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EP45: The Sparks Family, Harold Nelson and Walt Whitman Aug 09, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Sparky tells the story of his mother, Mary Sparks, and how faith, infidelity, and forgiveness grew his family not once, but twice; Rishi Sharma brings us the story of Harold Nelson and his role in WWII, Kelly Scott Franklin tells the tale of Walt Whitman's role in the Union and Confederate army and his literary accounts of the Civil War.

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EP44: LA Speed Check, Travel Trailers and the Louisiana Purchase Aug 08, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Major Brian Shul shares his legendary "LA Speed Check" story; Brian K. Broadway tells the story of how seeing a family of 3 living inside their car inspired him to create travel trailers and establish the organization Find, Feed and Restore; and Bradley and Dedra Birzer explain the significance of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase.

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EP43: A Mother's Love, The Ugandan Foster Parent and Texas Homestead Exemption Laws Aug 07, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Texan author Winter Prosapio tells the story of how motherhood and the bond with her daughter changed her perspective on life; Peter Mutabazi shares how he escaped his abusive father in Uganda, Africa and became a foster parent in America; and the history of the Texas Homestead Exemption laws.

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EP42: The Giving Tree, Travel Trailers and the Blackburn Boys Aug 06, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Texan author Winter Prosapio shares the lessons she learned from The Giving Tree and her critique of how so many of us, like the tree, give until we have nothing left; Brian K. Broadway tells the story of how seeing a family of 3 living inside their car inspired him to create travel trailers and establish the organization Find, Feed and Restore; and Edie Hand shares how the bonds with her brothers, one-by-one, were changed forever by tragedy.

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EP41: A Mother's Love and The Founder of Best Buy Aug 05, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Texan author Winter Prosapio tells the story of how motherhood and the bond with her daughter changed her perspective on life; and Richard Schulze shares how his fathers teachings led him to be independent and how that independence revealed valuable life lessons that led him to establish the multi-billion dollar company Best Buy.

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EP40: My Veteran Best Friend and Marx Brothers Movies Aug 04, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, former marine, Jason Porter, tells the story of meeting his best friend Forrest Johnson and how serving in WWII impacted him; Screenwriter, author and voice over actor Steve Stoliar retells how he discovered a long lost Marx Brothers film and the impact those movies had on him.

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EP39: Job Interview in Slippers, Battle of Midway, and The Running Knitter Jul 28, 2021

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Joshua Texidor moved to Nashville and worked hard to find what he enjoys AND what he's good at; also, Anne Claire tells the story of the Battle of Midway, America's "make or break" moment in World War II; and finally, Professor David Babcock shares his story of how he came to hold the Guinness world record for knitting the longest scarf while running a marathon.

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EP38: Summer Days with Dad, Fighting Founding Fathers, and The Pittsburgh Pirates' Dream Jul 21, 2021

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On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, Randall Haley reminisces about the yearly Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi; also, Dr. Adam Carrington of Hillsdale College tells the story of The Alien and Sedition Acts, some one of America's most controversial laws ever passed; and finally, Joe Klimchak tells the story of how his MLB dream came to be and the lengths to which he went to make them happen.

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EP37: Allegory-Beauty from Ashes, Tale of the Texas, and No More Red-light Tickets Jul 14, 2021

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On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, Chad Schumacher, tells the story of when a family health scare turned their life upside-down and shaped his and his wife's career for the next decade; also, Jackson McQigg of the Atlanta History Center tells the story of the principle chase locomotive of the Great Railroad Chase...a story which goes much deeper than just that; and finally Hugh Eastwood and Bevis Schock, civil rights lawyers in St. Louis, tell about the time they filed suit in three separate cases and all three cases were heard by Missouri Supreme Court in one mammoth morning argument.

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EP36: Miraculous Vietnam Encounter, Lavagirl's Return, and The History of Harley Davidson Jul 07, 2021

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On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, Dick Erickson, a Marine helicopter pilot, tells about his time serving in Vietnam; also, Taylor Dooley shares the story of when she played the role of Lavagirl at the age of 13, and why, more than 15 years later, she has returned to acting to play the same role in the Netflix Film We Can Be Heroes; and finally, Margie Siegal, author of Harley-Davidson: A History of the World’s Most Famous Motorcycle, shares the story of Harley-Davidson.

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