As Route 66 traversed the continent from Chicago to Los Angeles, it passed through numerous small towns in eight states. In this episode, Scott and Ben take a closer look at Route 66: its purpose, its history, and, ultimately, its demise.
Jan 2022
EP164: The Manhattan Project: The Story of a Place, a Photographer, and a Moment
On this episode of Our American Stories, Richard Cook tells us the story of how in 1943 the town of Oak Ridge, Tennessee was established and went from 58,000 acres of farm land to a town of 75,000 people.Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate) Learn more abou ... Show More
38m 16s
Feb 2021
SYMHC Classics: The Nazca Lines
This 2013 episode covered the Nazca lines in the desert about 200 miles southeast of Lima, Peru, between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. The glyphs have remained intact for centuries, and have been avidly studied since their discovery in the late 1920s. Learn more abou ... Show More
33m 36s
<p class="p1"><span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces= "true">>> Get my new course: The</span><strong><span ... Show More