On this episode of Our American Stories Stephen Ambrose is here to tell us the story from his bestseller Nothing Like It In The World The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Sidney Poitier Man Actor Icon was the first full biography of legendary actor Sidney Poitier written by Aram Goudsouzian professor of history at the University of Memphis In it he explores the hard but admirable journey Poitier travelled and why we view him today as a legend Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Eilene Lyon shares the story of observing two eagle families that couldn't be more diametrically opposed to one another Former Air Force Captain and Air Force OSI Special Agent Vince Benedetto shares his story of going to a school to teach students about why we honor our veterans Dr Jean Stuntz from West Texas A amp M University gives us some history on what it was like before women could own property or make any money of their own Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate nbsp Time Codes nbsp - Eilene [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Britney Ruby Miller CEO of Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment shares with us how she leads a team of more than employees across luxury steakhouses in Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee When his wife got a ticket for a tiny infraction Mats nbsp J auml rlstr ouml m driven by curiosity investigated a local traffic cam system which led to an investigation nbsp into nbsp him nbsp Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate nbsp Time Codes nbsp - The Story of a -Star Steakhouse CEO and an NFL Linebacker - Oregon Told This [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories historian John Steele Gordon tells the story of how the telegraph went from Samuel Morse to winning WWI and how one man spearheaded the effort to connect America to Great Britain and in doing so the rest of the world Former CEO of -Eleven Jim Keyes tells the story of how their company has led countless immigrants to the American Dream Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate nbsp Time Codes nbsp - The Transatlantic Cable The Thread that Connected the World - -Eleven's Commitment to the American DreamSee omnystudio com listener [... 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 Stephen Rusiniak shares a story about a devastating flash flood that severely damaged his Church and then the surprising response from the community Jason Wolfe's father left his family at the age of and here he is to tell the story of figuring out how to be the father he didn't have Listener Brent Timmons tells the story of a lesson in parenting he learned while on a family trip to Kentucky nbsp Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate nbsp See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]