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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

EP225: Finding My Mission: Life After the Military and Fighting Founders: The Alien and Sedition Acts

EP224: I worked my way out of workaholism, The Grass and the Furious: Ladies, Start Your Lawnmower Engines! and A Grave Escape

EP223: An Army Moves On Its Stomach... And Lots of Coffee, The Time The Game Show “Press Your Luck” Didn’t Require Much Luck and A Brief History of St. Patrick's Day

EP222: A State Legislator's Pointy Hat Prank Bill and Pistol Pete Maravich Shares His Life Story… Just Days Before His Death

EP221: One Way Or Another Eagle and A History of the World’s Most Famous Motorcycle

EP220: The Turning Point in Abraham Lincoln's Life: A Wrestling Match

EP219: The Angel of St. Marye's Heights and "You Must Get To Know Your Community Before You Can Serve It"

EP218: The Most Decorated War Dog of WWI and Building Financial Legacies

EP217: Ohio Born, American Made and How a Fake Doctor Ran Carnival Sideshows and Saved Thousands of Infants and Changed Medical History

EP216: 911 At Ease International Saved This Police Officer’s Career and Las Vegas Must See: The Neon Museum

EP215: Walking with Destiny, A Second Life After Vietnam and She Quit Her Corporate Job to Make Artisan Keycaps

EP214: The Interrupted Odyssey of Ulysses S. Grant and Ely Parker and The History of the Brooklyn Bridge

EP213: Wilber and the Empty Nester and The Tone Deaf, Bad Poet Who Wrote The National Anthem

EP212: An Army Moves On Its Stomach... And Lots of Coffee, The Landscape Management Company Powered by Goats and The World's First Action Figure Museum

EP211: Celebrating the Life of Bob Dole and Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross Paying Tribute To “My Greatest Mentor”

EP210: A Light in the Sky and Inventor and Founder of Jelly Belly

EP209: Story of the Borderline Massacre and The Man Who Created the Coors Light Silver Bullet Can

EP208: Weifield Group Hires “At Risk” Individuals and with Good Reason!, Comfort From Canine Companionship and A Boy Waits for His POW Father

EP207: Dog Becomes Best Medicine Through Woman's Cancer Treatments, The Man Who Paints Rocks For Our Veterans and The South Vietnamese Pilot Who Stole A Plane To Save His Family

EP206: A Woman's Self-Made Journey from Motown to Small Town and Stalin’s Daughter: American Citizen, Wisconsin Cheesehead?!