Synopsis
There's no politics at Our American Stories, just stories. Daily bringing the campfire scene to your ears.
Episodes
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'91 in Kuwait and the Book I Wrote for My Father
08/10/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) A Father Says Goodbye...To His Fierce, Stillborn Daughter, (2-3) I Wrote a Book About My Dad... and It Brought Us Closer Together, (4) We Live Through History Without Even Realizing It, (5) The Man Who Spent $35MM Fighting A $400k Fake Wine Fraud, (6-7) These Guys Use Dungeons and Dragons as a Therapy Tool, (8) The Cloud-Juicing Entrepreneur Who Bottles Rainwater
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The Lost Thanksgiving Turkey and The Union is Coming!
07/10/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) My Daughter, Out There... On The Beam, (2-3) Rediscovering What I Lost in the Military, (4) Horst Schulze: The Union is coming! The Union is coming!, (5) How A 17-Year-Old Designed the Current US Flag for a School Project And Got a B-, (6) How the "Master Chef" Lost The Thanksgiving Turkey, (7-8) The Time America Put Its National Treasures on a Cross-Country Train
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The Flag, Lawns, MLK, and More!!
06/10/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Why The American Flag Means So Much To My Family, (2) Don't Wear Slippers to a Job Interview, (3) To Mow or Not to Mow: History and Lawn Care (History Guy), (4) I Was Bored In Grad School, So I Joined The Navy, (5) The Great Oregon Whale Explosion, (6) I Was Responsible For Our Hotels #1 Complaint, And I Was Clueless, (7) The Words Behind MLKs Letter from a Birmingham Jail, (8) Benedict Arnold: Both the Greatest of Heroes and the Darkest of Villains
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A WWII Tailgunner, From Murder to Mercy, and the Pres. Jefferson's Cheese
03/10/2020 Duration: 01h19min(Segments 1-2) A Mother's Journey after Losing Son to Suicide, (3) Heroes of the Second World War: Reflections of a Tailgunner, (4) The President, The Preacher, and the Giant Block of Cheese, (5-8) Cyntoia Brown: A Teen's Murder Sentence and Second Chances
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Stephen Ambrose: 1941 and the Path to Pearl Harbor
02/10/2020 Duration: 01h19min(Segments 1-3) Hedy Lamarr: The 40s "Bombshell" Mind Behind Secure WiFi, GPS And Bluetooth, (4) Hank Brown: "My Challenges Were A Blessing" , (5-8) Stephen Ambrose: 1941 and the Path to Pearl Harbor
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The Man That Adopts The Entire Internet
01/10/2020 Duration: 01h20min(Segment 1) Imagine If...You Were Known For Your Kindness, (2) The History of the "Wrecker" Tow Truck, (3-4) The Man That Adopts The Entire Internet, (5-8) The Back Story of Tabasco Sauce
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Iowa Freedom Rocks and Hardwired for Freedom
30/09/2020 Duration: 01h19min(Segment 1) The Iowa Freedom Rocks, (2) Mitchell Biggs: Detroit Hip Hop Producer, (3-4) Tina Ramirez, Hardwired for Freedom, (5-8) The Manhattan Project: The Story of a Place, a Photographer, and a Time
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My Dad’s Gift of Adventure and Generational Storytelling
29/09/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) The Glorious 25th of November, Evacuation Day, (3) Eric Motley: The Power of the Spoken Word, (4) My Dads Gift of Adventure That Shaped My Life, (5-8) The Billionaire Who Spends His Time Fitting Hearing Aids
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No Hands, No Problem: Overcoming the Loss of Both My Arms
26/09/2020 Duration: 01h20min(Segment 1) Robert Todd Lincoln: In His Fathers Shadow (History Guy), (2) How The Elevator BRAKE Shaped Our Modern World, (3-4) No Hands, No Problem: Overcoming the Loss of Both My Arms, (5-8) Joshua Texidor: A Tale of Two Cities
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Pearl Harbor Survivor and Young Police Chief's "People First" Policy
25/09/2020 Duration: 01h18min(Segment 1) Eric Motley: When Character Stands Tall, (2) Heroes of the Second World War: Pearl Harbor Veteran Shares His Survival Story, (3-4) She's The Daughter Of Chick-fil-A's Founder, But That's Not Who She REALLY IS, (5-8) Young Police Chiefs People First Policy: Serve With Love and Compassion
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Titanic Thompson, Craig's Lesson, and Govt Steals Dad's Life Savings
24/09/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Kent Nerburn: Craig's Lesson, (2) Titanic Thompson: The Greatest Cheat of All Time (History Guy), (3-4) She Had Her Dad's Life Savings Stolen from Her... by the Government, (5-6) Saying Hello at a Diner Led to Lifelong Friendship with a WWII Veteran and His Captured Nazi Flag, (7) Why Is Government Gridlock A Great Thing?, (8) Luis Tomatis: The Immigrant Who Helped Transform Grand Rapids Michigan
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The Constitution, Crocodiles and Cannibals
22/09/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1-3) Dr. Larry Arnn, President of Hillsdale College, On The Meaning Behind The Constitution, (4) Yes, We Really Do Want to Have a Fifth Child, (5-6) The McLalan Files: Crocodiles and Cannibals, (7-8) My Parents Saying "Yes" Changed My Life. They Adopted Me
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Porn to Reborn, the Onion Ring Reviewer, True Leaders, and Punishing a Life Saver
19/09/2020 Duration: 01h19min(Segment 1) Joy Neal Kidney: The Joys of An Ordinary Tree, (2) Leaders Who Don't Take Credit And Give Report Cards To Employees' Parents!!, (3) Saving A Drowning Man Leads To Court Summons, (4) The Onion Ring Reviewer, Tyler Groenendal, (5-8) Porn to Reborn: Crissy's Story
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The Outsiders Meets "House of Pain" and the Constitution
18/09/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) Bringing Our Constitution To Life, (5) Edie Hand: Strength in Loneliness is Still Loneliness, (6-8) The Outsiders: House of Pain Rapper Restores House from Coppola's Movie
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WWII Hero and Shannon's Embarrassing Emergency Room Visit
17/09/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Shannon's Embarrassing Story, (2-4) Heroes of The Second World War: From Mississippi Farm to Mortar Squad, (5-8) What Does "For Better Or Worse" Really Mean?
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Camp Tolochee's Snipe Hunt and Alaska's Town's One Telephone
16/09/2020 Duration: 01h17min(Segments 1-2) Camp Tolochee's Snipe Hunt, (3-4) Remote Alaskan Town's One Connection To The World, (5-8) Gang Leader-Turned Death Row Chaplain
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Man’s Unexpected Response To Son’s Spina Bifida Diagnosis
15/09/2020 Duration: 01h17min(Segments 1-3) Mans Unexpected Response To Sons Spina Bifida Diagnosis, (4) How a Fake Doctor Ran Carnival Sideshows and Saved Thousands of Infants and Changed Medical History, (5-8) From Kosher to Vegan: An Alzheimer's Story
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9/11 and Coach "Bear" Bryant
12/09/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) 9/11 Special, (5-7) A Story About A Man...A Legend, Named "Bear" (b. 1913), (8) I Felt Detached About My Family's Holocaust Story Until...
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Young Man Interviews WWII Vets and Ambrose on Ike
11/09/2020 Duration: 01h18min(Segment 1) There's No Smell Like Home, (2) The Shocking Story Behind the Diamond Engagement Ring, (3-4) Rishi Sharma: The Young Man Determined to Interview Every WWII Vet Still Alive, (5-8) Ambrose on Ike
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The 1st "Disneyland" on Lake Michigan's Shore
10/09/2020 Duration: 01h20min(Segments 1-2) Whiskey Is In Their Blood, (3-4) The 1st "Disneyland" on Lake Michigan's Shore, and The Man Behind It, (5-6) The Angel of St. Marye's Heights, (7) Down Cemetery Row, (8) Oregon Told This Engineer That He Wasn't An Engineer