Our American Stories

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Our American Stories tells stories that aren’t being told. Positive stories about generosity and courage, resilience and redemption, faith and love. Stories about the past and present. And stories about ordinary Americans who do extraordinary things each and every day. Stories from our listeners about their lives. And their history. In that pursuit, we hope we’ll be a place where listeners can refresh their spirit, and be inspired by our stories.

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Recent Episodes
  • Liquor and the Law: Taking a Wine Bottle to the Supreme Court
    Jun 10, 2025 – 20:18
  • The Sweet and Surprising History of PEZ Candy
    Jun 10, 2025 – 17:58
  • Bruce Wang, All-American: The Chinese Cowboy with a Southern Accent
    Jun 10, 2025 – 20:18
  • The True Story of the Plot to Steal Abraham Lincoln’s Corpse
    Jun 10, 2025 – 17:58
  • The Story of How the Muppets Began as a TV Commercial
    Jun 9, 2025 – 10:49
  • Hitler Called Him "The New Noah": Andrew Higgins and the Boats That Won WWII
    Jun 9, 2025 – 19:28
  • Paul Revere's Ride
    Jun 9, 2025 – 07:59
  • The Marine-Turned Saturday Morning Cartoonist: "My Calling from God Is to Be an Animator"
    Jun 9, 2025 – 30:17
  • Burt Young’s Story: The Man Who Played Paulie in "Rocky" Opens Up About His Family and His Craft
    Jun 9, 2025 – 07:59
  • Hollywood Goes to War: The Story of Wayne Morris, the Brad Pitt of His Day
    Jun 6, 2025 – 20:18
  • America Had a President Before George Washington?
    Jun 6, 2025 – 09:59
  • The New Mexico Wizard Hat Amendment: The Story Behind One of America's Oddest Proposed Laws
    Jun 6, 2025 – 07:59
  • When Superman Battled the KKK—and Won
    Jun 6, 2025 – 20:18
  • The CEO Who Grew Up Without Running Water
    Jun 6, 2025 – 17:58
  • How Car Culture Captivates the Soul
    Jun 5, 2025 – 10:49
  • The Beer That Changed America: The Rise of the Pilsner
    Jun 5, 2025 – 19:28
  • A Listener's Story About a Humble Local Hero—Her Uncle
    Jun 5, 2025 – 07:59
  • The Real Story of King George III: America’s Last King
    Jun 5, 2025 – 30:17
  • The Double Agent Spy Who Helped Win D-Day (With Stephen Ambrose)
    Jun 5, 2025 – 07:59
  • The President Whose Greatness Came from His Restraint: The Story of President Calvin Coolidge
    Jun 4, 2025 – 30:17
  • Sergeant Stubby: The Most Decorated Dog of World War I
    Jun 4, 2025 – 07:59
  • From Boardwalk to Broadcast: The Origins of Miss America
    Jun 4, 2025 – 38:16
  • The Story of Why "The Wild, Wild West" Wasn't Actually Wild
    Jun 3, 2025 – 10:49
  • "Back to Square One" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 3)
    Jun 3, 2025 – 09:29
  • Alzheimer's Caregiver: “I Will Remember for the Both of Us”
    Jun 3, 2025 – 17:58
  • How a Losing Football Team Brought a Family Together
    Jun 3, 2025 – 10:49
  • The South Vietnamese Pilot Who Stole a Plane to Save His Family
    Jun 3, 2025 – 09:29
  • The Civil War Soldier Who Risked His Life to Give Water to His Enemies
    Jun 3, 2025 – 17:58
  • The Immigrant Who Made It Easier for Irish Catholic Immigrants to Rise in America Following the Revolution
    Jun 2, 2025 – 10:49
  • The Story of Jell-O: America’s Most Famous Dessert
    Jun 2, 2025 – 09:29
  • Thomas Bennett: The Forgotten Man Behind the Winchester Rifle Brand
    Jun 2, 2025 – 09:59
  • FDR's Warning About Threats to Religion from Abroad in His 1939 State of the Union Address
    Jun 2, 2025 – 07:59
  • My Father’s Super-Secret Double Life as a Nuclear Missile Savant
    Jun 2, 2025 – 38:16
  • The Story of Charleston: The Way Life Used to Be, and Perhaps, Is Supposed to Be
    May 30, 2025 – 20:18
  • How California’s “Night Stalker” Was Caught—Told by the Man Who Arrested Him
    May 30, 2025 – 09:59
  • The Most (Un)Epic Love Story Ever
    May 30, 2025 – 07:59
  • Gail Halvorsen: The Man Who Bombed Berlin with Candy
    May 30, 2025 – 38:16
  • The Most Popular Book in History You’ve Never Heard Of: The Story of Pilgrim’s Progress
    May 29, 2025 – 10:49
  • The Story of America: Steel, Rails, and Steam—The Industrial Revolution
    May 29, 2025 – 19:28
  • The Day That Johnny Cash Survived Death and Found God
    May 29, 2025 – 07:59
  • The Two Men Who Ended Red-Light Camera Tickets
    May 28, 2025 – 20:18
  • Brett Favre on Humility, Aging, and Faith
    May 28, 2025 – 09:59
  • 50 Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy—The Plow, Barbed Wire, and Google Search
    May 28, 2025 – 07:59
  • Take Me Home: The Story of John Denver
    May 28, 2025 – 38:16
  • The Story of the Highest-Ranking Female Marine and First Female Annapolis Graduate to Be Killed in Action
    May 27, 2025 – 30:17
  • Moral Injury: The Invisible Epidemic Affecting American Veterans
    May 27, 2025 – 07:59
  • [Memorial Day Special] Karl Marlantes: How I Came to Terms with My Navy Cross
    May 26, 2025 – 20:18
  • Remembering The USS Indianapolis: The Worst Naval Disaster in American History—Told in the Movie Jaws
    May 26, 2025 – 09:59
  • [Memorial Day Special] How a House of War Became a Place of Honor: The Story of Arlington
    May 26, 2025 – 07:59
  • Why Memorial Day Matters to Me: The Uncle Lee Habeeb Never Knew, Killed in WWII
    May 25, 2025 – 10:49
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