On this episode of Our American Stories author Chris Taylor tells the unlikely story of Star Wars Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories the official Texas State Historian Monte Monroe tells the sweeping story of how the Texas we know and love today found its footing as a nation in response to tyranny and oppression Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories American history hasn't been kind to our last king He's viewed as a tyrant the Declaration of Independence claims that he was unfit to lead a free people and the musical Hamilton paints him as a brute The truth is anything but this English historian Andrew Roberts tells the story of King George III and why he isn't the man he's often portrayed to be Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Pinball is an iconic American game But how did it reach its iconic status How did pinball develop Why flippers Listen to Jeremy Saucier of the Strong Museum of Play as he shares the long and sometimes surprising history of pinball--from its origins in French parlor games to its prohibition and then to its emergence as the immersive and popular game that it is today Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]