Ryan Hurst (Remember The Titans, Sons of Anarchy) stars in this episode, which follows the romance between a young couple that is split apart when war sends one of them across the world.
You can hear more about this story by reading the novel it's based on, American Dreamer: A Look Into The Life of My Father, Joe Baby, available on Amazon: https://www.amazon ... Show More
Apr 21
Wounded Veterans Find Hope Under The Sea, With Adaptive Scuba
Marti Wheat loves to scuba dive, and she found a way to share that love with wounded, sometimes suicidal veterans, and give them a sense of joy and purpose that is saving lives. Hope Lives Here is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel and Dan Benamor. ... Show More
24m 36s
Aug 2024
Veteran Akshay Nanavati Embraces Danger in FEARVANA
Aasif Mandvi (star of CBS' Evil) stars in this docu-series, alongside the real person he's portraying, Akshay Nanavati, a veteran who embraces an unusual philosophy of putting himself in harm's way to achieve enlightenment... Fearvana. Look for Fearvana, from Voyage Media, anywhe ... Show More
2m 5s
Sep 2021
Ep. 236 - Tyler Mendelson (Marine/Filmmaker)
From an early age, it was Tyler Mendelson's dream to become a United States Marine. His father was a Marine, and he wanted to serve his country after 9/11. He also grew up about an hour and a half from NYC, and his father had helped with the World Trade Center recovery effort, so ... Show More
1h 14m
Jul 2023
347: The American Revolution (Part 1)
“America, late the strength, now the foe to Britain, dismembered, torn, I fear forever lost to England, whence she sprung.”
The American Revolution came about due to growing tensions between the American colonies and Great Britain, primarily over issues of taxation and representa ... Show More
58m 5s
Jul 2021
EP38: Summer Days with Dad, Fighting Founding Fathers, and The Pittsburgh Pirates' Dream
On this episode of the Our American Stories podcast, Randall Haley reminisces about the yearly Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, Mississippi; also, Dr. Adam Carrington of Hillsdale College tells the story of The Alien and Sedition Acts, some one of America's most controversial l ... Show More
39m 3s
Nov 2021
EP121: The Story of my Grandfather, The Company Without Corner Offices and The Doolittle Raids and the Battle of the Coral Sea
On this episode of Our American Stories, Robert Frohlich, author of Aimless Life, Awesome God, tells the story of his German born grandfather William Burtner- a man who helped build the "Arsenal of Democracy" in World War II; Kirk Aubry, the CEO of the supply chain services compa ... Show More
38m 16s
Oct 2022
Faleeha Hassan, "War and Me" (Amazon Crossing, 2022)
An intimate memoir about coming of age in a tight-knit working-class family during Iraq's seemingly endless series of wars.
Faleeha Hassan became intimately acquainted with loss and fear while growing up in Najaf, Iraq. Now, in a deeply personal account of her life, she remembers ... Show More
42m 56s