Our American Stories

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 1496:24:46
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Synopsis

There's no politics at Our American Stories, just stories. Daily bringing the campfire scene to your ears.

Episodes

  • My Nuclear Savant Father and Old West Windmills

    22/04/2020 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1) How Windmills Won the West, (2) How Rick Rubin Resurrected The Career of Johnny Cash, (3-4) The Good Ole Days Is A Lie, (5-8) My Fathers Super-Secret Double Life as a Nuclear Missile Savant

  • A Tuskegee Airman's Story of Heroism and Service

    21/04/2020 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segments 1-3) A Tuskegee Airman's Story of Heroism and Service, (4) Story of a Song: "There Goes My Life", (5-8) The Berlin Wall Went Up Because Of Him

  • Transcontinental RR, Chef Boyardee, and Man Vs. U.S. Govt.

    18/04/2020 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1-2) Love in the Ashes, (3) Chef Boyardee: American Hero, (4) Bomb Casing Scrap Collector vs. The U.S. Govt, (5-8) Stephen Ambrose: The Transcontinental Railroad

  • Evacuation Day, Kindness, Muscle Shoals, and "Single Ladies"

    16/04/2020 Duration: 01h19min

    (Segments 1-2) The Glorious 25th of November, Evacuation Day, (3) Kindness is Free, (4) Beyonc: The Story of Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It), (5-8) The Muscle Shoals Sound

  • LSU Traditions and The Minister of Hope

    15/04/2020 Duration: 01h17min

    (Segments 1-3) Matt Mauck: The Beginning of an LSU Tradition, (4) Centerline: The Surprising History of Lane Markings, (5) Balloonfest '86, (6-8) Bob Funk: The Minister of Hope

  • Dismantling 2 H-Bombs, Wrigley's Gum, and Tabasco

    14/04/2020 Duration: 01h33min

    (Segments 1-4) The Back Story of Tabasco Sauce, (5-7) The Night 2 H-Bombs Fell on North Carolina (Told By the Man Who Dismantled Them), (8) The House That Was Built By Gum

  • Brett Favre: Up Close and Personal (Pt. 1 of 5)

    11/04/2020 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segments 1-4) Brett Favre: Up Close and Personal (Pt. 1 of 5), (5-6) Fade to Black: the Death of My Father, (7-8) Belinda Mulrooney: The Richest, Toughest Woman of the Klondike Gold Rush

  • Studebaker, Bone Marrow Donor, and COVID

    10/04/2020 Duration: 01h19min

    (Segment 1) Danny Sacrificed Self (and His Bone Marrow) For a Stranger, (2) Energy Entrepreneur Sid Jansma on COVID-19: "Were Going To Keep All of Our Employees and Their Salaries", (3-4) The Woman Behind "Little Women", (5) There's No Smell Like Home, (6-7) Always Give More than You Promise: The History of the Studebaker Corporation, (8) Why We Love Bob Ross

  • Life with Autism and Life Before Automobiles

    09/04/2020 Duration: 01h17min

    (Segment 1) Pinks, (2) The Unthinkable Life Before the Automobile, (3) Story of a Song: Big Rock Candy Mountain, (4) Couple Adopts 7 Siblings Separated Throughout 4 Foster Homes!, (5-8) Life with Autism

  • Lionel Trains, Covid-19 and Doughnuts

    08/04/2020 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1) Story of a Song: Bill Withers' "Grandma's Hands", (2-3) Due to COVID-19, The Govt Has Forced Him To Close 2 of His 5 Doughnut Shops, (4) Joshua Lionel Cowen: The Man Who Played with Trains, (5-8) Jesse James: Bandit, Confederate, Murderer, Hero

  • Aaron Burr and Diamondbacks' Owner on COVID-19

    07/04/2020 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1) "Leader Of The Band": Dan Fogelberg's Love Letter To His Father, (2) Diamondbacks' Owner on COVID-19: There Are Legal and Moral Obligations... Taking Care of Our Workers is a Moral One, (3-4) Aaron Burr, The Opportunistic Patriot, (5-8) The Man Who Caught the Storm: The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras

  • Iwo Jima, Billy Joel, Baseball, Trucking, and America's Greatest Female Spy

    04/04/2020 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segments 1-2) Virginia Hall: The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy , (3) The "Boys" of Iwo Jima, (4) The Woman Who's Revolutionizing the Trucking Industry, (5) The Story of Song: The Ballad Billy Joel Wrote For His Little Girl, (6-7) Jack Marucci To His Son: You're Not Going to Be A Baseball Player, So Be A Better Person, (8) One Small Business Saves A Small Town!

  • Concrete, WWII's Fearless Freddie, and the U.S. Flag Designer

    03/04/2020 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1) How A 17-Year-Old Designed the Current US Flag for a School Project And Got a B-, (2-4) The Unlikely Relationship Between Two of NYC's Finest, (5-7) "Fearless Freddie" Warder, (8) Concrete: Shaping Our World Since the Roman Times

  • Whiskey and William Wilberforce

    02/04/2020 Duration: 01h20min

    (Segments 1-2) Whiskey Is In Their Blood, (3-4) My Parents Saying "Yes" Changed My Life. They Adopted Me, (5-8) Slavery Slayer: The Story of William Wilberforce

  • The Legend of Indian Agent/Mountain Man, Tom "Broken Hand" Fitzpatrick

    01/04/2020 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segments 1-3) The Legend of Indian Agent/Mountain Man, Tom "Broken Hand" Fitzpatrick, (4) "I Was Forced To Cut Employee Benefits, And Their Response...Choked Me Up", (5-6) The Michael Vick Story, (7) Story of a Song: Pink's "Let's Get The Party Started", (8) Tiny Tim: "The Only Real Person Bob Dylan Ever Met"

  • Rawhide Down: The Day President Ronald Reagan Was Shot, and Lived to tell the Tale

    31/03/2020 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1) "Pray for Us!": Father Receives Daughter's Text during Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre, (2) Rule of Law: The Misdemeanor System, (3-4) Rawhide Down: The Day President Ronald Reagan Was Shot, and Lived to tell the Tale , (5-8) Crude Blessings: An American Oilman's Story

  • After 50 Years of Silence, Korean War Pilot Shares His Top-Secret Mission

    28/03/2020 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1-3) After 50 Years of Silence, Korean War Pilot Shares His Top-Secret Mission, (4) The Great Jerry Maguire Pyramid, (5-8) He Made A Wood Bat For His Son, And It Accidentally Overtook Louisville Slugger!

  • From Battlefield to Business and What Makes Best Sports Teams?

    27/03/2020 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segment 1) The Mauricio Ferrazza Halftime Story, (2-3) From Battlefield to Business, (4) Invisible People: Homeless Mother of 4 with 3 Part-Time Jobs, (5-8) What Makes the World's Greatest Sports Teams?

  • "I'm The Dentist In The Wheelchair"

    26/03/2020 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segments 1-3) "I'm The Dentist In The Wheelchair", (4) 54 Things I Learned in 54 Years, (5) MIT's Basketball Coach: "Those Nerds Can Only Handle One Play", (6-7) The Powerful Story of How One Man Grieved His Grandchild's Death, (8) Bob Munden: The Fastest Gun Who Ever Lived

  • The Forgotten Grave, Kenny Rogers, and "The Godfather"

    25/03/2020 Duration: 01h21min

    (Segments 1-2) The Best Thing Happened: We Had To Push $500k Of Our Products Into The Dumpster, (3) Story of a Song: "Lady" by Kenny Rogers (Written/Produced by Lionel Richie), (4) Dixie Lee's Marker, (5-8) Making "The Godfather" Trilogy

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