Our American Stories show

Our American Stories

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

Podcasts:

 Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," Benny Goodman, and Madam CJ Walker | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:42

(Segment 1) Benny Goodman Brings Jazz To Carnegie Hall, (2-4) Before Mary Kay There Was Madam CJ Walker, (5-7) Dred Scott in Spikes!!, (8) Story of a Song: The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations"

 Frank Hanna: Risky Business and The Man Who Invented Aerobics | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:42

(Segment 1-3) He Ran 50 Marathons... In 50 States In 50 Consecutive Days!, (4) The Story Of Super Bowl I, (5-7) The Man Who Invented Aerobics, (8) Frank Hanna: Risky Business, Risky Life

 All in the Family, Bucky Dent, and How Barbed Wire Transformed America | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:40

(Segment 1) The Bucky Dent Game: One Baseball Fan's Unbelievably Lucky Day, (2) Tennessee Jed, (3-4) The Story of "All in the Family" (1st Aired Today in 1971), (5) How Barbed Wire Transformed America, (6-8) The Entrepreneur Who Bathed in Cow Dung!!

 "God Only Knows": The Story of a Song, Reagan, and Hamilton! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:42

(Segments 1-3) Ronald Reagans Farewell Address, (4) "God Only Knows": The Story of a Song, (5-8) Alexander Hamilton

 Samuel Colt: The Birth Of The Revolver and Yes! We Want A 5th Child | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:42

(Segments 1-3) Samuel Colt: The Birth Of The Revolver (Colt d. 1862), (4) "Yes, We Really Do Want to Have a Fifth Child", (5-6) The Celebration For A Legend Who Didn't Want To Be Celebrated, (7) The Hidden Treasure of Forrest Fenn, (8) Why Are Some People More Ticklish Than Others?

 The Day Steve Jobs Reinvented The Telephone | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:42

(Segments 1-2) "If I Don't Get My Bacon at Waffle House, It's Okay... But If It's at A Fancy Hotel, I'm Upset", (3) Welcome to the Republic of Molossia!, (4) The Day Steve Jobs Reinvented The Telephone, (5-8) They Burnt Down My House, Beat Me Up, and Killed My Family

 Eddie Van Halen, Bono and a Pastor, and Gertrude Ederle | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:44

(Segment 1) Balloonfest '86, (2) Eddie Van Halen Wanted to be a Drummer, (3-4) The Irish Rockstar and American Pastor: A Friendship for the Ages, (5) Paul Revere's Ride, (6) Gertrude Ederle: First Woman To Swim The English Channel!, (7) The "Boys" Of Iwo Jima, (8) Meriwether Lewis New Years Resolution (Ep 34)

 Bryan Dawson's Story: From Hell's Highway to the Valley of Vision | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:43

(Segments 1-4) Bryan Dawson's Story: From Hell's Highway to the Valley of Vision, (5-6) Removing Obstacles By Removing Tattoos, (7) Meet Lawnchair Larry..., (8) Dr. Bob: Men and Women Are Very Different!

 The Foster Child With A Billion Dollar Company... | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:41

(Segments 1-2) Why Would 6 Frat Boys Carry A Student With Cerebral Palsy Up A Mountain?, (3-4) Meet the 50-Year-Old Rookie Cop!, (5-8) The Foster Child With A Billion Dollar Company... And Hes Not Making A Penny From It!

 Animals Among Us: How Pets Make Us Human | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:43

(Segments 1-4) The Muscle Shoals Sound, (5) How A 17-Year-Old Designed the Current US Flag for a School Project And Got a B-, (6-8) Animals Among Us: How Pets Make Us Human

 David Mamet and "I Played The White Guy" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:41

(Segment 1) You Know His Work and His Writing. You Just Don't Know His Name., (5) The Lost Wallet And Stolen Mustang Stories, (6-8) "I Played The White Guy": From Star of 70s Hit TV Show "The Mod Squad" to Redemption

 The Stories of 8 Songs! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:42

The eight stories include: Gimme Shelter, Light My Fire, Georgia on My Mind, There Goes My Life, Leader of the Band, Jesus Take the Wheel, The Keeper, Riders on the Storm.

 From LP to mp3, the Multitrack Revolution, and 3 White Jews...Greatest Rap Group, Ever! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:41

(Segments 1-4) From LP to mp3: Our Memories in Our Music, (5-6) The Multitrack Revolution: From Les Paul to the Beach Boys, the Beatles, and Boston, (7-8) 3 White Jews...Greatest Rap Group, Ever!

 The Stories of 2 Authors: Mark Twain and Pat Conroy! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:43

(Segments 1-4) How Mark Twain Lost All His Money, Got it Back, Then Lost it Again, (5-8) Pat Conroy And The Most Unforgettable Father/Son Story

 Miracle on Ice and What Makes the World's Greatest Sports Teams? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:43

(Segments 1-4) The Greatest Sports Moment Of The 20th Century!, (5-8) What Makes the World's Greatest Sports Teams?

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