On this episode of Our American Stories after the Tate LaBianca murders Charles Tex Watson vanished just not right away For nearly two months he remained in Los Angeles as the city searched for those responsible That's where this story begins Our American Stories listener Patty Kingsbaker recounts the day she unknowingly gave a ride to Manson's most loyal killer unaware she was sitting just feet from one of the most wanted men in the country Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donateSee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories in -year-old Philo Farnsworth was working a field on his family's farm in Idaho when the neat rows stretching out behind him gave him an idea What if a picture could be broken into lines transmitted electronically and reassembled somewhere else The farm boy had begun imagining the technology that would become electronic television Daniel Stashower author of The Boy Genius and the Mogul The Untold Story of Television shares the story of how Farnsworth pursued that idea from rural Idaho to laboratories in California eventually finding himself in a patent battle with [... more]

Daily Memphian columnist Otis Sanford a far-left activist says Sen Brent Taylor is unfit for Congress Taylor admitted to sexting a woman who was not his wife several years ago The only alternative on the ballot is Justin Pearson a race-baiting blow-hard who pals around with Communists loathes white Republicans and prays to something called Mother God See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories as a teenager on Mississippi's Gulf Coast Valerie Habeeb endured years of sexual abuse by an older man who exploited the absence of her father and the vulnerability she carried with her She kept what happened secret for years carrying shame anger and pain into adulthood even as the people around her believed she had everything together Lee Habeeb shares his wife's journey of faith and forgiveness from reconciling with her mother and the father who had abandoned her to eventually forgiving the man who abused her Through her Christian faith Valerie came [... more]

Sanders Wendy Hal and John talk about being attacked by intersonic waves as well as laser weapons The Grid Solar Flares wed hr See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Ahab was the democrat of his day Sanders claims that he was attacked by Intersonic Waves in the Studio claims its a consequence for doing the lords work and that this is evidence of the end times Wendy talks about Doppler radar and dirty electricity wed hr See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

TX- Congressional Candidate Brandon Herrera joins us to discuss his close race outside money from J B Pritzker the positive impact of Trump's border policies on his district UN Ambassador Mike Waltz just WENT BERSERK at the Cuban official who tried INTIMIDATING him in the middle of his remarksThank you for supporting our sponsors that make The Dana Show possible HumanNhttps Humann com DanaBuy Two Bags of SuperBeets Heart Chews Advanced with COQ and get a third bag free Patriot Mobilehttp PatriotMobile com DANAMake the switch to Patriot Mobile Visit online or call -PATRIOT and use promo code DANAFRIDAY for [... more]

Israelis await final election results as Netanyahu rivals weigh joining forces with Arab parties Dana breaks down how this election will affect the Western alliance Dana pushes back on the theory that people voting for Mike Rodgers are being racist against Abdul El-Sayed Dana shares commentary after being mentioned by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show in a montage about the Cheesecake Factory Dana fact-checks claims that Israel continues to engage in apartheid as Arabs voted over in this year's Israeli elections Neil Young is suing Trump over using his song Rockin' In The Free World Amit Segal from N [... more]

A Libertarian candidate for the North Carolina Senate was taken into custody Monday following an hours-long standoff with Cary police Jonathan Miller who is running in Senate District was detained after officers responded to a welfare check with the situation ending without gunfire Meanwhile Vice President JD Vance returns to North Carolina today for a campaign rally in Kinston as the November midterm elections approach Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin visited the Lumbee Tribe in Robeson County to discuss federal recognition law enforcement partnerships drug enforcement and disaster response Theresa Opeka of Carolina Journal joins the program to discuss a [... more]

President Trump continues his midterm barnstorm as he visits the Port of Corpus Christi to push for American energy Gavin Newsom gets caught on a hidden camera predicting the DSA will take over the Democrat Party White House Deputy Communications Director Kaelan Dorr joins to discuss Trump's upcoming stops the administration's tax cuts and Obamacare refunds and falling border-related crime and how he is fighting for GOP wins next week Thank you for supporting our sponsors that make The Dana Show possible HumanNhttps Humann com DanaBuy Two Bags of SuperBeets Heart Chews Advanced with COQ and get a third bag [... more]

A new political ad released by Rebellion PAC created by The Young Turks co-founder Cenk Uygur supporting Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed blames Israel for rising grocery prices Dana goes through the latest close poll numbers including a shocking poll from Kansas At least are dead in an Islamist massacre of Christians in Ethiopia Former Dallas Cowboys star Dez Bryant was arrested for assault in Southlake Texas after a road rage incident escalated into a parking lot confrontation witnessed by his daughters Who was in the right Minutes highlights an illegal alien from Mali with a deportation order as [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Richard Muniz was not yet five years old when heavy rain stranded his family overnight at an old railroad station in the mountains of northern New Mexico When the storm finally cleared everyone stepped outside beneath a sky crowded with stars to watch for Echo one of America's earliest communications satellites Richard remembers seeing that tiny point of light move silently across the heavens while his father explained that some of the starlight above them had begun its journey before Richard was born In that moment a little boy's world suddenly became much [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Al Capone became the most famous gangster in America but Laurence Bergreen argues that his rise would have been almost unimaginable without Prohibition Born to an Italian immigrant family in Brooklyn Capone found his opportunity in the vast underground economy created when the government outlawed alcohol eventually rising to the top of Chicago's criminal world while cultivating the public image of a businessman and local benefactor Bergreen author of Capone The Man and the Era separates the man from the legend tracing Capone's rise his conviction for tax evasion his imprisonment at Alcatraz [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories in the spring of McDonald County opened its highway map and discovered that it had simply vanished The resort towns that depended on summer travelers were nowhere to be found and what looked like a clerical mistake carried real consequences for the people who lived there County leaders announced that McDonald County would symbolically secede from Missouri until someone paid attention Dwight Pogue was a teenager then watching his neighbors create a makeshift border patrol hand out mock visas and treat the whole effort as both a stand and a celebration Looking back [... more]

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On this episode of Our American Stories in as the Missouri Crisis stirred national debate over slavery and westward expansion a private conversation between John Quincy Adams and John C Calhoun became something much larger Calhoun defended slavery as a necessary institution Adams left the conversation deeply shaken and newly committed to abolition This moment would fuel his work after the presidency where he became a leading voice against the Gag Rule and argued for the freedom of the Amistad captives Historians James Traub and Dr Robert Elder share how a single exchange shaped one of the most important abolitionist [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories for veterans struggling with PTSD stress or simply the difficulty of quieting the mind sometimes a guitar can provide a few hours of peace GuitarsforVets org pairs veterans with free guitar lessons patient instructors and eventually an instrument of their own Veterans and volunteers share how learning to play can build confidence create community and offer a welcome escape from the pressures of everyday life Along the way the program has provided thousands of lessons and guitars to veterans across the country Our regular contributor Jesse Edwards shares the story Support the show [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories in Thomas Jefferson sent Robert Livingston and James Monroe to France hoping to secure New Orleans Instead Napoleon offered them something far bigger the entire Louisiana Territory For million the United States acquired roughly square miles in one of the largest land deals in history Hillsdale College's Brad and Dedra Birzer explain how the Haitian Revolution Napoleon's ambitions constitutional doubts and America's hunger for the West all came together in the Louisiana Purchase and why Jefferson believed the nation's future depended on securing the land beyond the Mississippi Support the show https www [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Millions of Americans first learned about the tragic fate of the USS Indianapolis from Quint's famous monologue in Spielberg's classic Jaws While the film certainly took some liberties with her story one part remained sadly true After the war Captain Charles B McVay III a decorated and experienced combat veteran was court-martialed for failing to zigzag and spent the rest of his life carrying the blame for one of the worst naval disasters in American history He eventually took his own life in at the age of his legacy nearly forgotten Decades later [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Andrew Thompson our regular contributor returns with another installment of our ongoing series exploring the curious origins of everyday expressions Drawing from his book Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red The Curious Origins of Everyday Sayings and Fun Phrases Andrew explains where familiar sayings such as white elephant wear your heart on your sleeve up the ante the upper hand and wait for the other shoe to drop came from Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donateSee omnystudio com listener for [... more]