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

Why Hollywood Cowboy Tim McCoy Went to War Twice

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

Before Hollywood, Danny Trejo Was Behind Bars

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

Why a Young Black Man Became a Cop on Skid Row

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

He Thought Johnny Cakes Were Named After Him

The Oakland Raiders Were So Bad Fans Created Fantasy Football

How George Washington's Bible Survived 9/11

Why a Restaurant Cook Became a Police Officer

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

Patty Hearst: From Kidnapping Victim to Bank Robber?

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

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

We Live Through History Without Even Realizing It

Before Hollywood, Young Ronald Reagan Worked as a Sports Broadcaster

How Chevy Chase’s Gerald Ford Impression Changed a Presidency

How Harry S. Truman Went from Shirt Salesman to President

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

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

Learning to Ride a Horse at 60

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

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

My Family Spent 4 Months Playing Battleship in a Cornfield

The Plan Was Simple. The Road Trip Was Not

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

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

Why Tyrone Power Left Hollywood to Fight in World War II

A Marine’s Final Conversation with His Father

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

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

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

Matthew Carey: The Irish Immigrant Who Shaped Early America

When Oregon Blew Up a Beached Whale With Dynamite

Zoro the Drummer's Career Started With Nothing

How George Lucas Made the First Star Wars Against the Odds

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

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

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

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

Before Billy Graham, There Was Billy Sunday

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thomas Jefferson: Brilliant, Flawed, but Still Deeply American

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

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

The True Story of How Curious George Escaped the Nazis

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

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

How a Simple Jam Session Became Rock’s Greatest Supergroup

Forgiving My Worthless Father

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

The Story of Captain Kangaroo

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

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

The CEO Who Stripped His Jet to Say He Was Sorry

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

The Kidnapping That Ended With One Oilman Outsmarting Machine Gun Kelly

The Unexpected Olympic Friendship That Defied Hitler’s Propaganda

The Puritan Who Brought Scripture to New England’s Tribes

Life Before Digital Photos: The Last Days of Kodachrome

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

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

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

How My Grandpa’s Singing Changed My Life

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

The Story of How the Muppets Began as a TV Commercial

What George Washington Did on Christmas Changed Everything

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

The Scout Never Called: Growing Up in Competitive Sports

Caring for My Dying Husband Made Life Worth Living

Becoming Dr. Seuss: The Making of an American Imagination

Couple Adopts 7 Siblings Separated Across Four Foster Homes!

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

Who Invented the Internet?

Theodore Roosevelt: That Damn Cowboy

Why the American Flag Means So Much to My Family

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

The Rural Missouri Church That Preaches In Five Languages

How the Automobile Solved a Problem No One Could Ignore

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

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

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

Meeting the Mother of My Foster Child Changed My Life

The Obituary of a Man Who Escaped Stalin and Hitler

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

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

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

Justice Scalia on Why The Constitution is Unique

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

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

How the USS Lexington Became a Floating Symbol of American Resolve

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Football Team That Broke Baltimore's Heart

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

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

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

Memorable Christmas Stories in U.S. Military History

A Family Man's Search for the Perfect Christmas Tree

The Woman Who Voiced Rudolph

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

The Teen CEO of the Candy That Cleans Your Teeth

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

What Happened to Saturday Morning Cartoons?

How I Was Changed by My Short-Term Mission Trip

The Shocking Story Behind the Diamond Engagement Ring

Everett’s Last Christmas Carol

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

The Woman Who Convinced Lincoln to Make Thanksgiving a Holiday

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

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

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

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

Was Eisenhower Really Responsible For Our Interstate Highways?

How Acting Legend Eddie Albert Served Our Country in WWII

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

The Great Thanksgiving Cranberry Scare of 1959

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

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

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

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

He Travels the Country Reviewing... Onion Rings?

What I Learned from a Dying Patient

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

The Man In The Glass Coffin

Why Are Bananas So Cheap?

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

Hollywood Goes To War: Henry Fonda

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

Lessons From The Giving Tree

Whiskey Is In Their Blood

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

I Found Out I was Adopted At 30!

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

Slavery Slayer: The Story of William Wilberforce

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

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

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

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

"Fair Game" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

The Woman Who Voiced Rudolph

The First Pilot at Ground Zero Recalls His First Jobs

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

Weapons of WWII With Stephen Ambrose: Poison Gas and Transportation

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

The Time I Nearly Died in Pilot Training

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

How Patrick Henry Saved America from Its First Civil War

Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Me, Pre, and the Birth of Nike

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

Were the Irish the First Slaves in America?

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

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

A Fake Ring, Real Temptation, and a Golden Marriage

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

Becoming Dr. Seuss: The Making of an American Imagination

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

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

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

The Best Worst Counterfeiter in American History

The One College Football Run That Changed My Life

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

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

Brett Favre’s Tribute to His Father

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

The Story of the Barcode

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

Caring for My Dying Husband Made Life Worth Living

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

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

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

The Story of How the Muppets Began as a TV Commercial

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

Paul Revere's Ride

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

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

America Had a President Before George Washington?

The CEO Who Grew Up Without Running Water

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

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

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

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

How a Losing Football Team Brought a Family Together

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moral Injury: The Invisible Epidemic Affecting American Veterans

She Buried Over 60 Unclaimed People, Including Many Veterans

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

The Winner Who Always Finished Last

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

The Henry Steinway Story

Are Professional Wrestlers Athletes?

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

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

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

American Freedom Machines: The Story of Harley-Davidson

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

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

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

Burrito Restaurant Owner Offers Job to Burglar

The Story of the Quiet Cowboy

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

Samuel Colt and the Birth of the Revolver

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

The Story of the Infamous University of Wisconsin Stampede

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

Centerline: The Surprising History of Lane Markings

How Smallpox Created Canada by Destroying Washington’s Army

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

Ambrose on Ike

The Making of an American Pantheon: Grant's Tomb

Grant's Greatest Battle

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

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

The Story of Alexander Hamilton

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

How VHS Beat Betamax

The Harriet Tubman Story

The Stories Behind Our Easter Traditions

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

The "Slap Shot" Story with Dave Hanson

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

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

How Coach Bear Bryant Saved and Changed My Life

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

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

Why Are There So Many Types of Screws?

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

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

Why Are Bananas So Cheap?

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

How Johnny Carson Saved Twister

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Story of How Railroads Created America's Time Zones

Meeting the Mother of My Foster Child Changed My Life

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

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

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

The American Cigar Making Tradition

Last Men Out of Vietnam: Evacuating Saigon

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

James Madison: Founding Father and Lawgiver

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

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

The American Sniper Other American Snipers Look Up To

The Improbable Story of How the Wright Brothers Changed World History

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

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

What I Learned About Freedom After Escaping North Korea

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

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

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

Girl with a Gun: The Annie Oakley Story

A Brief History of Toilet Paper

"Fair Game" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

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

The Story of the Real Saint Patrick

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

Ronald Reagan's D-Day Speech

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

The Story of The Horse Racing Buffalo: Harvey Wallbanger

I Admit it, I Sew Quilts

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

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

Titanic Thompson: The Greatest Cheat of All Time

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Roy Rogers Story: Family Man, American Legend

My Life After Firefighting

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

The Titanic’s Last Hero

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

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

Jack London's "To Build a Fire"

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

My Daughter, Out There... On The Beam

Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon

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

How Piggly Wiggly Created the Modern Supermarket

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

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

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

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

The Billy Graham Story

Doc Holliday: Outlaw Gentlemen, Shady Ladies, and Tombstone

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

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

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

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

The Shocking Story Behind the Diamond Engagement Ring

What I Learned from A Dying Patient

How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Man Who Witnessed the Assassination of Abe Lincoln

The Untold Story of Christopher Columbus

A Texas Boy vs. an Air Traffic Control Bully

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

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

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

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

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

How a Group of Daring Bootleggers Created NASCAR

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

Life Before Digital Photos: The Last Days of Kodachrome

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

The Story of Captain Kangaroo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I Invented the Modern Age: The Story of Henry Ford

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

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

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

The Tone Deaf, Bad Poet Who Wrote the National Anthem

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

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

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

Chef Boyardee: American Hero

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

When People Sent Their Children Through the Mail

The Green Beret That Other Green Berets Look Up To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Redemptive True Story of a Cocaine Drug Lord

The One Book I Never Thought I Would Write

The B-25 In My Dad's Backyard

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

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

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

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

A Museum Dedicated To...Mustard?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Theodore Roosevelt: That Damn Cowboy

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

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

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

The Real Stories Behind Our Cherished Christmas Traditions

A Family Man's Search for the Perfect Christmas Tree

Christmas, 1776

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

A Bible Reading 200,000 Miles from Earth

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

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

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

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

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

Memorable Christmas Stories in U.S. Military History

An Aussie Discovers American Wings

The Woman Who Voiced Rudolph

The Chicago Maintenance Man Who Wrote a Hallmark Christmas Movie

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

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

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

My Hero-Father Needed No Star and No Cape

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

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

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

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

Everett’s Last Christmas Carol

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

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

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

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

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

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

16, Addicted, Pregnant: My Motherhood Story

The Fascinating Origins of The Salvation Army

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

How the Tow Truck Came to Be

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

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

The Untold Story Charles Lindbergh

The Great Vowel Shift and the Making of Modern English

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

The Boys of Milo: Ted Godlove

The Atomic Marine

Lincoln: 1864

The Real Santa

How the NFL Went from Bush-League to Bigtime

A Family Lived in the New York Public Library?

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

The Great Thanksgiving Cranberry Scare of 1959

The Real Story of the First Thanksgiving

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

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

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

They Call Her "The Stomach"

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

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

A Thanksgiving Evening with Refugees in Small Town Iowa

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

The Real Story of the First Thanksgiving

Fannie Farmer: The Mother of Level Measurements

How a Master Chef Lost the Thanksgiving Turkey

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

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

The Great Thanksgiving Cranberry Scare of 1959

The Man Who Rescued Over 10,000 Stranded Motorists

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

The Bible: The Best-Selling Book of All Time

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

Big Nose Kate, more than Doc Holliday's Woman

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

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

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

Pat Boone: In A Metal Mood

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

The Best Lawyer in a One-Lawyer Town

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

The 1913 Storm

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

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

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

Bob Munden: “The Fastest Gun Who Ever Lived”

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

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

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

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

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

The Story of Putting the Customer In Charge

The Great Thanksgiving Cranberry Scare of 1959

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

The Real Story of the First Thanksgiving

How Patrick Henry Saved America from Its First Civil War

The Story of a Mother Who Destroys the Perfect Mom Myth

The Harvard Country Boys Who Shaped America

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

Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians

Surviving Hanoi: Larry Spencer's Story

A Medal of Honor Recipient Through The Eyes of His Father

Karl Marlantes: Why I Chose to Go to Vietnam

George Washington: America's First True Superhero

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

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

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

The Untold Story of Steve McQueen

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Caring For My Dying Husband Made Life Worth Living

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

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

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

Thomas Bennett: The Man Behind the Winchester Brand

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

“Wild Bill" Donovan, America’s Top Spymaster

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

Did Lizzie Borden Get Away With Murder?

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

The Man in the Glass Coffin

Halloween Haunted House History

The Secret History Inside of Cracker Barrel

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

The History of Our Favorite Horror Movies

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

The Story of the One-Ton Pumpkin

Halloween: The History of an American Holiday

The History of Our Favorite Horror Movies

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

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

Last Men Out of Vietnam: Evacuating Saigon

A Black Cowboy is the Inspiration for the Lone Ranger?

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

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

Have Pool Cue, Will Travel

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

The Only Car Ever Made To Honor God

The Man Who Wrote 'I'll Fly Away'

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Bible Reading 200,000 Miles From Earth

The First Pilot At Ground Zero Recalls His First Jobs

Zero Victim: One Black Man's Story of Transformation

Horse Jumping Was Dull -- So They Jumped Mules

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

How VHS Beat Betamax

She Buried Over 60 Unclaimed People, Including Many Veterans

The Poverty of Fatherlessness: Blair Linne's Story

The Man in the Glass Coffin

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

The Story of How Texas Joined the United States

The Story of the One-Ton Pumpkin

Halloween: The History of an American Holiday

Bob Munden: “The Fastest Gun Who Ever Lived”

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

How Pat Boone Became Famous

Wayne Gretzky Memorializes His Father

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

A Texas Boy vs. an Air Traffic Control Bully

The Story of Pinball

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

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

He Made Paper Airplanes His Full Time Job

Caring For My Dying Husband Made Life Worth Living

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

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

The Fateful Night During WWII Cecil Wax Met God

The Great Chicago Fire—and the Even Greater Chicago Recovery

A Doolittle Raider’s Story of War & Forgiveness

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

The Untold Story of a Civil War Cemetery

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

The Life of Duke Ellington: An American Original

Halloween Haunted House History

The "Slap Shot" Story with Dave Hanson

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

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

Triumph and Disaster: The Life of Rudyard Kipling

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

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

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

The Time I Nearly Died in Pilot Training

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

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

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

A One Man (Abridged) History of the Big Apple

The Only Woman to be Awarded the Medal of Honor

“Wild Bill" Donovan, America’s Top Spymaster

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

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

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

The Little Boy Who Saved His Family

Nellie Bly's Record-Breaking Trip Around the World

Adolph Coors: The German Immigrant Who Brought Us Banquet Beer

The Man Who Milks Snakes for a Living

Valerie Habeeb's Story: From Sexual Abuse to Salvation

Going Postal: How The USPS Came to Be

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

The 1926 Race to the South Pole

A Son Discovers His Deceased Mother's Hidden Talent

The Story Behind FDR's Day of Infamy Speech

The Titanic’s Last Hero

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

David McCullough: The Founding Fathers Were Not Like Us?

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

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

Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon

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

The Unlikely Relationship Between Two of NYC's Finest

What I Learned About Faith and Friendship After 9/11

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

Paul Revere's Ride

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

A Museum Dedicated to Bad Art?

Wandering Worker: The American Hobo

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

James Madison: Founding Father and Lawgiver

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

How the Tow Truck Came to Be

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

Were the Irish the First Slaves in America?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Prohibition: Smashing Saloons and Breaking Barriers

America Had A President Before George Washington?

What I Learned From A Dying Patient

What Happened to Saturday Morning Cartoons?

Snowflake Bentley

Moral Injury: the Invisible Epidemic Affecting American Veterans

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

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

Indians, a Jew, and a Hotel Partnership

The USS Lexington: The Oldest Working Carrier in the Navy

The World's First Action Figure Museum

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

The Improbable Story of How the Wright Brothers Changed World History

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

Café du Monde

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

The Woman Who Snuck Into George Washington's Army

A Surprise Gift From a Late Wife to Her Widowed Husband

A Grave Escape

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

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

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

A Museum Dedicated to Southern Jewish Heritage

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

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

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

How A Losing Football Team Brought a Family Together

Hollywood Goes To War: Henry Fonda

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

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

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

Ruger Firearms: The Story of a Great American Company

Reconnecting With My Absent Father Who Was Presumed Dead

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

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

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

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

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

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

Life Beyond My Wildest Dreams: Professional Dog Walker

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

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

ILLEGAL: Shooting Bunnies From A Motorboat

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Long Shot" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

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

The Two Men Who Ended Red Light Camera Tickets

Titanic Thompson: The Greatest Cheat of All Time

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

The Story of Chuck Taylor, the Billy Graham of Basketball

The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt

How Johnny Carson Saved Twister

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

My First Job: Being Groucho Marx's Assistant

"Fair Game" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

Samuel Colt and the Birth of the Revolver

The Great Thanksgiving Cranberry Scare of 1959

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

The Woman Who Voiced Rudolph

How the USA Almost Went to War Over a Pig

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

Ben Franklin: Chess Can Make You A Better Person?

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

The Story of a Bathroom Drug Deal Interrupted by Jesus

Centerline: The Surprising History of Lane Markings

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

My Family Spent 4 Months Playing Battleship in a Cornfield

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

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

Possom for Supper?

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

A Black Cowboy is the Inspiration for the Lone Ranger?

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

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

How Piggly Wiggly Created the Modern Supermarket

The Shocking Story Behind the Diamond Engagement Ring

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

A Fake Ring, Real Temptation, and a Golden Marriage

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

Ketchup King: The H.J. Heinz Story

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

Snowflake Bentley

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

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

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

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

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

Karl Marlantes: Turning Ghosts into Ancestors

Indians, a Jew, and a Hotel Partnership

Jack London's "To Build a Fire"

The Story of South Carolina's Revolutionary War Heroine

A Grave Escape

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

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

The Time A Kid Sued Pepsi for A Harrier Jet

The Story of the Barcode

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

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

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

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

Pepsi Had the 6th Largest Navy in the World?

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

A Mom and Son Run a Marathon in Every State

A Media Titan Shares Stories of Mentors Who Impacted His Life

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

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

The Men Who Built the Most Expensive and Most Powerful Gun

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

The Surprising Story of the Dimaggio Brothers

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

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

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

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

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

From Hangtime to Primetime

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

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

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

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

Abraham Lincoln: Our First "Wired" President

The Woman Who Snuck Into George Washington's Army

The Story of How Railroads Created America's Time Zones

What Is Spam? The Story of an American Meat Icon

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

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

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

How The Pilsner Arrived, Survived, and Thrived in America

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

The Story Behind the Story of the Lone Ranger

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Man Who Witnessed the Assassination of Abe Lincoln

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

Are Professional Wrestlers Athletes?

JFK’s 1962 Fourth of July Speech

Pyromaniac's Paradise: Summer Adventures Running a Fireworks Tent

Ryan Stewart: Overcoming Addiction by Letting Others Help Me

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

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

How Did Daisy Golf Balls End Up on the Moon?

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

Grant's Greatest Battle

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

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

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

The Bible: The Best-Selling Book of All Time

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

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

Andrew Jackson’s Cursing Parrot

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

The Atomic Marine

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

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

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

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

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

The Great Vowel Shift and the Making of Modern English

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

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

Did Lizzie Borden Get Away With Murder?

1945 Empire State Building B-25 Crash

Receiving Wylie: A High Risk Pregnancy Story

Arm Wrestling: A Professional Sport

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

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

Forgiving My Worthless Father

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

My Hero-Father Needed No Star and No Cape

A Family Lived in the New York Public Library?

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

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

A Divorced Father Living with His Marine Son

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

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

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

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

I Was Gretzky’s Hungover Linemate

The Men Who Tried to Steal Lincoln's Corpse

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

The First Kennedys: The Humble Roots of an American Dynasty

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

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

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

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

Coach John Wooden: A Lifetime Masterpiece

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

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

The Paul Harvey Story

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

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

Slavery Slayer: The Story of William Wilberforce

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

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

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

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

A Medal of Honor Recipient Through The Eyes of His Father

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

The Sidney Poitier Story

How Duke’s Coach K Was Almost Fired in 1983

The Life of Duke Ellington: An American Original

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

Making Peace With My Sister's Killer

The Nuclear Mishap in Arkansas That "Created" CNN

The Woman Who Snuck Into George Washington's Army

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

The Girls Next Door: How Serving Coffee and Donuts in World War I Led To Women Gaining the Right to Vote

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

Surviving Hanoi: Larry Spencer's Story

The Truth Behind the “Cursed” Millionaire Heiress, Sarah Winchester

The USS Lexington: The Oldest Working Carrier in the Navy

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

The American Sniper Other American Snipers Look Up To

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

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

Dennis Peterson: Makin' Do

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

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

"High and Dry" & "Let the Cat Out of the Bag" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

The Mennonite Who Won the Tour de France

How Samuel Clemens Headed West and Became Mark Twain

The Story of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's American Descendants

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

The First Pilot At Ground Zero Recalls His First Jobs

How VHS Beat Betamax

Winston Churchill: He Hated War, But He Was Great At It

Churchill: Walking With Destiny

Mother's Day Means More When You Don't Know If You'll See Her Again

How Faith, Infidelity, and Forgiveness Grew a Family Not Once, but Twice

Lightning in a Bottle: The Early Years of Coke

A Dad's Gift to His Children with Down Syndrome: An Ice Cream Truck?

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

Caring For My Dying Husband Made Life Worth Living

Rattlesnakes and Vinegar: A Journey to the General Store

Cy Walter: The Art Tatum of Cocktail Pianists

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

Thomas Bennett: The Man Behind the Winchester Brand

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

Satchel Paige: The Story of One of The Greatest Pitchers of All Time

Batman Through the Years

The Tone Deaf, Bad Poet Who Wrote The National Anthem

The Untold Story of a Civil War Cemetery

A Young Lady's Run-in with Frank Sinatra

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

Phillis Wheatley: The Enslaved Poet Who Met with George Washington

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

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

The Surprising History of PEZ Candy

Life Lessons From A Dairy Farm

America's Comeback: The Battle of Midway

The Man Who Rescued Over 10,000 Stranded Motorists

The Only Woman to be Awarded the Medal of Honor

My First Job: Being Groucho Marx's Assistant

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

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

JFK’s 1962 Fourth of July Speech

Indians, a Jew, and a Hotel Partnership

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

The "Slap Shot" Story with Dave Hanson

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

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

The World's First Action Figure Museum

Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

The Woman Who Stood Up To George Washington

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

The First Successful Submarine Attack In History

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

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

From Tech-Startup to Making a Wooden Pen with His Dad: The Story of Allegory

“Soft and Weak” Americans Try Stopping Nazis in 1943

"The Records Were Closed, But The Story Was Open"

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

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

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

Ex-Slave Bass Reeves: Lawman and Hero of the Wild West

One Mother’s Escape From A Sudanese Death Sentence... to America

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

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

The Story of the Quiet Cowboy

What To Do When Your Grandfather is a World Famous Songwriter

Audie Murphy: America's Most Decorated Soldier

Were the Irish the First Slaves in America?

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

Big Nose Kate, More than Doc Holliday's Woman

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

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

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

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

The Story of Chuck Taylor, the Billy Graham of Basketball

Easter with My Grandson: The Best Day Ever

The Story of The Man Who Built One of the Largest Prison Ministries in the World

The Stories Behind Our Easter Traditions

President Truman’s Visit to Tiny Dexter, Iowa—And How It Helped Him Win Reelection

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

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

Andrew Jackson’s Cursing Parrot

"Long Shot" and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

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

What Happened to Saturday Morning Cartoons?

The Improbable Story of How the Wright Brothers Changed World History

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

The Story of the Sneaker: A Walk Through American History

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

The Angels of Bataan: The Brave Nurses Who Served Our Soldiers in One of WWII's Worst Campaigns

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

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

The Big Four and the Transcontinental Railroad

Ben Franklin: Chess Can Make You A Better Person?

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

Coach “Bear” Bryant, and the Packers, Transformed My Life

The Con Man Who Was Pardoned By Both Abe Lincoln and Jefferson Davis

A Brief History of Toilet Paper

Hollywood Goes To War: Wild Bill Wellman

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

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

Last Men Out of Vietnam: Evacuating Saigon

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

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

The Woman Who Saved The Lewis and Clark Expedition

Reconnecting With My Absent Father Who Was Presumed Dead

How the Tow Truck Came to Be

A Black Cowboy is the Inspiration for the Lone Ranger?

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

Zero Victim: One Black Man's Story of Transformation

My Life After Firefighting

The Story of Captain Kangaroo

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

She Was Attacked For Running the Boston Marathon?

James Madison: Founding Father and Lawgiver

The American Surgeon Who Escaped the Viet Cong

How Patrick Henry Saved America From Its First Civil War

Las Vegas Must See: The Neon Museum

John Ford: The Greatest Director of All Time Quits Hollywood To Fight In World War II

Winston Churchill: He Hated War, But He Was Great At It

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

The Confederate Mystery Ship

My 48 Hours with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly

My Family Spent 4 Months Playing Battleship in a Cornfield

The Fateful Night During WWII Cecil Wax Met God

Adolph Coors: The German Immigrant Who Brought Us Banquet Beer

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

Virginia Hall: The True Story of America's Greatest Female Spy

The Best Lawyer In a One-Lawyer Town

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

A Family Lived in the New York Public Library?

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

How Smallpox Created Canada by Destroying Washington’s Army

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

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

Ruger Firearms: The Story of a Great American Company

The Shocking Story Behind the Diamond Engagement Ring

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

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