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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

EP345: Grant and Twain Christopher Klein, The 46 Year-Long Journey to Finding My Sisters and Buck O'Neil's Lesson on Dealing With Defeat Like a Man

EP344: Possum for Supper, The Day a Soviet Nuclear Attack Submarine Rammed an American Aircraft Carrier and From Tech-Startup to Making a Wooden Pen with His Dad

EP343: The Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions, The Museum Dedicated to Bad Art and The Opportunistic Patriot

EP342: Strength in Loneliness is Still Loneliness, Jason Wolfe Paid His Own Child Support and When Truman Came to Town

EP341: The Angels of Bataan, Tempest Tours: A Stormy, Sightseeing Vacation and More Than Just a Summer Job

EP340: The WWII Tragedy America Chose to Forget, Indians, a Jew, and a Hotel Partnership, "The First Guy Cannot Fail": The Jackie Robinson Story and Couple Adopts 7 Siblings Separated Throughout 4 Foster Homes

EP339: Inspiration from Dad and Kerouac and From Hangtime to Primetime: The Rise of the NBA

EP338: The Banjo's Trip Through History, “He Was Closer To Death Than We Knew” and The Man In The Glass Coffin

EP337: "I'm The Dentist In The Wheelchair" and One Night in the Family Funeral Home

Enrique the Penguin Who Wears Shoes, 3...2...1...You're It and Through the Gates of Splendor

EP335: The Town Where Everything Revolves Around... Turkey, Donald Didn't Know He Lived Through the Depression and Tina Ramirez Fights for Religious Freedom at Home and Abroad

EP334: Inspiration from my Dad and American author Jack Kerouac, Danielle Mickelson Had to Sue Just to Sell Soup and The Man In The Glass Coffin

EP333: Lavagirl: Why She Quit Childhood Acting and The Salem Witch Trials and the American Puritans

EP332: Butch Hartman: Renowned Nickelodeon Cartoonist and George Will: Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and the Summer of '41

EP331: The Winner Who Always Finished Last, From Farm Boy to Founder and The Day President Truman Came to Town

EP330: PEZ: From Austrian Invention To American Icon and The Woman Behind Jack London

EP329: Thad Beeler on The National Disaster Photo Rescue, How Smallpox Created Canada by Destroying Washington's Army and Have Pool Que, Will Travel: The Story of Saint Louie Louie

EP328: The Story Of Benjamin Franklin's Longest Lasting Persona and The Cleveland Indians' The “Ten Cent Beer Night” Riot

EP327: The Day British Troops Finally Left America's Shores following the Revolution and Overcoming the Loss of Both My Arms at 10

EP326: The Incredible Story Of SPAM and Enhancing Lives One Guide Dog at a Time