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Feb 2022
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EP188: The Best Worst Counterfeiter in A...

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On this episode of Our American Stories, Bill Bright tells us how Emerich Juettner was an upstanding citizen... for most of his life. Masada Siegel shares how her father’s very unexpected reaction to college rejection letters shaped the rest of her life. Wendy Steele could have never imagined that an idea for her community of Cincinnati... would have snowballed into 65 chapters across the world and over $80 million donated.

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00:00 - The Best Worst Counterfeiter in American History

10:00 - The Blessing of Rejection 

23:00 - 100 Women Creating Transformation In Their Own Backyard

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