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Latest Episodes:

EP93: The Titanic’s Last Hero, Peace for the Warrior: Life Moves Yoga and Lessons From Gizmo the Dog Oct 12, 2021

Show notes

On this episode of Our American Stories, Lowell Lytle saw the Titanic first-hand and he tells his story and the story of The Titanic’s Last Hero; Beth Funk tells the story of her Yoga studio near Fort Hood, Texas that's been helping our men and women in uniform and anyone who wants to come in- find grounding; and Paul Bauer, a regular contributor, tells the story about the valuable lessons his dog has taught him.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Titanic’s Last Hero

18:00 - Peace for the Warrior: Life Moves Yoga

27:30 - Lessons From Gizmo the Dog

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EP92: The Great Vowel Shift and the Making of Modern English and Superman Versus the Ku Klux Klan Oct 11, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, The History Guy shares the story of “The Great Vowel Shift” and the making of modern English which has now become the official language in over 75 countries; and Rick Bowers shares how an undercover agent infiltrated the KKK, and with the help of Superman exposed them to the world.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Great Vowel Shift and the Making of Modern English

18:00 - Superman Versus the Ku Klux Klan

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EP91: Bankrupt and Dying from Cancer, "I Felt Guilty About Being Successful, Until..." and The Fateful Night During WWII Cecil Wax Met God Oct 08, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Christopher Klein tell the story of how former U.S. president and Civil War hero, Ulysses S Grant raced to complete a literary masterpiece that saved his wife from destitution; Ralph Stayer, the founder of Johnsonville Sausage, shares his incredible faith journey; and Marilyn Jensen tells the harrowing story of when her father went on a supply run amidst a German bombing.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Bankrupt and Dying from Cancer

08:00 - "I Felt Guilty About Being Successful, Until..."

27:30 - The Fateful Night During WWII Cecil Wax Met God

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EP90: A Medal of Honor Recipient Through The Eyes of His Father and He Travels the Country Reviewing... Onion Rings? Oct 07, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Paul Monti shares the story of his son, Jared Monti, a true hero who died in service of our country trying to save a fellow soldier in the mountains of Afghanistan and Tyler Groenendal of Grand Rapids, Michigan, has perhaps the most interesting side gig of all-time... reviewing onion rings—and he's been doing it for years and has no plans to stop.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - A Medal of Honor Recipient Through The Eyes of His Father

27:30 - He Travels the Country Reviewing... Onion Rings?

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EP89: The History of Pinball, The Day a Soviet Nuclear Attack Submarine Rammed an American Aircraft Carrier and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Oct 06, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Jeremy Saucier of the Strong Museum of Play shares the long, and surprising, history of pinball--from its origins in French parlor games, to its prohibition, and then to its emergence as the immersive and popular game that it is today; The History Guy shares how in 1984, during a period of Cold War tension, a Soviet submarine collided with a United States aircraft carrier; and Ric Mixter of Lake Fury tells the story of how the Edmund Fitzgerald was bigger than most with a crew and captain well seasoned...but how on November 10th, 1975, she and her 29 man crew were sent to the bottom of Lake Superior.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The History of Pinball

08:00 - The Day a Soviet Nuclear Attack Submarine Rammed an American Aircraft Carrier

18:00 - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

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EP88: A Presidential Sized Comeback: The Story of Ulysses S. Grant and Co-Founder of The Ritz Carlton Oct 05, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Dr. John Marszalek and Eddie Rangel of the Grant Presidential Library tell the story about how Grant went from selling firewood on a street corner, to leading the US Army to victory in the Civil War. Sometimes the only way to deal with someone acting tough is to be tough back; however, sometimes you need to accept responsibility, even if you’re not the one who made the decision because, as Horst Schulze says, there’s a difference between “management” and “leadership.”

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Time Codes:

00:00 - A Presidential Sized Comeback: The Story of Ulysses S. Grant

27:30 - Co-Founder of The Ritz Carlton, Horst Schulze: “The Union is coming! The Union is coming!”

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EP87: A Light in the Sky, From Exploitation to Exultation: Escaping the Sex Industry and Why Led Zepplin Pays Royalties to a Southern Bluesman Oct 04, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, a regular show listener, Richard Muniz, tells us about his childhood memories watching satellites; Harmony Dust Grillo shares how she was seemingly trapped in the commercial sex industry and struggled until a new friendship led to a change in her life; and the story behind why Led Zeppelin pays royalties to a southern Bluesman.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - A Light in the Sky

08:00 - From Exploitation to Exultation: Escaping the Sex Industry

18:00 - Why Led Zeppelin Pays Royalties to a Southern Bluesman

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EP86: The Unlikely Pair Who Share A Liver and The Legendary Man Known as "Babe" Oct 01, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Vic Billingsley and Kara French's harrowing transplant journeys that unexpectedly led to a unique friendship and Mike Gibbons, Director Emeritus and Curator of the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum, to tells us why there is perhaps no name that looms bigger in sports history, or American culture, than Babe Ruth.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - The Unlikely Pair Who Share A Liver

27:30 - The Legendary Man Known as "Babe"

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EP85: Abraham Lincoln: Our First "Wired" President, The Man Who Paints Rocks For Our Veterans and The Child Inventor Determined to Save Babies from Overheated Cars Sep 30, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, the story of how President Abraham Lincoln used a telegraph to secure the win of the Civil War; Ray Bubba Sorensen II shares why he decided to start painting rocks to honor our veterans across all 99 counties in Iowa; and Danny Mefford shares what made him think of creating The Baby Saver to prevent babies from being left inside overheated cars.

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Time Codes:

00:00 - Abraham Lincoln: Our First "Wired" President

08:00 - The Man Who Paints Rocks For Our Veterans

27:30 - The Child Inventor Determined to Save Babies from Overheated Cars

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EP84: A Woman's Self-Made Journey from Motown to Small Town and The 1946 Battle of Alcatraz Sep 29, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Fawn Weaver shares how she grew up being the daughter of Frank Wilson to starting several businesses and the lessons learned throughout her life; The History Guy shares the story of the escape attempt in the infamous Alcatraz Federal penitentiary in San Francisco, California, that led to a standoff.

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Time Codes:

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

27:30 The 1946 Battle of Alcatraz

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