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 Story Behind Chick-fil-A’s “My Pleasure”
24/03/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) "Either I Release Him Or He Jerks His Hand Out of Mine", (3) The Story Behind Chick-fil-As My Pleasure , (4) The Deadpan Comedy of Steven Wright, (5-6) The Silver Kings and the "Big Bonanza", (7-8) 155 Tries To Find His Perfect Job
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The Father of Cable TV and Kobe Bryant
21/03/2020 Duration: 01h22min(Segments 1-4) Bill Daniels: The Father of Cable TV, (5-8) The Heart of Kobe Bryant's Memorial Service
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The Missionary of Wall Street
20/03/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1-3) WWII Vet Recalls Storming Omaha Beach on D-Day, (4) Couple Adopts 7 Siblings Separated Throughout 4 Foster Homes!, (5-8) The Missionary of Wall Street
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Hedy Lamarr: The 40s "Bombshell" Mind Behind Secure WiFi, GPS And Bluetooth
19/03/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1-3) Hedy Lamarr: The 40s "Bombshell" Mind Behind Secure WiFi, GPS And Bluetooth, (4) Story of a Song: "My Sharona", (5-6) Wolfman Jack , (7-8) The Toilet: An Unspoken Story
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Jorge Valdés: The Redemptive True Story of a Cocaine Drug Lord
18/03/2020 Duration: 01h17min(Segment 1) Dancing with a Demon, (2-3) A Brief History of St. Patrick's Day, (4) Invisible People: Homeless Family with 6 Children, (5-8) Jorge Valds: The Redemptive True Story of a Cocaine Drug Lord
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The Outsiders, Kindness, and Life in Your 40s
17/03/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Imagine If...You Were Known For Your Kindness, (2-4) The Outsiders: House of Pain Rapper Restores House from Coppola's Movie, (5-8) Feeling Unsatisfied In Your 40s?
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Capone's Lawyer "Easy" Eddie and WWII Ace "Butch" O'Hare
14/03/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) A Father's Love: Capone's Lawyer "Easy" Eddie and WWII Ace "Butch" O'Hare, (2-4) The Pistol-Packin' Railroad Conductor: Harriet "Moses" Tubman, (5-8) One Of The Greatest Actors You Know..But Don't Know: John Cazale (Died 1978)
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Meeting the Mother of My Foster Child, Manhattan Project, and Dylan
13/03/2020 Duration: 01h15min(Segment 1) Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice It's All Right" (Story of a Song), (2-3) Mike Judge's Beavis and Butthead: A Story for Lovers AND Haters, (4) Meeting the Mother of My Foster Child Changed My Life, (5-8) The Manhattan Project: The Story of a Place, a Photographer, and a Time
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Iowa's Long-Lost NBA Team Who Beat the Celtics
12/03/2020 Duration: 01h19min(Segment 1) Dr. Ely: What I Learned From A Dying Patient, (2) I Was Responsible For Our Hotels #1 Complaint, And I Was Clueless, (3-4) Iowa's Long-Lost NBA Team Who Beat the Celtics, (5-7) Instead of Going To "Fat Camp," She Biked Across The Country!, (8) Do NOT Threaten The Staff At The Psych Ward!
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A Brief History of St. Patrick's Day
11/03/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Students Dont Grade Themselves, so Why Do the Police?, (2-3) A Brief History of St. Patrick's Day, (4) Meryl Comer: A Caregivers Account Of Alzheimer's, (5-8) The Story of an Unlikely Hero
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The Billy Graham Story
10/03/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-4) The Billy Graham Story, (5-8) Who Raises 2,000 Unwanted Children?
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If I Could Talk To Anyone in History, It Would Be My Parents
07/03/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) Ilene Hall Joined the Army to Find Her Husband in the Middle of WWII, (3-4) How a Janitor Invented Flamin Hot Cheetos and Became an Exec at Pepsico, (5) Stephen Rusiniak: If I Could Talk With Anyone (Past or Present), It Would Be My Parents, (6) 1st Black Woman to Join U.S. Coast Guard: Dr. Olivia Hooker, (7-8) Couple Wins Right to Run Business
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Treating Cancer, Overcoming Chron's, and WWII Tank Gunner
06/03/2020 Duration: 01h17min(Segments 1-3) WW2 Tank Gunner Don Evans, (4) Treating More than Cancer, (5-8) The Bathroom Was My Refuge And My Prison
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The Great Chicago Fire and Boy's Invention Saves Babies
05/03/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Jim Moran, Master Of The Publicity Stunt, (2-3) The Great Chicago Fire, and the Even Greater Recovery, (4) The Child Inventor Determined to Save Babies from Overheated Cars, (5) This is Spinal Tap, (6-8) The Most Unique Businessman In The History of America
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Tow Truck and 1st Black Prez of America's #1 Think Tank
04/03/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) A Most Valued Gift FROM a Homeless Man, (2) The History of the "Wrecker" Tow Truck, (3-4) 3 White Jews...Greatest Rap Group, Ever!, (5-8) Kay Coles James: From Welfare and Public Housing, To The Halls of Power
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Jimmy Johns Sandwiches and Man Eats Only Dog Food for 30 Days
03/03/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) Edie Hand: Strength in Loneliness is Still Loneliness, (2) Dog Food CEO Eats Only Kibble for 30 Days to Prove It's Good for Dogs, (3) Family Sends Five Sons To War, (4) The Founder of the Freaky Fast and Freaky Fresh Jimmy Johns Sandwiches, (5-8) What JFK's Moon Dream Really Cost
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School Choice Saved My Life, Pet Rock, and Mario Andretti
29/02/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segment 1) The Pet Rock, (2-4) School Choice Saved My Life, (5-8) American Dreamers: Mario Andretti Sits Down With Us
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The Cloud Juicer, Sister with Down Pt. II, and Hope of John Humphrey
28/02/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) Caring For My Sister With Down Syndrome (Pt. II), (3) John Humphrey: One Kid's Unique Heart, (4) The Cloud-Juicing Entrepreneur Who Bottles Rainwater, (5-8) How Mark Twain Lost All His Money, Got it Back, Then Lost it Again
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Golden Gate Bridge and Playing Video Games Paid for My College
27/02/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) The Golden Gate Bridge, (3-4) Playing Video Games Paid For My College, (5-8) DNA Test Changes A Family
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When Pepsi Had the 6th Largest Navy in the World
26/02/2020 Duration: 01h21min(Segments 1-2) You've Never Been to a Coffee Shop Like This!, (3) History Guy: That Time Pepsi Had the 6th Largest Navy in the World, (4) Navy SEAL: The Deed Is All, Not The Glory, (5-7) Blind Music Store Owner Sees the Power of Prayer , (8) A Grave Escape