On this episode of Our American Stories when -year-old Lana Peters passed away in from complications due to colon cancer the nation seemed to have forgotten the woman who had become a sensation during the Cold War The History Guy recalls the extraordinary life of the woman whose defection to the United States represented a seminal moment in history Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories when -year-old Lana Peters died in a rural Wisconsin village in Americans learned that one of their fellow citizens was the daughter of none other than the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories when -year-old Lana Peters passed away in from complications due to colon cancer the nation seemed to have forgotten the woman who had become a sensation during the Cold War The History Guy recalls the extraordinary life of the woman whose defection to the United States represented a seminal moment in history Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories entrepreneur philanthropist and America's Cup winner Bill Koch doesn't like being cheated Tom Acitelli author of Pilsner How The Beer of Kings Changed The World tells the story of how America's favorite drink came here and stayed here despite a world war and Prohibition When -year-old Lana Peters passed away in from complications due to colon cancer the nation seemed to have forgotten the woman who had become a sensation during the Cold War The History Guy recalls the extraordinary life of the woman whose defection to the United States represented a seminal [... more]