On this episode of Our American Stories the Fugitive Slave Act made all Americans accomplices in the practice of slavery This story marks the beginning of its end Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... 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]

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]