On this episode of Our American Stories here to tell the story is Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Scott Shane Shane is the author of Flee North A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderland Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

In this episode Shirley discusses the five-year awaited release of the film Sound of Freedom the story of Tim Ballard a former U S government agent and founder of Operation Underground Railroad who quit his job in order to devote his life to rescuing children from global sex traffickers According to OUR the latest International Labour Organization ILO study estimates that a staggering million people are currently living in modern slavery worldwide with a whopping million in labor and sex trafficking and million in forced marriage These numbers are on the rise and an estimated million people are in modern [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories many of us know the name Harriet Tubman but we may not know the struggles that she went through to become the recognizable figure we know in American History today Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Esther thinks she has it made No one knows her real identity she has servants at her beck and call she is the favored wife of the king But just when it seems like the world is at her fingertips something unexpected happens that threatens to end it all Listen to Defining Moments to discover what it is [... more]

Ren introduces listeners to her friend Shauna a Project Manager at Exelon who now takes small actions to combat human trafficking after learning about modern-day slavery through Lantern's work Ren Alan and his wife Tammy also share some ideas for how listeners can get involved through everyday means [... more]

Mark and Wren discuss how they each became interested in the fight against human trafficking the formation of Lantern Rescue and the story behind the team's name [... more]

Language can serve as a force of good as well as a force of evil depending on how you use it and Solomon gives us example after example of both kinds of uses So join Stephen now as he brings us Solomon's word on words [... more]

Open calls questions and discussion with Matt Slick LIVE in the studio Questions include--- - Matt mentions the three schools on the CARM site that are discounted- theology apologetics and critical thinking -- - Is it always wrong to lie- What about situations like Nazi Germany or hiding slaves in the underground railroad- What about the midwives in Exodus--- - How do you use logic in your debates with atheists--- - What debate format do you prefer--- - How do the Old Testament laws concerning adultery reconcile with John - Is that a contradiction--- - What are the main textual [... more]

Former President Herbert Hoover died years ago this week His name forever linked to the stock market crash of and the Great Depression that followed As Mo Rocca found out there's a case to be made that THE REAL HERBERT HOOVER was a far better man than the caricature In an interview with Lee Cowan Hollywood legends Martin Scorsese Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro talk about their new film The Irishman about a hit man for a Philadelphia crime family and the fate of Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa Martha Teichner maps the remarkable life path of Harriet Tubman See [... more]