Our American Stories
Episodes
EP199: Ohio Born, American Made and How a Fake Doctor Ran Carnival Sideshows and Saved Thousands of Infants and Changed Medical History
02 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...
EP198: When Character Stands Tall, The Colorful & Comical Civil War General and She Quit Her Corporate Job To Make Artisan Keycaps
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Eric Motley shares how despite being generally liked by the fraternity he was rushing, some parents of the bo...
EP197: The Story Of Benjamin Franklin's Longest Lasting Persona and The “Ten Cent Beer Night” Riot
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, we hear about how the 25-year publication started out of a need when someone pulled their publication and tur...
EP196: The Transatlantic Cable: A Thread Across the Ocean and I Retired At 50, And Was Bored....So I Served People
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Historian John Steele Gordon tells the story of how the telegraph went from Samuel Morse to winning WWI and h...
EP195: The Night 2 H-Bombs Fell on North Carolina and I Found Out I Was Adopted at 30
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Earl Smith tells the story of how on January 23, 1961, a B-52 bomber crashed in Goldsboro, North Carolina. Tw...
EP194: If I Could Talk With Anyone (Past or Present), It Would Be My Parents, From An African Foster Kid to An American Foster Dad and Colin Powell Eulogy
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Stephen Rusiniak answer's the question: if you could spend one hour talking with anyone, living or not, who w...
EP193: The National Disaster Photo Rescue Organization and Aaron Burr, The Opportunistic Patriot
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Thad Beeler shares how he helped people find their family photos after the Joplin tornado of May 2011. Bill B...
EP192: The Husband and Wife Doctors Who Risked Their Careers to Prevent Alzheimer’s,
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Dean and Ayesha Sherzai's shared experience of having grandparents succumb to dementia led them to "career su...
EP191: Battling An Eating Disorder As A Mother and Tom Morton Goes to Boot Camp
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Randy Wilson shares her journey dealing with an eating disorder and overcoming it as a mother. Tom Morton alw...
EP190: Finding Purpose in Life's Darkest Moments and When America Doubled In Size
17 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, MollyKate Cline, a 20-year fashion designer featured in New York Fashion Week, shares how she has found beaut...
EP189: What Happened When a Kid Sued Pepsi for a Harrier Jet?, Big Nose Kate, More than Doc Holliday's Woman and From # 1 Party School to Most Innovative College in America
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Sean Kernan of Medium helps us tell the story of Leonard v. PepsiCo Inc. A law school classic that helps kids...
EP188: The Best Worst Counterfeiter in American History, The Blessing of Rejection and 100 Women Creating Transformation In Their Own Backyard
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Bill Bright tells us how Emerich Juettner was an upstanding citizen... for most of his life. Masada Siegel sh...
EP187: Busy Mother Of Six Befriends Retired Cop and A Place at Groucho’s Table
14 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Heidi Viars shares about how her life changed when she began showing some neighborly kindness to an old grump...
EP186: An Ordinary Cloth With An Extraordinary Story, Route 66: The Most Famous Highway In The World, The German Immigrant Who Gave Us Banquet Beer and “The NOT So Wild, Wild West”
11 Feb 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...
EP185: The Careful Art of Caring for Your Horse, Suing To Sell Soup and A Divorced Father Living with His Marine Son
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, regular contributor Bill Bryk brings us another adventure in riding and teaches us just how meticulous the gr...
EP184: Responsibility and Respect Run in the Rakeman Family and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Steve Rakeman was told that his father was passing on his name to him clean, and that Steve should pass it on...
EP183: The Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 17) and America's Last King: The Story of King George III
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Andrew Thompson continues to share another slice from his ultimate guide to understanding these baffling mini...
EP182: Hollywood Goes To War and Miles C. Collier on Material Culture
07 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, it’s time for another one of Roger McGrath’s “Hollywood Goes To War” stories. Here he is with the sto...
EP181: Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, One of the most successful blackjack teams in America is made up entirely of Christians. Here to tell the sto...
EP180: "I Will Remember for The Both of Us" and All-American, Chinese Cowboy
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Laura Sangster shares her love story between her and her husband. Bruce may be Chinese-born, but as you are a...
EP179: The Littleton Brothers, A Civil War story and A Tattoo Shop with Heart
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, John Busbee of The Culture Buzz on KFMG 98.9 tells the story of the remarkable sacrifice made by one family...
EP178: One Firefighter's Story of Courage, Darkness, and the Relentless Love That Saved Him
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Jason Sautel was a successful and competent firefighter in Oakland, California. Life for Jason seemed to be p...
EP177: Memories of Our Father, The First Black Lawman in Colorado and Family is at the Heart of this Brewing Icon
31 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Betsy and Elaine Brumley talk about how their father, Bob, handled being the son of the man who wrote one of...
EP176: The Curious Origins of Everyday Sayings, The Museum Dedicated to Bad Art, Why Money Isn't Enough to Be a Success and It's Never Too Late to Learn to Ride a Horse
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Everyday Sayings and Fun Phrases author, Andrew Thompson, as he continues to share another slice from his ult...
EP175: "PEZ: From Austrian Invention To American Icon" and Rattlesnakes and Vinegar: A Journey to the General Store
27 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Shawn Peterson shares the story of how the manual candy dispenser, PEZ, came to be. Cecille Wax tells us abou...
EP174: Crocodiles and Cannibals, The Religious Magna Carta of the New World and The Man Who Played with Trains
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Bob McLalan is back with The McLalan Files and today he takes us on his scuba diving adventure to Guadalcana...
EP173: Ships of WWII: The USS Utah and USS Oklahoma, Wandering Worker: The American Hobo and When 3 Months of Retirement is Enough
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, On December 7th, 1941 six ships would be destroyed at Pearl Harbor. Two of them were the USS Utah and Okla...
EP172: Zero Victim Black Americans: MLK & Booker T. Washington, The History of the "Wrecker" Tow Truck and Whiskey Distillery Goes from Serving Drinks to Serving Community
24 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, In his book, Zero Victim: Overcoming Injustice With A New Attitude, James Ward tells his story as a “zero ...
EP171: How To Properly Brag About the World's Fastest Plane and Losing My Mentor, Finding Peace
21 Jan 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...
EP170: Taking The Time To Talk To Strangers, Snowflake Bentley, First Photograph of a Snowflake and The Government Wouldn't Let Paula Smith Sell Her House For Over A Decade
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Paul Kotz from the Twin Cities shares about some of his interactions with strangers. Dr. Jerry Bergman tells ...
EP169: Triumph and Disaster: The Life of Rudyard Kipling, and Enhancing Lives, One Guide Dog at a Time
19 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, The History Guy tell us the story of the life of the youngest-ever winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, ...
EP168: From Bagatelle to Video Games: The History of Pinball, These Guys Use Dungeons and Dragons as a Therapy Tool and Ethics: Bill Daniels and the Utah Stars
18 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Jeremy Saucier of the Strong Museum of Play shares the long, and surprising, history of pinball--from its ori...
EP167: How Faith, Infidelity, and Forgiveness Grew a Family Not Once, but Twice and Remote Alaskan Town's One Connection To The World
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Sparky tells the story of his mother Mary Sparks and how in a 30 year span, his family had to deal with its s...
EP166: MIT's Basketball Coach: "Those Nerds Can Only Handle One Play" and The Man Who Wrote 'I'll Fly Away'
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Bill Koch shares the leadership lessons he took with him for the rest of his life! Betsy and Elaine tell the ...
EP165: He Ran 50 Marathons... In 50 States... In 50 Consecutive Days and 7-Eleven and the American Dream
13 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Dean Karnazes, aka Ultramarathonman, tells us stories of his legendary runs including one covering 350 miles ...
EP164: The Manhattan Project: The Story of a Place, a Photographer, and a Moment
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Richard Cook tells us the story of how in 1943 the town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee was established and went fro...
EP163: Finding My Father: Blair Linne's Story and Ulysses S. Grant's Great Battle
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Blair Linne’s personal story of growing up without a father at home reflects the experiences of millions of...
EP162: My Life After Firefighting, Aron Marquez on Leadership and 99 Reasons Why A Typewriter Is Better Than A Computer!!
10 Jan 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. T...
EP161: The Only Woman to be Awarded the Medal of Honor, Midnight at the Live Fire Exercise and From Tech-Startup to Making a Wooden Pen with His Dad: The Story of Allegory
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, The History Guy remembers a truly extraordinary Civil War heroine, Mary Edwards Walker. Our regular contribut...
EP160: Offering To Resign Because You’re Accountable For A Failure and Ford v. Ferrari II
06 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, former Best Buy CEO Brad Anderson on this rare response to an ethical dilemma. Jon Elfner brings us this new ...
EP159: Our Home Became Tidier After Having Four Sons, The "Slap Shot" Story with Dave Hanson and Graphic Design Professor Knits While Running Marathons
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Alexandra Frost is the mother of four young, active boys, yet her home is cleaner than it was before she ha...
EP158: The Meaning of Balance and Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
04 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, a regular contributor, Brent Timmons, shares the story of a lesson in risk and storyteller, James Swanson, th...
EP157: The Man Who Spent $35MM Fighting A $400k Fake Wine Fraud, Tempest Tours: A Stormy, Sightseeing Vacation, How Smallpox Created Canada by Destroying Washington’s Army and Marketing Has A Marketing Problem... Too Many Narcissists Manipulating People
03 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Entrepreneur, philanthropist, and America’s Cup winner Bill Koch doesn’t like being cheated. The latest e...
EP156: The Humble Potato: Idaho's Superstarch and The Little Boy Who Saved His Family
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Tish Dahmen, Executive Director of the Idaho Potato Museum, tells the story of the worlds largest potato chip...
EP155: The Making of an American Pantheon: Ulysses S. Grant's Tomb
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, presidential historian and author of Grant's Tomb: The Epic Death of Ulysses S. Grant and the Making of an A...
EP154: A Family Lived in the New York Public Library?, Drinking Done New Orleans' Style and Overcoming the Loss of Both My Arms at 10
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Kristin O’Donnell Tubb tells the story of the family that lived in the New York Public Library; Liz William...
EP153: Strength in Loneliness is Still Loneliness, Burrito Restaurant Offers Job To Burglar and This Jewelry Store Provides More Value Than Just Rings
28 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Edie Hand was always told by her mother that she was strong... but strength isn't always enough; After Diablo...
EP152: When Dr. Seuss Has Real Life Applications During a Hurricane, From Farm Boy to Founder and Couple Adopts 7 Siblings Separated Throughout 4 Foster Homes
27 Dec 2021
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...
EP152: Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas and The Importance of Giving and Serving during Christmas Time
25 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Ace Collins, author of Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas, introduces us to people we've never...
EP151: The Real Stories Behind Our Cherished Christmas Traditions
25 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Greg Hangler tells us how in the first half of the 19th century, Christmas was a very different kind of holid...
EP150: The Christmas Store, The Bigger the Bureaucracy, the Smaller the Customer and The Chicago-area Maintenance Man Who Wrote a Hallmark Christmas Movie
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Jonathan Mattox of the Oxford-Ole Miss Rotary Club shares how The Christmas store originated and the impact i...
EP149: Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 14), No! No! No! Who the Hell Boos Santa Claus?! and Leland Klassen’s Christmas Comedy
24 Dec 2021
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...
EP148: The Story of my Grandfather and Jim Johnson's Christmas Tree Story
23 Dec 2021
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 Wil...
EP147: Roger Latham on Santa Claus, How "A Charlie Brown Christmas" Came to Be and Is Die Hard A Christmas Movie?
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Roger Latham from Fort Worth, Texas, tells us a Christmas story he’s titled, “The Real Santa”; Lee Mend...
EP146: Revisiting Childhood Mysteries, The Shocking Story Behind the Diamond Engagement Ring and The Holiday Tradition That Started At A Gas Station
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Families move all the time due to job changes... But to children, sometimes it just doesn't make sense. Roger...
EP145: The History of Christmas Trees, The Accidental Santa and Why it Took One Man 7 Years to Get His Car Back
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, The History Guy recalls the forgotten history of Christmas trees; John Rogers of Missouri never set out to be...
EP144: Danny Sacrificed Self For a Stranger, The Cattle King and Are Pro Wrestlers Athletes?
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Stephen Rusiniak shares a story of a man named Danny who helped save a stranger’s life through a bone marro...
EP143: Selling Her "RedHead" Wine to Walmart and Rishi Sharma Interviewing WWII Veterans
17 Dec 2021
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! ...
EP142: Abigail Adams: Revolutionary Woman
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Professor Woody Holton of the University of South Carolina tells the life story of First Lady Abigail Adams f...
EP141: A Most Valued Gift… FROM a Homeless Man, Indians, a Jew, and a Hotel Partnership, Her Career is a Tribute to Her Great Uncle, A D-Day Hero and Working with Dad Taught Big Lessons to a Little Boy
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Larry Crawford shares with us how a homeless friend gave him one of his most valued possessions; Mike Leven t...
EP140: The Tale of the Locomotive "Texas" and The Reluctant Memoirist
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Jackson McQuigg of the Atlanta History Center tells the story of the principle pursuit locomotive of the ...
EP139: Trapped Inside a Tube: The Iron Lung Story and H.P. Rama, The Accidental Hotelier
13 Dec 2021
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 ...
EP138: The Old Upright Piano, Joy Neal Kidney, I Paid My Own Child Support and The Story of St. Louie Louie: Have Pool Cue, Will Travel
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Joy Neal Kidney shares the story of her old upright piano that was passed down to her from her mother; Jason ...
EP137: The WWII Tragedy America Chose to Forget, I Lived Through The Depression And Didn’t Even Know It! and The 1st "Disneyland" on Lake Michigan's Shore, and The Man Behind It
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Paul Kengor, PoliSci professor at Grove City College, brings us the details of the devastating nature of an a...
EP136: Winston Churchill and the Iron Curtain and The Tone Deaf, Bad Poet Who Wrote The National Anthem
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Dr. Larry Arnn, President of Hillsdale College and Churchill scholar, tells the story of Winston Churchill be...
EP135: Magic Side Show Becomes Full-Time Job and How Piggly Wiggly Created the Modern Supermarket
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Steve Thomas, Oxford, Mississippi's local magician and balloon artist, shares his story with us and Clarence...
EP134: Origin of Everyday Sayings, The Woman Introducing STEM Careers to Young Girls and Thomas Edison at Menlo Park
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Andrew Thompson continues to share another slice from his ultimate guide to understanding these baffling mini...
EP133: Tale of the Tapes: Engineer Guy Explains How VHS Beat Betamax, How The Pilsner Arrived, Survived and Thrived in America and John O’Neil On The First B-17 To Bomb Berlin
03 Dec 2021
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; Tom Acitelli, au...
EP132: The Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions, From Fired High School Dropout... To Owning D.C.'s Best Taco Chain! and Why it Took One Man 7 Years to get his Car Back
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Andrew Thompson tells us about the origin of phrases in the English language; Osiris Hoil tells the story of ...
EP131: “I Will Remember For The Both Of Us", A One Lawyer Town has it’s Ups and Downs and Why Are Bananas So Cheap?
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Laura Sangster shares her love story between her and her husband. All was well until her husband, Fred, was d...
EP130: The Holiday Inn Founder Who Had No Shame and The Two Men Who Ended Red Light Camera Tickets
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Kemmons Wilson's hilarious interactions with Muhammad Ali, Sam Walton, McIlhenny's Tabasco, and Sam Phillips;...
EP129: ILLEGAL: Shooting Bunnies From A Motorboat?, The Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions and A Dad's Gift to His Children with Down Syndrome
29 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, author Winter Prosapio dives into some of the weird laws we have here in the U.S.; Andrew Thompson, continues...
EP128: Butch Hartman Drew My Childhood and Harvard's President Believed Books, Not Schooling, Were the Key To Education
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, meet Butch Hartman, creator of Fairly Odd Parents, Danny Phantom, and so much more and hear how he went from ...
EP127: Thanksgiving Hour
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Robert Tracy McKenzie tells the story of the history of thanksgiving and what led to us celebrating it today....
EP126: An Awfully Awkward Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Dinner with a Bosnian family, How the Master Chef Lost the Thanksgiving Turkey and Surprised by Hunger
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Stephen Rusiniak shares an awfully awkward Thanksgiving story after being warned by his mother not to be lat...
EP125: The Evolution of Star Wars Merchandise and The B-25 In the Backyard
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Star Wars enthusiast and museum curator Jarod Roll shares how Star Wars revolutionized movie merchandising, l...
EP124: America Builds Up: The Bremerton Naval Yards, Why I Opened a Business for My Daughter and Under My Thumb
23 Nov 2021
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...
EP123: The Needle In The Hand, The Bigger the Bureaucracy, the Smaller the Customer and "Separate, but Equal": The Story of Supreme Injustice (Plessy v. Ferguson)
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Joy Neal Kidney tells the story of her grandmother's needle incident during the Depression years; Mike Leven ...
EP122: Searching For My Husband During WWII and My 48 Hours with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Ilene Hall tells the story of when she enlisted in the Army WAC in 1943, to follow her husband, Edward “Ken...
EP121: The Story of my Grandfather, The Company Without Corner Offices and The Doolittle Raids and the Battle of the Coral Sea
18 Nov 2021
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...
EP120: Lavagirl: Why She Quit Childhood Acting, Killed On Independence Day and They're One of the Youngest Couples in Their Community and Doing Aerobics... at 90?!
17 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, actress Taylor Dooley shares the story of when she played the role of Lavagirl and how now 15 years later,...
EP119: Brigade 2506: The Failed Bay of Pigs Invasion and The Salem Witch Trials and the American Puritans
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, as a Cuban exile, Ray Montalvo joined Brigade 2506 to fight back against Castro, leading to his imprisonment ...
EP118: Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions and The Last Men Out of Vietnam
15 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Andrew Thompson continues to share another slice from his ultimate guide to understanding these baffling mini...
EP117: The Small-Town West Virginian With a World Series Ring, the Best Card Collection, and A Big Heart and The Greatest Fighter Pilot in American History
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, The remarkable life story of Ken Kendrick, the Arizona Diamondbacks’ principal owner and general managing p...
EP115: The Origins of Veterans Day, America's First True Superhero and Our Nation's Youngest Noncommissioned Officer
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Anne Claire shares the history of Veterans Day and the many ways Veterans have been honored throughout Americ...
EP116: Hollywood Goes to War and Rediscovering What I Lost in the Military
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Dr. Roger McGrath tells the story of famous actor, Jimmy Stewart, and how his greatest honor in life was serv...
EP114: Whiskey Is In Their Blood and Tom Clavin on the DiMaggio Brothers
10 Nov 2021
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...
EP113: Legendary Hotel Executive Mike Leven, Empathy is Not Optional and He Made Paper Airplanes His Full Time Job
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Mike Leven was President and Chief Operating Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp. One of the great hoteliers of a...
EP112: Invention of Time Zones, Paw Summers: Storyteller and She's The Daughter Of Chick-fil-A's Founder, But That's Not Who She REALLY IS
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, in America, we have four time zones: Pacific, Mountain, Central and Eastern. But we used to have thousands!; ...
EP111: The Incredible Story Of SPAM, The Biggest Chicken In The World? and The President, The Preacher, and the Giant Block of Cheese
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Author of The Book of Spam: A Most Glorious and Definitive Compendium of the World’s Favorite Canned Meat,...
EP110: The Family The Size Of A Baseball Team, Wayne Gretzky Eulogizes His Father and The World's First Action Figure Museum
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Randy and Kelsey Bohlender have 10 children, 6 of which are adopted. Take a listen to hear their stories of a...
EP109: The Small Town Theater Company Making a Big Difference and Why Led Zepplin Pays Royalties to a Southern Bluesman
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Don Arthurs and Erich Offenburg tell the story of their special needs program, Crown Theater Productions, and...
EP108: The Glorious 25th of November, Evacuation Day, Hometown Hero and Treating More than Cancer
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Bill Bryk brings us the tale of the day British forces evacuated New York City after the Revolutionary War;...
EP107: The Time McDonald County Seceded from Missouri and "We Didn't Want to Lose Two People:" A Story of Forgiveness
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Dwight Pogue tells the story 1961 story of how McDonald County, Missouri found a unique way to protest their ...
Halloween Special
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, we learn about why we participate in these strange celebrations every Halloween season from Lesley Bannatyne,...
This Man Grows Pumpkins That Weigh a TON, Halloween - Haunted Attractions and The Man In The Glass Coffin
30 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Joe Jutras shares how he broke the record in 2017 for the largest giant green squash ever grown coming in at ...
EP106: Making Peace with My Sister’s Killer and The Man In The Glass Coffin
29 Oct 2021
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 heart...
EP105: An Army Moves On Its Stomach... And Lots of Coffee and Meet the inventor of Jelly Belly, David Klein
28 Oct 2021
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 ...
EP104: Dog Becomes Best Medicine Through Woman's Cancer Treatments, He Was Stiffed $318,000, But He Still Paid Back Everyone He Owed Money To and Tim Leuliette Went to Business School... at Ford Motor Company
27 Oct 2021
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 ...
EP103: How Johnny Carson Saved Twister and Destined For Greatness: The Chuck Long Story
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, History geek Christopher Klein tells the story of how Johnny Carson saved Twister; and Chuck Long tells the...