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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

EP170: Taking The Time To Talk To Strangers, Snowflake Bentley, First Photograph of a Snowflake and The Government Wouldn't Let Paula Smith Sell Her House For Over A Decade

EP169: Triumph and Disaster: The Life of Rudyard Kipling, and Enhancing Lives, One Guide Dog at a Time

EP168: From Bagatelle to Video Games: The History of Pinball, These Guys Use Dungeons and Dragons as a Therapy Tool and Ethics: Bill Daniels and the Utah Stars

EP167: How Faith, Infidelity, and Forgiveness Grew a Family Not Once, but Twice and Remote Alaskan Town's One Connection To The World

EP166: MIT's Basketball Coach: "Those Nerds Can Only Handle One Play" and The Man Who Wrote 'I'll Fly Away'

EP165: He Ran 50 Marathons... In 50 States... In 50 Consecutive Days and 7-Eleven and the American Dream

EP164: The Manhattan Project: The Story of a Place, a Photographer, and a Moment

EP163: Finding My Father: Blair Linne's Story and Ulysses S. Grant's Great Battle

EP162: My Life After Firefighting, Aron Marquez on Leadership and 99 Reasons Why A Typewriter Is Better Than A Computer!!

EP161: The Only Woman to be Awarded the Medal of Honor, Midnight at the Live Fire Exercise and From Tech-Startup to Making a Wooden Pen with His Dad: The Story of Allegory

EP160: Offering To Resign Because You’re Accountable For A Failure and Ford v. Ferrari II

EP159: Our Home Became Tidier After Having Four Sons, The "Slap Shot" Story with Dave Hanson and Graphic Design Professor Knits While Running Marathons

EP158: The Meaning of Balance and Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

EP157: The Man Who Spent $35MM Fighting A $400k Fake Wine Fraud, Tempest Tours: A Stormy, Sightseeing Vacation, How Smallpox Created Canada by Destroying Washington’s Army and Marketing Has A Marketing Problem... Too Many Narcissists Manipulating People

EP156: The Humble Potato: Idaho's Superstarch and The Little Boy Who Saved His Family

EP155: The Making of an American Pantheon: Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb

EP154: A Family Lived in the New York Public Library?, Drinking Done New Orleans' Style and Overcoming the Loss of Both My Arms at 10

EP153: Strength in Loneliness is Still Loneliness, Burrito Restaurant Offers Job To Burglar and This Jewelry Store Provides More Value Than Just Rings

EP152: When Dr. Seuss Has Real Life Applications During a Hurricane, From Farm Boy to Founder and Couple Adopts 7 Siblings Separated Throughout 4 Foster Homes

EP152: Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas and The Importance of Giving and Serving during Christmas Time