Synopsis
There's no politics at Our American Stories, just stories. Daily bringing the campfire scene to your ears.
Episodes
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Love in the Ashes and National Police Week
16/05/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) Love in the Ashes, (3-4) Honoring Cops Killed Protecting Protesters, (5-8) National Police Week
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Cancer, KKK, Story of a Song, and Celebrating the Life of Officer Moreno
15/05/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) How My Dad's Cancer Saved Our Relationship, (2) 1st Black Woman to Join U.S. Coast Guard: Dr. Olivia Hooker, (3) Story of a Song: Pink's "Let's Get The Party Started", (4) Celebrating The Life Of Officer Diego Moreno, (5-8) Former KKK Member Changed By Friendship
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Henry Ford, Ben Carson, and the Funeral of a Hero-Policeman
14/05/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Dancing with a Demon, (2-3) Ben Carson: The Power of Knowledge, (4) The Funeral of a Hero: Deputy Micah Flick, (5-8) Henry Ford: The Father of the Automobile
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Mother's Day Stories!!
11/05/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) Mother's Day Tribute: Steve Harvey, Merle Haggard, Kevin Durant, Marc Mero, Alfredo Ortiz, and Mama Bears!, (3) Adoption: A Mother's Greatest Sacrifice and Gift, (4) Tiffany Jenkins: What It Means to Be a Good Mom, (5-8) TV's Hit Machine On Where It All Began: His Momma
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The "Trader Joe's" Story and Homeless Mother of 4
10/05/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) A Fathers Note to His Timeless DaughterWho Functions At A Toddler Level, (2-3) The "Trader Joe's" Story, (4) Invisible People: Homeless Mother of 4 with 3 Part-Time Jobs, (5) The Max Headroom Signal Intrusion, (6-7) How Did Coach Chuck Daly Soften Dennis Rodman?, (8) "Yes, We Really Do Want to Have a Fifth Child"
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Don Rickles and Meet Michael Angelo Ruffino, Professional Gondolier
09/05/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) Don Rickles, (5) My Parents Are Gone, But Their Traditions Aren't, (6) Meet Michael Angelo Ruffino, Professional Gondolier, (7) The Hidden Treasure of Forrest Fenn, (8) Ralph Waldo Emerson: Self Reliance
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Virginia Hall: The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy
08/05/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) Virginia Hall: The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy, (3-4) A Crooked Cop, An Innocent Man, And An Unlikely Journey Of Forgiveness And Friendship, (5) Elvis: How Sun Records Boss Sam Phillips Discovered a King in 1954, (6) Elvis: How Sun Records Boss Sam Phillips Discovered a King in 1954, (7-8) The Irish Rockstar and American Pastor: A Friendship for the Ages
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Secretariat and Orson Welles!
07/05/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) The Story of Secretariat (Won Kentucky Derby, 1973), (5-8) The Great Orson Welles
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James Brown, MOH Priest, LP to mp3, and Kids Who Remade "Raiders"
04/05/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) James Brown: The Story of the Hardest Working Man In Showbusiness, (3) The Catholic Priest Who Earned a Medal of Honor, (4) The Kids Who Remade "Raiders Of The Lost Ark", (5-8) From LP to mp3: Our Memories in Our Music
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Pregnanat After Rape and Frank Lloyd Wright
03/05/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) "Either I Release Him Or He Jerks His Hand Out of Mine", (3-4) Pregnant After Rape, (5-8) Frank Lloyd Wright
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Masculine Dads Raise Confident Daughters and 1st Woman in Space
02/05/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) How A 17-Year-Old Designed the Current US Flag for a School Project And Got a B-, (2) Masculine Dads Raise Confident Daughters, (3-4) The 1st American Woman in Space, (5) Story of a Song: Go Rest High Up On That Mountain, (6) The Guardian of the Golden Gate Bridge, (7-8) The Snowboard King: How Jake Burton Created An Industry, A Culture, And An Olympic Sport
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Daniel in the Lions' Den, Dred Scott, and American Superhero Mythology
01/05/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-3) Dred Scott in Spikes!!, (4) Bible Understood: Tim Dunn Explains "Daniel in the Lions' Den", (5-8) How Schmucks Birthed A Superhero...That Mutated Into American Mythology
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Homeless Family of 6 and the Law Prof. vs. Traffic Camera Ticket
30/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) One Law Professor, One Traffic Ticket, and a Whole Lotta Antics, (3) Story of a Song: "The Keeper", (4) Invisible People: Homeless Family with 6 Children, (5-8) What Makes the World's Greatest Sports Teams?
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Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, and Maurice Sendak!!
27/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) Lucille Ball: You'll LOVE Her Story! (d. 1989), (3-4) The Comedy Of Carol Burnett (b. 1933), (5-8) Maurice Sendak: Father of the Wild Things
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Quincy Jones, the Teacher Who Fought Back, and 6 Seconds to Live!
26/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) Quincy Jones, (5-7) One Mom vs. The Machine: The Teacher Who Fought Back, (8) Six Seconds To Live
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Bud Abbott, Streisand, and the WWII Tragedy
25/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) The WWII Tragedy America Chose to Forget, (2) "Who's On First?": The Bud Abbott Story (d. 1974), (3) The Conversation Between My Parents...I Wasn't Supposed To Hear, (4) Do NOT Threaten The Staff At The Psych Ward!, (5-8) The Barbara Streisand Story
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Homeless and Working Full-Time, "Over The Rainbow," and the Undercover Agent
24/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Invisible People: Eric (Homeless and Working Full-Time), (2) The Soulful Art of Lucious Spiller, (3) Family Sends Five Sons To War, (4) Story Of A Song: "Over The Rainbow", (5-8) Confessions Of An Undercover Agent
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Glen Campbell, Coca-Cola, Mitch Hedberg, and Where Wealth Comes From
23/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-3) Glen Campbell: The Life Of A "Rhinestone Cowboy", (4) Mitch Hedberg: A Shy Alchemist Who Turned Sentences Into Comedy Gold, (5-6) Who Does Wealth Belong To?, (7-8) The Birth of Coca-Cola
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70 and Beating 20-Year-Olds, Mary Poppins, and Amazing Grace
20/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) Making "Mary Poppins", (3-4) 70 and Beating 20-Year-Olds!, (5-8) Story Of A Song: Amazing Grace
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The Michael Vick Story and Paul Simon's "Graceland"
19/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) The Michael Vick Story, (3) "The Patient I Failed", (4) Story of a Song: Paul Simon's "Graceland", (5-8) Why Is A White, Republican, Billionaire Investor...Hanging Out With a Black, Democratic, Education Reformer?!