Our American Stories

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 1496:24:46
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Synopsis

There's no politics at Our American Stories, just stories. Daily bringing the campfire scene to your ears.

Episodes

  • Fake Carnival Dr. Saved 1,000s of Babies and Revolutionized the Medical Industry

    31/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1) Imagine If...You Were Known For Your Kindness, (2-3) Making "It's A Wonderful Life", (4) How a Fake Doctor Ran Carnival Sideshows and Saved Thousands of Infants and Cha

  • Baseball Bats, Blind Music, and Losing 3 Brothers

    28/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segments 1-3) Blind Music Store Owner Sees the Power of Prayer, (4) A Sister's Love and Loss of Three Brothers, (5-8) He Made A Wood Bat For His Son, And It Accidentally Overtook Louisville Slugger!

  • Churchill and Flamin' Hot Cheetos

    27/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segments 1-2) How Churchills Christmastime Speech United Two Great World Powers, (3-4) How a Janitor Invented Flamin Hot Cheetos and Became an Exec at Pepsico, (5) The Santa Clause of Michigan's Foster Kids. (6-8) "I Don't Have Parents... Will You Be My Parents?"

  • Christmas Special!

    26/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segments 1-4) The "Whys" Behind Our Christmas Traditions, (5) Final Thoughts: WWII POW Recalls "Silent Night", (6) The Story Behind Bing And Bowie's Christmas Duet, (7) How A Jew From Russia Wrote The Most Popular Christmas Song!, (8) The Gospel According to "Peanuts" Creator, Charles Schulz

  • Christmas Special!

    25/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1) Final Thoughts: WWII POW Recalls "Silent Night", (2) The Story Behind Bing And Bowie's Christmas Duet, (3) How A Jew From Russia Wrote The Most Popular Christmas Song!, (4) The Gospel According to "Peanuts" Creator, Charles Schulz, (5-8) The "Whys" Behind Our Christmas Traditions

  • Holidays w/o Mom, Washington Resigns, Sinatra Story

    24/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1) Getting Through the Holidays Without Your Mother, (2-3) Washington Resigns His Commission, and Stuns the World, (4) Mitch Hedberg: A Shy Alchemist Who Turned Sentences Into Comedy Gold, (5) Patty Kingsbaker's Sinatra Story, (6-8) Before Mary Kay There Was Madam CJ Walker

  • Mike Eruzione, Silent Night, and Curious George

    21/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1) Final Thoughts: WWII POW Recalls "Silent Night", (2) The Story Behind Bing And Bowie's Christmas Duet, (3) How A Jew From Russia Wrote The Most Popular Christmas Song!, (4) The Gospel According to "Peanuts" Creator, Charles Schulz, (5-7) How Curious George Escaped the Nazis (Margret d. 1996), (8) Mike Eruzione: The Making of a Miracle

  • Oil Saved The Whales and Lifted The World Out of Poverty

    20/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segments 1-4) The "Whys" Behind Our Christmas Traditions, (5-6) "I HAD Wanted To Be A Marine. Now, I Wanted To Be Home", (7-8) Oil Saved The Whales and Lifted The World Out of Poverty

  • Making "The Godfather" Trilogy and Patty's Elvis Encounter

    19/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1) Patty Kingsbaker's Elvis Encounter, (2-4) The Entrepreneur Who Bathed in Cow Dung!!, (5-8) Making "The Godfather" Trilogy

  • Everett's Last Christmas Carol

    18/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segments 1-3) Everett's Last Christmas Carol, (4) Beyonc: The Story of Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It), (5-6) The Radioactive Boy Scout, (7-8) A Brief History of Disneyland (Part 1)

  • Tanks, Trucks, Toddlers, and Benedict Arnold

    17/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1) Guitars for Vets, (2-3) How a 19-Year-Old Single Mother Built the Largest Female-Owned Trucking Company, (4) Benedict Arnold: Both the Greatest of Heroes and the Darkest of Villains, (5-7) WW2 Tank Gunner Don Evans, (8) Yes, We Really Do Want to Have a Fifth Child

  • Dire Straits' Jack Sonni and Road Lanes

    14/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1) The Story of Song: The Ballad Billy Joel Wrote For His Little Girl, (2-3) The Family that Podcasts Together, Stays Together, (4) Centerline: The Surprising History of Lane Markings, (5-8) Dire Straits' Jack Sonni

  • Navy SEAL Jack Carr

    13/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1) There's No Smell Like Home, (2) Story of a Song: Carrie Underwood's "Jesus Take The Wheel", (3-4) An Operation That Makes Grown Men Cry, (5-8) Navy SEAL Jack Carr

  • Abolitionist John Brown

    12/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segments 1-4) The Man Who Invented Aerobics, (5-8) Abolitionist John Brown

  • Salvation Army, Emily Dickinson, and Santa Visits a Nursing Home

    11/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1) When Santa Visited A Nursing Home..., (2) Abe's BBQ, Clarksdale, Mississippi, (3-4) Emily Dickinson's Story (b. 1830), (5-8) Salvation Army: The Story of William and Catherine Booth

  • SR-71 Blackbird, Adoption, and 10-Cents to $500B

    10/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1) The Child I Didn't Adopt, (2) Fall from an SR-71 Blackbird, (3-4) The Snowboard King: How Jake Burton Created An Industry, A Culture, And An Olympic Sport, (5-8) His Grandfather Said He Wasnt Worth Paying 10 Cents... And Now He Manages Over $500 Billion!!

  • "My Pillow" Guy, Multitrack Revolution, and Gold Rush's Toughest Woman

    07/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    "My Pillow" Guy, Multitrack Revolution, and Gold Rush's Toughest Woman

  • Custer, Walmart Open Call, and Music for Dementia

    06/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segments 1-3) George Custer vs Sitting Bull: Sioux Shock The World at Little Bighorn! (b. 1839), (4) Story of a Song: "My Sharona", (5) Walmart Open Call: The Praline Queen with a HUGE Fan Base, (6) Alive Inside, Bringing Music to Dementia, (7-8) Companies Are Chasing After This School's Students For...Their Character!

  • Wolfman Jack, Horse Racing, Autotune, and Robert Johnson

    05/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segments 1-4) Wolfman Jack, (3) Me, My Dad and American Pharoah, (4) Technology and Music: Autotune vs. Imperfection, (5-6) Who Does Wealth Belong To?, (7) Family Sends Five Sons To War, (8) Jesse's Investigation Into Robert Johnson's Crossroads

  • Stallone on "Rocky" and the Worst Counterfeiter

    04/12/2019 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segments 1-4) Sylvester Stallone On Making "Rocky" (Premiered 1976), (5) The Best Worst Counterfeiter in American History, (6-8) The School You'll Want Your Kids To Go To

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