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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

EP305: Survivor from Brigade 2506, Hometown Hero and The Best-Selling Book of All Time

EP304: The Church Where They Preach in 5 Different Languages, Why Money Isn't Enough to Be a Success and The Man Who Milks Snakes for a Living

EP303: A Father’s Note to His “Timeless” Daughter and One of America's Most Decorated WWII Soldiers Turned Singer and Actor

EP 302: How My Short Term Mission Trip Changed Me and From Start-Up to Marvel Entertainment

EP301: The “Why” Behind What We Do Matters, The World’s First Combination Candy Bar and The Story of One of Hollywood's Greatest Composers

EP300: The Memories Behind That Old Upright Piano and "The Father of American Psychiatry"

EP299: Origin of the Phrase "In a Nutshell" as well as other Everyday Sayings, The Woman Who Sneaked Into George Washington's Army and The Dignity of the Individual Human Being

EP298: How Mark Twain Helped a Bankrupt and Dying Ulysses S. Grant, I Lived Through The Depression And Didn’t Even Know It! and Overcoming the Loss of Both My Arms

EP297: Making Peace with My Sister’s Killer and The First B-17 To Bomb Berlin During WW2

My Mother's Hands, Celebrating My Mother On My Birthday, Tiffany Jenkins Destroys the Perfect Mom Routine and Celebrating the Life of Christina Lapadula (Lee's Beloved Mom)

How Motherhood Changed Me, My Mother Had Me At 16: She's My Superhero and Connecting Through Salt And Pepper Shakers

EP294: There's A Museum For Umbrella Covers? and The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

EP293: Better Health is a Choice, What It Was Like Escaping the Viet Cong and Body, Soul, and Spirit - Treating More than Cancer

EP292: Lava Girl, Taylor Dooley and The State of Texas Tried to Take Down a Man's Livelihood: He Fought Back

EP291: The Tale of the Stolen Texas Confederate Locomotive and The Opportunistic Patriot

EP290: How Do You Brag About the World's Fastest Plane? and How Pediatric Cancer Saved Numerous Lives

EP289: The Great Vowel Shift and the Making of Modern English and Connecting People Through a Salt And Pepper Shaker Museum

EP288: Craig's Lesson - "Be Sociable" and The Man Who Wrote 'I'll Fly Away'

EP287: Nanny's Hands and America's Most Decorated Soldier

EP286: When Dr. Suess Has Real Life Application, Jason Wolfe Paid His Own Child Support to Save His Father and Under My Thumb, Lessons in Parenting