Selects: Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?

<p>Tune in to this classic episode to learn all about the legendary NYC Rockettes, who actually got their start in Missouri.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p> 

<p>Graffiti &ndash; the good kind, done with lots of style and skill &ndash; developed when some kids in NYC took up cans of spray paint and started to figure out how to outdo one another. They laid down styles that are so fine they&rsquo;re still being used by artists today.</p> ... Show More

<p>What do you do when you want to tell someone you&rsquo;re smitten with them but you live in a society so repressive decorum prevents you from even speaking such things? Why, you can say it with flowers! And that&rsquo;s just what people in the Victorian Era did.</p><p>See <a h ... Show More

<p>On this episode of <em>Our American Stories</em>, Chuck Long tells the story of how he came to be Iowa's star quarterback in the 1980's and how he later came to like coaching more than playing.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate">Support the show</a> (ht ... Show More

On this episode of Our American Stories, former marine, Jason Porter, tells the story of meeting his best friend Forrest Johnson and how serving in WWII impacted him; and Richard Gary tells the origin story of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (aka Mark Twain) and the racial history of Ha ... Show More

<p>On this episode of <em>Our American Stories</em>, <strong>Richard “Dick” Bong</strong> was a hero in an era of heroes. Here’s the History Guy with the story.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate">Support the show</a> (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/don ... Show More

<p>History is beautiful, brutal and, often, ridiculous. Join Ben Bowlin and Noel Brown as they dive into some of the weirdest stories from across the span of human civilization in Ridiculous History, a podcast by HowStuffWorks.</p><p> </p> Learn more about your ad-choices at <a h ... Show More

<p>On this episode of <em>Our American Stories</em>, listener <strong>Jaimie Scott</strong> tells the whimsical story of an infamous snipe hunt he partook in at Camp Tolochee in Georgia.</p> <p><a href="https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate">Support the show</a> (https://www. ... Show More

<p>On this episode of <em>Our American Stories</em>, <strong>Jackson McQuigg&nbsp;</strong>of the <em><strong><a href="https://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/">Atlanta History Center</a></strong></em>&nbsp;tells the story of the principle pursuit&nbsp;locomotive of the Great Railro ... Show More

<p>On this episode of <em>Our American Stories</em>, Mike Leven was President and Chief Operating Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp. One of the great hoteliers of all time—a legend in his business. He is also what you would call a “wise man.” Here’s Mike with a story about how he l ... Show More

Robert and Miles get to the nightmare heart of the TB Joshua story: a sprawling empire of sexual violence and gaslighting on an epic scale.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

<p>Born Henry McCarty in New York City, Billy the Kid committed his first act of murder before he turned 20. Join Candace and Katie as they explore the fact -- and fiction -- surrounding the legendary outlaw in this podcast from HowStuffWorks.com.</p><p> </p> Learn more about you ... Show More