Our American Stories
Episodes
EP299: Origin of the Phrase "In a Nutshell" as well as other Everyday Sayings, The Woman Who Sneaked Into George Washington's Army and The Dignity of the Individual Human Being
10 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Andrew Thompson shares another slice from his ultimate guide to understanding these baffling mini mysteries o...
EP298: How Mark Twain Helped a Bankrupt and Dying Ulysses S. Grant, I Lived Through The Depression And Didn’t Even Know It! and Overcoming the Loss of Both My Arms
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Christopher Klein tells the story of how Mark Twain and Ulysses S. Grant, the former president and Civil War ...
EP297: Making Peace with My Sister’s Killer and The First B-17 To Bomb Berlin During WW2
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Jeanne Bishop tells us the story of the brutal murders of her beloved family member and how a change of...
My Mother's Hands, Celebrating My Mother On My Birthday, Tiffany Jenkins Destroys the Perfect Mom Routine and Celebrating the Life of Christina Lapadula (Lee's Beloved Mom)
08 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, we commemorate Mother's Day by hearing stories about women who exemplify what it truly means to be a mother. ...
How Motherhood Changed Me, My Mother Had Me At 16: She's My Superhero and Connecting Through Salt And Pepper Shakers
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, author Winter Prosapio shares a story from motherhood. Alan Brown shares with us how his mother became pregna...
EP294: There's A Museum For Umbrella Covers? and The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Nancy 3 Hoffman, the owner and curator of the world's only Umbrella Cover Museum in Peak's Island, Maine shar...
EP293: Better Health is a Choice, What It Was Like Escaping the Viet Cong and Body, Soul, and Spirit - Treating More than Cancer
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Tim Hennessy tells us how his life was changed by what he chose to do with his deteriorating health issue. Ho...
EP292: Lava Girl, Taylor Dooley and The State of Texas Tried to Take Down a Man's Livelihood: He Fought Back
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Taylor Dooley shares the story of when she played the role of Lavagirl and how now 15 years later, ...
EP291: The Tale of the Stolen Texas Confederate Locomotive and The Opportunistic Patriot
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Jackson McQuigg of the Atlanta History Center tells the story of the principle pursuit locomot...
EP290: How Do You Brag About the World's Fastest Plane? and How Pediatric Cancer Saved Numerous Lives
04 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, SR-71 Blackbird pilot, Bryan Shall, explains how much fun you can have when you're the fastest plane in the s...
EP289: The Great Vowel Shift and the Making of Modern English and Connecting People Through a Salt And Pepper Shaker Museum
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, the History Guy tells us the story of “The Great Vowel Shift” and the making of modern English. A...
EP288: Craig's Lesson - "Be Sociable" and The Man Who Wrote 'I'll Fly Away'
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Kent Nerburn, author of Letters to My Son: A Father's Wisdom on Manhood, Life, and Love tells the story of ho...
EP287: Nanny's Hands and America's Most Decorated Soldier
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Dennis Peterson shares the story of his maternal grandmother's hands which revealed a lot about her. Audie Mu...
EP286: When Dr. Suess Has Real Life Application, Jason Wolfe Paid His Own Child Support to Save His Father and Under My Thumb, Lessons in Parenting
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Stephen Rusiniak shares a story about a devastating flash flood that severely damaged his Church and then the...
EP285: Abraham Lincoln: Our First "Wired" President,
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, the story of how President Abraham Lincoln used a telegraph to secure the win of the Civil War. Larry Reed, P...
EP284: An Aussie Discovers American Wings and "Separate, but Equal": The Story of Supreme Injustice
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Colin Bettles shares how he found his passion for wings in upstate New York and took it with him all the...
EP283: What's It Like to Have Possum for Supper?, A Eulogy for Richard Houston and Ulysses S. Grant's Greatest Battle
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Joy Neal Kidney, our regular contributor and recipient of our 'Great American Storyteller Award' tells the st...
EP282: The Small Town Theater Company Making a Big Difference and Overcoming Addiction by Letting Others Help Me
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Don Arthurs and Erich Offenburg tell the story of their special needs program that won Columbiana the title o...
EP281: Invention of Time Zones, Paw Summers: Storyteller and My 48 Hours with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Greg Hengler tells us how time zones came to America. Dennis Peterson shares memories of his Appalachian stor...
EP280: America Builds Up: The Bremerton Naval Yards and 100 Women Creating Transformation In Their Own Backyard
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, teacher, organist, choir director, and World War II history buff Anne Clare, tells the story of how World War...
EP279: Finding New Purpose By Joining the Army in my 40's and Are Pro Wrestlers Athletes?
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Ken Scar tells us how he decided to join the army during the War on Terror and how he left with an appreciati...
EP278: Robert Todd Lincoln: In His Father's Shadow, Don't Wear Slippers to a Job Interview and He Made Paper Airplanes His Full Time Job
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, The History Guy tells us about the 16th President’s son, Robert Todd Lincoln. Joshua Texidor share...
EP277: Selling Her "RedHead" Wine to Walmart, Life Lessons From A Dairy Farm and I Admit It, I Sew Quilts
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Marisa Sergi tells the story of how she pitched her "RedHead" Wine that is now in over 150 Walmart stores! Li...
EP276: Trapped Inside a Tube: The Iron Lung Story and Benjamin Rush, Founding Father and Father of American Psychiatry
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Daryn Glassbrook of the Mobile Medical Museum tells the story of the iron lung, a device used to keep people ...
EP275: Hollywood Goes to War and 99 Reasons Why A Typewriter Is Better Than A Computer!!
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Roger McGrath is here with the story of Hollywood star, George O'Brien and how he left the fame and fortune t...
EP274: The Star Wars Toy Empire Revolution and The State of Texas tried to take down a man's Livelihood: He Fought Back
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Jarrod Roll shares the story of how Star Wars toys revolutionized movie merchandising, licensing, and even ho...
EP273: What Would My Life Be After Firefighting? and Last Men Out of Vietnam
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, James, a retired fire captain, shares his story of firefighting and the emotions that come along with it. Aut...
EP272: Raising Children In The Midst Of Tragedy and Ford v. Ferrari: The Sequel
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Caleb Bailey shares his family’s story of hope and redemption after loss. Jon Elfner brings us this new...
EP271: Coming Face to Face with the “Nuclear Abe Lincoln" and The 1st "Disneyland" on Lake Michigan's Shore
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Bill Toti tells us the story of his experience with Admiral Hyman Rickover and the impact he had in the Navy....
EP270: Giving Out Pizza From Second Story Apartment Raises Over $30,000 and The 15 Year Old Candy Queen
20 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Ben Berman 2nd year grad student in Philadelphia made the most of his time while staying at home during the p...
EP269: A Family Lived in the New York Public Library?, Her Career is a Tribute to Her Great Uncle and A Fake Ring, Real Temptation, and a Golden Marriage
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Kristin O'Donnell Tubb, author of John Lincoln Clem: Civil War Drummer Boy, tells the story of the fami...
EP268: The Best Worst Counterfeiter in American History, The Woman Introducing STEM Careers to Young Girls and The Museum Dedicated to Mustard
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Emerich Juettner was an upstanding citizen... for most of his life. Nicole Small, the former CEO of the Perot...
EP267: Fat Bear Week: Who Will be the Fat Bear Champion of Alaska's Katmai National Park?, The Last Days of Kodachrome and “The NOT So Wild, Wild West”
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Lian Law is a ranger at Brooks Camp in Katmai National Park and Preserve, and she’s here to share ...
EP266: Ilene Hall Joined the Army to Search for Her Husband During WWII and Special Neat Treats: A Dad's Gift to His Children with Down Syndrome
18 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Ilene Hall tells us the story of when her husband, to whom she was married in March 1943, finished his traini...
EP265: Emma McCormick Sails Away, Real-Life John Wayne and Rhett Butler and The Scout Never Called: Growing Up in Competitive Sports
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Emma McCormick was told she'd be working remotely in 2020, so she decided to live on a sailboat in Florida. R...
EP264: Art Burton on Bass Reeves, the First Black Deputy U.S. Marshal West of the Mississippi River
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Professor Art T. Burton tells us about the life of Bass Reeves, one of the first black deputy U.S. marsh...
EP263: Life Beyond My Wildest Dreams: Professional Dog Walker and One Black Troop's Trip to Buchenwald
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Ryan Stewart shares his story of how canines have helped him get through life's adversities. Rona Simmons, au...
EP262: Discovering Nearest, the Former Enslaved Person Who Taught Jack Daniel How to Make Whiskey and Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross Paying Tribute To “My Greatest Mentor”
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Fawn Weaver tells us the story of Uncle Nathan "Nearest" Green, the former enslaved person who taught Jack Da...
EP261: An Aussie Discovers American Wings and Using Welding To Change Lives
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Colin Bettles shares how he found his love for buffalo wings in New York and brought it back to his restauran...
EP260: Enrique the Penguin Who Wears Shoes, Don't Wear Slippers to a Job Interview and Iowa's Long-Lost NBA Team Who Beat the Celtics
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Marija Elden, the Zoological Manager of Birds, shares Enrique’s journey to owning a pair of pretty cool...
EP259: Father Receives Daughter's Text during Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre, My Grandpa the Storyteller and
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Paul Kengor's daughters were across the street while a tragedy unfolded at the Tree of Life Synagogue on Octo...
EP258: The Story of George Washington Carver and The House Built By Chewing Gum
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, National Park Service ranger Curtis Gregory at the George Washington Carver National Monument in Diamond, Mis...
EP257: The Team Behind Old Dominick Distillery and One Mother’s Escape From A Sudanese Death Sentence to America
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Alex Castle tells us how she came to own the first whiskey distillery, Old Dominick Distillery, in Memphis as...
EP256: In His Father's Shadow, From High School Dropout... To Owning D.C.'s Best Taco Chain! and Why Are Bananas So Cheap? (History Guy)
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, The History Guy tells us the story of the 16th President’s son, Robert Todd Lincoln. Osiris Hoil lost hi...
EP255: Our Home Became Tidier After Having Four Sons, Burrito Restaurant Offers Job To Burglar and The Wizard of Menlo Park
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Alexandra Frost shares her secret to being a mother of four young, active boys, yet her home is cleaner than ...
EP254: How American History Created the American Superhero
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Jeffrey Johnson, WWII historian at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii and author of Super-History: Comic Book ...
EP253: Reconciling Dad the Farmer and Dad the Veteran Pilot, How The Civil War Openly Became about Slavery and Why it Took One Man 7 Years to Get His Car Back
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Iowa listener Joy Neal Kidney shares her father's story. Our regular contributors Jon Elfner and Dr. Kate Mas...
EP252: This Man Grows Pumpkins That Weigh a TON and Tom Morton Goes to Marine Boot Camp
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, In 2017, Rhode Islander, Joe Jutras, broke the record for the largest giant green squash ever grown coming in...
EP251: Growing Up Rural: A Tale About Stinky Boots, The Bigger the Bureaucracy, the Smaller the Customer and The Tone Deaf, Bad Poet Who Wrote The National Anthem
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Scott Jones, author of Growing Up Rural: Lessons Learned For a Lifetime, tells the story of the time he st...
EP250: The True Story of A Desert Storm “Top Gun” Pilot and St. Louie Louie: Have Pool Cue, Will Travel
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Brigadier General Jim “Boots” Demarest will be telling the heroic tale of Capt. Steve Phillis from his b...
EP249: The Story of My Grandfather, The Landscape Management Company Powered by Goats and I Found Out I Was Adopted at 30
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Robert Frohlich, author of Aimless Life, Awesome God, tells the story of his German-born grandfather Will...
EP248: Souping Up Her Subaru Started Her Career and WWI War Pigeon Receives Medal Of Bravery
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Rebecca Nguyen tells us how she fell in love with cars working alongside her dad in the garage and how it led...
EP247: Wilber and his Comical Friendship with an Empty Nester, South Carolina's Greatest Revolutionary Heroine and How a Grandson Helped His Grandmother Find Her Long Lost Daughter
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Paul, a listener from Minneapolis, MN, tells us how he developed a friendship with Wilber in a nursing home. ...
EP246: An Ordinary Civil War Cloth With An Extraordinary Story, The Man Who Paints Murals For Our Veterans and How One Woman was Surprised By Her Own Hunger
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Chris Graham of the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia tells the story of one of their objects o...
EP245: Bill Rhodes: A Memphis Boy's Road to Autozone and Charles Kemper: Chippewa Falls' 100-Year-Old Doctor
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Bill Rhodes, President and CEO of Autozone, tells us his life story and how he came to be a part of the large...
EP244: The Time When The ACLU and NRA Agreed, The Biggest Chicken In The World? and You Must Get To Know Your Community Before You Can Serve It
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, learn about how ACLU and the NRA have been fighting for our shared constitutional rights. Fitzgerald, Georgia...
EP243: Getting to Know Your Angry Old Neighbor Takes Time and How a UCLA Undergrad in the 70s Saved the Marx Brothers
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Heidi tells us how she came to grow close to her neighbor Tom and the lesson she learned. Steve Stoliar grew...
EP242: The Origin of Everyday Sayings, These Guys Use Dungeons and Dragons as a Therapy Tool and Walt Whitman Served the Union... And the Confederacy!
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, here again with his reoccurring series is Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red: The Curious Origins of Ever...
EP241: 911 At Ease International Saved This Police Officer’s Career and The World's First Action Figure Museum
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Charles Scott tells us about a time he was working as a Police Officer in the Central Valley of California wh...
EP240: The Silver Kings and the "Big Bonanza" and The Man Who Brought Couponing to the Digital Age
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Roger McGrath, author of Gunfighters, Highwaymen, and Vigilantes is here to tell us the story of the riches...
EP239: "I'll Fly Away" Composer Honored by Daughters and The Cuban Refugee Who Created the Coors Light Silver Bullet Can
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Betsy and Elaine the granddaughters of Albert E. Brumley, tell us how he was recognized as one of the most im...
EP238: Sunk at Pearl Harbor: The USS Utah and Oklahoma and The Story of King George III
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, writer Anne Clare remembers how on December 7th, 1941 six ships were destroyed at Pearl Harbor and two of th...
EP237: Engineer Guy Explains How VHS Beat Betamax, The Disastrous Great Lakes Storm of 1913 and The Neon Museum
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Bill “Engineer Guy” Hammack tells the story of how Betamax was defeated by the VHS tape. Ric Mixter of L...
EP236: The Titanic’s Last Hero and How I Came to Terms With My Navy Cross
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Lowell Lytle, who witnessed the Titanic in person, tells his story and the story of The Titanic’s Last Hero...
EP235: The Union Loss That Saved Washington, D.C. and A Downed, Vietnam War Fighter Pilot Teaches His Son Gratitude
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Marc Leepson tells us how on July 9, 1864, the Union army suffered a loss... that just so happened to save th...
EP234: The Disastrous 1904 Olympic Marathon, Learning Not To Judge and The Comfort of Canine Companionship and The Cloud-Juicing Entrepreneur Who Bottles Rainwater
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Professor Susan Brownell shares the story of how the Olympics ended up in St. Louis and the infamous marathon...
EP233: A Tuskegee Airman's Story of Heroism and Service and When 3 Months of Retirement is Enough
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Lt. Col. Harry Stewart fought for his country in WW2, and faced discrimination and worse along the way. But h...
EP232: How Faith, Infidelity, and Forgiveness Grew a Family Not Once, but Twice, Dangling Feet and Learning Responsibility and a Pearl Harbor Veteran Shares His Survival Story
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, in a 30-year span, a family has to deal with its sins twice and tell a story of roll-reversal and forgiveness...
EP231: The Union Loss That Saved Washington, D.C. and The Forgotten Grave
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Marc Leepson tells us how on July 9, 1864, the Union army suffered a loss... that just so happened to save th...
EP230: Receiving Wylie, Karla Duerson and The Dignity of the Individual Human Being
23 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Karla Duerson shares the story of what it was like being pregnant with and giving birth to her daughter Wylie...
EP229: A Father’s Note to His “Timeless” Daughter, The Craddock Brothers Build On Their Father's Foundation and Edison at Menlo Park, with Kathleen Carlucci and Russ Gehrum
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Richmond radio host Jeff Katz shares a note that his daughter won't ever read, but will surely impact your li...
EP228: Why The American Flag Means So Much To My Family and "We Didn't Want to Lose Two People"
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, the American flag has been placed on the moon, carried into countless battlefields, and has been placed above...
EP227: The “Why” Behind What We Do Matters, I Wrote a Book About My Dad... and It Brought Us Closer Together and Puppets Are For Everyone
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, our regular contributor, Paul Kotz, helped a frustrated student look past their circumstances and get to wh...
EP226: A Tuskegee Airman's Story of Heroism and Service and A Sister's Love and Loss of Three Brothers
21 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Lt. Col. Harry Stewart fought for his country in WW2, and faced discrimination and worse along the way. But h...
EP225: Finding My Mission: Life After the Military and Fighting Founders: The Alien and Sedition Acts
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Bran Sanpietro spent a decade-plus in government service... but what happens when all that comes to an end? B...
EP224: I worked my way out of workaholism, The Grass and the Furious: Ladies, Start Your Lawnmower Engines! and A Grave Escape
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Steve Trice, the founder of Jasco Products, speaks on serving his employees and a higher calling than money. ...
EP223: An Army Moves On Its Stomach... And Lots of Coffee, The Time The Game Show “Press Your Luck” Didn’t Require Much Luck and A Brief History of St. Patrick's Day
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Richard Muniz tells a story that one of his friends told him about a coffee incident that took place on the ...
EP222: A State Legislator's Pointy Hat Prank Bill and Pistol Pete Maravich Shares His Life Story… Just Days Before His Death
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Duncan Scott tells us his story of pranking the New Mexico State Legislature. Just days before his death, on ...
EP221: One Way Or Another Eagle and A History of the World’s Most Famous Motorcycle
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Eilene Lyon shares the story of observing two eagle families that couldn't be more diametrically opposed to o...
EP220: The Turning Point in Abraham Lincoln's Life: A Wrestling Match
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, historian, Mike Chapman, tell us how prior to Abraham Lincoln being elected the 16th President of the United...
EP219: The Angel of St. Marye's Heights and "You Must Get To Know Your Community Before You Can Serve It"
16 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, listener Richard Hood from Valencia, California, takes us back in time to the Battle of Fredericksburg and t...
EP218: The Most Decorated War Dog of WWI and Building Financial Legacies
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Jeremy Swick of the College Football Hall of Fame recounts the remarkable story of the street dog, Sgt. Stubb...
EP217: Ohio Born, American Made and How a Fake Doctor Ran Carnival Sideshows and Saved Thousands of Infants and Changed Medical History
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Bob Huff was born just outside of Dayton, Ohio, in the blue-collar factory town of Moraine City. Bob’s earl...
EP216: 911 At Ease International Saved This Police Officer’s Career and Las Vegas Must See: The Neon Museum
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Charles Scott was working as a Police Officer in the Central Valley of California. Things were going well. Bu...
EP215: Walking with Destiny, A Second Life After Vietnam and She Quit Her Corporate Job to Make Artisan Keycaps
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill: Walking With Destiny, tells the story of Winston Churchill and how he i...
EP214: The Interrupted Odyssey of Ulysses S. Grant and Ely Parker and The History of the Brooklyn Bridge
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Dr. Mary Stockwell, author of Interrupted Odyssey: Ulysses S. Grant and the American Indians, tells the st...
EP213: Wilber and the Empty Nester and The Tone Deaf, Bad Poet Who Wrote The National Anthem
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Paul, a listener from Minneapolis, MN, share his story of. Francis “Frank” Scott Key was not someone you ...
EP212: An Army Moves On Its Stomach... And Lots of Coffee, The Landscape Management Company Powered by Goats and The World's First Action Figure Museum
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Richard Muniz tells a story that one of his friends told him about a coffee incident that took place on the ...
EP211: Celebrating the Life of Bob Dole and Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross Paying Tribute To “My Greatest Mentor”
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Tom Hanks, former Kansas Senator Pat Robertson, and Robin Dole eulogize veteran, senator, and war hero-Bob Do...
EP210: A Light in the Sky and Inventor and Founder of Jelly Belly
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Richard Muniz tells the story of his first time seeing a satellite during a trip into the mountains of New M...
EP209: Story of the Borderline Massacre and The Man Who Created the Coors Light Silver Bullet Can
09 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, A mass shooting took place on November 7, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, California, at the Borderline Bar & Gri...
EP208: Weifield Group Hires “At Risk” Individuals and with Good Reason!, Comfort From Canine Companionship and A Boy Waits for His POW Father
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, It's hard to believe that a company who has hired over 100 “at risk” individuals would be competing for t...
EP207: Dog Becomes Best Medicine Through Woman's Cancer Treatments, The Man Who Paints Rocks For Our Veterans and The South Vietnamese Pilot Who Stole A Plane To Save His Family
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Stephen Rusiniak’s story about his dad’s dog Benny and his mom Doris. From the book Chicken Soup for the ...
EP206: A Woman's Self-Made Journey from Motown to Small Town and Stalin’s Daughter: American Citizen, Wisconsin Cheesehead?!
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Fawn Weaver grew up the daughter of Motown Record royalty, Frank Wilson, but her parentage is only the beg...
EP205: The Investing Legend Giving Away ALL His Money and Smashing Saloons and Breaking Barriers
07 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Leon Cooperman shares his life story of growing up in a rough neighborhood of New York City and becoming one ...
EP204: The Joys of An Ordinary Tree and The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Joy Neal Kidney, author of Leora's Letters: The Story of Love and Loss for an Iowa Family During World War I...
EP203: The Time When The ACLU and NRA Agreed, When the Game Show “Press Your Luck” Didn’t Require Much Luck, Growing Up Rural: Dangling Feet and When Shooting Weddings And Chasing Storms Collide
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, learn how the ACLU and NRA have been fighting for our shared constitutional rights. Matt Parker, a comedian a...
EP202: Letting Your Daughter Grow Up and The Hiding Place
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Stephen Rusiniak shares his story of watching his daughter grow out of her old toys and into a teenager. All ...
EP201: The Small Town Theater Company Making a Big Difference and The Cloud-Juicing Entrepreneur Who Bottles Rainwater
03 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Don Arthurs and Erich Offenburg tell the story of their special needs program that won Columbiana the title o...
EP200: The Titanic’s Last Hero and How I Came to Terms With My Navy Cross
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Lowell Lytle, who witnessed the Titanic in person, tells his story and the story of The Titanic’s Last Her...