Our American Stories
Episodes
EP53: The Joplin Tornado and The Forgotten Grave
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, TV news reporter Gretchen Bolander and meteorologist Jeremiah Cooke tell the story behind the Joplin tornado,...
EP52: A Father's Love and Meeting My Hockey Idol
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Bob McLalan reflects on the moment his son decided to join the military and the parental dilemma of wanting t...
EP51: Pranking New Mexico, Route 66 and Marx Brothers Films
15 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Duncan Scott tells the story of how he pranked the New Mexico State Legislature; Jim Hinckley explains the hi...
EP50: My Veteran Best Friend and Mark Twain
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, former marine, Jason Porter, tells the story of meeting his best friend Forrest Johnson and how serving in WW...
EP49: Olympic "Miracle" Hockey Team and the Unlikely Relationship of NYC's Finest
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Ralph Cox tells us his side of the story of when he was cut from the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team; Niels Jor...
EP48: An Australian's Love For American Wings and Salt and Pepper Shakers
12 Aug 2021
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...
EP47: Pranking New Mexico, Route 66 and Mark Twain
11 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Duncan Scott tells the story of how he pranked the New Mexico State Legislature; Jim Hinckley explains the hi...
EP46: Star Wars, Ford Motor Company and the Louisiana Purchase
10 Aug 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...
EP45: The Sparks Family, Harold Nelson and Walt Whitman
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Sparky tells the story of his mother, Mary Sparks, and how faith, infidelity, and forgiveness grew his family...
EP44: LA Speed Check, Travel Trailers and the Louisiana Purchase
08 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Major Brian Shul shares his legendary "LA Speed Check" story; Brian K. Broadway tells the story of how seeing...
EP43: A Mother's Love, The Ugandan Foster Parent and Texas Homestead Exemption Laws
07 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Texan author Winter Prosapio tells the story of how motherhood and the bond with her daughter changed her per...
EP42: The Giving Tree, Travel Trailers and the Blackburn Boys
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Texan author Winter Prosapio shares the lessons she learned from The Giving Tree and her critique of how so m...
EP41: A Mother's Love and The Founder of Best Buy
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Texan author Winter Prosapio tells the story of how motherhood and the bond with her daughter changed her per...
EP40: My Veteran Best Friend and Marx Brothers Movies
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, former marine, Jason Porter, tells the story of meeting his best friend Forrest Johnson and how serving in WW...
EP39: Job Interview in Slippers, Battle of Midway, and The Running Knitter
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of Our American Stories, Joshua Texidor moved to Nashville and worked hard to find what he enjoys AND what he's good at; also, Anne Cl...
EP38: Summer Days with Dad, Fighting Founding Fathers, and The Pittsburgh Pirates' Dream
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, Randall Haley reminisces about the yearly Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi; also, D...
EP37: Allegory-Beauty from Ashes, Tale of the Texas, and No More Red-light Tickets
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, Chad Schumacher, tells the story of when a family health scare turned their life upside-down and ...
EP36: Miraculous Vietnam Encounter, Lavagirl's Return, and The History of Harley Davidson
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, Dick Erickson, a Marine helicopter pilot, tells about his time serving in Vietnam; also, Taylor D...
EP35: The Forgotten Grave, Mad Anthony Wayne, and Memphis Whiskey
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, Jay Moore shares his family's tale of loss, discovery, and selflessness that will tug on your hea...
Father's Day Special: The Good, The Bad, and The Unexpected
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, we bring you stories about outstanding fathers and fathers who don't make the grade. Leslie Leyl...
EP 34: Family Bonds, Hollywood Genius, and the Cuban Coors Lite Story
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, Edie Hand tells us the story of the her brothers, the Blackburn boys, and the tragedy that struck...
EP33: Collecting Vintage Airplanes, The Disastrous 1904 Olympics, and The Cadillac of Flashlights
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Our American Stories Podcast, (2:59) Wally Soplata tells the story of his eccentric union carpenter father who collected rare a...
Memorial Day Special: A Medal of Honor Recipient Through The Eyes of His Father
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this Memorial Day, we at Our American Stories we want you to bring Paul Monti, who drives his son Jared's truck, an act which inspired the hit coun...
EP32: Paying Your Own Child Support, Left Office/Gone Sailing, The Catholic Who Fought Back
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, Jason Wolfe tells the story of how his father left his family at the age of 6 and his journey of ...
EP31: Most Decorated War Dog, Lincoln and the Telegraph, Joplin, MO: Before and After
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, Jeremy Swick of the College Football Hall of Fame recounts the remarkable story of the street dog...
EP30: Gameshow Trickery, Foster Care Saint, and Hollywood's Only Flying Ace
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, we bring you Matt Parker, a comedian and mathematician from Australia, who tells the story of th...
EP29: Saturday Morning Cartoons, The Man in a Glass Coffin, and The Road to Sobriety
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, Mark McCray, author of The Best Saturday's of Our Lives, tells us the story of Saturday morning c...
EP28: Blockbuster vs. Netflix, The History of Spam, and The Iowa Freedom Rocks
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, Jim Keyes, the former CEO of BlockBuster, tells us the story of Blockbuster during its final days...
EP27: 100-Year Old Skydiver, Therapy through Dungeons & Dragons, and A History of NYC
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On the episode of the Our American Stories podcast, we bring you Ronald Mason, a WWII pilot with a heck of a story; also, the story of Adam Davis and ...
EP26: Bottled Rainwater, Ford v. Ferrari: The Rematch, and Overcoming the KKK
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, we bring you the story of one out of over 80 bottled water companies in the United States, that h...
EP25: Groucho's Assistant, Pointy Hat Prank, and Jelly Belly's Founder
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, we bring you Steve Stoliar who tells about his years as Groucho Marx's secretary and historian; a...
EP24: The Texas Grocery Miracle, The Pilsner in America, and 7-Eleven's American Dream
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode, we bring you the story of when Tim and Deb Hennessy received a miraculous surprise when they visited a local grocery during th...
EP23: JC Newman Cigars, Bad Medicine, and Unlikely Friends
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode, we hear from Drew Newman, the great grandson of the founder of JC Newman Cigars, who brings us the tale of his family’s Am...
EP22: Washington's Courage, E-Sports Champion, and Jack Daniel's Teacher
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we bring you the story General George Washington and his experiences at Trenton and Princeton. Also, we bring you Damon Cox, a young ...
EP21: My Unusual Conversations With Two Fraternity Brothers Right Before They Died
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick on college friendships that would impact the rest of his life.Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories...
EP20: Brent Evanoff: Rediscovering What I Lost in the Military”
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In a very modern fashion, Brent Evanoff discovers a secret he’d been unaware of for over 25 years. Through that process, he manages to help another ...
EP19: The Banjo’s Trip Through History
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Johnny Baier, Executive Director of the Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City, takes us through the history of the Banjo starting from the beginning until tod...
EP18: Jim Thorpe: All-American, Native American (And The Carlisle Indian Football Team)
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 2000, a poll was conducted by ABC Sports recognizing the Greatest Athlete of the Twentieth Century. The winner was not Muhammad Ali, Babe Ruth, Jes...
EP17: An Australian's Love For American Wings
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Colin Bettles found his passion for wings in upstate New York and took it with him all the way to Sydney, Australia...even attempting to sell them in ...
EP16: A Marine’s Journey to Fallujah and Back
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Sargent William Lenard, a man who joined the Marines to get his life together, and when coming home, had to put it back together all over again.S...
EP15: The Transatlantic Cable: A Thread Across the Ocean
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Historian John Steele Gordon tells the story of how the telegraph went from Samuel Morse to winning WWI and how one man spearheaded the effort to conn...
EP14: Giving Out Pizza From Second Story Apartment Raises Over $30,000
17 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Berman 2nd year grad student in Philadelphia made the most of his time while staying at home during the pandemic. Support the show (https://www.o...
EP13: The Museum Dedicated To Mustard
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Barry Levenson went from arguing cases in front of the Supreme Court to having the world's largest collection of mustard....and writing a few books ab...
EP12: Levi Strauss: The Jewish Immigrant Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of how Levi Strauss got his American Dream stitched into a pair of blue jeans—the fabric of freedom. Here to tell this story is Ly...
EP11: Texas Treats Their Women Right, Andrew Jackson's Swearing Parrot, and The DiMaggio Brothers
07 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Our American Stories Podcast, Dr. Jean Stuntz from West Texas A&M University gives us some history on what it was like befo...
EP10: The Woman Who Saved The Lewis and Clark Expedition, From Poverty to the CEO of 7-Eleven, The Factory That Manufactures One Million Kazoos A Year
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today Dr. Dedra Birzer of Hillsdale College tells the story of Sacagawea. We bring you the story of Jim Keyes, a boy who grew up in poverty and who’...
EP9: Single Mother Trucking Company, PepsiCo and the Fighter Jet, and Major Clark Gable
24 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
EP8: The Louisiana Purchase was a Big Deal, A Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum?, and Superman vs. the KKK
17 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
EP7: Iowa's Forgotten NBA Team, The NYC Public Library's Family, and America's Greatest Female Spy
10 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Kristin O'Donnell Tubb tell shares the story of the family that lived in the New York Public Library.Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories....