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A Recast of ‘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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Recastable Episodes (4514)

1. EP7: Iowa's Forgotten NBA Team, The NYC Public Library's Family, and America's Greatest Female Spy Jan. 10, 2021
2. EP8: The Louisiana Purchase was a Big Deal, A Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum?, and Superman vs. the KKK Jan. 17, 2021
3. EP9: Single Mother Trucking Company, PepsiCo and the Fighter Jet, and Major Clark Gable Jan. 24, 2021
4. EP10: The Woman Who Saved The Lewis and Clark Expedition, From Poverty to the CEO of 7-Eleven, The Factory That Manufactures One Million Kazoos A Year Feb. 1, 2021
5. EP11: Texas Treats Their Women Right, Andrew Jackson's Swearing Parrot, and The DiMaggio Brothers Feb. 7, 2021
6. EP12: Levi Strauss: The Jewish Immigrant Who Gave Blue Jeans to the World Feb. 14, 2021
7. EP13: The Museum Dedicated To Mustard Feb. 16, 2021
8. EP14: Giving Out Pizza From Second Story Apartment Raises Over $30,000 Feb. 17, 2021
9. EP15: The Transatlantic Cable: A Thread Across the Ocean Feb. 18, 2021
10. EP16: A Marine’s Journey to Fallujah and Back Feb. 19, 2021
11. EP17: An Australian's Love For American Wings Feb. 22, 2021
12. EP18: Jim Thorpe: All-American, Native American (And The Carlisle Indian Football Team) Feb. 23, 2021
13. EP19: The Banjo’s Trip Through History Feb. 24, 2021
14. EP20: Brent Evanoff: Rediscovering What I Lost in the Military” Feb. 25, 2021
15. EP21: My Unusual Conversations With Two Fraternity Brothers Right Before They Died Feb. 26, 2021
16. EP22: Washington's Courage, E-Sports Champion, and Jack Daniel's Teacher March 18, 2021
17. EP23: JC Newman Cigars, Bad Medicine, and Unlikely Friends March 24, 2021
18. EP24: The Texas Grocery Miracle, The Pilsner in America, and 7-Eleven's American Dream March 31, 2021
19. EP25: Groucho's Assistant, Pointy Hat Prank, and Jelly Belly's Founder April 7, 2021
20. EP26: Bottled Rainwater, Ford v. Ferrari: The Rematch, and Overcoming the KKK April 14, 2021
21. EP27: 100-Year Old Skydiver, Therapy through Dungeons & Dragons, and A History of NYC April 21, 2021
22. EP28: Blockbuster vs. Netflix, The History of Spam, and The Iowa Freedom Rocks April 28, 2021
23. EP29: Saturday Morning Cartoons, The Man in a Glass Coffin, and The Road to Sobriety May 5, 2021
24. EP30: Gameshow Trickery, Foster Care Saint, and Hollywood's Only Flying Ace May 12, 2021
25. EP31: Most Decorated War Dog, Lincoln and the Telegraph, Joplin, MO: Before and After May 19, 2021
26. EP32: Paying Your Own Child Support, Left Office/Gone Sailing, The Catholic Who Fought Back May 26, 2021
27. Memorial Day Special: A Medal of Honor Recipient Through The Eyes of His Father May 31, 2021
28. EP33: Collecting Vintage Airplanes, The Disastrous 1904 Olympics, and The Cadillac of Flashlights June 10, 2021
29. EP 34: Family Bonds, Hollywood Genius, and the Cuban Coors Lite Story June 16, 2021
30. Father's Day Special: The Good, The Bad, and The Unexpected June 21, 2021
31. EP35: The Forgotten Grave, Mad Anthony Wayne, and Memphis Whiskey June 30, 2021
32. EP36: Miraculous Vietnam Encounter, Lavagirl's Return, and The History of Harley Davidson July 7, 2021
33. EP37: Allegory-Beauty from Ashes, Tale of the Texas, and No More Red-light Tickets July 14, 2021
34. EP38: Summer Days with Dad, Fighting Founding Fathers, and The Pittsburgh Pirates' Dream July 21, 2021
35. EP39: Job Interview in Slippers, Battle of Midway, and The Running Knitter July 28, 2021
36. EP40: My Veteran Best Friend and Marx Brothers Movies Aug. 4, 2021
37. EP41: A Mother's Love and The Founder of Best Buy Aug. 5, 2021
38. EP42: The Giving Tree, Travel Trailers and the Blackburn Boys Aug. 6, 2021
39. EP43: A Mother's Love, The Ugandan Foster Parent and Texas Homestead Exemption Laws Aug. 7, 2021
40. EP44: LA Speed Check, Travel Trailers and the Louisiana Purchase Aug. 8, 2021
41. EP45: The Sparks Family, Harold Nelson and Walt Whitman Aug. 9, 2021
42. EP46: Star Wars, Ford Motor Company and the Louisiana Purchase Aug. 10, 2021
43. EP47: Pranking New Mexico, Route 66 and Mark Twain Aug. 11, 2021
44. EP48: An Australian's Love For American Wings and Salt and Pepper Shakers Aug. 12, 2021
45. EP49: Olympic "Miracle" Hockey Team and the Unlikely Relationship of NYC's Finest Aug. 13, 2021
46. EP50: My Veteran Best Friend and Mark Twain Aug. 14, 2021
47. EP51: Pranking New Mexico, Route 66 and Marx Brothers Films Aug. 15, 2021
48. EP52: A Father's Love and Meeting My Hockey Idol Aug. 16, 2021
49. EP53: The Joplin Tornado and The Forgotten Grave Aug. 17, 2021
50. EP54: LA Speed Check and Fighting The U.S. Government Aug. 18, 2021
51. EP55: From Workaholic to Family Man, New York City's History and the Vintage Aircraft Collector Aug. 19, 2021
52. EP56: The Most Dangerous Allied Spy and The Professional Video Gamer Aug. 20, 2021
53. EP57: Nanny's Hands, Goo Goo Cluster, the Cursing Parrot and Stephen Ross Aug. 23, 2021
54. EP58: Hearing Aids That Make You Better and Rosa Parks Aug. 24, 2021
55. EP59: Camp Tolochee's Snipe Hunt and What Happened To Saturday Morning Cartoons Aug. 25, 2021
56. EP60: The Moose Prayer, The Fatherless Father, and the Mustard Museum Aug. 26, 2021
57. EP61: The Joys of An Ordinary Tree, The Mississippi Gas Station Franchise and Hope For Depression Aug. 27, 2021
58. EP62: Banjo History and An Alaska Town's First Telephone Aug. 30, 2021
59. EP63: King Solomon The Gravedigger and Cornelius Vanderbilt Aug. 31, 2021
60. EP64: Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre, Houston's Oldest Rookie Cop and Lowering Drug Prices Sept. 1, 2021
61. EP65: A Father's Note to His "Timeless" Daughter, The Corrupt City Council, and A Father's Secret Sept. 2, 2021
62. EP66: Pizza Drops For Charity and Curly Was My Grandfather Sept. 3, 2021
63. EP67: Reconnecting With My Absent Father and The Baltimore Cults Sept. 6, 2021
64. EP68: A High Risk Pregnancy, The Flushing Remonstrance Petition and The Rainwater Company Sept. 7, 2021
65. EP69: The Largest Green Squash and The Pittsburgh Pirates Announcer Sept. 8, 2021
66. EP70: The Night 2 Hydrogen Bombs Fell on North Carolina and The House Built By Chewing Gum Sept. 9, 2021
67. EP71: George Washington at Trenton and Princeton and The Untold Story of Red Cloud, an American Legend Sept. 10, 2021
68. Remembering 9/11, News Montage From 2001 and A 9/11 Firefighter's Story: The Unlikely Relationship Between Two of NYC's Finest Sept. 11, 2021
69. Remembering 9/11 and First Hand Accounts From Witnesses Sept. 11, 2021
70. EP72: Letting Your Daughter Grow Up, The Great Chicago Fire and Cars As Material Culture Sept. 13, 2021
71. EP73: The Disastrous 1904 Olympic Marathon and The Creator of The Coors Light Silver Bullett Sept. 14, 2021
72. EP74: The WWII Veteran Who Was Imprisoned In Japan Sept. 15, 2021
73. EP75: The Most Decorated War Dog of WWI, The Palmer Raids and Standing Proudly On Deformed Feet Sept. 16, 2021
74. EP76: Souping Up Her Subaru Started Her Career and Iowa's Long-Lost NBA Team Who Beat the Celtics Sept. 17, 2021
75. EP77: Weifield Group Hires “At Risk” Individuals and with Good Reason, Kindness is Free and The Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions, from Bite the Bullet to Bless You Sept. 20, 2021
76. EP78: The Man Who Hung Out With Astronauts and The Artisan Keycap Maker Sept. 21, 2021
77. EP79: When Character Stands Tall, The Civil War General and Repaying Old Debts Sept. 22, 2021
78. EP80: The Bad Employee Who Defined Her Whole Bank, How The Elevator BRAKE Shaped Our Modern World, Down Cemetery Row and No. 18: LSU's Men of Character Sept. 23, 2021
79. EP81: How My Dad's Cancer Saved Our Relationship, Rediscovering What I Lost in the Military and A Boy Waits for His POW Father Sept. 24, 2021
80. EP82: The Time When The ACLU and NRA Agreed, When “Press Your Luck” Didn’t Require Much Luck and The Story of Charleston: The Way Life Used to Be, And Perhaps, Is Supposed to Be Sept. 27, 2021
81. EP83: A Museum Full of Umbrella Covers, Dungeons and Dragons as a Therapy Tool and How a Fake Doctor Ran Carnival Sideshows and Saved Thousands of Infants and Changed Medical History Sept. 28, 2021
82. EP84: A Woman's Self-Made Journey from Motown to Small Town and The 1946 Battle of Alcatraz Sept. 29, 2021
83. EP85: Abraham Lincoln: Our First "Wired" President, The Man Who Paints Rocks For Our Veterans and The Child Inventor Determined to Save Babies from Overheated Cars Sept. 30, 2021
84. EP86: The Unlikely Pair Who Share A Liver and The Legendary Man Known as "Babe" Oct. 1, 2021
85. EP87: A Light in the Sky, From Exploitation to Exultation: Escaping the Sex Industry and Why Led Zepplin Pays Royalties to a Southern Bluesman Oct. 4, 2021
86. EP88: A Presidential Sized Comeback: The Story of Ulysses S. Grant and Co-Founder of The Ritz Carlton Oct. 5, 2021
87. EP89: The History of Pinball, The Day a Soviet Nuclear Attack Submarine Rammed an American Aircraft Carrier and The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Oct. 6, 2021
88. EP90: A Medal of Honor Recipient Through The Eyes of His Father and He Travels the Country Reviewing... Onion Rings? Oct. 7, 2021
89. EP91: Bankrupt and Dying from Cancer, "I Felt Guilty About Being Successful, Until..." and The Fateful Night During WWII Cecil Wax Met God Oct. 8, 2021
90. EP92: The Great Vowel Shift and the Making of Modern English and Superman Versus the Ku Klux Klan Oct. 11, 2021
91. EP93: The Titanic’s Last Hero, Peace for the Warrior: Life Moves Yoga and Lessons From Gizmo the Dog Oct. 12, 2021
92. EP94: Roller Skating In The House, Our Parents Insisted That Dinner Was Family Time and Lee Habeeb On An Ethics Education From His Father Oct. 13, 2021
93. EP95: The 40s "Bombshell" Mind Behind Secure WiFi, GPS And Bluetooth and A Museum Dedicated to Southern Jewish Heritage Oct. 14, 2021
94. EP96: Tyler Spady's Firsthand Account of the Borderline Grill Shooting and Meeting My Absent Father Oct. 15, 2021
95. EP97: The Penguin Who Wears Shoes and Zero Victim: The Story of James Ward Oct. 18, 2021
96. EP98: Dawn and Casey's Battle with Themselves and Jimmy John's founder Jimmy Liautaud Oct. 19, 2021
97. EP99: There's No Smell Like Home and The Big Four and the Transcontinental Railroad Oct. 20, 2021
98. EP100: The Investing Legend Giving Away ALL His Money and Connecting People Through Salt And Pepper Shakers Oct. 21, 2021
99. EP101: Pyromaniac's Paradise and How One Desperate Man Revolutionized American Energy Oct. 22, 2021
100. EP102: Kent Nerburn, Letters to My Son, Craig's Lesson, The Shocking Story Behind the Diamond Engagement Ring and The Woman Behind Jack London Oct. 25, 2021
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