EP72: Letting Your Daughter Grow Up, The Great Chicago Fire and Cars As Material Culture

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Before Modern Televangelists, There Was Aimee Semple McPherson

On this episode of Our American Stories, before modern televangelists, Aimee Semple McPherson used radio, stage productions, and Hollywood-style spectacle to bring Christianity to mass audiences across America. After arriving in Los Angeles during the 1920s, McPherson built Angel ...  Show more

How Mars Inc. Quietly Took Over the Candy Industry (and Then Some)

On this episode of Our American Stories, before Mars became one of the most powerful private companies in America, it was a struggling family candy shop. Frank Mars had failed time and time again before his son, Forrest, stepped in with a bold vision and zero interest in playing ...  Show more

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