Our American Stories cover art

All Episodes

Our American Stories — 1000 episodes

#
Title
1

David McCullough on 1776: The Year America Was Born

2

Satchel Paige: The Pitcher Who Changed Baseball Forever

3

The Story of America: Theodore Roosevelt, the Bull Moose, and the Election of 1912 [Ep. 42]

4

Why Talking to Strangers Still Matters

5

Audie Murphy: The Most Decorated American Soldier of World War II

6

Steve Jobs and the iPhone That Almost Wasn't

7

I Was Stiffed $318,000... And Still Paid Back Everyone I Owed

8

How the Saddle Turned Horses Into the Engines of Civilization

9

Who Invented the Barcode and How It Changed the World

10

Joplin’s EF-5 Tornado: A Story of Loss, Love, and Hope

11

The Night I Saved a Man With a Knife

12

Why Duke’s Coach K Was Almost Fired in 1983

13

The Real Story of Prohibition: Carrie Nation and the Fight to Save Families

14

The Flood That Took My Mother

15

The Death Sentence That Became One of Lincoln’s Most Famous Pardons

16

How a Group of Daring Bootleggers Created NASCAR

17

234 Marines Against 10,000 Chinese Soldiers: Fox Company’s Fight for Survival

18

Why I Traded My Firebird for a Sailboat

19

The College Student Who Became Groucho Marx's Assistant

20

Ida B. Wells: Fighter for the Civil Rights of African Americans to Own Arms

21

The Bible: The World's Best-Selling Book

22

Buried as a Mystery, Remembered by Name: The Story of Michael Blassie

23

What Really Happened During the Kentucky Meat Shower of 1876

24

How Oskar Schindler Risked Everything to Save Lives in WWII

25

The Story of America: Our Declaration of Cultural Independence [Ep. 24]

26

The Teenage Spy Who Arrested His Nazi Boss

27

Dolly Parton's Biggest Hit Almost Belonged to Elvis

28

The Iowa Governor Who Saved Thousands of Refugees

29

Just Days Before His Death, Pistol Pete Told His Story

30

The Most (Un)Epic Love Story Ever

31

When Americans Sent Their Kids Through the Mail

32

Why Henry Gunther Was the Final Casualty of WWI

33

An Appeal to Heaven: The Forgotten Flag of George Washington’s Navy

34

Robert Heft Got a B-Minus for Designing the U.S. Flag

35

Valley Forge: George Washington’s Winter of Resolve

36

From Hang Time to Primetime: How the NBA Conquered America

37

How Panama’s Dictator Manuel Noriega Found God in the Unlikeliest Place

38

John Deere and the Invention That Changed the Heartland

39

The Day I Realized I Might Have Alzheimer's

40

Churchill: The Making of a Reluctant Hero

41

How I Survived 14 Years of Communist Brainwashing

42

How the Plow, Barbed Wire, and Google Changed the World

43

The Day Oklahoma City Came to New York

44

"True Colors" & "Soap Opera" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday

45

Who Was Uncle Sam? The Surprising Origins of America's Icon

46

WWII Airman’s Body Moved Three Times Before His Family Found Peace

47

Frank Capra: The American Dream Personified

48

What Amelia Earhart's Coat Reveals About the Woman Behind the Legend

49

A Journey Up the River With Dad

50

How Henry Ford Created the Modern World

51

What My Father Taught Me on the Job Site

52

Uncle Nearest: The Former Slave Who Taught Jack Daniel How to Make Whiskey

53

How Patrick Henry Saved America from Its First Civil War

54

Brian Wilson: My Friend Behind the Beach Boys

55

The Summer I Got Fired From an Ice Cream Shop

56

The Story of America: The Frenchman Who Wrote About America Better Than Any American [Ep. 23]

57

How Two Civil Rights Lawyers Ended Red-Light Camera Tickets

58

How the Wright Brothers Beat the World to the Sky

59

How My Dad's Cancer Saved Our Relationship

60

How One Gross Invention Added Decades to Human Life

61

My Grandfather Was the Best Storyteller I Ever Knew

62

The Surprising History of Air Conditioning and the Man Behind It

63

I Thought I Knew My Father Until I Read His World War II Diary

64

Why the U.S. and Britain Nearly Went to War Over a Pig

65

Twenty Years After My Sister's Murder, I Wrote to Her Killer

66

The Story of America: Theodore Roosevelt and the Modern Presidency [Ep. 41]

67

How Maurice Sendak Redrew Childhood in “Where the Wild Things Are”

68

How a Childhood Fascination With Paper Airplanes Became a World Record Career

69

Five Brothers Went Off to Fight World War II

70

The Truth About Michael Jackson’s Changing Skin Color

71

The Race That Sealed Secretariat's Legacy: The Story of the 1973 Belmont Stakes

72

The Boy Behind “La Bamba”: The Story of Ritchie Valens

73

Thomas Paine and the Pamphlet That Sparked the American Revolution

74

Reconciling Dad the Farmer and Dad the WWII Pilot

75

Bear Bryant Taught Him to Win, the Packers Taught Him to Believe

76

Pilsner: The Czech Beer That Conquered America

77

Inside Johnny Carson and Joan Rivers’ Rise and Fall on The Tonight Show

78

My Life Is Broken Into "BD & AD": Before Dad & After Dad

79

Jimmy Stewart Left Hollywood Stardom to Bomb Nazi Germany

80

The Story of America: The Rise of Andrew Jackson and the Common Man [Ep. 22]

81

Abandoned at Birth in Korea: One Woman’s Adoption Story

82

The Story of America: The Rise of the Progressives [Ep. 40]

83

The Best Time I Spent with My Dad Was Guarding Him in Prison

84

Dale Robertson Was Wounded in WWII Before Finding Fame in Hollywood

85

When America Believed Bat People Lived on the Moon: The Great Moon Hoax

86

A Student Complained About a 92. The Real Problem Was Something Else.

87

The Story of America: William Jennings Bryan and the “Cross of Gold” [Ep. 39]

88

She Served Her Time. Her Record Still Wouldn’t Let Her Move On.

89

The Baseball Found on One of America’s Bloodiest Battlefields

90

Before “Gunsmoke,” James Arness Fought and Bled in World War II

91

Elijah Lovejoy: The First Martyr of America’s Abolition Movement

92

Colin Powell Through the Eyes of His Son, Michael Description:

93

Michael Vick Was the NFL’s Biggest Star. Then He Lost Everything.

94

The Radical Decision That Changed Ian Rowe’s Life: Staying Put

95

Nile Kinnick: The Gridiron Hero Reagan Thought Could Be President

96

The Real Man Behind “I Love the Smell of Napalm in the Morning”

97

When a 3rd Grade Boy Learned His Father Was Missing in Vietnam

98

The LLC, Concrete, and the Index Fund: Fifty Things That Shaped the Modern Economy

99

Was America’s First President Really George Washington?

100

How Do You Eulogize a Daughter Who Never Lived?

101

Vince Lombardi: The Coach, the Catholic, and the Man Behind the Legend

102

Before Big & Rich, John Rich Was Starting Over in Nashville

103

Pastor of the Pilgrims, John Robinson: 100 Bible Verses That Made America

104

Danny Elfman Never Planned to Become a Film Composer. Then Tim Burton Called

105

I Sewed Through Fabric My Great-Grandmother Chose Before World War I

106

How One Company Helped an Employee Find Her Calling

107

The Night 2 H-Bombs Fell on North Carolina (Told By the Man Who Dismantled Them)

108

The Boston Marathon Did Not Want Women Running in 1967. Kathrine Switzer Ran Anyway

109

William Faulkner Turned His Mississippi Hometown Into Literary History

110

How a Log Cabin Helped Spark the Great Awakening in Early America

111

From Montserrat to America: Patrice Onwuka’s Story of Opportunity

112

Brett Favre’s Tribute to His Father

113

The USS Enterprise Coffee Disaster

114

The Cuban Immigrant Behind the Famous Coors Light Silver Bullet Can

115

The Olympic Marathon Where Drinking Water Was Banned

116

Steve McQueen Escaped a Broken Childhood and Became Hollywood’s Biggest Star

117

Why Memorial Day Matters: The Uncle Lee Habeeb Never Knew, Killed in WWII

118

A Medal of Honor Recipient Through the Eyes of His Father

119

Karl Marlantes: How I Came to Terms with My Navy Cross

120

Remembering The USS Indianapolis: The Worst Naval Disaster in American History

121

Why Robert E. Lee’s Estate Became Arlington National Cemetery

122

John Moses Browning: The Mormon Inventor Behind Modern Pistols and Machine Guns

123

A Listener's Childhood Story: Rollerskating in the Farmhouse

124

At 16, Pregnancy Gave Her a Reason to Change Her Life

125

The Story of America: Andrew Jackson and the Rise of the Common Man [Ep. 21]

126

The First Pilot At Ground Zero Recalls His First Jobs

127

Meet John Clem, the Youngest Soldier to Fight in the Civil War

128

The Customer Service Lesson Mike Leven Never Forgot

129

Stephen Ambrose on the Young Men Who Flew WWII Bombers

130

The Mom Who Refused to Give Up on Her Mono Mono Twins

131

The Opera Singer Who Left Her Husband One Last Song

132

Why Bob Munden Is Still the Fastest Gun on Record

133

She Spent 46 Years Searching for the Sisters She Never Met

134

Johnny Cash Entered a Cave to Die. He Found God Instead.

135

The Story of a Real-Life “Rosie the Riveter”

136

Louis Armstrong Changed American Music Forever

137

Fannie Farmer’s Revolutionary Role in Measuring Cups, Recipes, and Modern Home Cooking

138

How Glen Bell Learned the Taco Business and Built Taco Bell

139

This Day in History | After Penn Station Fell, Jackie Kennedy Fought to Save Grand Central

140

Before Modern Televangelists, There Was Aimee Semple McPherson

141

How Mars Inc. Quietly Took Over the Candy Industry (and Then Some)

142

The Hilarious Story of New Mexico’s Infamous “Pointy Hat” Amendment

143

Everything Is Gambling Now: The Rise, Reign, and Rule of Sports Gambling

144

This Day in History: How George Strait’s “Love Without End, Amen” Was Born

145

How a Father’s Desperate Prayer Created Braveheart

146

After Losing His Son and Taking Two Lives, This Officer Nearly Lost Himself

147

Why Shirley Chisolm Reached a Man Who Built His Career on Racism

148

Story of a Song: The Real Story Behind “My Sharona”

149

She Took In Her Husband’s Affair Baby as Her Own

150

The Memphis Business Leader Who Puts Business Last

151

Don’t Tread On Me: The Origins of the Gadsden Flag

152

She Didn’t Want to Hold Her Nephew at First

153

The Final Conversation Between NYPD Officer Jason Rivera and His Wife

154

The Last Slave Ship to America and the Town Its Survivors Built

155

Diego Moreno: The Police Officer Everyone Called When They Needed Backup

156

Why Hollywood Cowboy Tim McCoy Went to War Twice

157

“I Didn’t Want Children… Then I Met Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller”

158

Before Hollywood, Danny Trejo Was Behind Bars

159

How B.B. King’s Guitar “Lucille” Got Her Name

160

Why a Young Black Man Became a Cop on Skid Row

161

“My Husband Died a Hero, but He Also Lived as One”

162

He Thought Johnny Cakes Were Named After Him

163

The Oakland Raiders Were So Bad Fans Created Fantasy Football

164

How George Washington's Bible Survived 9/11

165

Why a Restaurant Cook Became a Police Officer

166

“Fatty Fatty Two by Four” to NFL Legend: John Hannah's Story

167

Patty Hearst: From Kidnapping Victim to Bank Robber?

168

“We Got This”: A Daughter Remembers Sgt. Richard Mendez

169

How the War of 1812 Changed America Forever | Story of America Ep. 19

170

We Live Through History Without Even Realizing It

171

Before Hollywood, Young Ronald Reagan Worked as a Sports Broadcaster

172

How Chevy Chase’s Gerald Ford Impression Changed a Presidency

173

How Harry S. Truman Went from Shirt Salesman to President

174

Why the Best Time in History to Be Alive Might Be Right Now

175

Women in WWII: Ilene Hall Enlisted to Follow Her Husband to War

176

Learning to Ride a Horse at 60

177

The Story of America: How Thomas Jefferson Doubled the United States in 1803 [Ep. 18]

178

A Gold Star Father on Loss, Service, and His Son’s Legacy

179

My Family Spent 4 Months Playing Battleship in a Cornfield

180

The Plan Was Simple. The Road Trip Was Not

181

Orson Welles and the Night “War of the Worlds” Terrified America

182

Dan Fogelberg and the Father Behind “Leader of the Band”

183

Why Tyrone Power Left Hollywood to Fight in World War II

184

A Marine’s Final Conversation with His Father

185

Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of the Legendary Scam Artist

186

JC Newman and America’s Oldest Family-Owned Cigar Company

187

Abraham Lincoln’s Son: The Forgotten Story of Robert Todd Lincoln

188

Matthew Carey: The Irish Immigrant Who Shaped Early America

189

When Oregon Blew Up a Beached Whale With Dynamite

190

Zoro the Drummer's Career Started With Nothing

191

How George Lucas Made the First Star Wars Against the Odds

192

Into the Vast Unknown: The First American Ascent of Mount Everest

193

Locks of Love: How One Mother Built a Hair Donation Nonprofit

194

Rediscovering My Dad Cy Walter: The Art Tatum of Cocktail Pianists

195

What Happened When Buck O’Neil Missed the Hall of Fame by One Vote

196

Before Billy Graham, There Was Billy Sunday

197

Paul Revere’s Ride: The Poem That Made a Legend

198

George Washington: The Definitive Story of America’s First President

199

The SR-71 Blackbird Disaster at 78,000 Feet: How One Pilot Fell from Space and Survived

200

From Wall Street Workaholic to Foster Care Reformer: Paul Blavin's Mission

201

The South Vietnamese Pilot Who Stole a Plane to Save His Family

202

The Kindness of Strangers: A Group Home’s Night Out Ends With a Surprise

203

The Story of America: Marbury v. Madison and the Power of the Court [Ep. 17]

204

Inside Atlanta’s Breman Museum: Jewish Life in the American South

205

From Homelessness to Handcrafted Furniture: J.J. Jones’ Story

206

Thomas Jefferson: Brilliant, Flawed, but Still Deeply American

207

The Inspiring Story of Anne Beiler, Founder of Auntie Anne's Pretzels

208

A Presidential-Sized Comeback: The Story of Ulysses S. Grant

209

The True Story of How Curious George Escaped the Nazis

210

Who Was the Oldest Man at D-Day? The Untold Story of Theodore Roosevelt Jr.

211

I Grew Up Detached from My Jewish History. Then I Went to Buchenwald

212

How a Simple Jam Session Became Rock’s Greatest Supergroup

213

Forgiving My Worthless Father

214

Jackie Robinson Didn’t Just Change Baseball. He Changed America

215

The Story of Captain Kangaroo

216

What It Was Like to Stand in the Shadow of an Atomic Blast

217

In 1838, Two U.S. Congressmen Dueled with… Rifles!

218

The CEO Who Stripped His Jet to Say He Was Sorry

219

After Losing His Fingers in a Fire, One Boy Faced the Impossible—with a Piano

220

The Kidnapping That Ended With One Oilman Outsmarting Machine Gun Kelly

221

The Unexpected Olympic Friendship That Defied Hitler’s Propaganda

222

The Puritan Who Brought Scripture to New England’s Tribes

223

Life Before Digital Photos: The Last Days of Kodachrome

224

Theodore Roosevelt: The Protestant President Who Protected an Antisemite with Jewish Police Officers

225

The Black Medal of Honor Recipient Who Bombed His Own Hideout to Save Lives

226

“Red Tape” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 19)

227

How My Grandpa’s Singing Changed My Life

228

"Back to Square One" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 3)

229

The Story of How the Muppets Began as a TV Commercial

230

What George Washington Did on Christmas Changed Everything

231

A Family Speaks At Their Fallen Hero's Funeral: Colorado Deputy Micah Flick

232

The Scout Never Called: Growing Up in Competitive Sports

233

Caring for My Dying Husband Made Life Worth Living

234

Becoming Dr. Seuss: The Making of an American Imagination

235

Couple Adopts 7 Siblings Separated Across Four Foster Homes!

236

President Reagan's Greatest Speech You've Never Heard: His July 4 Speech in NY Harbor

237

Who Invented the Internet?

238

Theodore Roosevelt: That Damn Cowboy

239

Why the American Flag Means So Much to My Family

240

How Spam and Chocolate Became America’s Secret Weapons in WWII

241

The Rural Missouri Church That Preaches In Five Languages

242

How the Automobile Solved a Problem No One Could Ignore

243

The Intimidator: Dale Earnhardt's Life In The Fast Lane

244

Rosa Parks, In Her Own Words: The Woman Who Challenged Segregation and Changed the World

245

Weapons of World War II with Stephen Ambrose: Barbed Wire, Mines, Guns, and Artillery

246

Meeting the Mother of My Foster Child Changed My Life

247

The Obituary of a Man Who Escaped Stalin and Hitler

248

The Enslaved Man-Turned-Spy Who Helped Washington Win America's Independence: James Armistead Lafayette

249

America's Greatest Grifter? The Odd Story of Appleton Oaksmith: Presumed Slave Trader, Confederate Spy, and Voting Rights Activist

250

A Wife’s Heartfelt Letter to Her Husband After Pregnancy Loss

251

Justice Scalia on Why The Constitution is Unique

252

A Veteran Police Officer on Mental Illness, Homelessness, and the Frontlines of Crisis

253

The Story of Justice Scalia: From His Immigrant Roots to the Highest Court in the Land (Pt. 1)

254

How the USS Lexington Became a Floating Symbol of American Resolve

255

Roberto Clemente’s Legacy Preserved by a Fan Who Never Forgot

256

Why a Rhodes Scholar Walked Away from Oxford to Fight in the Vietnam War

257

She Was Japanese American During WWII, but Her Story Was Very Different

258

Surviving Persecution: Mariam Ibrahim’s Journey from Sudan to America

259

The Civil War Cemetery Where Union, Confederate, and British Veterans Lie Side by Side

260

A Thread Across the Ocean: The Story of the Transatlantic Cable

261

The “LA Speed Check”: A Story from a Pilot of the Fastest Plane in the World

262

The Football Team That Broke Baltimore's Heart

263

Fighting Crime in Downtown Los Angeles with Love, Respect, and God

264

I Picked Up "Tex" Watson Hitchhiking AFTER the Manson Murders

265

The Man Who Spent All of His Christmas Savings Building Beds for Needy Children

266

Memorable Christmas Stories in U.S. Military History

267

A Family Man's Search for the Perfect Christmas Tree

268

The Woman Who Voiced Rudolph

269

Behind the Blue Christmas: How Elvis Was Coaxed into Recording a Christmas Album

270

The Teen CEO of the Candy That Cleans Your Teeth

271

The Tragedy Behind 'I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day'

272

What Happened to Saturday Morning Cartoons?

273

How I Was Changed by My Short-Term Mission Trip

274

The Shocking Story Behind the Diamond Engagement Ring

275

Everett’s Last Christmas Carol

276

A Listener Recounts Spotting Satellites In The Sky With His Father in The Mountains of New Mexico

277

The Woman Who Convinced Lincoln to Make Thanksgiving a Holiday

278

The Character of Thomas Jefferson: America's 'Everyman'

279

Tom Landry: A Story from “America’s Coach”

280

Balloons Over Broadway: The American Visionary Who Created the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons

281

How My Daughter's Schizophrenia Led Us to Open a Business Run by Special Needs Employees

282

Was Eisenhower Really Responsible For Our Interstate Highways?

283

How Acting Legend Eddie Albert Served Our Country in WWII

284

“Black Harry” Hoosier: The Story Behind Indiana’s Namesake

285

The Great Thanksgiving Cranberry Scare of 1959

286

From Steel Town to Tinsel Town: The Life of Composer Henry Mancini

287

A Listener's Touching Story On His Father—and Jack Kerouac

288

The Inventor Extraordinaire Who Gave Us the Safety Pin: Walter Hunt

289

Treating the Cause, Not the Symptoms: A Listener's Life-Changing Lifestyle Story

290

He Travels the Country Reviewing... Onion Rings?

291

What I Learned from a Dying Patient

292

He Became a POW in Vietnam Two Days Before His Baby Was Born

293

The Man In The Glass Coffin

294

Why Are Bananas So Cheap?

295

Mr. 60s: A Baby-Boomer’s Story of Trials, Triumphs... and Redemption

296

Hollywood Goes To War: Henry Fonda

297

“On Skid Row” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

298

Lessons From The Giving Tree

299

Whiskey Is In Their Blood

300

Brett Favre on Tough Love, Parenting, and Telling the Truth

301

I Found Out I was Adopted At 30!

302

"No! No! No! Who the Hell Boos Santa Claus?!" The Story of the Time Eagles Fans Pelted Santa with Snowballs

303

Slavery Slayer: The Story of William Wilberforce

304

"Dark Horse & Dead Ringer" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

305

50 Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy: The iPhone, Radar, and TV Dinners

306

Her Mother Always Told Her She Was Strong... But Strength Isn't Always Enough

307

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

308

"Fair Game" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

309

The Woman Who Voiced Rudolph

310

The First Pilot at Ground Zero Recalls His First Jobs

311

"Gung-Ho & Cheesy Smile" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

312

Weapons of WWII With Stephen Ambrose: Poison Gas and Transportation

313

The LLC, Concrete, and the Index Fund: Fifty Things That Shaped the Modern Economy

314

The Time I Nearly Died in Pilot Training

315

The Story of Justice Scalia: From His Immigrant Roots to the Highest Court in the Land (Pt. 2)

316

How Patrick Henry Saved America from Its First Civil War

317

Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter

318

Pastor of the Pilgrims, John Robinson: 100 Bible Verses That Made America

319

Hollywood Movie Legend George O’Brien Left Everything to Serve His Country in WWII

320

President Reagan's Greatest Speech You've Never Heard: His July 4 Speech in NY Harbor

321

"I Came Here Not to Talk, but to Die": The Story of Outlaw Cherokee Bill

322

The Story of Air Conditioning, the Barcode, and the Elevator Brake!

323

I Would Kill People for Money... but Then God Gave Me Life

324

Buck O'Neil's Lesson on Dealing with Defeat Like a Man

325

How an Ex-Slave and His White Abolitionist Sidekick Rescued Slaves, Taunted Slavers, and Gave the "Underground Railroad" Its Name

326

The Missionary Who Returned with Her Toddler to the Cannibal Tribe That Killed Her Husband

327

Empathy is Not Optional: The Story of Mike Leven's Brutal Law Professor

328

The Whittaker Chambers Story: From Soviet Spy to American Cold War Hero

329

Me, Pre, and the Birth of Nike

330

The Remarkable Life of Abe's Son, Robert Todd Lincoln—Lost in His Father’s Shadow

331

Were the Irish the First Slaves in America?

332

“Propose a Toast” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 17)

333

Pilot Dies, Passenger Lands Plane—with His Family on Board

334

A Fake Ring, Real Temptation, and a Golden Marriage

335

Belinda Mulrooney: The Richest, Toughest Woman of the Klondike Gold Rush

336

Becoming Dr. Seuss: The Making of an American Imagination

337

How My Dad's Wounds of War Fueled My Drive to Serve Vets

338

I Worked Out of Workaholism… and My Life Is Working Better

339

Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of the Legendary Scam Artist

340

The Best Worst Counterfeiter in American History

341

The One College Football Run That Changed My Life

342

A Father Wanted a Clean Hotel for His Family... So He Created Holiday Inn

343

Michael Powell’s Final Thoughts for His Father, General Colin Powell

344

Brett Favre’s Tribute to His Father

345

Ilene Hall Joined the Army to Find Her Husband in the Middle of WWII

346

The Story of the Barcode

347

The 1st Air Force Pilot at Ground Zero—and the Last to Know What Happened

348

Caring for My Dying Husband Made Life Worth Living

349

After 50 Years of Silence, Korean War Pilot Shares His Top-Secret Mission

350

Liquor and the Law: Taking a Wine Bottle to the Supreme Court

351

Bruce Wang, All-American: The Chinese Cowboy with a Southern Accent

352

The Story of How the Muppets Began as a TV Commercial

353

Hitler Called Him "The New Noah": Andrew Higgins and the Boats That Won WWII

354

Paul Revere's Ride

355

The Marine-Turned Saturday Morning Cartoonist: "My Calling from God Is to Be an Animator"

356

Hollywood Goes to War: The Story of Wayne Morris, the Brad Pitt of His Day

357

America Had a President Before George Washington?

358

The CEO Who Grew Up Without Running Water

359

The President Whose Greatness Came from His Restraint: The Story of President Calvin Coolidge

360

The Story of Why "The Wild, Wild West" Wasn't Actually Wild

361

"Back to Square One" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 3)

362

Alzheimer's Caregiver: “I Will Remember for the Both of Us”

363

How a Losing Football Team Brought a Family Together

364

The South Vietnamese Pilot Who Stole a Plane to Save His Family

365

The Civil War Soldier Who Risked His Life to Give Water to His Enemies

366

My Father’s Super-Secret Double Life as a Nuclear Missile Savant

367

The Story of Charleston: The Way Life Used to Be, and Perhaps, Is Supposed to Be

368

50 Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy—The Plow, Barbed Wire, and Google Search

369

The Story of the Highest-Ranking Female Marine and First Female Annapolis Graduate to Be Killed in Action

370

Moral Injury: The Invisible Epidemic Affecting American Veterans

371

She Buried Over 60 Unclaimed People, Including Many Veterans

372

The Forgotten First Memorial Day: Freed Slaves Honoring Fallen Union Soldiers in Charleston

373

The Winner Who Always Finished Last

374

How Horse Racing and the Triple Crown Brought a Father and Son Together

375

The Henry Steinway Story

376

Are Professional Wrestlers Athletes?

377

The Story of How Chick-fil-A Borrowed “My Pleasure” from a Luxury Hotel

378

How an Escaped Slave Hijacked a Confederate Ship and Sailed It to Freedom

379

Abercrombie & Fitch: The Story Behind the Story of an Iconic American Brand

380

American Freedom Machines: The Story of Harley-Davidson

381

Three Stories Guaranteed to Make You Laugh About the King of Rock & Roll—From the Man Who Was There

382

The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge—The Eighth Wonder of the World

383

How an Iowa Waitress Became an Officer's Wife in Texas

384

Burrito Restaurant Owner Offers Job to Burglar

385

The Story of the Quiet Cowboy

386

The “LA Speed Check”: A Story from a Pilot of the Fastest Plane in the World

387

Samuel Colt and the Birth of the Revolver

388

The Story of a 5-Star Steakhouse CEO and Her NFL Linebacker Husband

389

The Story of the Infamous University of Wisconsin Stampede

390

My Life After "19 Kids and Counting"—As Told by Jill Duggar and Her Husband Derick

391

Centerline: The Surprising History of Lane Markings

392

How Smallpox Created Canada by Destroying Washington’s Army

393

Brett Favre on His Miraculous Monday Night Game After His Father Died

394

Ambrose on Ike

395

The Making of an American Pantheon: Grant's Tomb

396

Grant's Greatest Battle

397

What Happened to Bonnie and Clyde When They Came to Small-Town Iowa

398

The Story of the Russian Immigrant Who Created America's Most Beloved Music—Irving Berlin

399

The Story of Alexander Hamilton

400

The Civil War General Who Took His Dates to See His Severed Leg at the Smithsonian Museum

401

How VHS Beat Betamax

402

The Harriet Tubman Story

403

The Stories Behind Our Easter Traditions

404

Louis Zamperini: The Story of the Real-Life "Unbroken" Hero -- In His Own Words

405

The "Slap Shot" Story with Dave Hanson

406

“Hunky Dory & Hedge Your Bets” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 9)

407

The Privileges of War? A Green Beret's Story of American Service in Vietnam

408

How Coach Bear Bryant Saved and Changed My Life

409

The 1926 Race to the Pole: A Story of Polar Exploration

410

Suffering Fueled His Greatness: John Hannah on What It Took to Be the Best Offensive Lineman of All Time

411

Why Are There So Many Types of Screws?

412

They Will Be Remembered: A Letter for All Those Who Served

413

This Log Cabin Led to the “Great Awakening”—Which Led to the American Revolution

414

Why Are Bananas So Cheap?

415

An Army Moves on Its Stomach... And Lots of Coffee

416

How Johnny Carson Saved Twister

417

I Came to New York City Dead: The Story of Sarah Gonzalez's Redemption

418

How a Major League Baseball Game Turned Into the “Ten Cent Beer Night” Riot

419

Brett Favre on Tough Love, Parenting, and Telling the Truth

420

"Wild Goose Chase" & "Wrong End of The Stick" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 25)

421

I Fell in Love at Lambeau Field (Home of the Green Bay Packers)

422

A Son Discovers His Deceased Mother's Hidden Talent—Poetry

423

The Heart of America: Texas Grocery Store Loses Power, Lets Customers Leave Without Paying

424

The Story of How Railroads Created America's Time Zones

425

Meeting the Mother of My Foster Child Changed My Life

426

The Forgotten Story of the Black Man Who Was the First to Shed Blood in the Civil War

427

The Story of the Real—and Mostly Unknown—Author of the U.S. Constitution, Gouverneur Morris

428

The 'Forrest Gump' of Drummers: The Story of Zoro

429

The American Cigar Making Tradition

430

Last Men Out of Vietnam: Evacuating Saigon

431

How B.B. King's Guitar "Lucille" Got Her Name

432

James Madison: Founding Father and Lawgiver

433

How Nike Took a Bet on a College Basketball Player From North Carolina and Won

434

The Story of Secretariat’s Owner, Penny Chenery (As Told by the Director of “Secretariat,” Randall Wallace)

435

The American Sniper Other American Snipers Look Up To

436

The Improbable Story of How the Wright Brothers Changed World History

437

"Tie the Knot" & "Black Balled" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 23)

438

The Most Famous Abolitionist You Never Heard Of: The Story of Thomas Shipley

439

What I Learned About Freedom After Escaping North Korea

440

Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice: The Navy’s "Jackie Robinson" (Told by His Granddaughter)

441

The Turning Point in Abe’s Life: A Wrestling Match

442

Abigail Adams and Her 7-Year-Old Son John Quincy Witnessed First-hand The Battle of Bunker Hill: 100 Bible Verses That Made America

443

Girl with a Gun: The Annie Oakley Story

444

A Brief History of Toilet Paper

445

"Fair Game" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

446

Bankrupt and Dying from Cancer, Ulysses S. Grant Waged His Greatest Battle

447

The Story of the Real Saint Patrick

448

The Story of James Best (AKA Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane) of "The Dukes of Hazzard"

449

Ronald Reagan's D-Day Speech

450

One of the Most Decorated Veterans of All Time: The Col. David Hackworth Story

451

The Story of The Horse Racing Buffalo: Harvey Wallbanger

452

I Admit it, I Sew Quilts

453

When "Neutral" America Occupied "Neutral" Iceland During WWII

454

Truth Wins: The Story of Lance Armstrong’s Former Teammate, Tyler Hamilton

455

Titanic Thompson: The Greatest Cheat of All Time

456

Asbestos: The Story of the Mineral That Used to Be in Everything

457

"Cat Got Your Tongue?" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

458

The Founding Fathers Said, No Bible—No America: 100 Bible Verses That Made America

459

Founding Father Benjamin Rush: Father of Psychiatry, the Army Medical Corps, and Veterinary Care

460

My Father Was Friends with Castro...Until He Wasn't

461

The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn: More Americans Died in the Revolutionary War on this British Prison Ship Than in Combat

462

Vietnam Vets Wouldn’t Sell Their Story to Hollywood, But They Sold “We Were Soldiers” to the Writer of “Braveheart”

463

The Roy Rogers Story: Family Man, American Legend

464

My Life After Firefighting

465

The Story of How a Dog Walked a Couple Through Their Infertility Struggle

466

The Titanic’s Last Hero

467

Butch Cassidy: The Man Who Brought Organization to Unorganized Crime in the West

468

The Story of the First Man to Die in An Airplane Crash

469

Jack London's "To Build a Fire"

470

The Story of How George Strait's "Love Without End, Amen" Came to Be

471

My Daughter, Out There... On The Beam

472

Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon

473

How a UCLA Student in the 70s Saved the Marx Brothers

474

How Piggly Wiggly Created the Modern Supermarket

475

The Medal of Honor Recipient Who Crashed His Plane on Purpose to Get To His Downed Wingman

476

Dick Bong, Ace of Aces: The Greatest Fighter Pilot in American History

477

Mr. 60s: A Baby-Boomer’s Story of Trials, Triumphs... and Redemption

478

Two American Heroes—Martin Luther King, Jr. and Booker T. Washington—Who Overcame Injustice With a Zero-Victim Attitude

479

The Billy Graham Story

480

Doc Holliday: Outlaw Gentlemen, Shady Ladies, and Tombstone

481

"Dark Horse & Dead Ringer" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 7)

482

The Most Famous Partnership in Showbiz History—The Real Story of Colonel Parker and Elvis Presley

483

The Vincent van Gogh of Acting? HINT: He Played "Fredo"

484

The Inventor of the Machine Gun Became Deaf—So His Son Invented the Silencer

485

The Shocking Story Behind the Diamond Engagement Ring

486

What I Learned from A Dying Patient

487

How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain

488

G-Man: The Life and Times of J. Edgar Hoover

489

In His Father's Village, Nobody Could Read...So He Moved to America and Became an Engineer

490

MIT's Basketball Coach: "Those Nerds Can Only Handle One Play"

491

The Baseball Team That Fought For Equality Before Jackie Robinson Hit The Majors

492

Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer

493

Heart-Washing: My Antidote to 14 Years of Brainwashing in a Communist Prison

494

Fighting Crime in Downtown Los Angeles with Love, Respect, and God

495

“Knock on Wood & Kick the Bucket” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 11)

496

Remembering the Gold Star Father Whose Story Inspired the Hit Country Song "I Drive Your Truck"

497

The Man Who Witnessed the Assassination of Abe Lincoln

498

The Untold Story of Christopher Columbus

499

A Texas Boy vs. an Air Traffic Control Bully

500

The Gospel of Gettysburg: The Story Behind the Story of the Gettysburg Address

501

A Little Brother's Prayer to Be As Big As His Very Big Brother

502

I Picked Up "Tex" Watson Hitchhiking AFTER the Manson Murders

503

"The First Guy Cannot Fail": The Jackie Robinson Story

504

Lesson Learned: Clean Hog Manure Off Boots Before Going to School

505

How a Group of Daring Bootleggers Created NASCAR

506

A President, a Preacher, and a Giant Block of Cheese

507

Life Before Digital Photos: The Last Days of Kodachrome

508

The Story of A Real-Life “Rosie the Riveter”

509

The Story of Captain Kangaroo

510

General Colin Powell: The Story of the Man Behind the Stars

511

"All Hell Broke Loose" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 1)

512

The Story of Mario Andretti: A Refugee from Communism to the Heights of Auto Racing

513

The Union Colonel Who Showed Mercy on Confederate POWs During the Civil War

514

The Story of How Star Wars Toys Revolutionized Movie Merchandising (Part 2)

515

The Father Whose Life Story Inspired the Son Who Wrote "Braveheart"

516

The Short, Happy Life of Abraham Lincoln: His Final Days

517

I Invented the Modern Age: The Story of Henry Ford

518

A Father’s Note to His “Timeless” Daughter…Who Functions at a Toddler Level

519

Before Mary Kay, There Was Madam C.J. Walker—The First Self-Made Female Millionaire

520

Why Cincinnati is Named After George Washington...and a Roman Farmer

521

The Tone Deaf, Bad Poet Who Wrote the National Anthem

522

Rosa Parks, In Her Own Words: The Woman Who Challenged Segregation and Changed the World

523

Guitar Virtuoso Tommy Emmanuel: I Came To America Because Everything Here Is Better

524

Michael Powell’s Final Thoughts For His Father, General Colin Powell

525

Chef Boyardee: American Hero

526

The Great Emancipators: How The Civil War Openly Became About Slavery

527

When People Sent Their Children Through the Mail

528

The Green Beret That Other Green Berets Look Up To

529

President Reagan's Greatest Speech You've Never Heard: His July 4 Speech in NY Harbor

530

John Moses Browning: The Mormon Inventor Whose Firearms Changed the World

531

“Peeping Tom” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 14)

532

The Black Pitcher and White Catcher That Made the 1964 World Series Unforgettable

533

The Story of How Star Wars Toys Revolutionized Movie Merchandising (Part 1)

534

How 2 Engineers Created the Highest-Rated Gag Gift on Amazon

535

How Boston Embraced the Brothers of John Wilkes Booth Following Lincoln's Assassination

536

From Animal House to Belushi and Seinfeld: Mark "Neidermeyer" Metcalf's Story

537

The Late, Great Stephen Ambrose on the Boys Who Flew B-24s in WWII

538

The Redemptive True Story of a Cocaine Drug Lord

539

The One Book I Never Thought I Would Write

540

The B-25 In My Dad's Backyard

541

How One Man's Faith Moved Him to Fight for A Wrongly Imprisoned Man

542

Yogi Berra: An American Success Story (by George Will)

543

Basketball Legend "Pistol Pete" Maravich Shares His Life Story... Just Days Before His Death

544

The Man Who Was a Founder AND Mascot: KFC's Colonel Sanders

545

A Museum Dedicated To...Mustard?

546

I Was Detached About My Family's Holocaust Story....Until I Went to Buchenwald

547

A Marine Mourns the Death of His Tough-as-Nails Marine Father

548

How a Fake Doctor Ran Carnival Sideshows and Saved Thousands of Infants and Changed Medical History

549

Uncle Nearest: The Former Slave Who Taught Jack Daniels How to Make Whiskey

550

Dwayne “The Rock" Johnson's Eulogy to His Father

551

One Cop's Take on Mental Illness, Homelessness, and Crime

552

Theodore Roosevelt: That Damn Cowboy

553

The Day a Soviet Nuclear Attack Submarine Rammed an American Aircraft Carrier

554

50 Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy: The iPhone, RADAR, and TV Dinners

555

Zuzu’s “Wonderful Life”: The Story of the Child Actress Who Starred in Frank Capra's," It's A Wonderful Life"

556

The Real Stories Behind Our Cherished Christmas Traditions

557

A Family Man's Search for the Perfect Christmas Tree

558

Christmas, 1776

559

How "A Charlie Brown Christmas" Almost Didn't Happen

560

A Bible Reading 200,000 Miles from Earth

561

How Elvis Was Coaxed into Recording a Christmas Album—As Told by a Man Who Was There

562

Why the Nativity? (w/ Dr. David Jeremiah)

563

Getting Prepared to Go Face-to-Face with the Toughest Admiral in Navy History

564

The Most Important Churchill Speech You've Never Heard: His Christmas Address to Congress Weeks After Pearl Harbor

565

“Son of a Gun & Steal My Thunder” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

566

Memorable Christmas Stories in U.S. Military History

567

An Aussie Discovers American Wings

568

The Woman Who Voiced Rudolph

569

The Chicago Maintenance Man Who Wrote a Hallmark Christmas Movie

570

The Man Who Spent All of His Christmas Savings Building Beds for Needy Children

571

“Put A Sock in It” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 18)

572

"Bless You" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 6)

573

My Hero-Father Needed No Star and No Cape

574

The Story of the Mason-Dixon Line: The Colonial-Era Border Battle That Defined the Civil War

575

Silent Night: The Story of the World’s Most Famous Christmas Carol

576

The Baileys' Story: A Daughter, a Drug Dealer, and a Miracle

577

The Story of Alvin York: The Tennessee Farm Boy Who Went from Pacifist to One of America's Greatest War Heroes

578

Everett’s Last Christmas Carol

579

As Watergate Separated Americans, This Speaker of The House United Them

580

"Gung-ho & Cheesy Smile" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 8)

581

When America's Greatest (And Last) Bareknuckle Boxer Challenged America to A Fight

582

The Race that Forever Sealed Secretariat's Legacy: The Story of the 1973 Belmont Stakes

583

Were All Japanese Americans In Internment Camps? One Woman's Story

584

The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of Major League Baseball’s Legendary Slugger—Darryl Strawberry

585

16, Addicted, Pregnant: My Motherhood Story

586

The Fascinating Origins of The Salvation Army

587

He Wrote "The Giving Tree" and Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue": The Shel Silverstein Story

588

How the Tow Truck Came to Be

589

He Flew Nukes, Captured World Records, and Saved His Way to Wealth...

590

"Pray for Us!": Father Receives Daughter's Text during Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre

591

The Untold Story Charles Lindbergh

592

The Great Vowel Shift and the Making of Modern English

593

Ponzi's Scheme: The True Story of the Legendary Scam Artist

594

The Boys of Milo: Ted Godlove

595

The Atomic Marine

596

Lincoln: 1864

597

The Real Santa

598

How the NFL Went from Bush-League to Bigtime

599

A Family Lived in the New York Public Library?

600

Balloons Over Broadway: The American Visionary Who Created the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons

601

The Great Thanksgiving Cranberry Scare of 1959

602

The Real Story of the First Thanksgiving

603

The Woman Who Wrote "Mary Had A Little Lamb" Is the Godmother of Thanksgiving?

604

Remembering the Worst Naval Disaster in American History (The USS Indianapolis)—A Story Featured in the Movie "Jaws"

605

“Black Harry” Hoosier: The Story Behind Indiana’s Namesake

606

They Call Her "The Stomach"

607

One Man's Mission to Find Work, Purpose, and Meaning for Millions

608

Balloons Over Broadway: The American Visionary Who Created the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons

609

A Thanksgiving Evening with Refugees in Small Town Iowa

610

Pastor of the Pilgrims, John Robinson: 100 Bible Verses That Made America

611

The Real Story of the First Thanksgiving

612

Fannie Farmer: The Mother of Level Measurements

613

How a Master Chef Lost the Thanksgiving Turkey

614

An Empty Nester Helps a Lonely Lost Senior in a Nursing Home Find His Purpose

615

Is Die Hard a Xmas Movie? The Story and the Definitive Answer!

616

The Great Thanksgiving Cranberry Scare of 1959

617

The Man Who Rescued Over 10,000 Stranded Motorists

618

A Father's Love: Capone's Lawyer "Easy" Eddie and WWII Ace "Butch" O'Hare

619

The Bible: The Best-Selling Book of All Time

620

Why Did This Pittsburgh Steelers Legend—Owner Art Rooney—Attend the Funeral of Someone He Didn’t Know?

621

Big Nose Kate, more than Doc Holliday's Woman

622

The Story of America: The First Frontiersman President—Andrew Jackson

623

The Story Behind the Story of The Salem Witch Trials and The American Puritans

624

Pastor of the Pilgrims, John Robinson: 100 Bible Verses That Made America

625

Pat Boone: In A Metal Mood

626

How Nike Took a Bet on A College Basketball Player From North Carolina and Won

627

The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town

628

He Went to Work at Ford for Lee Iacocca... and Got More Than He Bargained For

629

The 1913 Storm

630

Burt Young’s Story: The Man Who Played Paulie in Rocky Opens Up About His Family and His Craft

631

The Sleeping Sentinel Who Received the Death Penalty, But Was Saved By President Lincoln

632

The Origins of America's Religious Liberty...Birthed in Queens, NYC?

633

Bob Munden: “The Fastest Gun Who Ever Lived”

634

Our American “Odyssey”: Stephen Ambrose on Lewis & Clark

635

The Woman Who Wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb" Is the Godmother of Thanksgiving?

636

I Lived Through The Depression And Didn't Even Know It

637

“Propose a Toast” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 17)

638

The Story of the Real—and Mostly Unknown—Author of the U.S. Constitution, Gouverneur Morris

639

The Story of Putting the Customer In Charge

640

The Great Thanksgiving Cranberry Scare of 1959

641

The Story of How "Women and Children First" Came to Be

642

The Real Story of the First Thanksgiving

643

How Patrick Henry Saved America from Its First Civil War

644

The Story of a Mother Who Destroys the Perfect Mom Myth

645

The Harvard Country Boys Who Shaped America

646

"You're Getting Shot At"—The Story of My First Combat Mission in Afghanistan

647

Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians

648

Surviving Hanoi: Larry Spencer's Story

649

A Medal of Honor Recipient Through The Eyes of His Father

650

Karl Marlantes: Why I Chose to Go to Vietnam

651

George Washington: America's First True Superhero

652

A Listener's Story About a Humble Local Hero -- Her Uncle

653

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

654

Empathy is Not Optional: The Story of Mike Leven's Brutal Law Professor

655

The Untold Story of Steve McQueen

656

The First Martyr of the Abolition Movement: 100 Bible Verses That Made America

657

"Big Bucks, No Whammies!": The Man Who Cracked the Code of "Press Your Luck" And Won $110,000

658

The Story of the Pilot Who Fell from an SR-71 Blackbird—the Fastest Plane in History

659

The Remarkable Life of Abe's Son, Robert Todd Lincoln—Lost In His Father’s Shadow

660

Chuck Colson’s (Watergate’s “Evil Genius”) Fall From the Center of Power into Prison... and His Redemption

661

Stalin’s Daughter Became an American Citizen... and Wisconsin Cheesehead?

662

Her Career is a Tribute to Her Great Uncle, A D-Day Hero

663

Caring For My Dying Husband Made Life Worth Living

664

50 Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy—The Plow, Barbed Wire, and Google Search

665

One of the Last Navajo Code Talkers Remembers WWII’s “Unbreakable Code”

666

The Missionary Who Returned with Her Toddler to the Cannibal Tribe That Killed Her Husband

667

Thomas Bennett: The Man Behind the Winchester Brand

668

How Horse Racing and the Triple Crown Brought a Father and Son Together

669

“Wild Bill" Donovan, America’s Top Spymaster

670

King Solomon: The Story of the Grave Digging Drunk-Turned Hero

671

Did Lizzie Borden Get Away With Murder?

672

Martin Luther: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed The World

673

The Man in the Glass Coffin

674

Halloween Haunted House History

675

The Secret History Inside of Cracker Barrel

676

An Air Force Pilot's Post-Retirement Career Dilemma: A Job at a Big Bank or the Pilot of Air Force 2

677

The History of Our Favorite Horror Movies

678

2x Oscar Nominee Volunteers for WWII at 37: The Story of Robert Montgomery

679

The Story of the One-Ton Pumpkin

680

Halloween: The History of an American Holiday

681

The History of Our Favorite Horror Movies

682

America Strikes Back: The Doolittle Raids and the Battle of the Coral Sea

683

From Darkness to Light: The Story Of The Man Who Invented the Maglite Flashlight

684

Last Men Out of Vietnam: Evacuating Saigon

685

A Black Cowboy is the Inspiration for the Lone Ranger?

686

The Story of an Escaped Slave Who Hijacked a Confederate Ship and Sailed it to Freedom

687

King Solomon: The Story of the Grave Digging Drunk-Turned Hero

688

Have Pool Cue, Will Travel

689

The Antiwar Presidential Candidate—Who Was a Pilot-Hero in WWII

690

The Only Car Ever Made To Honor God

691

The Man Who Wrote 'I'll Fly Away'

692

The Loyal(ist) Son: The Story of Ben Franklin's Son Taking Britain's Side During the Revolutionary War

693

How a Hollywood Blockbuster Inspired America’s Most Famous Robbery and Shootout—in North Hollywood

694

From Rags to Riches: The Story of the Silver Rush Kings and the "Big Bonanza"

695

Saving Monticello: One Family's Struggle to Make Sure History was Remembered

696

The Story of the American Japanese Who Fought Against the Japanese in WWII

697

Pathway to God: 2,000 Miles on the Appalachian Trail

698

The Bible Reading 200,000 Miles From Earth

699

The First Pilot At Ground Zero Recalls His First Jobs

700

Zero Victim: One Black Man's Story of Transformation

701

Horse Jumping Was Dull -- So They Jumped Mules

702

Abercrombie & Fitch: The Story Behind the Story of an Iconic American Brand

703

How VHS Beat Betamax

704

She Buried Over 60 Unclaimed People, Including Many Veterans

705

The Poverty of Fatherlessness: Blair Linne's Story

706

The Man in the Glass Coffin

707

The Twin Brothers Who Brought America EMTs, 911 Dispatchers - and Saved Millions of Lives

708

The Story of How Texas Joined the United States

709

The Story of the One-Ton Pumpkin

710

Halloween: The History of an American Holiday

711

Bob Munden: “The Fastest Gun Who Ever Lived”

712

James K. Polk: The Best President Americans Don't Know

713

How Pat Boone Became Famous

714

Wayne Gretzky Memorializes His Father

715

Brett Favre on His Miraculous Monday Night Game after His Father Died (Pt. 3)

716

A Texas Boy vs. an Air Traffic Control Bully

717

The Story of Pinball

718

How a College Student Sued the National Government and Saved Grant's Tomb

719

A Former German Soldier...Who Helped Build America's Arsenal of Democracy In WWII

720

He Made Paper Airplanes His Full Time Job

721

Caring For My Dying Husband Made Life Worth Living

722

"It's Me or The Guest": How Pat Boone Stood Up for Henry Belafonte and Challenged Apartheid

723

The Story of Sergeant York: The Religious Pacifist Who Became One of America’s Greatest War Heroes

724

The Fateful Night During WWII Cecil Wax Met God

725

The Great Chicago Fire—and the Even Greater Chicago Recovery

726

A Doolittle Raider’s Story of War & Forgiveness

727

"I Came Here Not To Talk, But To Die": The Story of Outlaw Cherokee Bill

728

The Untold Story of a Civil War Cemetery

729

The “LA Speed Check”: A Story from a Pilot of the Fastest Plane in the World

730

The Life of Duke Ellington: An American Original

731

Halloween Haunted House History

732

The "Slap Shot" Story with Dave Hanson

733

“Red Tape” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 19)

734

A Father Wanted A Clean Hotel For His Family... So He Created Holiday Inn

735

Triumph and Disaster: The Life of Rudyard Kipling

736

Treating the Cause, Not the Symptoms: A Listener's Life-Changing Lifestyle Story

737

Curly (of "The Three Stooges") Was My Grandfather... But My Family Kept It a Secret from Me

738

"If You Act Like a Lady, Men Will Always Treat You as One": Gold Rush Queen, Nellie Cashman

739

The Time I Nearly Died in Pilot Training

740

Legendary Founder of The Ritz Carlton: My Employees Are My Closest Neighbor

741

California Softens Criminality—Skid Row Police Officer Deon Responds with "Ladies Night"

742

Bruce Wang, All-American: The Chinese Cowboy With A Southern Accent

743

A One Man (Abridged) History of the Big Apple

744

The Only Woman to be Awarded the Medal of Honor

745

“Wild Bill" Donovan, America’s Top Spymaster

746

The Story of the Brooklyn Bridge—The 8th Wonder of the World

747

"Bring Home the Bacon" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 5)

748

The Story of How One Bad Employee Harmed a Bank's Reputation (Told by the Ritz-Carlton Founder)

749

The Little Boy Who Saved His Family

750

Nellie Bly's Record-Breaking Trip Around the World

751

Adolph Coors: The German Immigrant Who Brought Us Banquet Beer

752

The Man Who Milks Snakes for a Living

753

Valerie Habeeb's Story: From Sexual Abuse to Salvation

754

Going Postal: How The USPS Came to Be

755

The Untold Stories of Dr. Seuss's "The Lorax" and "The Grinch"

756

The 1926 Race to the South Pole

757

A Son Discovers His Deceased Mother's Hidden Talent

758

The Story Behind FDR's Day of Infamy Speech

759

The Titanic’s Last Hero

760

The Heiress of "America's Billionaire King" Who Joined Her Terrorist-Abductors: The Story of Patty Hearst

761

Winston Churchill on Education and What It Means for All of Us

762

The WWII Story of a Black Man Who Rescued White Sailors by Swimming 6 Hours in Shark-Infested Waters

763

How One Black Woman Led in the Redemption of "The Most Dangerous Racist In America": The Story of George Wallace and Shirley Chisholm

764

Before Kevin Costner's "Yellowstone" was Richard King's "King Ranch"

765

"Apple of Your Eye" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 2)

766

The Constitution's First Test—Washington's First Term: The Story of America [Ep. 14]

767

David McCullough: The Founding Fathers Were Not Like Us?

768

How the Constitution Came to Be: The Story of America [Ep. 12]

769

The Civil War's Moses Moment at Providence Spring—100 Bible Verses That Changed America

770

Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon

771

How an Iowa Waitress Became an Officer's Wife in Texas

772

The Unlikely Relationship Between Two of NYC's Finest

773

What I Learned About Faith and Friendship After 9/11

774

The Goo Goo Cluster: Nashville's "Official" Candy?

775

Paul Revere's Ride

776

The 1st Air Force Pilot at Ground Zero—and the Last to Know What Happened

777

A Museum Dedicated to Bad Art?

778

Wandering Worker: The American Hobo

779

A Thread Across the Ocean: The Story of the Transatlantic Cable

780

James Madison: Founding Father and Lawgiver

781

The Story of Bing Crosby and David Bowie's "Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth"

782

How the Tow Truck Came to Be

783

The Gettysburg Soldier Who Received The Medal of Honor 151 Years After His Death

784

Were the Irish the First Slaves in America?

785

"On The Wagon" & "Once In A Blue Moon" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 16)

786

Brett Favre on Humility, Aging, and Faith (Pt. 4 of 5)

787

A 12-Year-Old Girl's Eight-Hour Car Chase to Get Elvis' Photo at a Gas Station

788

How a UCLA Student in the 70s Saved the Marx Brothers

789

The Story of Secretariat’s Owner, Penny Chenery (As Told by the Director of “Secretariat,” Randall Wallace)

790

The First Martyr of the Abolition Movement: 100 Bible Verses That Made America

791

Prohibition: Smashing Saloons and Breaking Barriers

792

America Had A President Before George Washington?

793

What I Learned From A Dying Patient

794

What Happened to Saturday Morning Cartoons?

795

Snowflake Bentley

796

Moral Injury: the Invisible Epidemic Affecting American Veterans

797

Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and the Summer of ‘41 (by George Will)

798

Left for Dead: A Soldier's Second Life After Vietnam

799

Indians, a Jew, and a Hotel Partnership

800

The USS Lexington: The Oldest Working Carrier in the Navy

801

The World's First Action Figure Museum

802

A Teen Remembers Her Hero Father Killed In The Line of Duty

803

The Improbable Story of How the Wright Brothers Changed World History

804

Abigail Adams and Her 7-Year-Old Son John Quincy Witnessed First-hand The Battle of Bunker Hill: 100 Bible Verses That Made America

805

Café du Monde

806

To Mow or Not to Mow: The History of Lawn Care

807

The Woman Who Snuck Into George Washington's Army

808

A Surprise Gift From a Late Wife to Her Widowed Husband

809

A Grave Escape

810

Brett Favre (Pt. 5 of 5): Playing in Green Bay, Rehab, and the Shocking Thing That Happened to Him Twice—Which Nobody Ever Knew!

811

The Day a Soviet Nuclear Attack Submarine Rammed an American Aircraft Carrier

812

A Listener Recounts Spotting Satellites In The Sky With His Father in The Mountains of New Mexico

813

A Museum Dedicated to Southern Jewish Heritage

814

The Unlikely Story of How "Georgia on My Mind" Came To Be

815

Robert Redford's "Jeremiah Johnson”: The Real Story of a Hollywood Mountain Man

816

“Nest Egg” & "No Dice" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 15)

817

How A Losing Football Team Brought a Family Together

818

Hollywood Goes To War: Henry Fonda

819

Paychex Founder: No One Was Serving Small Businesses... So I Did!

820

Beauty in Brokenness: A Couple that Rebuilt their Marriage... and Now Dilapidated Cities

821

Her Mother Always Told Her She Was Strong... But Strength Isn't Always Enough

822

Ruger Firearms: The Story of a Great American Company

823

Reconnecting With My Absent Father Who Was Presumed Dead

824

The Story of a Miracle from the Man who Brought Us the World's Hottest Pepper

825

Accordionist Nancy 3 Hoffman—Yes, That's Her Middle Name—Tells the Story of Her....Umbrella Cover Museum

826

She Was Abandoned as a Child... Now She Saves Abandoned Babies

827

The Story of the Runaway Slave That Helped End the Fugitive Slave Act

828

A Police Chaplain Remembers His Mentor... And the Oklahoma City Bombing

829

Thomas Mundy Peterson: The Story of the 1st Black Voter in the United States

830

Life Beyond My Wildest Dreams: Professional Dog Walker

831

Did The Father of The Blues Really Sell His Soul to The Devil?

832

I Lived Through The Depression And Didn't Even Know It

833

ILLEGAL: Shooting Bunnies From A Motorboat

834

The Story of a Military Man-Turned Missionary Who Carries a Gun... In War-Torn Burma (And Sudan and Iraq)

835

The Story of One of West Point’s Greatest Graduation Speeches—to Graduating Jewish Cadets in 2023

836

The Story of Charleston: The Way Life Used to Be, And Perhaps, Is Supposed to Be

837

How George Washington's Bible Survived 9/11: 100 Bible Verses That Made America

838

The Frankie Avalon Story: The Man Who Influenced Music and Film for Three Decades

839

The Story of the 1st Medal of Honor Recipient (1861)

840

"Long Shot" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

841

The Story of America’s Most Famous Metaphor: “A City Upon A Hill”: 100 Bible Verses That Made America

842

The Two Men Who Ended Red Light Camera Tickets

843

Titanic Thompson: The Greatest Cheat of All Time

844

Bankrupt and Dying from Cancer, Ulysses S. Grant Waged His Greatest Battle

845

The Story of Chuck Taylor, the Billy Graham of Basketball

846

The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

847

How Johnny Carson Saved Twister

848

Pastor of the Pilgrims, John Robinson: 100 Bible Verses That Made America

849

My First Job: Being Groucho Marx's Assistant

850

"Fair Game" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

851

Samuel Colt and the Birth of the Revolver

852

The Great Thanksgiving Cranberry Scare of 1959

853

My Encounter with God... While Piloting a Chopper in Vietnam

854

The Woman Who Voiced Rudolph

855

How the USA Almost Went to War Over a Pig

856

The Grass and the Furious: Ladies, Start Your Lawnmower Engines!

857

Ben Franklin: Chess Can Make You A Better Person?

858

He Became a POW in Vietnam Two Days Before His Baby Was Born

859

The Story of a Bathroom Drug Deal Interrupted by Jesus

860

Centerline: The Surprising History of Lane Markings

861

"On The Wagon" & "Once In A Blue Moon" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 16)

862

My Family Spent 4 Months Playing Battleship in a Cornfield

863

Jack Marucci Created a Baseball Bat For His Son in His Backyard—Now He Runs The Biggest Bat Company in America

864

The TV Show That's Taking Over the World: The Chosen

865

Possom for Supper?

866

The Story Behind The Story of The Salem Witch Trials and The American Puritans

867

A Black Cowboy is the Inspiration for the Lone Ranger?

868

"In a Nutshell" & "In the Doghouse" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

869

He Was A Black Man Man Who Hated Cops Until He Became One—On LA's Notorious Skid Row

870

How Piggly Wiggly Created the Modern Supermarket

871

The Shocking Story Behind the Diamond Engagement Ring

872

The Story of How George Strait's "Love Without End, Amen" Came to Be

873

A Fake Ring, Real Temptation, and a Golden Marriage

874

The Story of How Jackie Kennedy Saved New York's Grand Central Station

875

Ketchup King: The H.J. Heinz Story

876

I Came to New York City Dead: The Story of Sarah Gonzalez's Redemption

877

Snowflake Bentley

878

Vietnam Vets Wouldn’t Sell Their Story to Hollywood, But They Sold “We Were Soldiers” to the Writer of “Braveheart”

879

The Late, Great Stephen Ambrose: WWII and Getting Down to Business (The Italian Campaign)

880

The Apollo 8 Crew’s Message from the Moon... Heard by 1 Billion People: 100 Bible Verses That Made America

881

“On Skid Row” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 15)

882

The Story "Of Beards and Men" and How They Define Masculinity in Culture

883

Karl Marlantes: Turning Ghosts into Ancestors

884

Indians, a Jew, and a Hotel Partnership

885

Jack London's "To Build a Fire"

886

The Story of South Carolina's Revolutionary War Heroine

887

A Grave Escape

888

The Civil War General Who Took His Dates to See His Severed Leg at the Smithsonian Museum

889

I Picked Up "Tex" Watson Hitchhiking AFTER the Manson Murders

890

The Time A Kid Sued Pepsi for A Harrier Jet

891

The Story of the Barcode

892

"Hunky Dory" & "Hedge Your Bets" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 9)

893

Ralph Cox: Last Guy Cut from 1980 U.S. Olympic "Miracle" Hockey Team

894

How A Hollywood-Style Production Team (Known as the "Ghost Army") Duped and Helped Defeat Hitler's Army

895

Hollywood Goes to War: The Story of Wayne Morris, the Brad Pitt of His Day

896

Pepsi Had the 6th Largest Navy in the World?

897

“Put A Sock In It” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 18)

898

A Mom and Son Run a Marathon in Every State

899

A Media Titan Shares Stories of Mentors Who Impacted His Life

900

The Heart of America: Texas Grocery Store Loses Power, Lets Customers Leave Without Paying

901

A Little Brother's Prayer to Be As Big As His Very Big Brother

902

The Men Who Built the Most Expensive and Most Powerful Gun

903

A Presidential-Sized Comeback: The Story of Ulysses S. Grant

904

The Surprising Story of the Dimaggio Brothers

905

The God and Divinity Roots of America's Most Famous College—Harvard: 100 Bible Verses that Changed America

906

Buck O'Neil's Lesson on Dealing With Defeat Like a Man

907

Brett Favre (Pt. 5 of 5): Playing in Green Bay, Rehab, and the Shocking Thing That Happened to Him Twice—Which Nobody Ever Knew!

908

A Black Man (Jesse Owens) and a Nazi: A Friendship Forged in Competition & Courage

909

I Fell in Love at Lambeau Field (Home of the Green Bay Packers)

910

From Hangtime to Primetime

911

Suffering Fueled His Greatness: John Hannah on What It Took to Become the Best NFL Offensive Lineman of All Time

912

The Sleeping Sentinel Who Received the Death Penalty, But Was Saved By President Lincoln

913

Lincoln's Greatest Speech Americans Have Never Heard: Cooper Union

914

The Fire of Genius: How Lincoln Overcame Poverty and Gained an Education

915

Abraham Lincoln: Our First "Wired" President

916

The Woman Who Snuck Into George Washington's Army

917

The Story of How Railroads Created America's Time Zones

918

What Is Spam? The Story of an American Meat Icon

919

This Log Cabin Led to the “Great Awakening”—Which Led to the American Revolution

920

The President Whose Greatness Came From His Restraint: The Story of President Calvin Coolidge

921

"All Hell Broke Loose" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 1)

922

How The Pilsner Arrived, Survived, and Thrived in America

923

Abigail Adams and Her 7-Year-Old Son John Quincy Witnessed First-hand The Battle of Bunker Hill: 100 Bible Verses That Made America

924

The Story Behind the Story of the Lone Ranger

925

The Story of the Runaway Slave That Helped End the Fugitive Slave Act

926

The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn: More Americans Died in the Revolutionary War on this British Prison Ship Than in Combat

927

The Father Whose Life Story Inspired the Son Who Wrote "Braveheart"

928

The Lincoln Assassination Conspirator Who Became The 1st Woman Ever Hanged By The U.S. Government

929

To Mow or Not to Mow: The History of Lawn Care

930

The Story of How Star Wars Toys Revolutionized Movie Merchandising (Part 2)

931

“Knock on Wood" & "Kick the Bucket” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 11)

932

The Man Who Witnessed the Assassination of Abe Lincoln

933

The Story of How Chick-fil-A Borrowed “My Pleasure” from a Luxury Hotel

934

Are Professional Wrestlers Athletes?

935

JFK’s 1962 Fourth of July Speech

936

Pyromaniac's Paradise: Summer Adventures Running a Fireworks Tent

937

Ryan Stewart: Overcoming Addiction by Letting Others Help Me

938

Billy The Kid: The Story Behind the Legend and the Myth

939

Lesson Learned: Clean Hog Manure Off Boots Before Going to School

940

How Did Daisy Golf Balls End Up on the Moon?

941

He Created The Largest Museum In The World For...Small Electrical Appliances

942

Grant's Greatest Battle

943

“Peeping Tom” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 14)

944

Hollywood's Golden Era Movie Star Had It All, But Left It All To Fight In WWII

945

The Turning Point in Abe’s Life: A Wrestling Match

946

The Bible: The Best-Selling Book of All Time

947

"Back to Square One" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 3)

948

Asbestos: The Story of The Mineral That Used to Be In Everything

949

Andrew Jackson’s Cursing Parrot

950

Ilene Hall Joined the Army to Find Her Husband in the Middle of WWII

951

The Atomic Marine

952

The Story of Bing Crosby and David Bowie's "Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth"

953

Empathy is Not Optional: The Story of Mike Leven's Brutal Law Professor

954

Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America

955

The Story of Justice Scalia: From His Immigrant Roots to the Highest Court in the Land (Pt. 1)

956

One Cop's Take on Mental Illness, Homelessness, and Crime

957

The Great Vowel Shift and the Making of Modern English

958

A Change in Seasons: Caring for Her Father the Way he Once Cared for Her

959

How An Unlikely Alliance Between Thomas Jefferson and Christian Fundamentalists Brought About Religious Freedom

960

Did Lizzie Borden Get Away With Murder?

961

1945 Empire State Building B-25 Crash

962

Receiving Wylie: A High Risk Pregnancy Story

963

Arm Wrestling: A Professional Sport

964

"Pray for Us!": Father Receives Daughter's Text during Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre

965

Brett Favre on His Miraculous Monday Night Game after His Father Died (Pt. 3)

966

Forgiving My Worthless Father

967

Dad With Cancer Tells Kids: “You Are My Best Investments”

968

My Hero-Father Needed No Star and No Cape

969

A Family Lived in the New York Public Library?

970

A Crooked Cop, an Innocent Man, and an Unlikely Journey of Forgiveness and Friendship

971

Were All Japanese Americans In Internment Camps? One Woman's Story

972

A Divorced Father Living with His Marine Son

973

“Black Harry” Hoosier: The Story Behind Indiana’s Namesake

974

“Propose a Toast” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions (Pt. 17)

975

Dick Bong, Ace of Aces: The Greatest Fighter Pilot in American History

976

The Civil War Soldier Who Risked His Life to Give Water To His Enemies

977

I Was Gretzky’s Hungover Linemate

978

The Men Who Tried to Steal Lincoln's Corpse

979

A Police Chief's Mission to Serve with Love and Compassion

980

The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty

981

He Flew Nukes, Captured World Records, and Saved His Way to Wealth...

982

The Story of How "Women and Children First" Came to Be

983

"Cat Got Your Tongue?" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

984

The Founding Fathers Said, No Bible—No America: 100 Bible Verses That Made America

985

Coach John Wooden: A Lifetime Masterpiece

986

Brett Favre on Tough Love, Parenting, and Telling the Truth (Pt. 2 of 5)

987

My Father Was Friends With Castro...Until He Wasn't

988

The Paul Harvey Story

989

Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and the Summer of ‘41 (by George Will)

990

Mr. 60s: A Baby-Boomer’s Story of Trials, Triumphs... and Redemption

991

Slavery Slayer: The Story of William Wilberforce

992

How the Constitution Came to Be: The Story of America [Ep. 12]

993

Remembering the Gold Star Father Whose Story Inspired the Hit Country Song "I Drive Your Truck"

994

Remembering the Worst Naval Disaster In American History (The USS Indianapolis)—A Story Featured in the Movie "Jaws"

995

The Gettysburg Soldier Who Received The Medal of Honor 151 Years After His Death

996

A Medal of Honor Recipient Through The Eyes of His Father

997

She's Seen It All: The Story of Mayor, Liquor Store Owner, Garbage Woman, and Teacher Cubby Hall

998

The Sidney Poitier Story

999

How Duke’s Coach K Was Almost Fired in 1983

1000

The Life of Duke Ellington: An American Original