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<p>On this episode of Our American Stories, Every Sunday,&nbsp;<em>Our American Stories</em>&nbsp;host Lee Habeeb speaks with Mitchel "Big Mitch" Rutledge, who has spent more than forty years serving a life sentence in Alabama. Each call traces the shape of faith, regret, and for ... Show More

<p>On this episode of Our American Stories, R.A. Dickey&rsquo;s rise to a Cy Young Award made him the face of the modern knuckleball, but the story that shaped him started long before baseball noticed his talent. As a kid, he carried trauma he didn&rsquo;t have words for and a si ... Show More

<p>On this episode of Our American Stories, before Jay Moore was known for his local history work, he was a grandson trying to finish something his grandmother could not. Her story of an infant buried long ago sent him looking for a cemetery she feared she would never see again. ... Show More

Several times over the past few years, we’ve done an episode on something from U.S. history, and afterward we’ve gotten notes from listeners about the same thing happening in Canada – although this episode starts with one that’s the reverse.  Learn more about your ad-choices at h ... Show More

Central Station [SHORT STORY] episodes bring the stories from our website to life through the authors themselves. Find the story from this episode here: https://www.centralstation.net.au/dating-in-the-bush-a-tinderella-story/    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information ... Show More

Holly talks about stories from Henri Charpentier's life that didn't make it into the latest eponymous foods episode. She and Tracy also talk about the Domesday Book and stories about time travel. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

We sent Jose and Alexis to the biggest country music tour in the world right now...Jelly Roll AND Post Malone's concert to interview the fans!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Jesse Owens spent the rest of his life retelling the story of the 1936 games and his encounter with Luz Long. We trace the evolution of a tall tale, discovering the hidden life of one of America’s iconic sports heroes.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Robert sits down with Molly Conger to explore a book at the foundation of American conspiracy culture that may have helped kill Steve Jobs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Victor Davis Hanson and cohost Sami Winc start this episode with some thoughts on the very antithesis of American life: Israel. Then they explore all the ways that American life is beginning to resemble aspects of the Soviet Union or Mao's China.See Privacy Policy at https://art1 ... Show More

<p>How do you end a story? Host of "Radiolab" Jad Abumrad tells how his search for an answer led him home to the mountains of Tennessee, where he met an unexpected teacher: Dolly Parton.</p><br><p>This episode originally aired on July 12, 2021.</p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:g ... Show More

In the last episode, we talked about consumerism and materialism in the USA. In this episode, I'll give a little history on why this obsession with "stuff" exists."