. King named his Gibson ES-355...Lucille. Here to tell the fiery story of how she got her name is B.B. King's longtime friend, Myron Johnson, and Daniel de Vice, author of King of The Blues.
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Thu, 29 Feb 2024 - 3865 - Las Vegas Must See: The Neon Museum
On this episode of Our American Stories, executive director of the Neon Museum, Aaron Berger, shares some of the history of Las Vegas and the iconic signage associated with it.
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Wed, 28 Feb 2024 - 3864 - John Ford: The Greatest Director of All Time Quits Hollywood To Fight In World War II
On this episode of Our American Stories, John Ford was Hollywood’s greatest director (Rio Grande and The Searchers, for example). As WWII began, the 47-year-old Ford was at the top of his game when he quit Hollywood and joined the U.S. Navy. Roger McGrath is here to tell the story.
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Wed, 28 Feb 2024 - 3863 - Winston Churchill: He Hated War, But He Was Great At It
On this episode of Our American Stories, Dr. Larry P. Arnn, President of Hillsdale College, tells the story of how Winston Churchill, despite hating war, was great at it...and what that meant for Britain during her darkest hours.
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Wed, 28 Feb 2024 - 3862 - The Harvard Country Boys Who Shaped America
On this episode of Our American Stories, this is the story of how two country boys rose to the highest heights of Harvard Yard, yet their lives would have two dramatically different fates. Here to tell the story Andrew Porwancher. He is a professor at Arizona State University and is also a Jack Miller Center Fellow.
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Wed, 28 Feb 2024 - 3861 - The Winner Who Always Finished Last
On this episode of Our American Stories, Saje Hellstern was the fastest on his cross-country team and always finished in the top. After a tumor was found in his brain, he endured over a year of radiation and chemo. But, that didn't stop him from running and finishing his races. Here to share his story is his stepfather, Roger.
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Wed, 28 Feb 2024 - 3860 - He Went to Work at Ford for Lee Iacocca... and Got More Than He Bargained For
On this episode of Our American Stories, Tim Leuliette began his career at Ford Motor Company under the leadership of Lee Iacocca and Henry Ford II. He got more of an education than he bargained for... and was thankful for it.
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Tue, 27 Feb 2024 - 3859 - Winston Churchill on Education and What It Means for All of Us
On this episode of Our American Stories, Dr. Larry Arnn, President of Hillsdale College and a Churchill scholar, tells the story of Winston Churchill on Education.
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Tue, 27 Feb 2024 - 3858 - The Church Where They Preach in Five Different Languages
On this episode of Our American Stories, Josh and Lauren Manning needed to make a grand change in life...and they found the opportunity to do so at a church in Noel, Missouri, where an influx of immigrants and refugees necessitated a lot of adaptation, understanding, and a few translators to spread the gospel.
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Tue, 27 Feb 2024 - 3857 - How the NFL Went From Bush-League to Bigtime
On this episode of Our American Stories, professional football began on the factory clock and bank loans, and the first teams were bought for hundreds of dollars. Here's John Eisenberg, author of The League,to share the story of how the pioneers of American sports culture, win or lose, went all-in to make American Football the best and most dramatic game it could be.
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Tue, 27 Feb 2024 - 3856 - The Confederate Mystery Ship
On this episode of Our American Stories, the Confederates didn't have the industrial might to build their own ships. As a result, cash crops proved king once again-at least for a little while, before the Union blockade had its way with ships coming from overseas.
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Tue, 27 Feb 2024 - 3855 - My 48 Hours with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly
On this episode of Our American Stories, while working for Dick Cavett, Steve Stoliar met not one but two of Hollywood’s greatest dance legends.
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Mon, 26 Feb 2024 - 3854 - My Family Spent 4 Months Playing Battleship in a Cornfield
On this episode of Our American Stories, the story itself is the stuff of legends...a sunken steamboat, buried treasure, and the drive of a group of AC repairmen to become "rich beyond rich" even if it meant going into over a million dollars worth of debt. Matt Hawley tells the story of his family's quest to dig up the steamboat Arabia from the middle of a corn field.
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Mon, 26 Feb 2024 - 3853 - The Fateful Night During WWII Cecil Wax Met God
On this episode of Our American Stories, Marilyn Jensen tells the harrowing story of when her father went on a supply run amidst a German bombing.
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Mon, 26 Feb 2024 - 3852 - Adolph Coors: The German Immigrant Who Brought Us Banquet Beer
On this episode of Our American Stories, Coors Banquet is really good...no, really good, and its story began with a German immigrant living in a Colorado mining town. Pete Coors tells the story.
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Mon, 26 Feb 2024 - 3851 - Her Career is a Tribute to Her Great Uncle, A D-Day Hero
On this episode of Our American Stories, Heather McPherson, Curator of History at the South Carolina Military Museum. In fact, it’s the reason she’s at the museum in the first place.
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Mon, 26 Feb 2024 - 3850 - 100 Bible Verses that Changed America: John Eliot, The Missionary Who Learned America's Native Tongue
On this episode of Our American Stories, John Eliot translated the Bible into the language of a people who were there before the state: the Massachusetts.
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Mon, 26 Feb 2024 - 3849 - Jack Marucci Created a Baseball Bat For His Son in His Backyard—Now He Runs The Biggest Bat Company in America
On this episode of Our American Stories, what started as a singular wood bat for his son led to the most popular and respected bat company in our country. Here's Jack Marucci with the story of how he got from point A to point B.
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Fri, 23 Feb 2024 - 3848 - Virginia Hall: The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy
On this episode of Our American Stories, meet the woman the Gestapo once considered "the most dangerous of all Allied spies." Judy Pearson tells the tale of a woman whose bravery was greater than the collapsing world around her.
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Fri, 23 Feb 2024 - 3847 - The First Catholic Speaker of the House Who Bridged the Divide Between Protestant and Catholic Americans
On this episode of Our American Stories, Professor Jeff Bloodworth tells the story of John McCormack.
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Fri, 23 Feb 2024 - 3846 - The Best Lawyer In a One-Lawyer Town
On this episode of Our American Stories, Bill Bryk knows when to start a case on behalf of others... and has learned when to rest.
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Fri, 23 Feb 2024 - 3845 - Where Do Your Family Photos Go After a Tornado? Everywhere. Here's The Man Whose Mission is to Return Them
On this episode of Our American Stories, where would our photos go if our house were to be hit by a tornado? The answer is everywhere. But for Thad Beeler's neighbors, that question wasn't a hypothetical...it was grounded in harsh reality after the deadly May 2011 Joplin Tornado...and Thad decided to do something about it.
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Fri, 23 Feb 2024 - 3844 - The Woman Who Buried the Veterans Others Didn't
On this episode of Our American Stories, when Lanae Strovers was given the job of figuring out what to do with unclaimed urns at the funeral home she worked at, she took it personally...but that would make sense for someone who got into the mortuary business for personal reasons. Give her story a listen!
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Thu, 22 Feb 2024 - 3843 - The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn: More Americans Died in the Revolutionary War on this British Prison Ship Than in Combat
On this episode of Our American Stories, Robert P. Watson, author of The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn, tells this untold story of the American Revolution.
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Thu, 22 Feb 2024 - 3842 - The Untold Stories of Dr. Seuss's "The Lorax" and "The Grinch"
On this episode of Our American Stories, Dr. Seuss was raised as a Lutheran and had a strong religious background. His books often included strong moral messages… but, he was always very careful with how he went about it. Here to share a bit about Dr. Seuss’s “The Lorax” and “The Grinch” is Brian Jay Jones, author of Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination.
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Thu, 22 Feb 2024 - 3841 - The Redemptive Story of an Ex-Addict-Turned Creator of World's Hottest Pepper (Carolina Reaper & Pepper X)
On this episode of Our American Stories, Ed Currie is an American chili pepper breeder who is the founder and president of the PuckerButt Pepper Company. Here's his remarkable story.
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Thu, 22 Feb 2024 - 3840 - My Encounter with God... While Piloting a Chopper in Vietnam
On this episode of Our American Stories, Dick Erickson, a Marine helicopter pilot who served in Vietnam, tells the story of the time he lost contact with his base but came into contact with God during combat.
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Wed, 21 Feb 2024 - 3839 - The Civil War General Who Took His Dates to See His Severed Leg at the Smithsonian Museum
On this episode of Our American Stories, Gettysburg National Park Service Ranger Matt Atkinson tells the story of the Civil War general who created the "temporary insanity" plea, got his leg shot off by General Longstreet, and helped form the Gettysburg National Military Park—Dan Sickles.
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Wed, 21 Feb 2024 - 3838 - A Family Lived in the New York Public Library?
On this episode of Our American Stories, our audience loved Kristin O'Donnell Tubb’s wonderful story from her historical fiction book John Lincoln Clem: Civil War Drummer Boy. So we asked if she would share another story with us. Here she is telling the story of the family that lived in the New York Public Library.
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Wed, 21 Feb 2024 - 3837 - The Story of the Mason-Dixon Line: The Colonial-Era Border Battle That Defined the Civil War
On this episode of Our American Stories, the Mason-Dixon Line defined the American house divided between antislavery and pro-slavery. Yet this border war was pre-dated by another border battle—a colonial-era quarrel which ended only when the area separating Pennsylvania and Maryland’s border was surveyed and mapped in the 1760s by the Englishmen Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon. Here to tell the story is Dakota Bricker who hosts the YouTube channel, What In The History?
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Wed, 21 Feb 2024 - 3836 - "Sit Down. What Do You Want to Know?": My Dad Never Spoke of His WWII Combat Until I Asked Him
On this episode of Our American Stories, Tom McManus and his dad had a sit-down talk during Tom's Jacksonville Jaguars training camp. The gridiron grind seemed much more of a privilege after learning that his father - at the same age of 24 - was shot down in his B-24 over Europe.
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Wed, 21 Feb 2024 - 3835 - The Short, Happy Life of Abraham Lincoln: His Final Days
On this episode of Our American Stories, the Civil War was over, the city of Washington was in celebration and President Lincoln's life was about to take a happy and hopeful turn. His short, happy life was thwarted by John Wilkes Booth.
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Tue, 20 Feb 2024 - 3834 - How Smallpox Created Canada by Destroying Washington’s Army
On this episode of Our American Stories, Canada is an independent nation—and not part of the United States—most likely, because of smallpox. Here to tell the story is the president of Ameriseach, William Federer.
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Tue, 20 Feb 2024 - 3833 - George Washington: The Man Who Refused to be King and Stunned the World
On this episode of Our American Stories, "The Greatest Man in the World." That's what King George said George Washington would be if he resigned his military commission. Dr. Larry Arnn, President of Hillsdale College, and author Nathaniel Philbrick share this remarkable story of America's indispensable man.
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Tue, 20 Feb 2024 - 3832 - The Constitution's First Test—Washington's First Term: The Story of America [Ep. 14]
On this episode of Our American Stories, the new Constitution was an experiment—a unplayed sheet of music— and we wouldn't know what it would look like in actuality until people picked up their instruments. Here to tell the story of the first real test is Bill McClay, author of Land of Hope.
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Tue, 20 Feb 2024 - 3831 - Lincoln's Greatest Speech Americans Have Never Heard: Cooper Union
On this episode of Our American Stories, Vince Benedetto, founder of Bold Gold Media Group, tells the story of the Cooper Union address-the greatest speech of Lincoln's that Americans have never heard, and the speech that made him President.
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Tue, 20 Feb 2024 - 3830 - Ruger Firearms: The Story of a Great American Company
On this episode of Our American Stories, Ruger is the biggest gun manufacturer in the U.S., and it’s not by accident. Here to tell this story is Logan Metesh. Logan is a firearms historian and museum professional who runs High Caliber History LLC.
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Mon, 19 Feb 2024 - 3829 - The Shocking Story Behind the Diamond Engagement Ring
On this episode of Our American Stories, Tom Zoellner purchased a diamond engagement ring and proposed. His girlfriend said, "yes" and then suddenly walked out of his life, making Tom the owner of a used engagement ring. Instead of hitting the self-help shelves of his local bookstore, he hit the road to discover the true worth of this shining gem. Then he wrote The Heartless Stone.
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