EP273: What Would My Life Be After Firefighti...

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

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?

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

Getting out and going home. Survivors recount what it was like to go home and whether getting "back to normal" will be possible.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

The show opens with The CEO reflecting on life. These California Wild Fires have caused devastation and Trump is blasted by Hollywood. Happy Veteran's Day to our veterans today. Florida Secretary of State has ordered a state wide vote recount. Things that are factual but have no ...  Show more