EP162: My Life After Firefighting, Aron Marqu...

On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1943, the U.S. government transformed farmland outside Oak Ridge, Tennessee, into a top-secret city of 75,000 people racing to build the atomic bomb before Nazi Germany. Cameras were forbidden, except for one.Richard Cook, author of Ign ...  Show more

On this episode of Our American Stories, in 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard famously hit two golf balls on the Moon. For decades, NASA never revealed their brand, and Shepard never publicly told the story.Then an estate sale in Rogers, Arkansas, uncovered a signed photogra ...  Show more

Fire fighters are some of the bravest heroes in America, and definitely some of the most under appreciated! Caden Troy is here to give us more details on what it takes to be a fire fighter. From the physical training, to the dangerous work conditions, even to the boring paper wor ...  Show more

Episode 29: Hosts Aprile and Meredith tune into three spooky stories starring firemen, and one is told to us by the person who experienced it, Andrew Radziewicz. Tune in for Firefighter Ghost, Angel in the Firehouse, and Haunted Firestation. Stop, drop, and roll the tape...Follow ...  Show more

Minneapolis firefighter Jeremy Norton shares that while his job can be intense, scary and dangerous, it also allows him to see the full scope of humanity.  You can hear more about Jeremy’s experience as an EMS firefighter in his episode of Terrible, Thanks for Asking called The ...  Show more

Today's show is a real life personal story about fire fighting and what it means. What areas of your life are you fire fighting?