On this episode of Our American Stories when you stop and think about it we've come a long way in the past years especially when it comes to medicine Joy Neal Kidney tells the story of a time not far removed from our own but drastically different A story of heartbreaking loss - and how much we depend on modern inoculations Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories listener Joy Neal Kidney recipient of the Great American Storyteller Award from our staff tells the story of several Civil War soldiers from Iowa and the lasting impact they have today Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Joy Neal Kidney shares the story of her old upright piano that was passed down to her from her mother Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

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 Joy Neal Kidney shares the story of two unforgettable Thanksgivings with Bosnian refugees Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Joy Neal Kidney shares her uncle Donald Wilson's war story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories WHO Des Moines listener Joy Neal Kidney shares her memories of growing up in her family's farmhouse just outside of the small town of Dexter Iowa Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Joy Neal Kidney shares her uncle Donald Wilson's war story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Des Moines WHO listener Joy Neal Kidney the recipient of our Great American Storyteller Award tells the story of several Iowa Civil War volunteers to the Union Army and their lasting impact on her community Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories the American flag means so much to so many of us Here is an Our American Stories listener Joy Neale Kidney on what the flag means to her and her family Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Joy Neal Kidney share's her mother's story about how she became the wife of an officer's wife during World War II Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories long time listener Joy Neal Kidney shares the story of her childhood home and roller skating in it Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Joy Neal Kidney Shares her Uncle Donald Wilson's war story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Joy Neal Kidney shares the story of her old upright piano that was passed down to her from her mother Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Joy Neal Kidney shares the story of her great grandmother's periwinkle quilt a beautiful family heirloom she inherited while in college Nike's Program Director Steve Prefontaine tells us how Nike began Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Time Codes - One of My Most Important Family Heirlooms is a Periwinkle Quilt - I Was There For The Birth of Nike With Steve PrefontaineSee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories sports journalist Jim O'Brian tells us the story of the founding owner of the Steelers Legend Art Rooney Sr Joy Neal Kidney author of Leora's Letters tells us the story of the many diseases people contracted during the great depression and how they carried on Keycap artist known as Tiny Makes Things shares her story of when she decided that she wanted to quit her job and start her own business making artisan keycaps for mechanical keyboards Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Time Codes - Two Funerals One Steelers Legend [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Joy Neal Kidney our regular contributor and recipient of our 'Great American Storyteller Award' tells the story of what her family ate during the Great Depression years nbsp The History Guy nbsp gives us the story of the USS Kitty Hawk collision Chad and Jess Schumacher tell us how their lives seemed to be going really well and as according to plan as life could and then life took a number of sharp and unexpected turns nbsp Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate nbsp Time Codes - Possum for Supper - [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Joy Neal Kidney shares the story of her old upright piano that was passed down to her from her mother Harlow Giles Unger New York Times bestselling author of twenty-eight books tells us how Dr Benjamin Rush is known as the Father of Psychiatry the Army Medical Corps Veterinary Care and biblically-taught Public Schools Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate nbsp Time Codes nbsp - The Memories Behind That Old Upright Piano - The Father of American Psychiatry See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Joy Neal Kidney our regular contributor and recipient of our 'Great American Storyteller Award' tells the story of what her family ate during the Great Depression years Mesquite Police Officer Richard Houston is eulogized by Police Chief David Gill and his daughter Shelby Christopher Klein tells the story of the former president and Civil War hero Ulysses S Grant and how he raced to complete a literary masterpiece that saved his wife from destitution with the aid of Mark Twain Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate nbsp Time Codes nbsp - [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Iowa listener Joy Neal Kidney shares her father's story Our regular contributors Jon Elfner and Dr Kate Masur author of Until Justice Be Done tell the rest of the story that begins with three runaway enslaved people Tyson Timbs tells us how he found out that old habits do indeed die hard when he was arrested and convicted for selling drugs to undercover cops Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Time Codes - Reconciling Dad the Farmer and Dad the Veteran Pilot - How The Civil War Openly Became about Slavery [... more]