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Our American Stories

Our American Stories tells stories that aren’t being told. Positive stories about generosity and courage, resilience and redemption, faith and love. Stories about the past and present. And stories about ordinary Americans who do extraordinary things each and every day. Stories from our listeners about their lives. And their history. In that pursuit, we hope we’ll be a place where listeners can refresh their spirit, and be inspired by our stories.

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Trapped Inside a Tube: The Iron Lung Story Oct 13, 2022

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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 with advanced polio alive in the first half of the 20th century.

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Ketchup King: The H.J. Heinz Story Oct 12, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, we learn how Heinz food products have been a part of American culture for more than a century. Though Heinz Ketchup is one of the most recognized corporate symbols in the world, few people know anything at all about its creator, H.J. Heinz. His hard work, innovation, and obsessive kindness proved one of his favorite sayings: “To do a common thing uncommonly well brings success.”

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The History of the Barcode Oct 12, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, barcodes, on most products properly called a UPC, or “Universal Product Code,” are now a necessity for everyday life, making it possible for the massive and complex trade networks and supply systems of the modern world to function. The History Guy remembers its humble beginnings. It is history that deserves to be remembered.

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Willie Kennard, The First Black Lawman in Colorado Oct 12, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, murder and mayhem ran unchecked in the town of Yankee Hill....things were a mess, and they needed a real life good guy to save them. Thankfully, Willie Kennard was that man.

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My Family Spent 4 Months Playing Battleship in a Corn Field Oct 12, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, this story itself is the stuff of legends...a sunken steamboat, buried treasure, and the drive of a group of AC repairmen to become "rich beyond rich" even if it meant going into over a million dollars worth of debt. Matt Hawley tells the story of his family's quest to dig up the steamboat Arabia from the middle of a corn field.

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The Candy Bomber??? Oct 11, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Gail Halvorsen, a young pilot in the US Army Air Corps who was assigned as a cargo pilot to the Berlin Airlift, in which US forces flew much-needed supplies into a war-torn Soviet-blockaded Berlin following WWII. As he performed his duties, Lt. Halvorsen began to notice the German children gathered by the fences of Tempelhof Air Base. Knowing that they had very little, an idea sprang: he would bomb Berlin with candy.

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The Fateful Night During WWII Cecil Wax Met God Oct 11, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Marilyn Jensen tells the harrowing story of when her father went on a supply run amidst a German bombing.

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How Duke’s Coach K Was Almost Fired in 1983 Oct 11, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, John Feinstein is a sportswriter of 42 books, 23 of them New York Times bestsellers. His first book, A Season on the Brink (about Indiana coach Bobby Knight), is the bestselling sports book of all time. He is also the friend of Duke University’s legendary basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski (also known as “Coach K”). John is here to tell the story of how Coach K’s five national titles at Duke as well as three consecutive gold medals as the head coach of the men’s U.S. Olympic basketball team almost never happened.

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The Baylor Basketball Incident: An Eyewitness to One of the Biggest Scandals (and Turnarounds) in NCAA History Oct 10, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, this is a story about one of the biggest scandals in college basketball history—along with one of its biggest turnarounds. Here to tell the story is former Baylor Basketball player Matt Sayman, author of The Leftovers: Baylor, Betrayal, and Beyond.

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Thomas Hudner: The MOH Recipient Who Crashed His Plane On Purpose To Get To His Downed Wingman Oct 10, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, the Navy commissioned its newest destroyer and named it after a man who deliberately crash-landed a perfectly good aircraft behind enemy lines. But the man who became the first American serviceman in the Korean War to receive the Medal of Honor—and the man who lent his name to the USS Thomas Hudner had a darn good reason, perhaps the best of reasons.

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