Our American Stories

4th! Fireworks, Citizenship, Jefferson and Adams

(Segment 1) Independence Day: Thomas Jefferson And Dave Matthews!, (2-3) The 33-Year-Old Who Wrote The Declaration in 2 Weeks, (4) Freedom Day: Director Frank Capra, (5-8) David McCullough: July 4, 1776

(Segment 1) The Mysterious Senate Candy Desk, (2) Turning a Refugee Camp Into The Champs-Elysees!, (3) Skip Gianopulos: A Father Of Two Daughters With Special Needs, (4) Hemingway's "Old Man and the Sea", (5-8) The Greatest Sports Moment Of The 20th Century! (Miracle on Ice 1980)

(Segments 1-2) The Enigma: Comic Genius Dave Chappelle, (3-4) Craig Sager: The Most Brilliant Outfits, The Most Brilliant Interviews, (5-8) How Schmucks Birthed A Superhero...That Mutated Into American Mythology

(Segments 1-3) The Man Who Disproved Hitler, (4) The Life Of Helen Keller, (5-6) A Nude Horse Is A Rude Horse, (7-8) That Time The Marines Attacked Without Ammo...

(Segments 1-4) Mel Brooks (b. 1926), (5-6) CEO: "I Want To Look Forward to Mondays, As Much As Fridays", (7-8) Why? What Makes Us Curious?

(Segment 1) "We Take Our Work Seriously, But We Don't Take Ourselves Seriously", (2-4) Are There Ways To Keep Your Brain Healthy?, (5-6) The Only American to Win the Tour de France: Greg LeMond's Un-Be-Liev-Able Story, (7-8) "I Was Determined Never to Go Back Into Ranching"

(Segments 1-3) Dred Scott in Spikes!!, (4) Tom Waits' Story Of A Song: "I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You", (5) A Day With Dad In The Delta, (6) Got Junk?, (7-8) 3 White Jews...Greatest Rap Group, Ever!

(Segments 1-3) "Pistol" Pete Maravich (b. 1947), (4) Dr. Asks Mother: "Who Do You Pray To? They Just Saved Your Son!", (5) How Will Smith Became "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", (6) Do You Think A Man Would Have Answered The Question That Way?, (7-8) Traveling Wilburys: Billion Dollar Quintet

(Segments 1-4) Martin Luther: The Monk Who Changed The World, (5-6) Story of a Song, Story of a Fallen Son: "I Drive Your Truck", (7) What Hamilton Teaches Us About The Importance Of Anonymous Speech, (8) The Deadpan Comedy of Steven Wright

(Segments 1-2) Making "Jaws": The Untold Story, (3) The Importance Of Friends, (4) The Great Gatsby, (5) High-Fives are Saving Feline Lives, (6-7) "I Wish I Died in Vietnam", (8) Steve Martin: Good Guy Comedy

LA Speed Check and How The Agency Saved My Father

(Segments 1-3) Fred Smith: How One Marine Created FedEx (EST 1971), (4) Mitch Hedberg: A Shy Alchemist Who Turned Sentences Into Comedy Gold, (5) Company Benefits Include $35K For Your Bucket List!, (6-7) How To Make Perennial Sellers, (8) Technology and Music: Autotune vs. Imperfection

(Segment 1) Springsteen: His Very First Father/Son Song, (2) Their Own Mother Sold Them To Pedophiles! But Then..., (3) Fishing With My Father, (4) The Father Privilege: Lee's Salute To His Dad (And All Good Dads) On Father's Day, (5) He Gave Up Fame For Family, (6) From Scrap to Sculptures, (7) When A Father Takes The Time To Listen..., (8) A Letter To My Absent Father and Me, My Father, American Pharoah

(Segments 1-4) The Best Coach To Ever Step On A Basketball Court (b. 1952), (5) Story of a Song: Aretha Franklin's "Respect", (6-7) You Only Have $2,000 In The Bank And A $30,000 Payroll...What Do You Do?, (8) Dr. Bob: "We Hire People Who Want to Do Exactly What We Need Them To Do"

(Segments 1-4) Butch Cassidy: America's Last Outlaw, (5) The Max Headroom Signal Intrusion, (6) Loaded to Explode: The Cataclysmic History of Crush Texas, (7) Take A Breath: In Praise Of The One-Second Pause, (8) Arresting Your Boss: A Nazi Commander

(Segment 1) Great Molasses Flood, (2) The Chief Justice Wants Boys To Be Treated Unfairly!, (3-4) Thomas Paine's Common Sense, (5) "Leader Of The Band": Dan Fogelberg's Love Letter To His Father, (6-8) Leukemia Has A Purpose?

(Segment 1) Vince Lombardi's Short and Sweet Story (b. 1913), (2) Story of a Song: Jesus Take the Wheel, (3) Jesse's "Shower Thoughts"; Dad Drops Son A Mile From Home...Goes To Jail, (4) Dr. Bob on Men and Women, (5-8) Coach Dean Smith: So Much More Than Basketball

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(Segment 1) The Lost Wallet And Stolen Mustang Stories, (2) Burning Question: Why Do Some People Have Foot Odor?, (3) The Town That Executed An Elephant, (4) Story of a Song: There Goes My Life, (5-8) The Man Who Beat The Feds