Our American Stories

(Segment 1) The Unexpected Moment Of Happiness In The Hospital With My 89-Year-Old Father, (2-3) Does Exercise Make You Smarter? , (4) This Jewelry Store Provides More Value Than Just Rings, (5-8) Rodney Dangerfield: Nothing But Respect For The Man Who Got "No Respect"

(Segments 1-4) Mel Blanc: The Animated Story Behind "The Man With 1,000 Voices" (d. 1989), (5) The Story of Song: The Ballad Billy Joel Wrote For His Little Girl, (6-7) Pastor Broadway: "I'm Not Walking Away From These Children Anymore", (8) Invisible People: Homeless Mother of 4 with 3 Part-Time Jobs

(Segments 1-4) The Muscle Shoals Sound, (5) Students Dont Grade Themselves, so Why Do the Police?, (6-7) To Box or Go to Vietnam?, (8) Story of a Song: "My Sharona"

(Segments 1-4) The Story John D. Rockefeller: Son of Snake Oil Salesman "Devil Bill" and a Pious Christian Mother (b 1839), (5) Dancing with a Demon, (6-7) These Guys Use Dungeons and Dragons as a Therapy Tool, (8) What Im Gonna Tell You Is Gonna Make You Cry

(Segments 1-2) This Pastor Uses A LOT of Motor Oil!, (3) Rock Star: From Home Depot to Lead Singer of "Boston", (4) The Great Gatsby, (5-7) Prayer Power: The Author of "Braveheart" Shares His Story, (8) Story of a Song: Paul Simon's "Graceland"

(Segment 1) All Your Fireworks Questions Answered!, (2-4) Freedom Day: Naturalization Ceremony, (5) How A 17-Year-Old Designed the Current US Flag for a School Project And Got a B-, (6-8) John Adams and the Boston Massacre Trial: The Moment That Defined A Man And A Nation (d 1826)

(Segment 1) Invisible People: Dennis (Homeless in Los Angeles), (2) Tennessee Jed, (3-4) Companies Are Chasing After This School's Students For...Their Character!, (5-6) The Michael Vick Story, (7) Story of a Song: Sanctus Real's "Lead Me", (8) The Violinist Of The Venezuelan Uprising

(Segment 1) Elvis: How Sun Records Boss Sam Phillips Discovered a King in 1954, (2-3) The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington, (4) The Life Of Amelia Earhart (d. 1937), (5-8) The Epic Story Of Mountain Man Kit Carson: Agent of "Manifest Destiny"

(Segment 1) Story of a Song: Go Rest High Up On That Mountain, (2) Meet Michael Angelo Ruffino, Professional Gondolier, (3-4) Lt. Gen. Albert Clark POW, (5) The 11'8" Bridge the "Can Opener", (6) How The Elevator BRAKE Shaped Our Modern World, (7-8) Traveling Wilburys: Billion Dollar Quintet

(Segment 1) Jim Moran, Master Of The Publicity Stunt, (2) Got Junk?, (3-4) The Birth of Coca-Cola, (5-6) "I Cursed The Day That Sgt. Calvert Was Born", (7-8) 3 White Jews...Greatest Rap Group, Ever!

(Segment 1) Donald Wilson: Humble Hero, (2-3) You Only Have $2,000 In The Bank And A $30,000 Payroll...What Do You Do?, (4) Making "Dumb and Dumber", (5-8) The Man Who Caught the Storm: The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras

(Segment 1) Thomas Paine: Tyranny Is Not Easily Conquered (Read by Orson Welles), (2) How Rick Rubin Resurrected The Career of Johnny Cash, (3) Their Men Were Getting Lazy...So Lewis and Clark Organized Olympic Games! (Ep. 39), (4) "I Was Forced To Cut Employee Benefits, And Their Response...Choked Me Up", (5-8) The Story of 20th Century America...Through Sneakers?

(Segment 1) Paul Revere's Ride, (2) Story of a Song: Carrie Underwood's "Jesus Take The Wheel", (3-4) The Woman Behind "Little Women", (5) Invisible People: Eric (Homeless and Working Full-Time), (6-7) Cattle King, Richard King: Real-Life John Wayne and Rhett Butler, (8) Do NOT Threaten The Staff At The Psych Ward!

(Segments 1-2) The Engineer Who Is Revolutionizing Education, (3) The "Boys" Of Iwo Jima, (4) Why We Love Bob Ross, (5-8) Davy Crockett and the Alamo

(Segments 1-2) Making "Jaws": The Untold Story, (3-4) The JEEP: America's Most Courageous 4 Wheel Ride or Die, (5) Which Foods Make the Best Bedtime Snack?, (6-8) The School You'll Want Your Kids To Go To

(Segment 1) There's No Smell Like Home, (2) Alive Inside, Bringing Music to Dementia, (3) Meet Lawnchair Larry..., (4) Meryl Comer: A Caregivers Account Of Alzheimer's, (5-8) Mamet: You Know His Work and His Writing. You Just Don't Know His Name

(Segment 1-3) Fred Smith: How One Marine Created FedEx (EST 1971), (4) McLalan Files: A Divorced Father Living His Marine Son, (5-6) Virginia Hall: The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy, (7-8) The Toilet: An Unspoken Story

(Segment 1) Just One Kind Word...Changed A Man's Entire Life, (2) The High Schooler Who Employed His Football Coaches...And Made $80k!, (3-4) Dr. Rick Rigsby's "Lessons From a Third Grade Dropout", (5-8) He Made A Wood Bat For His Son, And It Accidentally Overtook Louisville Slugger!

(Segment 1) My Dad Was My Hero, (2) John Croyle on rescuing 2 kids from truck stop, (3) The Father Privilege: Lee Habeeb's Salute to His Dad (And All Good Dads) on Father's Day, (4) Dad With Cancer Tells Kids: You Are My Best Investments, (5-8) Pat Summitt: The Best Coach To Ever Step On A Basketball Court (b. 1952)

(Segment 1) MIT's Basketball Coach: "Those Nerds Can Only Handle One Play", (2-4) The Big Easy, (5-8) Indians, Nature, And A Bear: Jedediah Smith, Stuff Of Legend