Our American Stories

1,092 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 640 ratings

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

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Episodes

EP9: Single Mother Trucking Company, PepsiCo and the Fighter Jet, and Major Clark Gable

January 25, 2021 23:00 - 52 minutes - 72 MB

EP8: The Louisiana Purchase was a Big Deal, A Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum?, and Superman vs. the KKK

January 19, 2021 01:30 - 52 minutes - 72 MB

EP7: Iowa's Forgotten NBA Team, The NYC Public Library's Family, and America's Greatest Female Spy

January 12, 2021 01:00 - 43 minutes - 60.2 MB

EP6: The Real Stories Behind Our Cherished Christmas Traditions

December 25, 2020 19:00 - 38 minutes - 51.8 MB

EP5: Walt Whitman and the Civil War, Most Decorated Soldier of WWII, The Real Rosa Parks

December 22, 2020 01:00 - 1 hour - 83 MB

EP4: That Day I Was Gretzky’s Hungover Linemate, Spending Christmas Without My Mother, How a Soldier Saved 3 Americans from 40 Nazis

December 15, 2020 01:00 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MB

EP3: Uncovering the Epic Michigan-Ohio Feud, Building a New Life after Prison, The Tragedies and Triumphs of the Foster Care System

December 08, 2020 00:00 - 41 minutes - 57 MB

EP2: Finding My Husband In the Middle of WWII, Shipwreck, Forgiving My Absent Father

November 30, 2020 23:00 - 55 minutes - 76.3 MB

EP1: From Gang to Grace, MLB's 10-Cent Beer Riot, and Becoming a Double Amputee at 10

November 23, 2020 14:00 - 51 minutes - 71 MB

From Gang to Grace, MLB's 10-Cent Beer Riot, and Becoming a Double Amputee at 10

November 23, 2020 14:00 - 51 minutes - 71 MB

Learning to Drive and What Makes a Good Boss?

October 24, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 70.2 MB

Souping Up Her Subaru and Brett Favre Pt. 1 of 5

October 23, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 73.8 MB

Theodore Roosevelt: That Damn Cowboy and the Army Coffee Story

October 22, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 71.7 MB

The “Ten Cent Beer Night” Riot (History Guy)

October 21, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB

Buffalo Bill Cody: A Legend in His Own Time, and in Ours

October 20, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 73.1 MB

Transatlantic Cable and The Wreck

October 17, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 71.5 MB

Orville Rogers, Robert Frohlich, and Me and My Dad

October 16, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB

Ike and Wooden

October 15, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 70.5 MB

Duck Tape, Cello Rock Star, and Bryan Dawson's Story

October 14, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB

The Atomic Marine, Helen Keller, and Father of Cable TV

October 13, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB

Mad Anthony Wayne and Small-Town West Virginian With a World Series Ring, the Best Card Collection, and a Big Heart

October 10, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 49.8 MB

Busy Mother Of Six Befriends Retired Cop

October 09, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB

'91 in Kuwait and the Book I Wrote for My Father

October 08, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB

The Lost Thanksgiving Turkey and The Union is Coming!

October 07, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB

The Flag, Lawns, MLK, and More!!

October 06, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB

A WWII Tailgunner, From Murder to Mercy, and the Pres. Jefferson's Cheese

October 03, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 72.4 MB

Stephen Ambrose: 1941 and the Path to Pearl Harbor

October 02, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 72.5 MB

The Man That Adopts The Entire Internet

October 01, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 73.4 MB

Iowa Freedom Rocks and Hardwired for Freedom

September 30, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 73.2 MB

My Dad’s Gift of Adventure and Generational Storytelling

September 29, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB

No Hands, No Problem: Overcoming the Loss of Both My Arms

September 26, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 76.5 MB

Pearl Harbor Survivor and Young Police Chief's "People First" Policy

September 25, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 71.5 MB

Titanic Thompson, Craig's Lesson, and Govt Steals Dad's Life Savings

September 24, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.5 MB

The Honest Car Dealer and the Toledo War

September 24, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 72.9 MB

The Constitution, Crocodiles and Cannibals

September 22, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.4 MB

Porn to Reborn, the Onion Ring Reviewer, True Leaders, and Punishing a Life Saver

September 19, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 182 MB

The Outsiders Meets "House of Pain" and the Constitution

September 18, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB

WWII Hero and Shannon's Embarrassing Emergency Room Visit

September 17, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB

Camp Tolochee's Snipe Hunt and Alaska's Town's One Telephone

September 16, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MB

Man’s Unexpected Response To Son’s Spina Bifida Diagnosis

September 15, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 71.4 MB

9/11 and Coach "Bear" Bryant

September 12, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB

Young Man Interviews WWII Vets and Ambrose on Ike

September 11, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 72.2 MB

The 1st "Disneyland" on Lake Michigan's Shore

September 10, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 73.6 MB

If Not For Fossil Fuels, I Wouldn’t Have Celebrated My 14th Birthday

September 09, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB

Milka Bamond: The Real-Life “Rosie the Riveter” and MSU's Couch Burning!

September 08, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 72.4 MB

Making Peace with My Sister’s Killer

September 05, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 71.8 MB

When ACLA and NRA Fought Together

September 04, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 71.5 MB

I’m a Black Man From Chicago That Moved to Alabama

September 03, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB

"One of The Lucky Ones" For Escaping Communist Cuba

September 02, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 74.8 MB

This White Baseball Team Fought For Equality Before Jackie Robinson Hit The Majors

September 01, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MB

Guests

Pat Williams

1 Episode

Books

Behind the Curtain

1 Episode

Paul Revere's Ride

1 Episode

The Big Rock Candy Mountain

1 Episode

The Screwtape Letters

1 Episode