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Reuniting With My POW Father After Thinking He Was Dead For 3 Years Jul 21, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, writer Anne Clare remembers the loss of the USS Utah and Oklahoma and the men who served on them on December 7th, 1941 at Pearl Harbor. Genevieve Church, the third "Goat Lady of San Francisco", is the executive director of City Grazing. Listen to her share about how this sustainable land management and fire prevention non-profit organization came to be. Retired US Navy Captain Mike McDaniel takes us back to when he was just a boy in the 3rd grade and about to learn that his dad was shot down on his 81st combat mission over Vietnam.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - USS Oklahoma and Utah: Two of the Ships Destroyed at Pearl Harbor

10:00 - City Grazing: The Landscape Management Company Powered by Goats

35:00 - Reuniting With My POW Father After Thinking He Was Dead For 3 Years

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He Gave Out Pizza From Second Story Apartment and Raised Over $30,000 Jul 20, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Ben Berman 2nd year grad student in Philadelphia made the most of his time while staying at home during the pandemic. Madonna Coffman, founder of Locks of Love, shares how her company helps those who struggle with hair loss.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - He Gave Out Pizza From Second Story Apartment and Raised Over $30,000

25:00 - The Woman Behind "Locks of Love"

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Valley Forge: The 6-Months That Turned Chaos into the Key to America's Independence Jul 20, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Bestselling authors Bob Drury and Tom Clavin the story of the Continental Army’s six-month transformation in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; one of the most inspiring—and under-appreciated—chapters in American history.

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I Was There For The Birth of Nike... With Steve Prefontaine Jul 19, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Joy Neal Kidney shares the story of her great grandmother's periwinkle quilt, a beautiful family heirloom she inherited while in college. Nike's Program Director, Steve Prefontaine, tells us how Nike began.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - One of My Most Important Family Heirlooms is a Periwinkle Quilt

10:00 - I Was There For The Birth of Nike... With Steve Prefontaine

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The Great Emancipators: How The Civil War Openly Became about Slavery Jul 19, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Emma McCormick tells us how she was told she'd be working remotely in 2020, so she decided to live on a sailboat in Florida. Regular contributor Jon Elfner and Dr. Kate Masur, author of "Until Justice Be Done," tell the story behind Abraham Lincoln that begins with three runaway enslaved people. P.J. Hill, rancher and co-author of “The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier,” explains the misunderstanding behind the American West.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - When Her Work Went Remote... So She Moved Onto a Sailboat

10:00 - The Great Emancipators: How The Civil War Openly Became about Slavery

35:00 - Why "The Wild, Wild West" Wasn't Actually So Wild

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The Titanic Reenactor Who Actually Dove The Wreck and The Woman Who Was Mayor, Garbage Woman, Liquor Store Owner, Teacher, AND Member of the WAC Jul 18, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Lowell Lytle, who witnessed the Titanic in person, tells his story and the story of The Titanic’s Last Hero. Rebecca Cubbyhall shares her life story and how the people in her life led her to live to the fullest.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Titanic Reenactor Who Actually Dove The Wreck

25:00 - The Woman Who Was Mayor, Garbage Woman, Liquor Store Owner, Teacher, AND Member of the WAC

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The Green Beret Medic Gary Beikirch Who Had to Come to Terms with Himself Jul 18, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, special forces medic, Gary Beikirch, shares how he faced more than his fair share of battles—and overcame them through perseverance and faith.

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Lesson Learned: Clean Hog Manure Off Your Boots Before Going to School, He Didn't Know Where He Came From Until His 40s and The Story of Las Vegas Through Neon Signs Jul 15, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Scott Jones, author of Growing Up Rural: Lessons Learned For a Lifetime, tells the story of the time he stunk up his classroom with hog manure-covered boots...and how a gracious teacher really helped him out. Eddie Willis tells the story of the search for his birth parents and an outcome he could've never imagined. Executive director of the Neon Museum, Aaron Berger, shares some of the history of Las Vegas and the iconic signage associated with it.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Lesson Learned: Clean Hog Manure Off Your Boots Before Going to School

10:00 - He Didn't Know Where He Came From Until His 40s

35:00 - The Story of Las Vegas Through Neon Signs

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The Last of the Tuskegee Airman's Story of Heroism and Service and The Fateful Night During WWII That Cecil Wax Met God Jul 15, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Lt. Col. Harry Stewart shares how he fought for his country in WW2, and faced discrimination and worse along the way. Marilyn Jensen tells the harrowing story of when her father went on a supply run amidst a German bombing.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Last of the Tuskegee Airman's Story of Heroism and Service

35:00 - The Fateful Night During WWII That Cecil Wax Met God

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The Woman Who Holds 13 World Records for Running... And with a Prosthetic Leg and "I Was Fired Twice and Decided I Was Unemployable for Life" Jul 14, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Amy Palmiero-Winters, founder of the One Step Ahead Foundation, shares how an unexpected accident changed her career path. Dolphins owner, Stephen Ross, tells the story of the setbacks that unexpectedly presented him... his greatest opportunity.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Woman Who Holds 13 World Records for Running... And with a Prosthetic Leg

35:00 - "I Was Fired Twice and Decided I Was Unemployable for Life"

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