On this episode of Our American Stories Beverly Gage author of the new definitive biography on J Edgar Hoover G-Man J Edgar Hoover and The Making of the American Century tells the story of the most important lawman of the th century Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

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On this episode of Our American Stories hen J Edgar Hoover took over in the FBI was a much smaller organization Hear about the following five decades from biographer Beverly Gage This Day in History in J Edgar Hoover died Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Drew Newman of JC Newman Cigars tells the story of cigars in the United States a story his family played a big part in Wild Bill Donovan was one of America's most exciting and secretive generals the man President Franklin Roosevelt made his top spy in World War II Wild Bill was director of the Office of Strategic Services the country's first national intelligence agency He is known as the founding father of both the CIA and the military's Special Operations Forces along with being credited as the father of psychological and cyber [... more]

Anti-gun goons including an Indianapolis television reporter are attacking the Good Samaritan who stopped a mall massacre Rep Ronny Jackson Marshi Smith and Rep Barry Loudermilk join conversation See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

In our cover story Ben Tracy examines how the American West is suffering from a catastrophic megadrought Plus Erin Moriarty explores why two men wrongfully-imprisoned for decades in Missouri are not being allowed to go free Seth Doane talks with actor Matt Damon about his new film Stillwater Mo Rocca sits down with -year-old jazz singer Marilyn Maye Conor Knighton explores UNESCO's World Heritage Sites filmmaker Josh Seftel's mom prepares for an in-person reunion after a year of quarantine and Lee Cowan visits a spectacular light show put on by synchronous fireflies Lee Cowan hosts this week's CBS Sunday Morning [... more]

Stan Cotten and Lary Sorenson take over The Drive and talk to Wake Forest coaches Tom Walter and Jenn Hoover and also the AD John Currie nbsp [... more]

For the first time since they got married -- years ago -- Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker are returning to the Broadway stage TOGETHER in Neil Simon's Plaza Suite They talk to Jane Pauley about their chemistry on and off the stage CBS News Contributor David Pogue offers advice on maintaining productivity and social relationships while observing social-distancing protocols The th-century Hungarian doctor determined that proper hand hygiene could make all the difference between life and death and his ideas were rejected Lee Cowan reports New unemployment claims for the most recent measured week totaled million Facing an unprecedented [... more]

Former President Herbert Hoover died years ago this week His name forever linked to the stock market crash of and the Great Depression that followed As Mo Rocca found out there's a case to be made that THE REAL HERBERT HOOVER was a far better man than the caricature In an interview with Lee Cowan Hollywood legends Martin Scorsese Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro talk about their new film The Irishman about a hit man for a Philadelphia crime family and the fate of Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa Martha Teichner maps the remarkable life path of Harriet Tubman See [... more]