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:

 Hedy Lamarr: The 40s "Bombshell" Mind Behind Secure WiFi, GPS And Bluetooth | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:40

(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

 Jorge Valdés: The Redemptive True Story of a Cocaine Drug Lord | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:17:27

(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

 The Outsiders, Kindness, and Life in Your 40s | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:43

(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?

 Capone's Lawyer "Easy" Eddie and WWII Ace "Butch" O'Hare | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:43

(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)

 Meeting the Mother of My Foster Child, Manhattan Project, and Dylan | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:15:52

(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

 Iowa's Long-Lost NBA Team Who Beat the Celtics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:19:53

(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!

 A Brief History of St. Patrick's Day | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:41

(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

 The Billy Graham Story | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:40

(Segments 1-4) The Billy Graham Story, (5-8) Who Raises 2,000 Unwanted Children?

 If I Could Talk To Anyone in History, It Would Be My Parents | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:42

(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

 Treating Cancer, Overcoming Chron's, and WWII Tank Gunner | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:17:04

(Segments 1-3) WW2 Tank Gunner Don Evans, (4) Treating More than Cancer, (5-8) The Bathroom Was My Refuge And My Prison

 The Great Chicago Fire and Boy's Invention Saves Babies | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:42

(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

 Tow Truck and 1st Black Prez of America's #1 Think Tank | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:41

(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

 Jimmy Johns Sandwiches and Man Eats Only Dog Food for 30 Days | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:41

(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

 School Choice Saved My Life, Pet Rock, and Mario Andretti | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:40

(Segment 1) The Pet Rock, (2-4) School Choice Saved My Life, (5-8) American Dreamers: Mario Andretti Sits Down With Us

 The Cloud Juicer, Sister with Down Pt. II, and Hope of John Humphrey | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:42

(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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