Our American Stories

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Latest Episodes:

EP310: The Story of a 5-Star Steakhouse CEO and an NFL Linebacker and Oregon Told This Engineer That He Wasn't an Engineer May 17, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Britney Ruby Miller, CEO of Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment shares with us how she leads a team of more than 500 employees across 7 luxury steakhouses in Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. When his wife got a ticket for a tiny infraction, Mats Järlström, driven by curiosity, investigated a local traffic cam system... which led to an investigation into him!

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Story of a 5-Star Steakhouse CEO and an NFL Linebacker

37:00 - Oregon Told This Engineer That He Wasn't an Engineer

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EP309: The Transatlantic Cable: The Thread that Connected the World and 7-Eleven's Commitment to the American Dream May 17, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, historian John Steele Gordon tells the story of how the telegraph went from Samuel Morse to winning WWI and how one man spearheaded the effort to connect America to Great Britain and, in doing so, the rest of the world. Former CEO of 7-Eleven, Jim Keyes, tells the story of how their company has led countless immigrants to the American Dream.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Transatlantic Cable: The Thread that Connected the World

37:00 - 7-Eleven's Commitment to the American Dream

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EP308: Triumph and Disaster: The Life of Rudyard Kipling, The German Immigrant Who Brought Us Banquet Beer and The Man Who Played with Trains May 16, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, the History Guy tells us the story of the youngest-ever winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, Rudyard Kipling, and how he survived a difficult childhood to go on to become one of the most celebrated authors of his day, penning such classics as "The Jungle Book" and "Just So Stories.” Pete Coors tells the story of Coors Banquet beer and how the story began with a German immigrant living in a Colorado mining town. Bill Bryk brings us the story of the an ingenious inventor who went from inventing naval mine detonators to one of the top 5 toys of the 20th century... and all because he was unimpressed by a store's window display.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Triumph and Disaster: The Life of Rudyard Kipling

25:00 - The German Immigrant Who Brought Us Banquet Beer

37:00 -The Man Who Played with Trains

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EP307: The Most Decorated War Dog of WWI, Stay-At-Home Mom Becomes Oldest Rookie Cop and When Your Losing Football Team Brings Your Family Together May 16, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Jeremy Swick of the College Football Hall of Fame recounts the remarkable story of the street dog, Sgt. Stubby, turned soldier turned mascot. At 53 years young, Officer Wendy Caldwell made history at the Houston, Texas Police Department. Nancy Ball shares a story she wrote, “Being an Ole Miss Fan is in and of Itself a Lesson in Humility.”

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Most Decorated War Dog of WWI

12:30 - Stay-At-Home Mom Becomes Oldest Rookie Cop

37:00 - When Your Losing Football Team Brings Your Family Together

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EP306: Shooting Bunnies From A Motorboat?, The 46-Year-Long Journey to Finding My Sisters and Big Lessons for a Little Boy May 13, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Author Winter Prosapio dives into some of the weird laws we have here in the U.S. Years after finding out she was adopted, Traci Huguley discovered she was not the only child adopted out. She then made it her mission to find her siblings. Dennis Peterson's father was hard but fair, and some of the biggest lessons Dennis learned were on the job site, doing brick work with his father.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Shooting Bunnies From A Motorboat?

12:30 - The 46-Year-Long Journey to Finding My Sisters

37:00 - Big Lessons for a Little Boy

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EP305: Survivor from Brigade 2506, Hometown Hero and The Best-Selling Book of All Time May 13, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Cuban exile, Ray Montalvo joined Brigade 2506 to fight back against Castro, leading to his imprisonment in the country he once loved. Now, he is a proud U.S. citizen and business owner. Vermont historian and journalist Mark Bushnell takes us into the life of Calvin Coolidge in his hometown. The History Guy tells us the history of the Bible.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Survivor from Brigade 2506

25:00 - Hometown Hero

37:00 - The Best-Selling Book of All Time

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EP304: The Church Where They Preach in 5 Different Languages, Why Money Isn't Enough to Be a Success and The Man Who Milks Snakes for a Living May 12, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Josh and Lauren Manning needed to make a grand change in life...and they found the opportunity to do so at a church in Noel, Missouri...where and influx of immigrants and refugees necessitated a lot of adaptation, understanding, and a few translators to spread the gospel. Sean Smith tells us how he and his twin brother built a business that would make the two of them millionaires by age 30. Nathaniel Frank shares how he became intrigued with reptiles at the age of 6 and dreamt of working with them and became the CEO of MToxins Venom Lab.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Church Where They Preach in 5 Different Languages

25:00 - Why Money Isn't Enough to Be a Success

37:00 - The Man Who Milks Snakes for a Living

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EP303: A Father’s Note to His “Timeless” Daughter and One of America's Most Decorated WWII Soldiers Turned Singer and Actor May 12, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, talk radio host Jeff Katz shares a note that his daughter won't ever read, but will surely impact your life for the better. Audie Murphy's story is one of the quintessential American stories; yet, chances are, many Americans have never even heard of his name.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - A Father’s Note to His “Timeless” Daughter

12:30 - One of America's Most Decorated WWII Soldiers Turned Singer and Actor

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EP 302: How My Short Term Mission Trip Changed Me and From Start-Up to Marvel Entertainment May 11, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, regular contributor, Stephen Rusiniak, brings us a story written by his daughter Tracy. In this story entitled, “Please Don’t Leave,” she shares how helping those in need can often bring a little perspective to our lives. After achieving his dream of being a video gamer artist and reaching the top at Blizzard Entertainment, Josh Singh was faced with the reality of what it takes to make it: time and constantly hitting the mark.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - How My Short Term Mission Trip Changed Me

12:30 - From Start-Up to Marvel Entertainment

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EP301: The “Why” Behind What We Do Matters, The World’s First Combination Candy Bar and The Story of One of Hollywood's Greatest Composers May 11, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, regular contributor, Paul Kotz, shares how he helped a frustrated student look past their circumstances and get to why what they were doing matters. Laurie Spradley, who now runs The Goo Goo Cluster, shares some history about the delicious candy bar and its new adventures in Nashville, TN. Virginia Mancini, the wife of one of Hollywood's greatest composers who created the 'Pink Panther Theme' and 'Moon River' from Breakfast at Tiffany's among other pieces, Henry Mancini, tells us their love story and life together.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The “Why” Behind What We Do Matters

12:30 - The World’s First Combination Candy Bar

25:00 - The Story of One of Hollywood's Greatest Composers

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