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EP190: Finding Purpose in Life's Darkest Moments and When America Doubled In Size Feb 17, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, MollyKate Cline, a 20-year fashion designer featured in New York Fashion Week, shares how she has found beauty and life from darkness. Dr. Bradley Birzer and Dr. Dedra Birzer of Hillsdale College tell the story of the Louisiana Purchase.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Finding Purpose in Life's Darkest Moments

35:00 - When America Doubled In Size

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EP189: What Happened When a Kid Sued Pepsi for a Harrier Jet?, Big Nose Kate, More than Doc Holliday's Woman and From # 1 Party School to Most Innovative College in America Feb 16, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Sean Kernan of Medium helps us tell the story of Leonard v. PepsiCo Inc. A law school classic that helps kids navigate the curious world of contract law, but in 1999 it was serious business. The History Guy tells us how Big Nose Kate was much more than Doc Holliday's lady. The President of Arizona State University, Michael Crow, brings us behind the scenes of education's most exciting innovations to show us how ASU is using cutting edge technology to better train their students.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - What Happened When a Kid Sued Pepsi for a Harrier Jet?

10:00 - Big Nose Kate, More than Doc Holliday's Woman

23:00 - From # 1 Party School to Most Innovative College in America

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EP188: The Best Worst Counterfeiter in American History, The Blessing of Rejection and 100 Women Creating Transformation In Their Own Backyard Feb 15, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Bill Bright tells us how Emerich Juettner was an upstanding citizen... for most of his life. Masada Siegel shares how her father’s very unexpected reaction to college rejection letters shaped the rest of her life. Wendy Steele could have never imagined that an idea for her community of Cincinnati... would have snowballed into 65 chapters across the world and over $80 million donated.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Best Worst Counterfeiter in American History

10:00 - The Blessing of Rejection

23:00 - 100 Women Creating Transformation In Their Own Backyard

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EP187: Busy Mother Of Six Befriends Retired Cop and A Place at Groucho’s Table Feb 14, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Heidi Viars shares about how her life changed when she began showing some neighborly kindness to an old grumpy retired cop. In college, Steve Stoliar’s dad wanted him to get a job, but Steve didn’t want to work at Taco Bell… so he called up Groucho Marx.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Busy Mother Of Six Befriends Retired Cop

23:00 - A Place at Groucho’s Table

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EP186: An Ordinary Cloth With An Extraordinary Story, Route 66: The Most Famous Highway In The World, The German Immigrant Who Gave Us Banquet Beer and “The NOT So Wild, Wild West” Feb 11, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Chris Graham of the American Civil War Museum in Richmond, Virginia tells the story of one of their objects on display with an extraordinary story we're just now finding out. Jim Hinckley tells the story of Route 66 starting from its inception to what it has become today. Visit JimHinckleysAmerica.com for more on Route 66. Pete Coors tells the story of Coors Banquet as an icon in the beer industry and how its conception began with a German immigrant, Adolph Coors, living in a Colorado mining town. As part of our rule of law series, 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 - An Ordinary Cloth With An Extraordinary Story

10:00 - Route 66: The Most Famous Highway In The World

23:00 - The German Immigrant Who Gave Us Banquet Beer

35:00 - “The NOT So Wild, Wild West”

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EP185: The Careful Art of Caring for Your Horse, Suing To Sell Soup and A Divorced Father Living with His Marine Son Feb 10, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, regular contributor Bill Bryk brings us another adventure in riding and teaches us just how meticulous the grooming routine can be. Danielle Mickelson tells us how her business 'Mickelson Tiny Plants' was expanding and bringing fresh homemade food to the people of Rolla, North Dakota...but how the state health department had other ideas. Bob McLalan shares how had he known his father would be living with him for 18 months, he would have thrown him out that first night.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Careful Art of Caring for Your Horse

10:00 - Suing To Sell Soup

35:00 - A Divorced Father Living with His Marine Son

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EP184: Responsibility and Respect Run in the Rakeman Family and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Feb 09, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Steve Rakeman was told that his father was passing on his name to him clean, and that Steve should pass it on to his sons the same way. Steve and his son Mike tell how that philosophy has shaped their lives. Ric Mixter of Lake Fury tells the story of how on November 10th, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald and her 29 man crew were sent to the bottom of Lake Superior.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Responsibility and Respect Run in the Rakeman Family

23:00 - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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EP183: The Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 17) and America's Last King: The Story of King George III Feb 08, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Andrew Thompson continues to share another slice from his ultimate guide to understanding these baffling mini mysteries of the English language. English historian Andrew Roberts tells the story of King George III, and why he isn't the man he's often painted out to be.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 17)

10:00 - America's Last King: The Story of King George III

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EP182: Hollywood Goes To War and Miles C. Collier on Material Culture Feb 07, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, it’s time for another one of Roger McGrath’s “Hollywood Goes To War” stories. Here he is with the story of Henry Fonda. Miles C. Collier, one of the world's top collectors, tells us about "the archeological automobile."

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Hollywood Goes To War

35:00 - Miles C. Collier on Material Culture

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EP181: Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians Feb 04, 2022

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On this episode of Our American Stories, One of the most successful blackjack teams in America is made up entirely of Christians. Here to tell the story are two of the winningest players, Colin Jones, founder of BlackJackApprenticeship.com. And the player dubbed “the most notorious card counter in America,” David Drury.

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