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Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 08, 2026

How Edgar Allan Poe Gave Us Horror, Mystery, and Science Fiction

On this episode of Our American Stories Edgar Allan Poe is best known for his dark tales and haunting poems yet his imagination stretched far beyond the macabre Behind the tragedies that shaped his life was a writer who helped define Gothic literature pioneered detective fiction and even ventured into early science fiction Chris Semtner curator at the Poe Museum in Richmond Virginia reveals the wit creativity and depth of one of America's most enduring literary voices Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donateSee omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 08, 2026

Jack Marucci Made a Bat for His Son. Then Major Leaguers Wanted One

On this episode of Our American Stories Jack Marucci didn't set out to create a sporting goods company he was simply trying to find a wooden baseball bat for his son When he couldn't find one small enough he opened up his shed and made one from scratch Then another kid wanted one Then another Before long the bats that had started as a project for his son were finding their way into the hands of Major League players and gaining a reputation as some of the best in the game Marucci shares how that backyard hobby grew into Marucci [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 08, 2026

Mike Leven: The Bigger the Bureaucracy, the Smaller the Customer

On this episode of Our American Stories Mike Leven learned one of his most important business lessons in the hotel franchise world treat the franchisee like a customer and give that owner every reason to succeed Done well he argues franchising combines the resources of a larger brand with the energy and accountability of individual entrepreneurs Sharing the story through recalling his time with Days Inn and Holiday Inn Leven explains why growing organizations so often lose touch with the people they serve and why in business and beyond the bigger the bureaucracy becomes the easier it is to forget [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 08, 2026

How Air Conditioning, Barcodes, and Elevators Changed the World

On this episode of Our American Stories a century ago much of the American South was brutally uncomfortable in summer skyscrapers could only rise so far and keeping track of thousands of products in a store was a slow manual job Then a handful of inventions quietly changed how people lived and worked Air conditioning helped transform entire regions of the country A safer elevator made the modern skyscraper practical And a pattern of black lines printed on a package changed the way nearly everything we buy is tracked and sold Economist and bestselling author Tim Harford author of Fifty [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 07, 2026

Beating the Soviets: Mike Eruzione on the 1980 Olympic Upset

On this episode of Our American Stories it was the Cold War on ice and no one expected Team USA to win But in a ragtag group of college kids stunned the world when they beat the seemingly unbeatable Soviet Union at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics Our own Greg Hengler and Mike Eruzione himself captain of the U S men's hockey team and the man who scored the game-winning goal share the inside story of one of the greatest upsets in sports history Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donateSee [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 07, 2026

How Three Escaped Slaves Changed America Forever

On this episode of Our American Stories in May three enslaved men Frank Baker Shepherd Mallory and James Townsend escaped from Confederate labor at Sewell's Point Virginia and crossed to Union-held Fort Monroe When their enslaver demanded their return General Benjamin Butler faced a problem Sending them back would mean returning three men to work on Confederate defenses aimed at his own fort Our regular contributor Jon Elfner and historian Kate Masur author of Until Justice Be Done share the story of how Butler's decision to hold the men as contraband of war helped open Union lines to hundreds then [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 07, 2026

Randall Wallace on the Greatest Man He Ever Knew: His Father

On this episode of Our American Stories before Randall Wallace wrote Braveheart and directed We Were Soldiers his father Thurman Wallace taught him what it meant to keep your word work hard and treat everyone with dignity Thurman had grown up without a father went to work at and spent his career as a traveling candy salesman who seemed to know everyone he met Randall remembers the man he calls the greatest man I ever knew from his father's early doubts about a career in writing to his pride after Braveheart He also shares the final days they spent together [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 06, 2026

"I Came to New York City Dead": Sarah Gonzalez's Faith Story

On this episode of Our American Stories Sarah Gonzalez was six years old when her father a former gang member and addict who became a jail chaplain suddenly died His death shattered the joyful childhood she had known and eventually led Sarah to reject the Christian faith in which she had been raised By her teenage and college years she was using drugs drinking heavily and practicing witchcraft Then during a trip to New York City in she reached a breaking point Sarah shares her deeply personal story of how she returned to the faith she had rejected and years [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 06, 2026

The Magna Carta at Fort Knox: A Forgotten WWII Story

On this episode of Our American Stories during World War II U S leaders feared German bombers could strike American soil To protect the nation's most important treasures the Constitution the Declaration of Independence the Gettysburg Address and the Magna Carta Britain's most important document which was on loan at the time were secretly moved to Fort Knox Steve Puleo author of American Treasures shares the remarkable story of how the documents that shaped freedom in both England and America were safeguarded during one of history's darkest hours We'd like to thank the U S National Archives for allowing us [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 06, 2026

Steve Jobs and the iPhone That Almost Wasn't

On this episode of Our American Stories on January Steve Jobs stepped onto the stage at Macworld and unveiled a device that would forever change the way we communicate To the audience it looked like a flawless presentation Behind the scenes however Apple engineers were bracing for disaster The iPhone prototype was so fragile that Jobs had to follow a carefully rehearsed sequence of demonstrations secretly switching between multiple devices to keep the presentation from crashing Our own Greg Hengler shares the remarkable story behind one of the greatest product launches in business history Support the show https www ouramericanstories [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 06, 2026

A Life at NASA From the Lunar Rover to the Space Shuttle

On this episode of Our American Stories when Apollo astronauts drove across the Moon Craig Sumner had already spent years helping make that possible As a young engineer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center he worked on the Lunar Roving Vehicle solving the kinds of problems that come with designing a car for a place where no one had ever driven before He later left NASA to become a military pilot then returned for Skylab and the Space Shuttle program eventually serving as deputy project manager for the Shuttle's External Tank Sumner shares his personal story of what it was [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 05, 2026

The 5-Foot Bookshelf That Changed How America Thinks About Education

On this episode of Our American Stories in the early s Harvard President Charles W Eliot made a remarkable claim with just minutes of reading a day a person could give himself the equivalent of a liberal education from a shelf of books only five feet long Publisher P F Collier challenged him to prove it Our American Stories regular contributor John Elfner and historian Robert Johnston tell how Eliot's idea became the Harvard Classics a -volume collection that brought Plato Shakespeare Saint Augustine and other great writers into hundreds of thousands of American homes at a time when few [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 05, 2026

A Cemetery Is a History Book Written in Stone

On this episode of Our American Stories on a summer walk through one of Antrim New Hampshire's old public cemeteries Bill Bryk begins reading the stones A Revolutionary War militiaman rests near a Civil War cavalryman Veterans of two world wars lie beneath familiar family names Some markers tell long stories Others offer only a few words including one man's simple epitaph an honest man Bill who helps care for Antrim's four public cemeteries reflects on the lives gathered there and the small ways a town continues to remember them A name cut into stone a flag placed beside a [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 05, 2026

Kasserine Pass and the Harsh Reality of America’s First Defeat in WWII

On this episode of Our American Stories in February American soldiers met the German Army at Kasserine Pass in North Africa and discovered just how unprepared they were for the war ahead Units became separated communications failed intelligence broke down and inexperienced commanders struggled to respond as German forces tore through American positions The defeat was humiliating costly and impossible to ignore The late historian Stephen Ambrose shares how the defeat at Kasserine forced Dwight D Eisenhower to make difficult changes as the Americans learned how to fight a very different kind of war Support the show https www ouramericanstories [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 05, 2026

How Rodney Dangerfield Finally Got Some Respect

On this episode of Our American Stories before he was Rodney Dangerfield he was Jacob Cohen then Jack Roy a struggling comedian who quit show business sold aluminum siding raised a family and spent years filling a duffel bag with jokes When he returned to the stage in his s a new name a black suit and red tie and one unforgettable complaint finally made him a star I don't get no respect Our American Stories producer Greg Hengler tells the life of Rodney Dangerfield from a lonely childhood and decades of rejection to Johnny Carson Caddyshack and Back to [... more]

The Rich Eisen Show

Rich Eisen

October 01, 2026

Hour 3: NFL Week 3 'Higher Register', plus NFL on FOX Analyst Mark Schlereth

Rich blasts lifelong Yankees fan Mike Del Tufo for claiming that he's now also a Los Angeles Dodgers fan Rich Brockman and TJ share their less-than-ringing belief in the unbeaten Las Vegas Raiders Chargers RB Omarion Hampton and the outcome of the Rams vs Eagles Week showdown in 'Higher Register' Three-time Super Bowl champion FOX Sports Analyst Mark Schlereth and Rich break down the latest around the NFL including Deshaun Watson leading the Browns to a surprising - start to the season why the Raiders have won three straight out of the gate what to make of the Seahawks' Week [... more]

The Jim Rome Show

Jim Rome

September 28, 2026

NFL Week 3 Whip, Chargers Football

The NFL Whiparound hits on an embarrassing loss by the Dallas Cowboys and the - Las Vegas Raiders Then former Chargers safety and postgame analyst Jahleel Addae joins the show Learn more about your ad choices Visit podcastchoices com adchoices [... more]

The Rich Eisen Show

Rich Eisen

September 25, 2026

Hour 3: Return of the NFL’s No Fun Police, plus Actor Malcolm McDowell In-Studio

Rich and the guys react to the NFL handing out TD celebration fines to Bengals WR Ja'Marr Chase Niners FB Kyle Juszczyk and Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson and to the awesome celebration by White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami after Chicago clinched a spot in the MLB playoffs Actor Malcolm McDowell joins Rich in-studio to promote his new 'The Last Train to Fortune' western and shares some great stories about making 'A Clockwork Orange' with Stanley Kubrick getting hounded by 'Star Trek' fans while attending a Rolling Stones concert in Las Vegas with William Shatner dining with legendary 'Citizen Kane' director [... more]

The Jim Rome Show

Jim Rome

September 17, 2026

Fanduel with Big Head, Kirk-N-Out, College Football Preview

The Jim Rome Show HR - James Kelley joins to pick games for Week in the NFL with Fanduel Then Kirk Cousins has found his vice in Las Vegas Plus former NFL QB and ESPN College Football Analyst EJ Manuel joins the show Learn more about your ad choices Visit podcastchoices com adchoices [... more]

The Rich Eisen Show

Rich Eisen

August 25, 2026

Hour 3: ‘Overreaction Tuesday,’ plus ‘Coyote vs Acme’ Star Will Forte Plays ‘Celebrity True or False’

Rich and Cowboys fan TJ say why they're fully buying the hype surrounding Dallas heading into the new NFL season In 'Overreaction Tuesday' Rich weighs in on Aaron Donald's possible Rams return what Vikings WR Justin Jefferson is out to prove this season Cowboys backup QB Joe Milton' impressive preseason if a skinny Luka Doncic bodes well for the Lakers' season and Manchester City's Erling Haaland's disappointing new haircut Actor Will Forte joins Rich in-studio to promote his new 'Coyote vs Acme' semi-animated comedy based on the Looney Tunes 'The Roadrunner' cartoon reveals if he born in Oakland severed his [... more]