Our American Stories

Our American Stories

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

  • 52 minutes 25 seconds
    EP9: Single Mother Trucking Company, PepsiCo and the Fighter Jet, and Major Clark Gable
    On today's episode we bring you the stories of how a 19-year old single mother built the largest female-owned trucking company, what happened when a kid sued Pepsi for a Harrier Jet, and when Clark Gable, who was beyond the draft age in WWII, enlisted as a 41 year-old Private.
    25 January 2021, 11:00 pm
  • 52 minutes 24 seconds
    EP8: The Louisiana Purchase was a Big Deal, A Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum?, and Superman vs. the KKK
    Today we bring you the stories of when America doubled in size, a salt and pepper museum in Tennessee started by German immigrants, and when Superman fought the Ku Klux Klan
    19 January 2021, 1:30 am
  • 43 minutes 46 seconds
    EP7: Iowa's Forgotten NBA Team, The NYC Public Library's Family, and America's Greatest Female Spy
    Kristin O'Donnell Tubb tell shares the story of the family that lived in the New York Public Library.
    12 January 2021, 1:00 am
  • 38 minutes 7 seconds
    EP6: The Real Stories Behind Our Cherished Christmas Traditions
    EP6: The Real Stories Behind Our Cherished Christmas Traditions
    25 December 2020, 7:00 pm
  • 1 hour 23 seconds
    EP5: Walt Whitman and the Civil War, Most Decorated Soldier of WWII, The Real Rosa Parks
    EP5: Walt Whitman and the Civil War, Most Decorated Soldier of WWII, The Real Rosa Parks
    22 December 2020, 1:00 am
  • 40 minutes 4 seconds
    EP4: That Day I Was Gretzky’s Hungover Linemate, Spending Christmas Without My Mother, How a Soldier Saved 3 Americans from 40 Nazis
    Today we tell the story of Sean Pronger, Liz Faria, and Elias Eliasoff. Sean tells of his dreams of being and playing with Wayne Gretzky. Find out what happens when his dream... meets his hangover. We also tell the story of Liz Faria and how she gets through the holidays without her mother who passed away. And Lastly, the story of Elias Eliasoff, a WWII veteran who recounts his experience fighting in Germany.
    15 December 2020, 1:00 am
  • 41 minutes 29 seconds
    EP3: Uncovering the Epic Michigan-Ohio Feud, Building a New Life after Prison, The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Foster Care System
    EP3: Historian Ted Long tells us the story of the Toledo War: when Michigan and Ohio went to war over a small strip of land; therefore, starting the classic Michigan and Ohio rivalry. Gwen Boyd-Willis committed a minor felony in 2005 but made an effort to be better even while serving her time. When her record kept her from getting ahead, Koch Industries helped her get a second chance. Kimberly McCulloughan adoption and foster momtakes us into the beauty and difficulties of the foster care
    8 December 2020, 12:00 am
  • 55 minutes 32 seconds
    EP2: Finding My Husband In the Middle of WWII, Shipwreck, Forgiving My Absent Father
    EP2: Finding My Husband In the Middle of WWII, Shipwreck, Forgiving My Absent Father
    30 November 2020, 11:00 pm
  • 51 minutes 42 seconds
    EP1: From Gang to Grace, MLB's 10-Cent Beer Riot, and Becoming a Double Amputee at 10
    EP1: Today we bring you Carlos Colon, the History Guy, and Madysen Acey. Carlos shares his story of growing up in a gang, leaving prison, and beginning a new life. The History Guy tells us about the 10-cent beer night riot with the Cleveland Indians and Madysen shares her story of becoming a double amputee at 10-years-old.
    23 November 2020, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 16 minutes
    Learning to Drive and What Makes a Good Boss?
    (Segment 1) Playing Cards in a Dumpster, (2-4) What Makes A Good Boss?, (5) Just One Kind Word...Changed A Man's Entire Life, (6-7) Learning to Drive, (8) Invisible People: Homeless Family with 6 Children
    24 October 2020, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    Souping Up Her Subaru and Brett Favre Pt. 1 of 5
    (Segments 1-2) Souping Up Her Subaru Started Her Career, (3-4) The Stories We Tell Matter, (5-8) Brett Favre: Up Close and Personal (Pt. 1 of 5)
    23 October 2020, 2:00 pm
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