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Latest Episodes:

EP131: “I Will Remember For The Both Of Us", A One Lawyer Town has it’s Ups and Downs and Why Are Bananas So Cheap? Dec 01, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Laura Sangster shares her love story between her and her husband. All was well until her husband, Fred, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's; Bill Bright shares the story of how he helped a young girl who ended up in legal trouble; and the History Guy tells us why bananas are the cheapest fruit in the U.S.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - “I Will Remember For The Both Of Us"

23:00 - A One Lawyer Town has it’s Ups and Downs

35:00 - Why Are Bananas So Cheap?

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EP130: The Holiday Inn Founder Who Had No Shame and The Two Men Who Ended Red Light Camera Tickets Nov 30, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Kemmons Wilson's hilarious interactions with Muhammad Ali, Sam Walton, McIlhenny's Tabasco, and Sam Phillips; St. Louis civil rights lawyers, Hugh Eastwood and Bevis Schock, tell us how they filed suit in three separate cases against the red light cameras. All three cases were heard by Missouri Supreme Court in one mammoth morning argument.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Holiday Inn Founder Who Had No Shame

23:00 - The Two Men Who Ended Red Light Camera Tickets

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EP129: ILLEGAL: Shooting Bunnies From A Motorboat?, The Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions and A Dad's Gift to His Children with Down Syndrome Nov 29, 2021

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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.; Andrew Thompson, continues to share another slice from his ultimate guide to understanding these baffling mini mysteries of the English language; and 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 - ILLEGAL: Shooting Bunnies From A Motorboat?

10:00 - The Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

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

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EP128: Butch Hartman Drew My Childhood and Harvard's President Believed Books, Not Schooling, Were the Key To Education Nov 26, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, meet Butch Hartman, creator of Fairly Odd Parents, Danny Phantom, and so much more and hear how he went from the snowy shores of Michigan to the sunny coast of SoCal; and Jon Elfner helps tell the story behind Harvard president Charles Eliot's claim that "all a man needs for a good education is a 5-foot bookshelf" and what came to be known as "The Harvard Classics."

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Butch Hartman Drew My Childhood

23:00 - Harvard's President Believed Books, Not Schooling, Were the Key To Education

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EP127: Thanksgiving Hour Nov 25, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Robert Tracy McKenzie tells the story of the history of thanksgiving and what led to us celebrating it today.

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EP126: An Awfully Awkward Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Dinner with a Bosnian family, How the Master Chef Lost the Thanksgiving Turkey and Surprised by Hunger Nov 25, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Stephen Rusiniak shares an awfully awkward Thanksgiving story after being warned by his mother not to be late; Joy Neal Kidney shares the story of two unforgettable Thanksgivings with Bosnian refugees; Steven Reid shares the story about when he lost a turkey for a family who hired him as their private chef; Lindsey Gallant tells her story of when she was challenged to an eating contest by a boy at her church.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - An Awfully Awkward Thanksgiving

10:00 - Thanksgiving Dinner with a Bosnian family

23:00 - How the Master Chef Lost the Thanksgiving Turkey

35:00 - Surprised by Hunger

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EP125: The Evolution of Star Wars Merchandise and The B-25 In the Backyard Nov 24, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Star Wars enthusiast and museum curator Jarod Roll shares how Star Wars revolutionized movie merchandising, licensing and how kids played with toys; and Wally Soplata tells the story of his eccentric union carpenter father who collected rare and vintage WWII aircraft for pennies on the dime.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Star Wars

23:00 - The B-25 In the Backyard

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EP124: America Builds Up: The Bremerton Naval Yards, Why I Opened a Business for My Daughter and Under My Thumb Nov 23, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, teacher, organist, choir director, and World War II history buff Anne Clare, tells the story of how World War II impacted a small Navy town on the West Coast; Donna Howard shares the story of how she created a business to be able to provide a supportive work environment for people who are neurodivergent; Listener Brent Timmons tells the story of a lesson in parenting he learned while on a family trip to Kentucky.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - America Builds Up: The Bremerton Naval Yards

23:00 - Why I Opened a Business for My Daughter

35:00 - Under My Thumb

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EP123: The Needle In The Hand, The Bigger the Bureaucracy, the Smaller the Customer and "Separate, but Equal": The Story of Supreme Injustice (Plessy v. Ferguson) Nov 22, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Joy Neal Kidney tells the story of her grandmother's needle incident during the Depression years; Mike Leven shares his story as past President and Chief Operating Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp. One of the great hoteliers of all time—a legend in his business; and Homer Plessy's descendant, Keith Plessy, tells us the story of the Plessy v. Ferguson case, as well as what he and Judge Ferguson's descendant are doing about it now.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Needle In The Hand

10:00 - The Bigger the Bureaucracy, the Smaller the Customer

23:00 - "Separate, but Equal": The Story of Supreme Injustice (Plessy v. Ferguson)

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EP122: Searching For My Husband During WWII and My 48 Hours with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly Nov 19, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Ilene Hall tells the story of when she enlisted in the Army WAC in 1943, to follow her husband, Edward “Ken” Hall to war; and While working for Dick Cavett, Steve Stoliar met not one but two of Hollywood’s greatest dance legends.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Searching For My Husband During WWII

23:00 - My 48 Hours with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly

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