On this episode of Our American Stories Our American Stories listener Joy Neal Kidney shares the story of what her family ate during the Great Depression Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Greg McDonald got his start in show business as a teenager after meeting Elvis Presley and his manager Colonel Tom Parker shortly after Parker began managing Elvis in the ' s Here's Greg with a Colonel and Elvis Christmas story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories the CSS Hunley's sinking of the Housatonic was only a partial success but represents the first time a submarine managed to sink an enemy vessel and it happened in Charleston Harbor during the Civil War Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Kimberly McCullough explains the beauty and difficulties of going through the foster care and adoption process Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories on the day Pearl Harbor was attacked FDR's speechwriting team wasn't in Washington Roosevelt with the help of a few aides penned the most important speech of his presidency and one of the most important speeches in American history Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories the curator of the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum in Baltimore Maryland just outside Camden Yards explains Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories The History Guy shares the story about an escape attempt in the infamous Alcatraz Federal penitentiary in San Francisco California that led to a standoff The penitentiary the inmates called the Rock was supposed to be escape-proof but that did not keep some prisoners from trying Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories discrimination in all the basics of life could not deter Curt Flood from excellence in professional baseball - and ultimately bringing justice to the business of sports Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]