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Our American Stories

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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17:58

My Father’s Escape from Castro’s Cuba

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2025/08/28

On this episode of Our American Stories,Cuba’s 1959 revolution brought Fidel Castro to power and forced countless families to make an impossible choice: stay under a communist regime or flee their homeland. Mike Gonzalez’s father once called Castro a friend, but soon discovered the price of living under his rule. With freedoms stripped away and fear taking hold, escape became the only option. Mike shares his family’s story of exile, revealing what Cuba was like before Castro and

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10:49

Nellie Bly’s Race Around the World in Seventy-Two Days

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2025/08/28

On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1890, Nellie Bly set out to do what seemed impossible: circle the globe in less than eighty days. Known to her readers as a bold reporter who once went undercover in a mental asylum, Bly was already a household name. But this journey, inspired by Jules Verne’sAround the World in Eighty Days, would make her a legend. Traveling by ship, train, and carriage, she raced against time and returned to New York in just seventy-two days. Support the show

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Cecil B. DeMille and the Birth of Hollywood

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2025/08/28

On this episode of Our American Stories, before Hollywood became the world’s movie capital, one man was already imagining films on a scale no one had ever seen. Cecil B. DeMille brought spectacle to the screen with epics like The Ten Commandments and The King of Kings, setting the standard for what cinema could be. Known as a master showman and a visionary director, DeMille helped transform Los Angeles into the heart of American filmmaking and left behind a legacy that is honored every year

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10:49

Remembering Erika, the Teacher Who Brought the Cold...

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2025/08/27

On this episode of Our American Stories, for Lawson Bader, one teacher changed everything. Erika, his German instructor, wasn’t content to simply drill vocabulary. She wanted her students to see history with their own eyes. That meant taking Lawson to Berlin when the Wall still loomed large, dividing families and a nation. Standing at the Cold War’s most visible fault line, he learned more than any textbook could teach: the consequences of tyranny, the meaning of freedom, and the power

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19:28

Police Mistook Him for a Fugitive. What Happened Next...

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2025/08/27

On this episode of Our American Stories, James King was just a 21-year-old college student walking to work in Grand Rapids when two men suddenly threw him to the ground. Thinking he was being mugged, he fought back until he realized his attackers were undercover law enforcement officers who had mistaken him for someone else. What followed were years of court battles, with King refusing to let the assault be swept aside. Backed by the Institute for Justice, he brought his case to the Supreme Court,

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7:59

The Gettysburg Hero Who Waited 151 Years for the...

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2025/08/27

On this episode of Our American Stories, Alonzo Cushing was just 22 years old when he fell at Gettysburg, standing firm as Confederate troops charged across the field. His courage earned him the respect of his men, but not the honor he deserved. More than 150 years later, advocates carried his name all the way to the White House to secure the Medal of Honor. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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20:18

The Father She Thought Was Dead Lived Just Down the...

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2025/08/27

On this episode of Our American Stories, for Karen Olson, the ache of missing her father began at a school dance where other girls stood beside their dads while she stood alone. Her mother had told her he was dead, and Karen believed it for decades. But the truth was far more complicated. A long-lost family connection surfaced years later and changed everything she thought she knew about her childhood. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See omnystudio.com/listener for

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9:59

The Mountain Man Who Inspired Robert Redford’s...

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2025/08/27

On this episode of Our American Stories, when Robert Redford took on the role of Jeremiah Johnson in 1972, audiences fell in love with the image of a rugged mountain man who carved out a life in the wilderness. But the real Johnson lived a life far stranger and harsher than Hollywood ever showed. Historian Ashley Hlebinsky joins us to pull apart fact from folklore and reveal what Hollywood got right—or wrong. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)See

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7:59

Her Mother Always Told Her She Was Strong... But...

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2025/08/27

On this episode of Our American Stories, Edie Hand remembers an Alabama childhood filled with mud pies, Shetland ponies, and afternoons in the barn where she could dream freely. Her mother kept a perfect home and often reminded her that she was strong, like her grandmother Alice. But while her brothers drew their mother’s attention, Edie was left to prove that strength on her own. Now in her seventies, she looks back on a girlhood shaped by joy, silence, and a search for connection that still

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20:18

We're Holding Our Own: The Wreck of the Edmund...

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2025/08/26

On this episode of Our American Stories, on November 10, 1975, the freighterEdmund Fitzgeraldvanished beneath the stormy waters of Lake Superior, taking all 29 crew members with her. The tragedy became one of the most famous Great Lakes shipwrecks, inspiring Gordon Lightfoot’s haunting ballad The Wreck of theEdmund Fitzgerald. Historian Ric Mixter — a shipwreck diver and documentarian who has actually seen the wreck on the lake bottom — shares the story of the freighter’s

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George Washington’s Letter That Defined Religious...

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2025/08/26

On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1790, George Washington answered a letter from the Hebrew congregation in Newport, Rhode Island. His reply carried words that still echo today: America would give “to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.” It was a radical promise for its time, a vision of a nation where faith and government would remain separate and all people would be free to worship as they chose. Vince Benedetto of Bold Gold Media Group shares the story of how

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How Panama’s Dictator Manuel Noriega Found God in the...

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2025/08/26

On this episode of Our American Stories, in the late 1980s, Panama was at the center of global attention as strongman Manuel Noriega tightened his grip on power. Known for his brutality and ties to the drug trade, he seemed untouchable. But when a hairdresser unknowingly welcomed Noriega’s daughter into her chair, an unlikely chain of events began. That meeting opened the door to the dictator himself, leading to a story of faith that unfolded against the history of Operation Just Cause and the

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30:17

From Sandlots to Super Bowls: The Birth of the NFL

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2025/08/26

On this episode of Our American Stories, long before billion-dollar stadiums and television contracts, professional football was played on dirt lots by men who worked factory shifts by day and risked their bodies by night. Owners mortgaged their futures to keep teams alive, and few believed the sport would last more than a season or two. John Eisenberg, author of The League, traces how those uncertain beginnings gave birth to the NFL we know today. Support the show

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How a Gravedigger Became a Hero: King Solomon and the...

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2025/08/26

On this episode of Our American Stories, in the summer of 1833, Lexington, Kentucky, was brought to its knees by a cholera outbreak. Entire families were lost in a matter of days, and fear spread faster than the disease itself. When the dead outnumbered the living willing to bury them, one man stepped forward. His name was Solomon. Most people in town dismissed him as a drunk gravedigger. But in the middle of the crisis, he dug without stopping, gave the dead their dignity, and kept the city from

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Mary Surratt: The Woman at the Center of the Lincoln...

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2025/08/25

On this episode of Our American Stories, in the weeks after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, authorities hunted not only John Wilkes Booth but also anyone suspected of aiding him. Among the accused was Mary Surratt, a widowed boardinghouse owner in Washington. Investigators claimed her home was the meeting place where the plan to kill the president took shape. The evidence was thin, the public mood was unforgiving, and her trial became a national spectacle. By July 1865, Mary Surratt stood on

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The Woman Who Convinced Lincoln to Make Thanksgiving...

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2025/08/25

On this episode of Our American Stories, before it became the fourth Thursday in November, Thanksgiving was just one of many autumn celebrations scattered across the country. In the mid-1800s, Sarah Josepha Hale, already known for writing “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” saw an opportunity to unite the nation around a shared tradition. For decades, she wrote to governors, editors, and finally President Abraham Lincoln, urging him to declare a national day of thanks. In the midst of the Civil

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17:58

Greg LeMond’s Stunning Tour de France Comeback

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2025/08/25

On this episode of Our American Stories, before 1987, Greg LeMond was already a champion. After 1987, no one expected him to race again. A near-fatal hunting accident left him with life-threatening injuries and months of painful recovery. But in 1989, he returned to the Tour de France, determined to reclaim his place at the top. What followed was a nail-biting battle to the finish line, and a victory measured in seconds that became one of the greatest comebacks in sports history. Support the show

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How a Fugitive Slave’s Jailbreak Fueled the Rise of...

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2025/08/22

On this episode of Our American Stories, in the tense years before the Civil War, Joshua Glover — a man who had escaped slavery — was captured in Wisconsin under the Fugitive Slave Act. His fate seemed sealed until local abolitionists staged a daring public rescue that defied federal law in broad daylight, breaking down the doors of a jail to save him from bondage. That single moment of defiance helped give rise to the Republican Party and became a pivotal turning point in the fight for

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The 1926 Race to the North Pole and the Explorers Who...

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2025/08/22

On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1926, two men set their sights on the same prize: the North Pole. Roald Amundsen took to the air in the Norge, a giant hydrogen airship, while Richard Byrd climbed into a Fokker trimotor and gambled on speed. Both faced bitter cold, unreliable machines, and a wilderness with no safe landing. What happened over those icebound miles changed the future of exploration and cemented the North Pole as one of the last great frontiers. The History Guy shares the

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Why Vietnam Vets Trusted the Writer of "Braveheart"...

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2025/08/22

On this episode of Our American Stories, We Were Soldiersis a motion picture about the Vietnam War, written and directed by Randall Wallace and starring Mel Gibson. Based on the bookWe Were Soldiers Once...and Youngby Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and journalist Joseph L. Galloway, the film tells the story of the Battle of Ia Drang, one of the first major conflicts between American and North Vietnamese forces. Randall Wallace himself shares how the film came to be, and why Vietnam vets trusted him with it

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