On this episode of Our American Stories one of the most successful blackjack teams in America is made up entirely of Christians Here to tell the story are two of the winningest players Colin Jones founder of BlackJackApprenticeship com and the player dubbed the most notorious card counter in America David Drury Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories in John L Sullivan's Knockout Tour traveled America The challenge Could any man in America last minutes in the ring with the champ Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Canada is an independent nation and not part of the United States most likely because of smallpox Here to tell the story is the president of Ameriseach William Federer Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories when Blair and Cat Cornell found out their son was going to be born with special needs it changed their lives for good and they're using that experience to change people's lives for the better Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories he was nearly censured recalled and was yesterday's news but the golden moment of his career came in his s when this last living link to the Founding Fathers stood up in the Supreme Court in support of enslaved Africans James Traub tells the remarkable life story of John Quincy Adams a man truly in a party of one Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories our next story comes to us from Mariam Ibrahim who lives in Virginia But the story begins far from there Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Bob Kendrick President of the Negro Leauges Baseball Museum in Kansas City Missouri tells the story of perhaps the greatest pitcher in the history of baseball Satchel Paige Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories the Lone Ranger with his cry of Hi-Ho Silver has become an American institution ranking with Paul Bunyan in the realms of folklore and legend The History Guy remembers Bass Reeves John Reynolds Hughes and forgotten history of the Wild West Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories in April of a ship that previously mattered very little to Guglielmo Marconi pulled up to a crowd of thousands in New York Harbor It was the Carpathia the ship that rescued over survivors from the ill-fated Titanic in large measure due to his invention--the wireless telegraph Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Wally Soplata tells the story of his eccentric union carpenter father who collected rare and vintage WWII aircraft for pennies on the dime Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Woody Holton of the University of South Carolina tells the story about David George a man who would escape his bondage only to find himself with new captors a newfound faith and eventually a new freedom in Canada Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories he starred in The Mark of Zorro and many other movies but his greatest role at the height of his acting career - was serving his country during World War II as a Marine Here to tell the story is Roger McGrath Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Dedra and Brad Birzer tell the story of the Louisiana Purchase Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Vietnam Veteran and best-selling author Karl Marlantes shares his story of war memory and loss Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Luke Mickelson tells how a meeting in a faith community turned into a Boy Scouts project a Christmas tradition and free beds every year Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories hen J Edgar Hoover took over in the FBI was a much smaller organization Hear about the following five decades from biographer Beverly Gage This Day in History in J Edgar Hoover died Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories the story of How Led Zeppelin found themselves in a courtroom battle over copyright infringement with a bluesman from the South Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories author James Rosen tells the story of Antonin Scalia's unlikely but inevitable rise to the U S Supreme Court His family his faith and his immigrant roots were the drivers Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]