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Our American Stories
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Before I Love Lucy, Lucille Ball Spent Years Being Told No
On this episode of Our American Stories, few television comedies have had the lasting impact of I Love Lucy. When the show debuted in the early 1950s, Lucille Ball quickly became one of the most recognizable performers in American entertainment. Her success did not arrive quickly. For years, Ball …
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A Family Speaks At Their Fallen Hero's Funeral: Colorado Deputy Micah Flick
On this episode of Our American Stories, on February 5, 2018, Colorado Deputy Micah Flick was killed in the line of duty while responding to a call in Colorado Springs. His death was one of many law enforcement line-of-duty deaths that year, and it left a family, a department, and a community griev…
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The Faith That Led One Company to Give Away Half Its Profits
On this episode of Our American Stories, when Steve Trice started Jasco Products in 1975, he didn’t set out just to build a successful and profitable company. Guided by his Christian faith, he believed his business could be a way to serve others. That belief eventually led Jasco to make an extraor…
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A Small-Town Iowa Fourth of July in 1907
On this episode of Our American Stories, Joy Neal Kidney, a regular contributor of Our American Stories, shares the tale behind a cherished family photograph taken on the Fourth of July in 1907. Through the memoirs of Leora Goff, we're transported to small-town Iowa, where parades, brass bands, pic…
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The Decision That Turned Johnsonville Into America’s Top Sausage Brand
On this episode of Our American Stories, Johnsonville Sausage grew into the best-selling sausage brand in the United States, but the company’s success did not come from product alone. It also came from a culture that placed unusual trust in its employees. When a Johnsonville plant in Watertown, Wi…
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The Chinese Laundry Owner Who Took San Francisco to the Supreme Court
On this episode of Our American Stories, in the 1880s, San Francisco passed an ordinance regulating laundries that operated in wooden buildings. On paper, the law applied to everyone. In practice, city officials enforced it almost entirely against Chinese immigrant laundry owners. One of those bus…
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The Colorado Company That Built Success by Hiring At-Risk Workers
On this episode of Our American Stories, across the United States, many young people labeled “at risk” struggle to find stable work and long-term career opportunities. In Colorado, one electrical contracting company decided to confront that challenge directly. Weifield Group began hiring and train…
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Why Benjamin Franklin Printed the Sermons of a Man He Didn’t Believe
On this episode of Our American Stories, during the 1730s and 1740s, George Whitefield traveled through colonial America preaching revival sermons that drew enormous crowds. His voice became one of the defining forces of the First Great Awakening. Among those who followed Whitefield’s rise was Ben…
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The Scout Never Called: Growing Up in Competitive Sports
On this episode of Our American Stories, Our American Stories listener from Iowa, Roger Rench, shares memories from his time playing various competitive sports throughout his life that are sure to put a smile on your face. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)
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Olive Oatman and the Tattoo That Marked a Life Between Cultures
On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1851, Olive Oatman was thirteen years old and traveling west with her Mormon family during the era of westward expansion. Along the way, her family was attacked, and Olive and her younger sister were taken captive. For years, Olive lived among Native Ame…
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