Our American Stories
Our American Stories
Playlist by Our American StoriesOur American Stories tells stories that aren’t being told. Positive stories about generosity and courage, resilience and redemption, faith and love. Stories about the past and present. And stories abo…Follow the podcast:
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Mary Kay: The Woman Behind the Pink Cadillac Empire
On this episode of Our American Stories, before Mary Kay became one of the most recognizable names in American business, she was a divorced mother, a widow, a lifelong saleswoman repeatedly passed over for promotion, and a woman who wasn't even allowed to open a bank account without her husband's p…
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How One Flying Fortress Accidentally Became the First to Bomb Berlin
On this episode of Our American Stories, in March 1944, Lt. Bill Owen's crew wasn't supposed to make history. Flying one of the Eighth Air Force's secret radar-equipped Pathfinder B-17s, they pressed on toward Berlin after the rest of the bomber stream received a recall order. Through a remarkable …
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The Real Chef Boyardee: The Immigrant Who Fed America
On this episode of Our American Stories, when 16-year-old Hector Boiardi arrived at Ellis Island from Italy in 1914, he couldn't have imagined that his face would one day appear on supermarket shelves across America. After becoming a celebrated chef, he turned his restaurant's most popular takeout …
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The Spy Ship North Korea Won't Give Back: USS Pueblo
On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1968, at the height of the Cold War, the USS Pueblo sat in international waters off the coast of North Korea. Then six North Korean vessels and two MiG fighters closed in. Outgunned and unable to escape, the U.S. Navy intelligence ship was captured, and i…
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George Mitchell and the 17-Year Gamble That Changed America Forever
On this episode of Our American Stories, in the early 1980s, nearly everyone in the oil and gas industry believed producing natural gas from shale was a waste of time and money. George Mitchell disagreed. For 17 years, he poured hundreds of millions of dollars into an idea that even his own executi…
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Nan Aspinwall: The First Woman to Ride Across America Alone
On this episode of Our American Stories, Nan Aspinwall could rope, ride, shoot, and perform alongside the biggest stars of Buffalo Bill's Wild West. But in 1910, she accomplished something no woman had ever done before: she rode alone on horseback from San Francisco to New York, covering nearly 4,5…
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What The Giving Tree Taught Me About Motherhood
On this episode of Our American Stories, for years, Winter Prosapio couldn't stand The Giving Tree. She saw it as the story of a tree that gave everything to someone who never seemed to appreciate it. Then she became a mother. In this heartfelt reflection, Winter shares how raising two daughters t…
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The Runaway Mother Who Helped End the Fugitive Slave Act
On this episode of Our American Stories, when Catherine Thompson escaped slavery in Maryland, she built a new life in New Jersey and gave birth to a son born free. But after a slave catcher lured her into a trap in Philadelphia, she faced an impossible choice: surrender her child or risk them both …
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The Story of America: Manifest Destiny [Ep. 26]
On this episode of Our American Stories, in the 1840s, America stretched west at a breathtaking pace. Texas joined the Union, the Mexican-American War added vast new territory, the California Gold Rush transformed the West, and the dream of a nation from sea to shining sea became reality. For our o…
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Abraham Lincoln's Final Journey Home
On this episode of Our American Stories, on April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln looked forward to peace for the first time in four years. By the following morning, the president lay dead after John Wilkes Booth's assassination at Ford's Theatre. What followed became one of the largest public displays o…
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