On this episode of Our American Stories Smokin Ed Currie is an American chili pepper breeder who is the founder and president of the PuckerButt Pepper Company He is best known for breeding the hottest chili pepper in the world the Carolina Reaper and now Pepper X as recognized by Guinness World Records A former addict Ed is now a man with a strong faith Here's Ed sharing a story involving him and his wife Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

On this episode of Our American Stories Amy Palmiero-Winters founder of the One Step Ahead Foundation shares how an unexpected accident changed her career path Dolphins owner Stephen Ross tells the story of the setbacks that unexpectedly presented him his greatest opportunity Support the show https www ouramericanstories com donate Time Codes - The Woman Who Holds World Records for Running And with a Prosthetic Leg - I Was Fired Twice and Decided I Was Unemployable for Life See omnystudio com listener for privacy information [... more]

Years ago my son Josh and I were making our way up a mountain trail when we spied a cloud of dust rising in the air We crept forward and discovered a badger busy making a den in a dirt bank He had his head and shoulders in the hole and was vigorously digging with his front paws and kicking the dirt out of the hole with his hind feet He was so invested in his work he didn rsquo t hear us nbsp nbsp I couldn t resist and prodded him from behind with a long stick lying nearby [... more]

Barry Petersen sets out to find why people don't want to wait and what we can do to keep cool in an impatient world Lee Cowan finds what makes a Guinness World Record Steve Hartman reports on one kid's sweet relationship with a spooky buddy Ben Mankiewicz reports on a film about his grandfather's struggle to complete the screenplay for Citizen Kane Mo Rocca looks back at the election Seth Doane reports on how Europeans see the U S presidential election while Elizabeth Palmer reports on the view from Russia Luke Burbank takes a look at how some places are [... more]