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Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 01, 2026

How Pinball Found Its Way Through Bans, Backrooms, and the Arcade Boom

On this episode of Our American Stories pinball's story winds back to a quiet corner of European parlor culture where small tabletop games offered a brief challenge to anyone willing to try their luck Those early ideas eventually migrated to America where the game weathered citywide crackdowns and the tests of time As the tables grew more complex the machines slipped into public rooms that gave them steady use and helped shape the early world of classic arcade games Jeremy Saucier of The Strong Museum of Play lays out how that path unfolded and how pinball machines became the fixtures [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 01, 2026

When Infertility Tests a Marriage

On this episode of Our American Stories Stephen Rusiniak and his wife had always imagined a home filled with children Then infertility turned that future into a painful uncertainty and Stephen carried much of the blame himself He knew he was the reason they were struggling to conceive but shame and guilt made it difficult to say aloud what he was feeling One summer night sitting beside his wife he finally found the courage to begin the conversation he had been avoiding Originally published in Chicken Soup for the Soul Married Life Stephen shares what happened when he stopped carrying [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 01, 2026

The Story of America: Woodrow Wilson and the Great War [Ep. 43]

On this episode of Our American Stories when war erupted across Europe in President Woodrow Wilson promised to keep the United States out of it For nearly three years he tried But German submarine warfare the sinking of the Lusitania and repeated attacks on American shipping steadily narrowed the country's options By the spring of neutrality was no longer holding On April Wilson went before Congress and asked for a declaration of war As part of our ongoing Story of Us Story of America series Dr Bill McClay author of Land of Hope shares the story of how America entered [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

September 30, 2026

Why the Wild West Wasn’t So Wild After All

On this episode of Our American Stories a wagon train heading west might carry dozens of families hundreds of animals and almost no formal government Before setting out the travelers had to decide who was in charge how disputes would be settled and what would happen if someone broke the rules So they wrote constitutions In mining camps prospectors did much the same thing establishing claims assembling juries and creating their own systems of justice when there was no sheriff or courthouse nearby For our Rule of Law series P J Hill rancher and co-author of The Not So Wild [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

September 30, 2026

How Bananas Changed the World

On this episode of Our American Stories Americans eat roughly million tons of bananas every year They're cheap plentiful and so ordinary that most of us toss a bunch into the shopping cart without giving them a second thought But getting that banana onto the supermarket shelf required ships railroads enormous corporations and a global trade that helped shape American involvement in Central America The fruit even gave us the term banana republic and one of America's favorite desserts the banana split Our regular contributor The History Guy shares the surprisingly complicated history behind one of America's favorite fruits Support [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

September 29, 2026

Sidney Poitier: The Actor Who Broke Hollywood's Color Barrier

On this episode of Our American Stories Sidney Poitier arrived in New York as a teenager with almost nothing He sometimes slept on rooftops and in pay toilets worked as a dishwasher and could barely read When he auditioned for the American Negro Theater he was thrown out and told to go find work washing dishes Instead Poitier taught himself to read changed the way he spoke by imitating voices on the radio and learned how to act Within a decade he was one of Hollywood's biggest stars Aram Goudsouzian University of Memphis history professor and author of Sidney Poitier [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

September 29, 2026

Bruce Wang, All-American: The Chinese Cowboy with a Southern Accent

On this episode of Our American Stories Bruce Wang grew up in southwestern China and came to America for college eventually finding his way to West Texas Then someone took him to a rodeo Bruce was fascinated Before long he was wearing cowboy boots watching Duck Dynasty studying Southern accents and learning everything he could about cattle and the people who raised them Bruce shares how an international student who knew little about Texas found himself falling in love with cowboy culture and building a life in the cattle industry Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

September 29, 2026

The Surprisingly Strange History of Toilet Paper

On this episode of Our American Stories toilet paper might seem like a modern necessity but the truth is messier and much older Long before perforated rolls and flushable comfort people used whatever they could find seashells corn cobs even stones Our American Stories regular contributor The History Guy shares the story of what people used before toilet paper was invented and how one man's idea for medicated paper launched an industry no one wanted to talk about 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

September 29, 2026

How One Hatmaker Shaped the Image of the American West

On this episode of Our American Stories the cowboy hat didn't come from Texas or tumbleweeds Instead it came from a modest Philadelphia workshop John B Stetson transformed durable felt and a wide brim into a practical design that would become one of the most iconic symbols of the American frontier His creation topped the heads of Western legends like Buffalo Bill and Will Rogers and later Hollywood cowboys like John Wayne Our own Reagan Habeeb shares the story of how a humble hatmaker helped shape the look and legacy of the American West Support the show https www ouramericanstories [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

September 28, 2026

Ten Cent Beer Night: When Cheap Beer Sparked Chaos in MLB

On this episode of Our American Stories on June the Cleveland Indians hosted the Texas Rangers in what began as a regular MLB game and ended as one of the most infamous promotions in baseball history Known as Ten Cent Beer Night the evening promised cheap drinks to boost attendance What followed was a riot on the field a forfeit and a chapter of baseball history that still stuns fans today The History Guy recounts the unbelievable story of the night chaos replaced baseball in Cleveland Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

September 28, 2026

When a Bathroom Drug Deal Was Interrupted by Jesus

On this episode of Our American Stories it started in a bathroom where a man trapped in addiction waited to make another bad decision Pastor Greg Laurie didn't know what he was walking into only that something told him to go Inside he found a man on the edge tired angry and ready to give up Instead of turning away Greg spoke about grace and in that small stained room something began to shift The encounter led to a renewed faith and a brand-new life rebuilt from the ruins of substance abuse Pastor Greg joins us to tell the story [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

September 28, 2026

My Father’s Escape from Castro’s Cuba

On this episode of Our American Stories Cuba's revolution brought Fidel Castro to power and forced countless families to make an impossible choice stay under a communist regime or flee their homeland Mike Gonzalez's father once called Castro a friend but soon discovered the price of living under his rule With freedoms stripped away and fear taking hold escape became the only option Mike shares his family's story of exile revealing what Cuba was like before Castro and how the revolution changed everything Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donateSee omnystudio [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

September 25, 2026

Dwayne Johnson’s Heartfelt Goodbye to His Father, Rocky “Soulman” Johnson

On this episode of Our American Stories Rocky Soulman Johnson spent his life fighting for a place in professional wrestling As a Black wrestler performing before largely white audiences in the s and ' s he faced racism inside and outside the ring but kept winning over crowds with his charisma and athleticism Years later when his son Dwayne decided to become a wrestler himself Rocky became his trainer pushing him through grueling workouts and passing down the lessons that had carried him through his own career After Rocky's death in Dwayne The Rock Johnson paid tribute to the man [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

September 25, 2026

What It Means to Be the Only Lawyer in Town

On this episode of Our American Stories Bill Bryk may be the only practicing lawyer in his small New Hampshire town so when a -year-old neighbor got a speeding ticket her family knew who to call The problem was that she had already paid the fine assuming that would be the end of it Instead she'd unknowingly put her driver's license at risk Bill agreed to help her fight to keep it Regular contributor Bill Bryk shares what happened when a seemingly ordinary speeding ticket ended up before a judge and why he left the courtroom with a reminder of [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

September 25, 2026

How the USPS Stamped Itself onto American History

On this episode of Our American Stories The Founders knew firsthand that a postal system could be used as a tool of government surveillance Before the Revolution British officials had opened and inspected colonial mail giving Americans good reason to distrust putting their letters in government hands But the new nation faced a different problem Its people were scattered across vast distances and a republic could hardly function if they couldn't remain connected Daniel Piazza of the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum shares how the American postal system helped solve that problem allowing Americans to truly settle their new nation Support [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

September 25, 2026

A Jewish Soldier’s Unbelievable Survival at the Battle of the Bulge

On this episode of Our American Stories Milton Nadler grew up fast The day after Pearl Harbor his paper route turned into a rush of headlines about war Within a few short years he was living those headlines himself During the Battle of the Bulge Milton found himself surrounded outnumbered and facing death in the frozen forests of Europe What happened next defied every expectation Here's Milton himself with the story of how he survived an encounter by the skin of his teeth kinda We'd like to thank the U S Library of Congress for providing this audio to us [... more]

Family Life Today

Dave and Ann Wilson

September 25, 2026

How Phones Affect Marriage: The Tiny Screen Between You--Dave & Ann Wilson

Your spouse is talking Your phone lights up And somehow the tiny glowing rectangle wins again How do phones affect marriage when just checking one thing becomes a hundred small exits from each other On FamilyLife Today Dave and Ann Wilson get painfully practical about phones distraction and the quiet marital drift that can happen while you're both sitting three feet apart Show Notes and Resources Simon Sinek Want Better Teams Put Your Phone Down First FamilyLife Marriage Help Vertical Marriage by Dave and Ann Wilson Verses mentioned Deuteronomy Romans Randy Stonehill Dan Orlovsky Thanks to the Christian Standard Bible [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

September 25, 2026

The Mad Scientists of Malibu: Surfing’s Early Pioneers

On this episode of Our American Stories when Roger McGrath first paddled out at Malibu as a boy in the s surfing was still a small fraternity with only a few decades of history in California The boards were heavy the crowds were thin and many of the men riding those waves were quietly reinventing the sport Roger grew up among them and decades later he shares the story of the surfers who built the culture he fell in love with It begins with George Freeth who brought stand-up surfing to California and Tom Blake who made the massive wooden [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

September 24, 2026

“Hey Kid, Catch!” The Coca-Cola Ad That Made Mean Joe Greene a Legend

On this episode of Our American Stories few commercials have left a mark like Coca-Cola's Hey Kid Catch starring Mean Joe Greene Greene already one of the greatest defensive players in the NFL gained a new kind of fame as the spot played during football broadcasts nationwide Our own Greg Hengler and others share the story of how a -second spot became one of the most memorable moments in sports and advertising history 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

September 24, 2026

“Son of a Gun” & “Steal My Thunder” and the Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions

On this episode of Our American Stories we use them without thinking Someone gets sold down the river A project has to start from scratch An idea steals our thunder But behind these familiar expressions are stories involving ancient athletes biblical passages British sailors American slavery theater rivalries and baseball Andrew Thompson author of Hair of the Dog to Paint the Town Red The Curious Origins of Everyday Sayings and Fun Phrases shares another surprising history hiding inside the words and phrases we use every day Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories [... more]