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:

 Making "Jaws", Great Gatsby, Steve Martin, and "I Wish I Died In Vietnam" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:45

(Segments 1-2) Making "Jaws": The Untold Story, (3) The Importance Of Friends, (4) The Great Gatsby, (5) High-Fives are Saving Feline Lives, (6-7) "I Wish I Died in Vietnam", (8) Steve Martin: Good Guy Comedy

 LA Speed Check and How The Agency Saved My Father | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:43

LA Speed Check and How The Agency Saved My Father

 Fred Smith: How One Marine Created FedEx | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:42

(Segments 1-3) Fred Smith: How One Marine Created FedEx (EST 1971), (4) Mitch Hedberg: A Shy Alchemist Who Turned Sentences Into Comedy Gold, (5) Company Benefits Include $35K For Your Bucket List!, (6-7) How To Make Perennial Sellers, (8) Technology and Music: Autotune vs. Imperfection

 Father's Day Special! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:44

(Segment 1) Springsteen: His Very First Father/Son Song, (2) Their Own Mother Sold Them To Pedophiles! But Then..., (3) Fishing With My Father, (4) The Father Privilege: Lee's Salute To His Dad (And All Good Dads) On Father's Day, (5) He Gave Up Fame For Family, (6) From Scrap to Sculptures, (7) When A Father Takes The Time To Listen..., (8) A Letter To My Absent Father and Me, My Father, American Pharoah

 Pat Summitt: The Best Coach To Ever Step On A Basketball Court | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:44

(Segments 1-4) The Best Coach To Ever Step On A Basketball Court (b. 1952), (5) Story of a Song: Aretha Franklin's "Respect", (6-7) You Only Have $2,000 In The Bank And A $30,000 Payroll...What Do You Do?, (8) Dr. Bob: "We Hire People Who Want to Do Exactly What We Need Them To Do"

 Butch Cassidy, Max Headroom, and Arresting Your Nazi Commander | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:42

(Segments 1-4) Butch Cassidy: America's Last Outlaw, (5) The Max Headroom Signal Intrusion, (6) Loaded to Explode: The Cataclysmic History of Crush Texas, (7) Take A Breath: In Praise Of The One-Second Pause, (8) Arresting Your Boss: A Nazi Commander

 Leukemia Has A Purpose? and Paine's "Common Sense" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:44

(Segment 1) Great Molasses Flood, (2) The Chief Justice Wants Boys To Be Treated Unfairly!, (3-4) Thomas Paine's Common Sense, (5) "Leader Of The Band": Dan Fogelberg's Love Letter To His Father, (6-8) Leukemia Has A Purpose?

 Coaches Vince Lombardi and Dean Smith | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:43

(Segment 1) Vince Lombardi's Short and Sweet Story (b. 1913), (2) Story of a Song: Jesus Take the Wheel, (3) Jesse's "Shower Thoughts"; Dad Drops Son A Mile From Home...Goes To Jail, (4) Dr. Bob on Men and Women, (5-8) Coach Dean Smith: So Much More Than Basketball

 Joan Rivers, Lewis and Clark, and Gretzky's (Hungover) Linemate | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:41

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 The Lost Wallet, Executed Elephant, and The Man Who Beat The Feds | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:42

(Segment 1) The Lost Wallet And Stolen Mustang Stories, (2) Burning Question: Why Do Some People Have Foot Odor?, (3) The Town That Executed An Elephant, (4) Story of a Song: There Goes My Life, (5-8) The Man Who Beat The Feds

 Maj. Dick Winters and Stephen Ambrose's D-Day Special! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:42

(Segments 1-4) D-Day Celebration With "Band Of Brothers" Major Dick Winters, (5-8) Uncovering D-Day with Stephen Ambrose

 Adolph Coors: Colorado's Golden Boy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:42

(Segments 1-2) Adolph Coors: Colorado's Golden Boy (d. 1929), (3) The Story of Subway's Footlong Lawsuit, (4) The Marine Deserter Who Jumped On Two Grenades (d. 2008), (5) Which Foods Make the Best Bedtime Snack?, (6) Final Thoughts: Shiloh, (7) The "Boys" Of Iwo Jima, (8) Mayor Bloomberg's Commencement Speeches

 Why We Love Bob Ross and More! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:43

(Segments 1-2) "I Cursed The Day That Sgt. Calvert Was Born", (3) 92 Years Old and Still Dating?, (4) Why We Love Bob Ross, (5) Story of a Song: Go Rest High Up On That Mountain, (6) How Often Should You Replace Your Coffee Mug?, (7-8) General Peter Pace's Citidel Commencement Address

 Steve McQueen and Hemingway's "Old Man and the Sea" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:44

(Segments 1-4) The "King Of Cool": The Unknown Story Of Steve McQueen, (5-7) The Green Beret That Other Green Berets Look Up To, (8) Hemingway's "Old Man and the Sea"

 Vince Lombardi and Madam CJ Walker | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:21:41

(Segments 1-4) When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi, (5-6) Rags To Riches: The Passion Of Gary Vee, (7-8) Before Mary Kay There Was Madam CJ Walker

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