Our American Stories

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EP270: Giving Out Pizza From Second Story Apartment Raises Over $30,000 and The 15 Year Old Candy Queen Apr 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. Alina Morse, CEO of Zolli Candy has created a delicious candy that actually cleans your teeth!

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Giving Out Pizza From Second Story Apartment Raises Over $30,000

23:00 - The 15 Year Old Candy Queen

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EP269: A Family Lived in the New York Public Library?, Her Career is a Tribute to Her Great Uncle and A Fake Ring, Real Temptation, and a Golden Marriage Apr 19, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Kristin O'Donnell Tubb, author of John Lincoln Clem: Civil War Drummer Boy, tells the story of the family that lived in the New York Public Library. Heather McPherson tells us how her Great Uncleinspired her to become the Curator of History at the South Carolina Military Museum. Sarah Wells, author of American Honey: A Field Guide to Resisting Temptation, shares her experience overcoming temptation.

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00:00 - A Family Lived in the New York Public Library?

10:00 - Her Career is a Tribute to Her Great Uncle

23:00 - A Fake Ring, Real Temptation, and a Golden Marriage

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EP268: The Best Worst Counterfeiter in American History, The Woman Introducing STEM Careers to Young Girls and The Museum Dedicated to Mustard Apr 19, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Emerich Juettner was an upstanding citizen... for most of his life. Nicole Small, the former CEO of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, tells us how she is now inspiring young women to pursue careers in STEM. Barry Levenson went from arguing cases in front of the Supreme Court to having the world's largest collection of mustard.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Best Worst Counterfeiter in American History

10:00 - The Woman Introducing STEM Careers to Young Girls

35:00 - The Museum Dedicated to Mustard

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EP267: Fat Bear Week: Who Will be the Fat Bear Champion of Alaska's Katmai National Park?, The Last Days of Kodachrome and “The NOT So Wild, Wild West” Apr 18, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Lian Law is a ranger at Brooks Camp in Katmai National Park and Preserve, and she’s here to share about Fat Bear Week, where bears compete to be the “Fat Bear Champion”. The grandsons of Dwayne Steinle, the Korean War veteran who founded Dwayne's Photo, tell us the story of the time the world descended upon Parsons, Kansas to get their Kodachrome film developed for the last time. 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 - Fat Bear Week: Who Will be the Fat Bear Champion of Alaska's Katmai National Park?

10:00 - The Last Days of Kodachrome

35:00 - “The NOT So Wild, Wild West”

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EP266: Ilene Hall Joined the Army to Search for Her Husband During WWII and Special Neat Treats: A Dad's Gift to His Children with Down Syndrome Apr 18, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Ilene Hall tells us the story of when her husband, to whom she was married in March 1943, finished his training in the Army and was about to be shipped overseas and she decided not to put an ocean between them. Joel Wegener and his wife are blessed with 10 children, 2 of which were diagnosed with Down Syndrome. In his quest to find a fun way to teach them life skills, Joel happened upon the idea of running an ice cream truck, and it grew beyond what he ever could have thought.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Ilene Hall Joined the Army to Search for Her Husband During WWII

23:00 - Special Neat Treats: A Dad's Gift to His Children with Down Syndrome

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EP265: Emma McCormick Sails Away, Real-Life John Wayne and Rhett Butler and The Scout Never Called: Growing Up in Competitive Sports Apr 15, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Emma McCormick was told she'd be working remotely in 2020, so she decided to live on a sailboat in Florida. Roger McGrath and William Yancey from Texas A&M University, Kingsville bring us the story of Richard King and the cattle kings of the Old West who carved empires out of the wilderness. Roger Rench shares with us some memories of his time playing various competitive sports throughout his life that are sure to put a smile on your face.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Emma McCormick Sails Away

10:00 - Real-Life John Wayne and Rhett Butler

35:00 - The Scout Never Called: Growing Up in Competitive Sports

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EP264: Art Burton on Bass Reeves, the First Black Deputy U.S. Marshal West of the Mississippi River Apr 15, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Professor Art T. Burton tells us about the life of Bass Reeves, one of the first black deputy U.S. marshals west of the Mississippi River.

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EP263: Life Beyond My Wildest Dreams: Professional Dog Walker and One Black Troop's Trip to Buchenwald Apr 14, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Ryan Stewart shares his story of how canines have helped him get through life's adversities. Rona Simmons, author of T he Other Veterans Of World War II, Stories from Behind the Front Lines, tells the story of Bill Scott, an African American combat engineer and photographer from Alabama who became one of the "black angels" for prisoners at Buchenwald Concentration Camp.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Life Beyond My Wildest Dreams: Professional Dog Walker

23:00 - One Black Troop's Trip to Buchenwald

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EP262: Discovering Nearest, the Former Enslaved Person Who Taught Jack Daniel How to Make Whiskey and Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross Paying Tribute To “My Greatest Mentor” Apr 14, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Fawn Weaver tells us the story of Uncle Nathan "Nearest" Green, the former enslaved person who taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey. Max Fisher shares the impact his mentor Stephen Ross had on him in ways that his wealth never could.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Discovering Nearest, the former slave who taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey

35:00 - Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross Paying Tribute To “My Greatest Mentor”

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EP261: An Aussie Discovers American Wings and Using Welding To Change Lives Apr 13, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Colin Bettles shares how he found his love for buffalo wings in New York and brought it back to his restaurant in Australia. Steve Bunyard started Regnite hope on Skid row in Los Angeles with the goal to help homeless people get jobs. 11 years later and countless lives have been changed through this welding certification course.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - An Aussie Discovers American Wings

23:00 - Using Welding To Change Lives

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