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Aug 2021
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EP57: Nanny's Hands, Goo Goo Cluster, th...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Dennis Peterson shares the story of his maternal grandmother's hands which revealed a lot about her; Laurie Spradley, the owner of Goo Goo Cluster, tells the story of how her family's company came to be; the story of president Andrew Jackson's cursing parrot; Billionaire Stephen M. Ross shares how the experiences of his youth set him up for his current success.

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