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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

EP73: The Disastrous 1904 Olympic Marathon and The Creator of The Coors Light Silver Bullett

EP72: Letting Your Daughter Grow Up, The Great Chicago Fire and Cars As Material Culture

Remembering 9/11 and First Hand Accounts From Witnesses

Remembering 9/11, News Montage From 2001 and A 9/11 Firefighter's Story: The Unlikely Relationship Between Two of NYC's Finest

EP71: George Washington at Trenton and Princeton and The Untold Story of Red Cloud, an American Legend

EP70: The Night 2 Hydrogen Bombs Fell on North Carolina and The House Built By Chewing Gum

EP69: The Largest Green Squash and The Pittsburgh Pirates Announcer

EP68: A High Risk Pregnancy, The Flushing Remonstrance Petition and The Rainwater Company

EP67: Reconnecting With My Absent Father and The Baltimore Cults

EP66: Pizza Drops For Charity and Curly Was My Grandfather

EP65: A Father's Note to His "Timeless" Daughter, The Corrupt City Council, and A Father's Secret

EP64: Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre, Houston's Oldest Rookie Cop and Lowering Drug Prices

EP63: King Solomon The Gravedigger and Cornelius Vanderbilt

EP62: Banjo History and An Alaska Town's First Telephone

EP61: The Joys of An Ordinary Tree, The Mississippi Gas Station Franchise and Hope For Depression

EP60: The Moose Prayer, The Fatherless Father, and the Mustard Museum

EP59: Camp Tolochee's Snipe Hunt and What Happened To Saturday Morning Cartoons

EP58: Hearing Aids That Make You Better and Rosa Parks

EP57: Nanny's Hands, Goo Goo Cluster, the Cursing Parrot and Stephen Ross

EP56: The Most Dangerous Allied Spy and The Professional Video Gamer