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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

EP111: The Incredible Story Of SPAM, The Biggest Chicken In The World? and The President, The Preacher, and the Giant Block of Cheese

EP110: The Family The Size Of A Baseball Team, Wayne Gretzky Eulogizes His Father and The World's First Action Figure Museum

EP109: The Small Town Theater Company Making a Big Difference and Why Led Zepplin Pays Royalties to a Southern Bluesman

EP108: The Glorious 25th of November, Evacuation Day, Hometown Hero and Treating More than Cancer

EP107: The Time McDonald County Seceded from Missouri and "We Didn't Want to Lose Two People:" A Story of Forgiveness

Halloween Special

This Man Grows Pumpkins That Weigh a TON, Halloween - Haunted Attractions and The Man In The Glass Coffin

EP106: Making Peace with My Sister’s Killer and The Man In The Glass Coffin

EP105: An Army Moves On Its Stomach... And Lots of Coffee and Meet the inventor of Jelly Belly, David Klein

EP104: Dog Becomes Best Medicine Through Woman's Cancer Treatments, He Was Stiffed $318,000, But He Still Paid Back Everyone He Owed Money To and Tim Leuliette Went to Business School... at Ford Motor Company

EP103: How Johnny Carson Saved Twister and Destined For Greatness: The Chuck Long Story

EP102: Kent Nerburn, Letters to My Son, Craig's Lesson, The Shocking Story Behind the Diamond Engagement Ring and The Woman Behind Jack London

EP101: Pyromaniac's Paradise and How One Desperate Man Revolutionized American Energy

EP100: The Investing Legend Giving Away ALL His Money and Connecting People Through Salt And Pepper Shakers

EP99: There's No Smell Like Home and The Big Four and the Transcontinental Railroad

EP98: Dawn and Casey's Battle with Themselves and Jimmy John's founder Jimmy Liautaud

EP97: The Penguin Who Wears Shoes and Zero Victim: The Story of James Ward

EP96: Tyler Spady's Firsthand Account of the Borderline Grill Shooting and Meeting My Absent Father

EP95: The 40s "Bombshell" Mind Behind Secure WiFi, GPS And Bluetooth and A Museum Dedicated to Southern Jewish Heritage

EP94: Roller Skating In The House, Our Parents Insisted That Dinner Was Family Time and Lee Habeeb On An Ethics Education From His Father