Our American Stories

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Latest Episodes:

EP210: A Light in the Sky and Inventor and Founder of Jelly Belly Mar 09, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Richard Muniz tells the story of his first time seeing a satellite during a trip into the mountains of New Mexico. Here is the amazing true story of David Klein, an eccentric candy inventor from Los Angeles, who is the creator and founder of Jelly Belly jellybeans.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - A Light in the Sky

10:00 - Inventor and Founder of Jelly Belly

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EP209: Story of the Borderline Massacre and The Man Who Created the Coors Light Silver Bullet Can Mar 09, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, A mass shooting took place on November 7, 2018, in Thousand Oaks, California, at the Borderline Bar & Grill, a country-western bar frequented by college students. Thirteen people were killed. Tyler Spady was one of the roughly 250 patrons on that fateful night. The story of how Marc Barrios, a cuban refugee, would make his mark on the American Advertising Industry.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Story of the Borderline Massacre

23:00 - The Man Who Created the Coors Light Silver Bullet Can

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EP208: Weifield Group Hires “At Risk” Individuals and with Good Reason!, Comfort From Canine Companionship and A Boy Waits for His POW Father Mar 08, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, It's hard to believe that a company who has hired over 100 “at risk” individuals would be competing for the title as the top electrical contracting company in Colorado AND also the U.S. Let Karla Nugent and Curt Andersen convince you otherwise. Stephen Rusiniak shares about his four legged son that helped him and his wife through their struggle with infertility. 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 - Weifield Group Hires “At Risk” Individuals and with Good Reason!

23:00 - Comfort From Canine Companionship

35:00 - A Boy Waits for His POW Father

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EP207: Dog Becomes Best Medicine Through Woman's Cancer Treatments, The Man Who Paints Rocks For Our Veterans and The South Vietnamese Pilot Who Stole A Plane To Save His Family Mar 08, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Stephen Rusiniak’s story about his dad’s dog Benny and his mom Doris. From the book Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Very Good, Very Bad Dog, which you can pickup at chickensoup.com. Hear how Ray Bubba Sorensen II decided to start painting rocks to honor our veterans across all 99 counties in Iowa. Find out more about the Freedom Rock Foundation HERE. Historian, Hill Goodspeed, from the Naval Aviation Museum brings us the story of Major Buang-Ly who worked as a pilot with the United States military during the Vietnam War. When the U.S. began evacuating South Vietnam, Major Buang-Ly knew he had to get his family out.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Dog Becomes Best Medicine Through Woman's Cancer Treatments

10:00 - The Man Who Paints Rocks For Our Veterans

35:00 - The South Vietnamese Pilot Who Stole A Plane To Save His Family

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EP206: A Woman's Self-Made Journey from Motown to Small Town and Stalin’s Daughter: American Citizen, Wisconsin Cheesehead?! Mar 07, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Fawn Weaver grew up the daughter of Motown Record royalty, Frank Wilson, but her parentage is only the beginning. From growing up, moving out young, and starting several business, she's learned lessons about equality, fitting in, fear, and much more. The History Guy recalls when 85-year-old Lana Peters passed away in 2011 from complications due to colon cancer while the nation seemed to have forgotten the woman who had become a sensation during the Cold War.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - A Woman's Self-Made Journey from Motown to Small Town

35:00 - Stalin’s Daughter: American Citizen, Wisconsin Cheesehead?!

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EP205: The Investing Legend Giving Away ALL His Money and Smashing Saloons and Breaking Barriers Mar 07, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Leon Cooperman shares his life story of growing up in a rough neighborhood of New York City and becoming one of the most successful investors in history. Travis Spangenburg, Creative and Production Manager for the American Prohibition Museum in Savannah, GA tells the story of the prohibition laws in America.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Investing Legend Giving Away ALL His Money

23:00 - Smashing Saloons and Breaking Barriers

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EP204: The Joys of An Ordinary Tree and The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt Mar 04, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Joy Neal Kidney, author of Leora's Letters: The Story of Love and Loss for an Iowa Family During World War II, tells the story of the ordinary tree in her yard which has given her so much. In his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, T.J. Stiles tells the dramatic story of Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt’s humble birth during the presidency of George Washington to his death as one of the richest men in American history.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Joys of An Ordinary Tree

10:00 - The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

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EP203: The Time When The ACLU and NRA Agreed, When the Game Show “Press Your Luck” Didn’t Require Much Luck, Growing Up Rural: Dangling Feet and When Shooting Weddings And Chasing Storms Collide Mar 04, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, learn how the ACLU and NRA have been fighting for our shared constitutional rights. Matt Parker, a comedian and mathematician from Australia, tells the story of the time Michael Larson was shockingly good at the game show "Press Your Luck," and gives a look into why computers can’t be random. Scott Jones, the author ofGrowing Up Rural, tells a story from his book about a very chilling experience that happened to him in his youth...and the lesson he learned from it. Arizona-based photographer, Mike Olbinski, shares how his passions for taking family photos, shooting weddings and also... chases storms collided.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Time When The ACLU and NRA Agreed

10:00 - When the Game Show “Press Your Luck” Didn’t Require Much Luck

23:00 - Growing Up Rural: Dangling Feet

35:00 - When Shooting Weddings And Chasing Storms Collide

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EP202: Letting Your Daughter Grow Up and The Hiding Place Mar 03, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Stephen Rusiniak shares his story of watching his daughter grow out of her old toys and into a teenager. All in all, it is estimated that around 800 Jews were saved by Corrie ten Boom and her family. Hear Corrie (who moved to and is buried in the United States) tell her story!

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Letting Your Daughter Grow Up

10:00 - The Hiding Place

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EP201: The Small Town Theater Company Making a Big Difference and The Cloud-Juicing Entrepreneur Who Bottles Rainwater Mar 03, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Don Arthurs and Erich Offenburg tell the story of their special needs program that won Columbiana the title of "Nicest Place in America. Richard Heinichen tells us how his company, Richard's Rainwater, is changing the game forever in the water industry.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Small Town Theater Company Making a Big Difference

35:00 - The Cloud-Juicing Entrepreneur Who Bottles Rainwater

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