Synopsis
There's no politics at Our American Stories, just stories. Daily bringing the campfire scene to your ears.
Episodes
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Navy SEAL and Cattle King, Richard King: Real-Life John Wayne and Rhett Butler
18/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) With Vows To Exercise...It's No Wonder We Don't, (2-3) Cattle King, Richard King: Real-Life John Wayne and Rhett Butler, (4) Navy SEAL: The Deed Is All, Not The Glory, (5-8) The Muscle Shoals Sound
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The Family that Podcasts Together, Stays Together
17/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Reconciling Dad The Farmer And Dad the Veteran Pilot, (2-3) To Box or Go to Vietnam?, (4) Who Will This Be To Me?, (5) How Will Smith Became "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", (6-7) The Family that Podcasts Together, Stays Together, (8) The Scooby-Doo Story!
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Students Don’t Grade Themselves, so Why Do the Police?
16/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Students Dont Grade Themselves, so Why Do the Police?, (2-3) Pastor Broadway: "I'm Not Walking Away From These Children Anymore", (4) Story of a Song: Why Me Lord, (5-6) Why Would 6 Frat Boys Carry A Student With Cerebral Palsy Up A Mountain?, (7) California vs. French: How Did "Hamburger Nation" Revolutionize The Wine World?, (8) A Cuisine Unlike Any Other: The Food Culture of New Orleans
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Frank Abagnale and "House of the Rising Sun"
14/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) A Day With Dad In The Delta, (2-4) The Real Story of Frank Abagnale, (5) Company Benefits Include $35K For Your Bucket List!, (6-7) The Powerful Story of How One Man Grieved His Grandchild's Death, (8) Story of a Song: House of the Rising Sun
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Prayer Power: The Author of "Braveheart" Shares His Story
12/04/2019(Segments 1-3) Prayer Power: The Author of "Braveheart" Shares His Story, (4) How TV Dinners Liberated Women, (5-7) Connie Francis: The Highest Selling Female Artist...In History!, (8) Bob Munden: The Fastest Gun Who Ever Lived
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Dungeons and Dragons as Therapy?
11/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) The Only Car Ever Made To Honor God, (2-3) These Guys Use Dungeons and Dragons as a Therapy Tool, (4) Story Of A Song: Steely Dan's "Peg", (5) Great Molasses Flood, (6-8) John Adams and the Boston Massacre Trial: The Moment That Defined A Man And A Nation
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Son Tells Story of POW Father and Ode to Ella Fitzgerald
10/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) The Silver Kings and the "Big Bonanza", (3) Ode to Ella, (4) What Im Gonna Tell You Is Gonna Make You Cry, (5-8) She Was Attacked For Running The Boston Marathon!
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The JEEP: America's Most Courageous 4 Wheel Ride or Die
09/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Heaven Is Beautiful, (2) How Often Should You Replace Your Coffee Mug?, (3-4) The JEEP: America's Most Courageous 4 Wheel Ride or Die, (5) The Great Oregon Whale Explosion, (6-7) The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington, (8) Hemingway's "Old Man and the Sea"
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Underwear, Barbed Wire, and "All In The Family"
06/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) Underwear: A Brief History, (5) How Barbed Wire Transformed America, (6) Tennessee Jed, (7-8) The Story Of The Greatest (And Most Controversial) TV Show In History
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Belinda Mulrooney: The Richest, Toughest Woman of the Klondike Gold Rush
05/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) Rod Serling and the Twilight Zone, (3-4) Belinda Mulrooney: The Richest, Toughest Woman of the Klondike Gold Rush, (5-8) Blue On Blue: An Insiders Story Of Good Cops Catching Bad Cops
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50 Years Later, I Still Speak To My Teacher Almost Every Day and WYZE Radio
04/04/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) Help Save Gospel Radio Station WYZE in Atlanta, (5) The Cremation of Sam McGee, (6) I Gave My Dog an IQ Test, (7) 50 Years Later, I Still Speak To My Teacher Almost Every Day
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Steve McQueen, Meriwether Lewis, and a Rebel and Her Dog
30/03/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) The "King Of Cool": The Unknown Story Of Steve McQueen, (5) A Rebel and Her Dog, (6-7) Careers Start Out With Carhartts and Boots!!, (8) Meriwether Lewis Is Flummoxed! Why Aren't Indian Laws Written Down?! (Ep 36)
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Rosewell, Ike, and the Venezuelan Dissident
29/03/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) "I HAD Wanted To Be A Marine. Now, I Wanted To Be Home", (3-4) The UFO Crash at Roswell, (5-7) The Venezuelan Dissident Who Started A Company in America...And Raised $200 Million!!, (8) Ike's Final Speech (d. 1969)
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Audie Murphy, Steven Wright, and "Captain Crunch"
28/03/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) The Santa Clause of Michigan's Foster Kids, (2-4) Audie Murphy: America's Most Decorated Soldier, (5-6) "If I Don't Get My Bacon at Waffle House, It's Okay... But If It's at A Fancy Hotel, I'm Upset", (7) Meet "Captain Crunch", (8) The Deadpan Comedy of Steven Wright
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Story of 2 Songs: "I Will Always Love You" and "There Goes My Life"
27/03/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) "I've Seen More Suffering as an Air Medical Pilot than in Vietnam", (3) Robert Frost (b. 1874), (4) Story of a Song: "I Will Always Love You", (5) Walt Whitman: Pioneers! O Pioneers!, (6-7) Mike Judge's Beavis and Butthead: A Story for Lovers AND Haters, (8) Story of a Song: "There Goes My Life"
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Farmer vs. Govt, How Pets Make Us Human, and Benedict Arnold
26/03/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Imagine If...You Were Known For Your Kindness, (2-4) Animals Among Us: How Pets Make Us Human, (5-7) The Farmer Who Fought His Government, (8) Benedict Arnold: From American Hero to the Greatest of Villains
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10 Phrases That Can Change Lives, Shel Silverstein, Bill Withers, Gertrude Ederle and More!
23/03/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Story of a Song: Bill Withers' "Grandma's Hands", (2) Gertrude Ederle: First Woman To Swim The English Channel!, (3-4) The 10 Phrases That Can Change Lives, (5-6) Gold Rush Queen: Nellie Cashman, (7-8) The Shel Silverstein Story: From "The Giving Tree" to "A Boy Named Sue"
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Venezuelan Dissident, Eddie Van Halen, Jack Daniels, Paul Revere, Little Women, and More!
22/03/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Paul Revere's Ride, (2) Eddie Van Halen Wanted to be a Drummer, (3) Uncle Nearest: The Ex-Slave Who Taught Jack Daniel About Whiskey, (4) The Violinist Of The Venezuelan Uprising, (5-6) The Multitrack Revolution: From Les Paul to the Beach Boys, the Beatles, and Boston, (7-8) The Woman Behind "Little Women"
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Talking Heads' "Once In A Lifetime", Guitars for Vets, Job, and a Special Jewelry Store
21/03/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-3) I Stomped On People...I Was Depressed...The Story of Job Changed My Life, (4) Story of a Song: Talking Heads' "Once In A Lifetime", (5) Guitars for Vets, (6-7) Forgiveness, (8) This Jewelry Store Provides More Value Than Just Rings
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From Home Depot to Lead Singer of "Boston" and Much Of Education Is Babysitting and Daycare
20/03/2019 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1) Gotta Have More Cowbell!, (2) Whats The Best Way To Take An Afternoon Nap?, (3) Rock Star: From Home Depot to Lead Singer of "Boston", (4) Much Of Education Is Babysitting and Daycare, (5-6) The "Accidental" Union Leader and His Fight for His Hometown , (7-8) Nice Cooler... Is It Bearproof?