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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

EP325: The Acting Legend Whose Grace and Skill Transcended Race

EP324: The Time Patty Kingsbaker met Elvis and How the NBA Went from Regional League to Global Phenomenon

EP323: Summer Adventures Running a Fireworks Tent, The Company Without Corner Offices and Where Everyone Has a View and The Greatest Fighter Pilot in American History

EP322: Trapped Inside a Tube: The Iron Lung Story, Midnight Tragedy at the Live Fire Exercise and 100 Women Creating Transformation In Their Own Backyard

EP321: Modeling Grace: Christine Handy's Story of Survival and I Retired At 50, And Was Bored....So I Served People

EP320: An "Ordinary" Cloth With An Extraordinary Story, Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women and Family is at the Heart of this Brewing Icon, The Coors'

EP319: Eilene Lyon: One Way Or Another, America’s First Real Life Superhero and Homestead Laws Saving Women From Homelessness

EP318: Magic Side Show Becomes Full-Time Job, Wayne Gretzky Eulogizes His Father and The Dangers and Joys of Having a 'Making Do' Dad

EP317: How Johnny Carson Saved Twister, Drinking Done New Orleans Style and Humans are Hardwired for Freedom

EP316: The Baylor Basketball Incident: An Eyewitness to One of the Biggest Scandals (and Turnarounds) in NCAA History

EP315: The Time A Kid Sued Pepsi for A Harrier Jet and From Marine Core to Playing Chess at Marvel with THE Stan Lee

EP314: The Woman Introducing STEM Careers to Young Girls and Harvard's President Believed Books, Not Schooling, Were the Key To Education

EP313: The 6 Brothers Who Gave Their Lives for the Union and A Tattoo Shop with Heart

EP312: The WWII Tragedy America Chose to Forget, "Run Amuck" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions and The Reluctant Memoirist: Leslie Leyland Fields

EP311: Army Ranger Michael Schlitz Shares His Iraq Story and Harvard's President Believed Books, Not Schooling, Were the Key To Education

EP310: The Story of a 5-Star Steakhouse CEO and an NFL Linebacker and Oregon Told This Engineer That He Wasn't an Engineer

EP309: The Transatlantic Cable: The Thread that Connected the World and 7-Eleven's Commitment to the American Dream

EP308: Triumph and Disaster: The Life of Rudyard Kipling, The German Immigrant Who Brought Us Banquet Beer and The Man Who Played with Trains

EP307: The Most Decorated War Dog of WWI, Stay-At-Home Mom Becomes Oldest Rookie Cop and When Your Losing Football Team Brings Your Family Together

EP306: Shooting Bunnies From A Motorboat?, The 46-Year-Long Journey to Finding My Sisters and Big Lessons for a Little Boy