EP267: Fat Bear Week: Who Will be the Fat Bear Champion of Alaska's Katmai National Park?, The Last Days of Kodachrome and “The NOT So Wild, Wild West”

EP267: Fat Bear Week: Who Will be the Fat Bea...

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The Medal of Honor Pilot Who Crashed His Plane to Save His Wingman

On this episode of Our American Stories, during the Korean War, Navy pilot Thomas Hudner made a decision that defied orders and nearly cost him his life. When his wingman, Jesse L. Brown, the Navy’s first Black aviator, was shot down behind enemy lines near the Chosin Reservoir, ...  Show more

Dreaded Diseases of the Great Depression

On this episode of Our American Stories, award-winning storyteller Joy Neal Kidney shares a deeply personal family history from the Great Depression, when common childhood illnesses could still be deadly. Drawing from her Iowa roots, Kidney recounts how mumps and whooping cough d ...  Show more

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