Our American Stories show

Our American Stories

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

Podcasts:

 Life with Autism and Life Before Automobiles | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:17:32

(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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:41

(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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:41

(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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:41

(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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:41

(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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:20:36

(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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:42

(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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:42

(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 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:41

(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? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:40

(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" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:41

(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" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:41

(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

 The Story Behind Chick-fil-A’s “My Pleasure” | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:40

(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

 The Father of Cable TV and Kobe Bryant | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:22:45

(Segments 1-4) Bill Daniels: The Father of Cable TV, (5-8) The Heart of Kobe Bryant's Memorial Service

 The Missionary of Wall Street | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:40

(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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