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Break Point

John Stonestreet

November 06, 2026

The Midterm Election; Religious Persecution in Colorado and AI in Schools

How Christians should think about Tuesday's election Google insists that AI needs to be in the classroom And Colorado is discriminating against Christians again Segment The Midterm Election How Christians Should Think About the Midterm Elections Segment Religious Discrimination in Colorado SCOTUS oral arguments Court Seems Poised to Side with Catholic Preschool Segment AI in Schools NY Times article on AI in schools [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

November 06, 2026

An Iowa Waitress, a Pilot, and a Family at War

On this episode of Our American Stories Doris Wilson was working as a waitress in Perry Iowa when news of the attack on Pearl Harbor interrupted the music playing in the restaurant Before long all five of her brothers were serving in the military and the young Iowa woman found herself headed to Texas after marrying Warren Neal a farmer turned Army Air Forces pilot and flight instructor Their new life at the Marfa Army Air Base brought crowded wartime housing officers' luncheons long hours and one aqua formal gown that made Doris feel like Cinderella at the opening of [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

November 05, 2026

The First Man to Die in a Plane Crash

On this episode of Our American Stories before air travel became routine flight was a dangerous experiment In Lt Thomas E Selfridge climbed into a fragile biplane beside Orville Wright ready to test the limits of a new invention that had barely left the ground When a propeller snapped midair the airplane crashed near Fort Myer Virginia Wright survived with severe injuries Selfridge did not becoming the first man to die in a plane crash and marking the beginning of a new chapter in the history of aviation His sacrifice helped shape the safety standards that would guide every flight [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

November 05, 2026

The German Immigrant Who Became New York’s Queen of Thieves

On this episode of Our American Stories Frederica Mandelbaum arrived in New York from Germany in with her husband infant daughter and very little money She began by selling lace door-to-door on the Lower East Side but poverty and limited opportunities soon pushed the ambitious immigrant toward a very different kind of business buying stolen goods and reselling them for a profit Marguerite Fox former New York Times obituary writer and author of The Talented Mrs Mandelbaum shares how Frederica built one of the most powerful criminal networks of Gilded Age New York before one tiny strip of stolen silk [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

November 05, 2026

The 14-Year-Old Farm Boy Who Invented Television

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]

Break Point

John Stonestreet

November 05, 2026

"All Truth is from God:" The Bible's Cure to Unnecessary Angst

Many spiritual crises could be avoided if Christians recovered the biblical and historic doctrine of common grace For more resources visit breakpoint org [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

November 03, 2026

Before He Became an Antiwar Candidate, George McGovern Flew 35 Combat Missions

On this episode of Our American Stories on a bombing mission over Austria during World War II George McGovern faced a moment that would haunt him for the next years His battered B- was struggling home when his crew was forced to release a bomb stuck in the bomb bay McGovern watched helplessly as it fell onto a farmhouse below never knowing what became of the people inside It was one of combat missions he flew as a young pilot earning him the Distinguished Flying Cross That same day thousands of miles away his first daughter was born Historian Stephen [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

November 03, 2026

The Story of America: The Most Divided Election in American History [Ep. 16]

On this episode of Our American Stories in the United States faced one of the most uncertain moments in its early history Tensions that had been building since the presidential race came to a head as John Adams and Thomas Jefferson battled for the future of the country There's a reason it is considered one of the most divisive elections in American history Tensions ran so high that many feared the republic might split apart When Thomas Jefferson ultimately emerged as the winner of the election of the nation witnessed something rare in history a peaceful transfer of power As [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

November 02, 2026

David George Built a Church While Running Toward Freedom

On this episode of Our American Stories David George was enslaved captured and chased across colonies before he found anything close to freedom But something else held through the chaos his faith After escaping bondage George helped plant the roots of what would become the Black Baptist Church in North America Historian Woody Holton author of Black Americans in the Revolution and a professor of history at the University of South Carolina shares how David George's story shaped the foundations of Black religious life in North America and explains why his legacy continues to matter today Support the show https [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 31, 2026

Halloween: The Strange and Storied History of an American Holiday

On this episode of Our American Stories every October porches glow with carved pumpkins and streets fill with costumed children but the roots of Halloween reach much deeper than candy and costumes The holiday began as All Hallows' Eve a night of remembrance that blended Christian and Celtic traditions When Irish and Scottish immigrants arrived in the United States they carried those customs with them reshaping the celebration into something distinctly American Historians Lesley Bannatyne and Lisa Morton explain how an ancient ritual became a modern holiday and why Halloween in America continues to reflect both superstition and joy Lesley [... more]

Break Point

John Stonestreet

October 30, 2026

Halloween and Elections; Organ Donations; Falling Marriage Rates

Halloween and a mid-term election are ahead A change in rules for organ donations has many rethinking their involvement And what to do about falling marriage rates Segment Halloween and Elections NPR story on changes in donor rules Voting and the Lesser of Two Evils Segment Organ Donations and Falling Marriage Rates NPR story on organ donor rule changes CBN article on marriage rates Segment John's Flight Dilemma [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 28, 2026

Darryl Strawberry: From Baseball Stardom to a Life Redeemed

On this episode of Our American Stories Darryl Strawberry reached the heights of Major League Baseball but success could not heal the wounds he carried from childhood Raised with an abusive alcoholic father Strawberry says rejection and anger helped drive him toward greatness on the field while leaving him vulnerable to addiction broken relationships and a life that eventually spiraled far beyond his control Strawberry shares the story of how faith changed the course of his life how his wife Tracy challenged him to stop defining himself by the uniform he once wore and how forgiveness finally brought him face-to-face [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 27, 2026

John Cazale: The Greatest Actor You Don't Know

On this episode of Our American Stories John Cazale never became a movie star He never received an Academy Award nomination and his film career lasted only six years Yet Al Pacino considered him an acting idol Meryl Streep fell in love with him and every one of the five films he appeared in was nominated for Best Picture Jonjo Powers author of A Small Perfection John Cazale and the Art of Acting shares the remarkable story of the man who brought Fredo Corleone to life made some of Hollywood's greatest actors better and died at just years old with [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 26, 2026

The DiMaggio Brothers: Three Ballplayers, One American Dream

On this episode of Our American Stories Joe DiMaggio became an American icon but he was only one of three brothers who made it to the major leagues Raised in a large Italian immigrant family near San Francisco Vince Joe and Dom DiMaggio each defied their father's hopes that they would become fishermen and instead chased a future in baseball Four-time New York Times bestselling author Tom Clavin author of The DiMaggios Three Brothers Their Passion for Baseball Their Pursuit of the American Dream shares the story of how Vince opened the door Joe became a Yankees legend and Dom [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 26, 2026

The Real Al Capone: Prohibition, Power, and the Making of a Legend

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]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 23, 2026

The Story of America: Winning the Great War, Losing the Great Peace [Ep. 44]

On this episode of Our American Stories America entered World War I late but its arrival helped change the course of the conflict By the fall of more than a million American soldiers were fighting through the Argonne Forest as Allied forces pushed Germany toward collapse On November the guns finally fell silent The United States and its allies had won the Great War but deciding what should come next would prove far more difficult As part of our ongoing Story of Us Story of America series Dr Bill McClay author of Land of Hope shares the story of America's [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 22, 2026

The Flushing Remonstrance and America’s First Fight for Freedom

On this episode of Our American Stories in Governor Peter Stuyvesant ordered residents of New Netherland to help enforce his campaign against religious dissenters especially Quakers Thirty residents of Flushing refused In a petition now known as the Flushing Remonstrance they declared that they would not persecute peaceful people simply because they worshiped differently Larry Reed President Emeritus of the Foundation for Economic Education tells the story of this remarkable early defense of religious liberty and the punishment its signers faced for defying Stuyvesant Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donateSee [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 22, 2026

Deborah Sampson: The Woman Who Snuck Into George Washington’s Army

On this episode of Our American Stories Deborah Sampson wanted to serve her country but women were barred from joining the Continental Army So in the Massachusetts woman put on men's clothing enlisted under the name Robert Shurtliff and began a remarkable military career while trying to keep her true identity hidden Marilyn Gilbert Komechak author of Deborah Sampson The Girl Who Went to War shares the story of how Sampson went from an indentured servant who taught herself to read and write to a soldier in George Washington's army Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 21, 2026

Mother Cabrini: The Italian Immigrant Who Became an American Saint

On this episode of Our American Stories Francesca Cabrini dreamed of becoming a missionary in China Instead Pope Leo XIII sent the Italian nun west to the United States where thousands of Italian immigrants were struggling with poverty discrimination dangerous work and life in a country whose language many did not yet speak Claudia Cangilla McAdam author of Mother Cabrini A Heart for the World shares the story of how Cabrini overcame frail health prejudice and seemingly endless obstacles to build schools orphanages hospitals and missions across America and around the world An immigrant herself Cabrini eventually became an American [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 21, 2026

A 14-Year-Old Historian Brings the First Day of the American Revolution to Life

On this episode of Our American Stories you've probably heard that during his famous midnight ride through the Massachusetts countryside to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock of the impending British occupation of Lexington and Concord Paul Revere shouted The British are coming But that's not quite true Sabrina Bhattacharjya a -year-old history enthusiast and founder of Lex shares the real story and brings to life the first day of the American Revolution We'd like to thank Constituting America for turning us on to this story Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories [... more]