On this episode of Our American Stories Monte Monroe Rachel Halversen and Anne Claire tell the story of President James K Polk and why his one term in office managed to beat out most Presidents who served two Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Paul Monti drives his son Jared's truck an act which inspired the hit country song I Drive Your Truck by Lee Brice but the story is much more than that of a song Here's the story of Jared Monti a true hero who died in service of our country trying to save a fellow soldier in the mountains of Afghanistan Our regular contributor Anne Clare tells the story of an overlooked event in American history that started with the untimely death of a pig and ended and ended with the United States and [... more]