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About Lee Habeeb
Lee Habeeb co-founded Laura Ingraham’s national radio show in 2001, moved to Salem Media Group in 2008 as Vice President of Content overseeing their nationally syndicated lineup, and launched Our American Stories in 2016. He is a University of Virginia School of Law graduate, and writes a weekly column for Newsweek.
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The Confederate Secret Service's Secret Plot to Overthrow Lincoln—and Start a Revolution
Oliver Hazard Perry: The Hero of Lake Erie
On this episode of Our American Stories, when Oliver Hazard Perry sailed into battle on Lake Erie in September of 1813, the words "don't give up the ship" were stitched into his battle flag—honoring the late Captain James Lawrence. Perry won—and won decisively. Here to tell the story of Perry—and his astonishing victory—is Craig Du Mez of the Grateful Nation Project.
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The Hidden Truth About Monopoly
On this episode of Our American Stories, the story of how Monopoly came to be often goes like this: Charles Darrow, an out-of-work salesman, sat down amid the Great Depression and created the board game after watching his friends play a game involving the buying and selling of properties. He'd bring the game to the Parker Brothers and the rest is history. The truth, however, is far more complicated. Here to tell the true story of how Monopoly came to be is Mary Pilon, author of The Monopolists.
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[This Week in History: Clement Studebaker Born] The Auto Outsider vs. Detroit: The Studebaker Story
On this episode of Our American Stories, miles outside of the motor city in South Bend, Indiana, one of America’s most iconic classic car companies battled for survival against the ever-increasing tides against it. Automotive historian Patrick Foster brings us the story of Studebaker.
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[This Week in History: Jack Kerouac Born] A Listener's Touching Story On His Father—and Jack Kerouac
On this episode of Our American Stories, Our American Stories listener and regular contributor Paul Kotz gives a touching tribute to his father for our' This Week in History' series. At a time when Paul needed a great deal of encouragement, his father turned to an American novelist to cheer him up.
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Why You Wouldn't Have Wanted the Flu in 1918
On this episode of Our American Stories, Today, getting the flu (for most people) means a few days on the couch—or in the worst case—a visit to the hospital. In 1918, however, it was a potential death sentence, and the treatments might have been even worse. Dr. Jeremy Brown, author of Influenza: The Hundred-Year Hunt to Cure the Deadliest Disease in History, tells the story at the U.S. National Archives back in 2019 of how we went from bloodletting—to a few days in bed.
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One of the Most Decorated Veterans of All Time: The Col. David Hackworth Story
On this episode of Our American Stories, most know the famous line from the film Apocalypse Now, which showed Robert Duvall standing in a bombed-out field saying: “I love the smell of napalm in the morning!” The man who actually said that was Colonel David Hackworth. Here's his story!
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[This Week in History: Scalia Born] The Story of Justice Scalia: From His Immigrant Roots to the Highest Court in the Land
On this episode of Our American Stories, in honor of the late justice's birth, Author James Rosen tells the story of Antonin Scalia's unlikely but inevitable rise to the U.S. Supreme Court. His family, his faith, and his immigrant roots were the drivers.
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Elizabeth Smith Friedman: The Woman Who Put Cryptography on the Map
On this episode of Our American Stories, Elizabeth Smith Friedman's accomplishments were as many as they were vital to national security—so crucial that it took until the 2000s to declassify what she was doing in WWI and WWII. Hillsdale College student and substitute panelist on Constituting America’s podcast "Constitutional Chats" tells the unknown story of this remarkable decoder. We'd like to thank Constituting America for turning us onto this tale.
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Dad With Cancer Tells His Kids: “You Are My Best Investments”
On this episode of Our American Stories, storyteller Shiloh Carozza remembers her father in a moving portrait of his love, steadfastness, and faith.
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