Our American Stories

December 20, 2017 Listen | Download (Segment 1) Final Thoughts: WWII POW Recalls "Silent Night", (2) The Story Behind Bing And Bowie's Christmas Duet, (3) How A Jew From Russia Wrote The Most Popular Christmas Song!, (4) The Gospel According to "Peanuts" Creator, Charles Schulz, (5-8) The "Whys" Behind Our Christmas Traditions

(Segments 1-4) The "Whys" Behind Our Christmas Traditions, (5) Final Thoughts: WWII POW Recalls "Silent Night", (6) The Story Behind Bing And Bowie's Christmas Duet, (7) How A Jew From Russia Wrote The Most Popular Christmas Song!, (8) The Gospel According to "Peanuts" Creator, Charles Schulz

(Segment 1) Is She Still A Mother If She Miscarries?, (2) Judge Judy: Case Where She Calls The Plaintiff's Father, (3) Wait! Brits Were STILL in America AFTER The Revolution?, (4) Jesse's "This Week In Music History" (Dec. 10-16), (5-7) The Green Beret That Other Green Berets Look Up To, (8) Story Of A Song: "Riders On The Storm"

(Segment 1) Judge Judy: The Case Of The Cool Mom And Deadbeat Daughter, (2-4) I Had A Great Wife, Job, and Plenty of Money...It Wasnt Enough, (5-8) You Don't Know George Washington Until You've Heard His Story! (d. 1799)

(Segment 1) Abbott and Costello, Who's on First?, (2-4) The Song That Shouldn't Exist, (5-8) The "Whys" Behind Our Christmas Traditions

Sinatra: The Loner, The Loser, The Music We Love

(Segment 1) Murderous Dodge Viper Ad

(Segment 1) Coffee With The Person Who Hoped The President Would Be Assassinated?!, (2) Shark Tank: NFL Star Pitches Sharks on His Boneless Ribs Dream, (3) Final Thoughts: Baptism In The ICU?, (4) Jesse's "This Week In Music History" (Dec. 3-9), (5-8) Getting Made: The Making Of Martin Scorsese's "Goodfellas"

(Segments 1-4) The Bird And Magic Story: Love, Friendship, And Basketball (Bird b. 1956), (5-6) This Pastor Uses A LOT of Motor Oil!, (7-8) 70 and Beating 20-Year-Olds!

(Segments 1-2) Waiting At 5 AM...Every Morning...To Overcome Your Addiction..., (3) Jesse's "Radio Candy" (ep. 3), (4) Sidney Goodfriend, American Corporate Partners, (5-8) Voices of Small Business...The Voices The Media Won't Bring You!

(Segments 1-2) The Enigma: Comic Genius Dave Chappelle, (3) Lewis and Clark #15, (4) Where is the Honor in Honor Killing?, (5-8) Special Fathers: Randy Lewis

(Segment 1) Imagine If...You Were Known For Your Kindness, (2-3) Hear C.S. Lewis Rally His Nation Against The Nazis, (4) Tom Dreesen Meets Frank Sinatra, (5-8) All-American Sharks?

(Segment 1) Jesse's "This Week In Music History" (Nov. 26-Dec. 2), (2) Jesse's "Radio Candy" (Ep. 2), (3) The "Boys" Of Iwo Jima, (4) The Gospel According to "Peanuts" Creator, Charles Schulz, (5-8) Confessions Of An Undercover Agent (Charlie Spillers)

(Segment 1) Jesse's "Radio Candy" (Ep. 2), (2) Grateful For Having...Depression?, (3) Take A Breath: In Praise Of The One-Second Pause, (4) Six Seconds To Live, (5-6) Moms Fighting for Recess, (7-8) Why? What Makes Us Curious?

(Segments 1-2) C.S. Lewis And "The Screwtape Letters" (b. in 1898), (3) How Much Does Kindness Matter?, (4) Tiny Tim: "The Only Real Person Bob Dylan Ever Met", (5-6) Darcy Olsen adoption story: "Greatest Decision I Never Made", (7) Meet "Captain Crunch", (8) Shark Tank: CitiKitty Cat Toilet Training Kit

(Segment 1) Why Isn't This Adoption Story The Norm?, (2) The Pilgrim's Progress: Most Popular Book Ever...2nd Only To The Bible, (3) "The Patient I Failed", (4) Andre The (Gentle) Giant, (5-8) Why Would This Policeman's Family Adopt 7 Girls From China?

(Segments 1-4) Dee Marks: I Want to Adopt Special Needs Kids, (5) Hunting Che: Capturing The Terrorist-Turned Fashion Icon (Flix Rodrguez), (6) Locked Up For 72 Years: Howard Husock/Wolf Levine Asylum Story, (7) Musings: Steven Goldberg's Cowboy Story, (8) Burning Question: What Makes Some People Sweat More Than Others?

(Segment 1) My Quirk: Nick Zagotta On Train, (2-4) The TRUE Story Of Billy The Kid (b. this day, 1859), (5-6) Why Did A Russian-Jew Write "God Bless America"? The Irving Berlin Story, (7) Skip Gianopulos: A Father Of Two Daughters With Special Needs, (8) Jesse's "This Week In Music History" (Nov. 19-25)

(Segments 1-4) The REAL Thanksgiving Story: Yesterday And Today, (5-8) The REAL Thanksgiving Story: Yesterday And Today,

(Segments 1-4) The REAL Thanksgiving Story: Yesterday And Today, (5-6) C.S. Lewis And "The Screwtape Letters" (d. in 1963), (7-8) The Top 10 Sodas In The Universe!!