Synopsis
There's no politics at Our American Stories, just stories. Daily bringing the campfire scene to your ears.
Episodes
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"The Fastest Gun Who Ever Lived" and Candles That Smell of Home
02/08/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) There's No Smell Like Home, (2) Whats The Best Way To Take An Afternoon Nap?, (3) What Hamilton Teaches Us About The Importance Of Anonymous Speech, (4) Bob Munden: The Fastest Gun Who Ever Lived, (5-6) You've Never Been to a Coffee Shop Like This!, (7-8) An Old Man Gets Healthy
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She Was Attacked For Running The Boston Marathon!
01/08/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) She Was Attacked For Running The Boston Marathon!, (5-8) Ahmet Ertegun: The Man Behind The Music...From Aretha to Zeppelin
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Rodney Dangerfield and Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
31/07/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) Rodney Dangerfield: Nothing But Respect For The Man Who Got "No Respect", (5) The 1st Music Video Ever? The Story of Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues", (6-7) How Do You Grow a Company 30X Over!?, (8) The REAL Story of the USS Indianapolis
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Story Behind REM's "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?"
28/07/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Kenneth Who? The Strange and Surprising Story Behind REM's "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?", (2-4) The Big Easy, (5) How Will Smith Became "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", (6) IBM Helps Kids to Graduate Debt-Free and Make Double the Median Income, (7-8) Taking Care Of Himself Since He Was 5
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Sacagawea and The Teenage Usher Who Got Beat Up By Drunk Hockey Fans
27/07/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-3) He Ran 50 Marathons... In 50 States In 50 Consecutive Days!, (4) Sacagawea Saves The Day!, (5) America's Favorite Stapler, (6-7) The Teenage Usher Who Got Beat Up By Drunk Hockey Fans, (8) Six Seconds To Live
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Black Man Befriends KKK and Best Female Jockey in History!
26/07/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) The Most Incredible Father/Son Story You'll Ever Hear!, (5-6) I Wanted To Understand Why Racists Hated Me...So I Befriended Klansmen., (7-8) Best Female Jockey In History!
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Guitars For Vets, Hockey Enforcers, and Steely Dan's "Peg"
25/07/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Guitars For Vets, (2-4) Fighting For A Dream: Hockey Enforcers, (5) With Vows To Exercise...It's No Wonder We Don't, (6-7) You Only Have $2,000 In The Bank And A $30,000 Payroll...What Do You Do?, (8) Story Of A Song: Steely Dan's "Peg"
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Life After Being a "Famous Victim" and The Most Expensive Babysitter in the World
24/07/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) Life After Being a "Famous Victim", (5-8) An Investigation: The Most Expensive Babysitter in the World
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"Go Rest High On That Mountain" and Coach Dean Smith
21/07/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Story of a Song: Go Rest High Up On That Mountain, (2-3) How To Make Perennial Sellers, (4) Caring For My Dying Husband Made Life Worth Living, (5-8) Coach Dean Smith: So Much More Than Basketball
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Secretariat and "I Felt Detached About My Family's Holocaust Story Until..."
20/07/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1-4) Secretariat: More Than A Horse?, (5-6) Former Homeless Woman Now Serving The Homeless!, (7) Meet Lawnchair Larry..., (8) I Felt Detached About My Family's Holocaust Story Until...
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Cremation, Time Zones, "Raiders," and the "My Pillow" Guy
19/07/2018 Duration: 01h22min(Segment 1) Do You Know Railroads (Not Government) Created Time Zones?, (2-3) Burning Out: What Really Happens in a Crematorium, (4) The Kids Who Remade "Raiders Of The Lost Ark", (5-8) My Drug Dealers Staged An Intervention for Me
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe and "Who Says Women Need To Be Thin?"
17/07/2018 Duration: 01h21minSister Rosetta Tharpe and "Who Says Women Need To Be Thin?"
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Jedediah Smith, Shel Silverstein, and the Great Molasses Flood
17/07/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) Indians, Nature, And A Bear: Jedediah Smith, Stuff Of Legend, (5) Great Molasses Flood, (6) Burning Question: Why Do Only Some Have Foot Odor?, (7-8) The Shel Silverstein Story: From "The Giving Tree" to "A Boy Named Sue"
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Jake Burton, John Jacob Astor, and Being A Marine
14/07/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) "I HAD Wanted To Be A Marine. Now, I Wanted To Be Home", (3-4) The Snowboard King: How Jake Burton Created An Industry, A Culture, And An Olympic Sport, (5-8) John Jacob Astor: America's 1st Multimillionaire (b. 1864)
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The UFO Crash at Roswell and Ralph Lauren
13/07/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-3) The Farmer Who Fought His Government, (4) White Sox Fans Deliver Disco's Death Blow, (5-6) The Man Who Defined American Fashion, (7-8) The UFO Crash at Roswell
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"Riders on the Storm" and Lombardi!
12/07/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) Want to Destroy a Room to Relieve Your Stress?, (3) "The Patient I Failed", (4) Story Of A Song: "Riders On The Storm", (5-8) When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi
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Mel Blanc, Wedding In 5 Days, and "House of the Rising Sun"
11/07/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) Mel Blanc: The Animated Story Behind "The Man With 1,000 Voices" (d. 1989), (5) The Lost Wallet And Stolen Mustang Stories, (6-7) "I Planned My Wedding in 5 Days....You Could, Too", (8) Story of a Song: House of the Rising Sun
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Public Schools Now Protecting Students Who Punch Teachers!?
10/07/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segmenst 1-4) Rule of Law: Aaron Benner, (5) Hemingway: "A Day's Wait", (6) How to Fine-Tune Your BS Detector, (7) Welcome to the Republic of Molossia!, (8) Caring For My Dying Husband Made Life Worth Living
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Louis Armstrong, Black Bart, and Will Smith!
07/07/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segmenst 1-4) The Louis Armstrong Story, (5) Will Smith Punched HARD, (6-8) Black Bart: Americas Most Successful And Notorious Gentleman Bandit
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Mamet and More Cowbell!
06/07/2018 Duration: 01h21min(Segmenst 1-4) You Know His Work and His Writing. You Just Don't Know His Name., (5) Gotta Have More Cowbell!, (6-8) I Was Lucky Enough To Have...NOTHING!