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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.

Episodes

The Unlikely Friendship Between a Man and the Officer Who Wrongly Arrested Him

“Nest Egg” and “No Dice”: The Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

A Big Company with Big Pranks!

A Thread Across the Ocean: The Story of the Transatlantic Cable

Beating the Soviets: Mike Eruzione on the 1980 Olympic Upset

Generational Trauma Ends With Me: One Father’s Fight to Heal

The “LA Speed Check”: A Story from a Pilot of the Fastest Plane in the World

How 7-Eleven Helped Immigrants Build the American Dream

My Mom Told Me to Leave the House and Not Come Back Until I Had a Job

How a Hollywood Movie Inspired the North Hollywood Shootout

The Story of America: In the Beginning… [Ep. 1]

He Bought an Ice Cream Truck To Empower His Children with Down Syndrome

When Pepsi Traded Soda for Soviet Submarines

My Life After Firefighting: What the Job Took and What It Left Behind

Miami Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross: “I Was Fired Twice and Decided I Was Unemployable”

Ely S. Parker: Seneca Chief, Civil War Hero, and Grant’s Right Hand

Maggie Bailey: Moonshine Queen of the Kentucky Hills

Lewis & Clark: A Journey Told by the Historian Who Made It Legendary

The Football Team That Broke Baltimore's Heart

Inside the Museum of Bad Art Where Failure Gets Framed

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