Synopsis
There's no politics at Our American Stories, just stories. Daily bringing the campfire scene to your ears.
Episodes
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Beavis and Butthead, Sacagawea, Houdini, and Guitars for Vets
25/10/2018 Duration: 01h21minOur American Stories
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Professor's Last Speech and Paul Revere's Ride
24/10/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Paul Revere's Ride, (2) How Can You Fulfill Your Childhood Dreams?, (5-8) The True Story Behind Our Halloween Traditions
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Jesse James: Bandit, Confederate, Murderer, Hero
23/10/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) Jesse James: Bandit, Confederate, Murderer, Hero, (5-7) The Farmer Who Fought His Government, (8) A Listener Surprises Connie Francis
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Wolfman Jack, Yorktown, and The True Story Behind Our Halloween Traditions
20/10/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) The True Story Behind Our Halloween Traditions, (5-6) Wolfman Jack, (7) The Battle at Yorktown, (8) The Kids Who Remade "Raiders Of The Lost Ark"
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Houdini and Infant Loss: "There Was Nothing I Could Do"
19/10/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) Houdini: The Man From Beyond, (5-6) "Either I Release Him Or He Jerks His Hand Out of Mine", (7-8) Infant Loss: "There Was Nothing I Could Do"
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Steve McQueen, Walt Whitman, and a $92,000 Seatbelt Ticket!?
18/10/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) The "King Of Cool": The Unknown Story Of Steve McQueen, (5) A $92,000 Penalty For...A Seatbelt Violation!, (6-8) A $92,000 Penalty For...A Seatbelt Violation!
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Chuck Colson, "Riders on the Storm," and the Teen Who Designed Our U.S. Flag
17/10/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) Chuck Colson: A Life Redeemed (b. 1931), (5) How A 17-Year-Old Designed the Current US Flag for a School Project And Got a B-, (6-7) The Auschwitz "Volunteer", (8) Story Of A Song: "Riders On The Storm"
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Nobody Believed Us...We Discovered 30-40 Billion Barrels of Oil!
16/10/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-3) Nobody Believed Us...We Discovered 30-40 Billion Barrels of Oil!, (4) 95-Years-Old and Still Cooking: The Leah Chase Story, (5) "Leader Of The Band": Dan Fogelberg's Love Letter To His Father, (6-7) How To Make Perennial Sellers, (8) Caring For My Dying Husband Made Life Worth Living
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Take Me Home: The John Denver Story (d. this day, 1997)
13/10/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Take Me Home: The John Denver Story (d. this day, 1997), (5) Gotta Have More Cowbell!, (6-7) "I Planned My Wedding in 5 Days....You Could, Too", (8) Final Thoughts: Earl Fincher
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"I HAD Wanted To Be A Marine. Now, I Wanted To Be Home"
12/10/2018 Duration: 01h21min"I HAD Wanted To Be A Marine. Now, I Wanted To Be Home"
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Custer Vs Sitting Bull and "I Was A Sex Slave For 30 Years"
11/10/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) "I Was A Sex Slave For 30 Years", (5-7) George Custer Vs Sitting Bull: Sioux Shock World At Little Bighorn! (Custer's Funeral), (8) Couple Adopts 7 Siblings Separated Throughout 4 Foster Homes!
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How "Hamburger Nation" Revolutionized The Wine World
10/10/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) "I Just Tell Them...That I'm Aubrey's Dad", (3) California vs. French: How Did "Hamburger Nation" Revolutionize The Wine World?, (4) Healthy Heart Means A Healthy Brain?, (5-8) What Makes the World's Greatest Sports Teams?
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The Story of 3 Beatles Songs: Yesterday, Eleanor Rigby, Tomorrow Never Knows
09/10/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) LA Speed Story, (2-3) The Story of 3 Beatles Songs: Yesterday, Eleanor Rigby, Tomorrow Never Knows, (4) Six Seconds To Live, (5-8) Frank Lloyd Wright
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Rodney Dangerfield, "Mean" Joe's Coke Ad, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe
06/10/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) Rodney Dangerfield: Nothing But Respect For The Man Who Got "No Respect" (d 2004), (5-7) The Godmother Of Rock N' Roll: Sister Rosetta Tharpe, (8) Hey Kid, Catch!: How Coca~Cola and Mean Joe Greene Launched a Legend
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Secretariat, Shiloh, and His Investment Saved His Mother-In-Law
05/10/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) Secretariat: More Than A Horse? (d. 1989), (5) Once Upon a Time..., (6) Final Thoughts: Shiloh, (7) A Photographer's Unique Gift To Parents, (8) He Couldn't Have Known...That His Investment Would Save His Mother-In-Law's Life
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Charles Krauthammer Goes Out Like Gehrig (by Fay Vincent)
04/10/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Charles Krauthammer Goes Out Like Gehrig, (2-4) Audie Murphy: America's Most Decorated Soldier, (5-7) One Mom vs. The Machine: The Teacher Who Fought Back, (8) Beyonc: The Story of Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
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Lewis and Clark (Ep 32), Welles Reads Paine, and Cash reads Service
03/10/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Johnny Cash performance of The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service, (2) Locked Up For 72 Years, (3-4) The Day Meriweather Lewis Transformed Into An Indian (Ep 32), (5) Thomas Paine: Tyranny Is Not Easily Conquered (Read by Orson Welles), (6) IBM Helps Kids to Graduate Debt-Free and Make Double the Median Income, (7) The Truck Driver Who Lived In A Commune (Kibbutz), (8) Alana's Birth Was Beautiful...Except That She Didn't Take Her First Breath
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The Story of the "My Pillow" Creator and "House of the Rising Sun"
02/10/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) My Drug Dealers Staged An Intervention for Me, (5-7) He Ran 50 Marathons... In 50 States In 50 Consecutive Days!, (8) Story of a Song: House of the Rising Sun
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Mountain Man Kit Carson and Gun Slinger Bob Munden
29/09/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) The Epic Story Of Mountain Man Kit Carson: Agent of "Manifest Destiny", (5-7) The Immigrant Who Revolutionized Yogurt in America, (8) Bob Munden: The Fastest Gun Who Ever Lived
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The Toilet: An Unspoken Story
28/09/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) How My Dad's Cancer Saved Our Relationship, (2) I Gave My Dog an IQ Test, (3-4) The Toilet: An Unspoken Story, (5-8) The Muscle Shoals Sound