On this episode of Our American Stories after running the North American cocaine trade for the cartel in his early s Jorge Valdes found salvation rather than death Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Jane Pauley hosts a special look back on the life of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II including Lee Cowan's appreciation of her seven-decade reign Also Mo Rocca talks with Tina Brown about the Queen's mystique Rita Braver interviews former President Bill Clinton about his memories of the Queen Seth Doane examines the history of the House of Windsor Martha Teichner examines Elizabeth's love of animals Ben Mankiewicz talks with actors about portraying the monarch on screen and Mark Phillips reports on the new king Charles III Plus Ted Koppel looks at a program that has constructed thousands of affordable houses for [... more]

In the most ambitious private home construction project in the United States began On-site manufacturing produced some bricks a day The work continued until the completion of George Vanderbilt II rsquo s ldquo summer house rdquo mdash six years later The result was the Biltmore Estate in Asheville North Carolina To this day it remains the largest private residence in America with rooms including bedrooms and bathrooms consuming a staggering square feet sq meters of floor space This project ambitious as it was was nothing compared to the ldquo building rdquo intentions Jesus proclaimed to His disciples in Matthew After [... 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]

In at the age of ninety-four George Vujnovich was awarded the bronze star for organizing what the New York Times called ldquo one of the greatest rescue efforts of World War II rdquo Vujnovich son of Serbian immigrants had joined the US army and when word arrived that downed American airmen were being protected by rebels in Yugoslavia Vujnovich returned to his family rsquo s homeland parachuting into the forest to locate the pilots Dividing the soldiers into small groups he taught them how to blend in with the Serbs wearing Serbian clothes and eating Serbian food Then over months [... more]

Masculine Journey [... more]