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Our American Stories

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.

Our American Stories

Episodes

The First Real Time Tragedy: The Sinking of the RMS Titanic

Two Funerals, One Steelers Legend: THE Art Rooney, Sr., Dreaded Diseases of the Great Depression and She Quit Her High Paying Job To Make Crafts

The Humble Potato: Idaho's Superstarch and The Four Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad

How A Stray Cat Exposed a Mother's Heart, These Guys Use Dungeons and Dragons as a Break-through Therapy Tool and A Brief History of Toilet Paper

The Interrupted Odyssey of US Grant and Ely Parker and Visiting a Devastated Town After a Tornado... and Lending a Hand

How Duke’s Coach K Was Almost Fired in 1983 and The Unexpected Visitors of Toledo

The Confederate Soldier Who Risked His Life to Aid Union Wounded, The Angel of St. Marye's Heights and Boyhood Dream Turns into Career, Joe Klimchak KNEW He'd Work for the Pittsburgh Pirates Since He Was 7

Pyromaniac's Paradise: Running a Fireworks Tent, The Long Road to Victory and American Independence and The Declaration of Independence

Celebrating 4th of July with Newly Minted American Citizens, JFK on the 4th of July and OAS Listener tells his life story in 4th of July

King Solomon, Town's Grave Digging Drunk Turned Hero, Wandering Worker: The American Hobo and America Strikes Back After Pearl Harbor

How a Corporate Lawyer Found His Mission-Driven Path (Bob Norton)

JoyRide, The Car Club Exclusively for Kids with Special Needs and North Carolina Wouldn't Let Paula Smith Sell Her House For Over A Decade

A Father’s Note to His “Timeless” Daughter, Ladies, Start Your Lawnmower Engines! and When People Sent Their Children Through the Mail

Gerald Ford, Willis Ward, & the Michigan-Georgia Tech Football Game of 1934 and Tennessee's Most Famous Grocer

Moonshine Runners and the Birth of NASCAR and “The Union is coming! The Union is coming!”

When Character Stands Tall, Suing the Government Just to Sell Soup and The 1946 Battle of Alcatraz

How a Magic SideShow Became My Full-Time Job and She Wanted to Become a Movie Star, so She Moved to... a National Park?

Louis Zamperini, Olympian and WWII P.O.W., In His Own Words

The Turning Point in Abe’s Life: A Wrestling Match and From Small Town Texas To Ministering To Thousands

The Town Where Everything Revolves Around... Turkey and Braille Atlas: Writing Music to Overcome Grief