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Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 13, 2026

Christopher Columbus: The Good, the Bad, and the Four Voyages

On this episode of Our American Stories Christopher Columbus sailed west in convinced he could reach Asia across the Atlantic He was wrong about where he was going wrong about the size of the world and yet skilled and determined enough to complete a voyage that would change it forever Over four expeditions Columbus explored the Caribbean encountered peoples unknown to Europeans pursued gold and converts and struggled disastrously to govern the colonies he helped establish Laurence Bergreen author of Columbus The Four Voyages shares the complicated story of the ambitious mariner behind the legend Support the show https www [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 13, 2026

20,000 Salt and Pepper Shakers and One Remarkable Family Legacy

On this episode of Our American Stories Andrea Ludden's mother was an archaeologist who began collecting salt and pepper shakers after moving to the United States in the s What started with a search for pepper mills grew into a collection of thousands as she realized that these ordinary household objects could reveal changing fashions technology travel manufacturing and everyday life Andrea shares how the family's -year collecting adventure eventually became the Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum in Gatlinburg Tennessee home to shaker sets and pepper mills and how carrying on the museum after her mother's death became a way [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 13, 2026

The Teenage Spy Who Arrested His Nazi Boss

On this episode of Our American Stories at years old Pino Lella was helping Jewish families escape Nazi-occupied Italy by guiding them across the Alps into Switzerland A year later after being drafted into the German military he found himself assigned as the personal driver to one of the most powerful Nazi commanders in Italy Secretly working for the Italian resistance and the Allies Pino used his position to gather intelligence on German troop movements and military defenses Then in the final days of World War II he did the unthinkable he arrested the very general he had been driving [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 13, 2026

Christopher Columbus: The Last Crusader

On this episode of Our American Stories The Age of Discovery launched European exploration across the Atlantic but Columbus's motivations were more complicated than simple curiosity or greed He wrote about prophecy Christian expansion and the belief that history was moving toward a final reckoning George Grant author of The Last Crusader The Untold Story of Christopher Columbus shares how faith medieval politics and apocalyptic expectation shaped Columbus' vision and why the man saw himself not as a navigator but as a servant in a divine plan Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 12, 2026

The Pilot Who Found God in the Sky Over Vietnam

On this episode of Our American Stories Dick Erickson was a young Marine helicopter pilot flying over Vietnam when everything went quiet His radio was dead his instruments were failing and the jungle below offered no clear place to land Alone in the cockpit he began to pray What happened next stayed with him for life In that silence he felt a calm that didn't come from training or instinct Dick joins us to tell his remarkable story 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 12, 2026

How Haunted Houses Became a Halloween Tradition

On this episode of Our American Stories before haunted houses filled October nights Halloween in America was a mess In the early twentieth century it was less about candy and costumes and more about broken fences stolen gates and angry neighbors Communities were desperate for order and their answer came from an unexpected place Schools churches and civic clubs began creating haunted attractions small events meant to channel mischief into something creative Author Lisa Morton whose Trick or Treat A History of Halloween remains a definitive account traces how those first haunted houses grew into the elaborate haunted attractions we [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 12, 2026

The True Story of the Donner Party’s Struggle for Survival

On this episode of Our American Stories in a group of pioneers set out for California with dreams of a better life Known as the Donner Party they fell behind on the trail took a disastrous shortcut and became trapped in the Sierra Nevada as winter storms closed in With supplies gone and snow piling up survival came at a great cost Here's their remarkable and tragic story 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 12, 2026

Frankie Avalon Talks Grease, Billboard Hits, and His Legacy in Hollywood

On this episode of Our American Stories Frankie Avalon became a household name before he turned twenty With hits like Venus and Why he dominated the Billboard charts during the golden age of American pop But while many teen idols faded Avalon evolved He starred alongside Annette Funicello in a string of beach party films that captured the imagination of a generation Decades later he returned to the spotlight in Grease performing Beauty School Dropout as Teen Angel a moment that introduced him to millions of new fans Frankie Avalon reflects on his music career and how he kept performing [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 09, 2026

The Man in the Glass Coffin

On this episode of Our American Stories along the shores of Lake Michigan is a story stranger than fiction a man preserved in a glass coffin He was part of the House of David a communal religious group whose followers built amusement parks baseball teams and their own legends Visitors came from across the country to see him but not all of them came with good intentions Thieves once tried to steal the diamond necklace that lay inside the coffin For decades the figure has fascinated locals and outsiders alike raising questions about faith spectacle and how we remember the [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 09, 2026

The Great Chicago Fire Was Devastating. The Recovery Was Extraordinary.

On this episode of Our American Stories most people know the story of the Great Chicago Fire of Fewer know what happened next After flames destroyed the heart of the city and left more than people homeless Chicago didn't collapse It rebuilt faster and bigger than anyone thought possible Businesses reopened while the rubble was still smoking New buildings rose within months In just a few decades the city transformed itself into a global center of commerce architecture and innovation Chicago historian Tim Samuelson the city's first official cultural historian tells the largely forgotten story of how Chicago's location grit [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 09, 2026

How a Fake Bottle of Wine Sparked a $35 Million Fight for Justice

On this episode of Our American Stories it began with a few rare bottles and a collector who thought he'd found perfection But what looked like the discovery of a lifetime turned out to be one of the most elaborate wine scams in modern history Billionaire Bill Koch known for his meticulous taste and love of authenticity discovered that his prized collection included counterfeits some of them forged so well that even experts were fooled Rather than quietly move on he poured millions into uncovering the truth The investigation led to Rudy Kurniawan a charismatic con artist whose deception stunned [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 09, 2026

From Steel Town to Tinsel Town: The Life of Composer Henry Mancini

On this episode of Our American Stories before the Pink Panther ever tiptoed across a screen Henry Mancini was a steelworker's son from Pennsylvania with a trumpet and a dream Music took him from Army bands during World War II to the backlots of Hollywood where he helped shape the sound of American film Through works like Peter Gunn and Moon River Mancini turned simple themes into lasting emotions His late wife Ginny Mancini shares the story of their life together Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donateSee omnystudio com listener [... more]

Our American Stories

Lee Habeeb

October 09, 2026

How One Italian Immigrant and a Fruit Cart Built a Tennessee Whiskey Icon

On this episode of Our American Stories Dominico Canale arrived in America from Italy in and eventually settled in Memphis Tennessee He began with a fruit cart and built it into a thriving business one that eventually included a whiskey bearing his name Then Prohibition shut that part of the family business down and Old Dominick disappeared from Memphis The Canales kept the name and the stories but for generations the whiskey itself seemed destined to remain part of the past More than a century later an unopened bottle of Old Dominick turned up and helped convince the family that [... 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

What Buck O'Neil Did After Missing the Hall of Fame by One Vote

On this episode of Our American Stories in February Buck O'Neil and Bob Kendrick were packed and ready to fly to Florida for what they believed would be a Hall of Fame celebration Instead O'Neil fell one vote short Kendrick was devastated Hundreds of supporters gathered at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum were angry Buck responded differently Bob Kendrick president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City Missouri remembers how O'Neil celebrated the Negro Leaguers who had been elected comforted everyone grieving on his behalf and then went to Cooperstown to honor them Fifteen years later Buck O'Neil [... 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

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 01, 2026

The Home Depot Worker Who Became Boston’s Lead Singer

On this episode of Our American Stories Tommy DeCarlo's story feels like a lost lyric from a Boston song He worked at Home Depot by day and sang their music at night never expecting anyone to hear him beyond a few friends Then a homemade recording traveled farther than he ever could have planned The surviving members of Boston led by guitarist and founder Tom Scholz invited him to join the band that had sold more than million albums worldwide In time DeCarlo stepped onto the same stages where Brad Delp once sang Don't Look Back and Smokin' Greg Hengler [... more]