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Our 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 about ordinary Americans who do extraordinary things each and every day. Stories from our listeners about their lives. And their history. In that pursuit, we hope we’ll be a place where listeners can refresh their spirit, and be inspired by our stories.
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She Was Carrying A Secret—Her Addiction to Alcohol— And Recovered By Charting Her Own Path
On this episode of Our American Stories, people worldwide have found sobriety through the AA program - but Roseanne Forte relied on faith and found a different way.
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Caring For My Dying Husband Made Life Worth Living
On this episode of Our American Stories, Tracy Grant, the former managing editor at the Washington Post, shares the story of why the days taking care of her dying husband were the best 7 months of her life.
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ILLEGAL: Shooting Bunnies From A Motorboat
On this episode of Our American Stories, Winter Prosapio dives into some of the strange laws we have....and why we have them.
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The Story of Sergeant York: The Religious Pacifist Who Became One of America’s Greatest War Heroes
On this episode of Our American Stories, Sgt. Alvin York— the reluctant World War I infantryman who became an American legend—has stood as a symbol of courage and sacrifice for over a century.The Tennessee mountaineer whose religious convictions at first kept him from fighting became the recipient of the Medal of Honor and nearly 50 other decorations for single-handedly capturing (132) or killing (28) an entire German machine‐gun battalion.Here to tell the story is JD Phillips, who runs the popular YouTube channel, The Appalachian Storyteller.
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The Story of America: The Declaration of Cultural Independence
On this episode of Our American Stories, in our 24th episode of our Story of America series with Bill McClay, author of Land of Hope, Bill tells the story of how through the efforts of a few men in Concord, Massachussetts, America became culturally unique from our mother country—Britain.
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The Story of a Mob and the KKK vs. the Freedom Riders of 1961
On this episode of Our American Stories, Kirk Higgins, the Senior Director of Content at the Bill of Rights Institute, tells the story of one of the most harrowing bus journeys of all time, the courageous men and women who went on it, and the mob that attacked them for wanting to ride as equals to each other.To find out more about the Bill of Rights Institute, click this link HERE
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