Covering every hamlet and precinct in America, big and small, the stories span arts and sports, business and history, innovation and adventure, generosity and courage, resilience and redemption, faith and love, past and present. In short, Our American Stories tells the story of America to Americans.
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 B-25 In My Dad's Backyard
What To Do When Your Grandfather Is a World-Famous Songwriter
On this episode of Our American Stories, Albert Brumley wrote classic hymns like “I’ll Fly Away” and “Turn Your Radio On,” but he left behind much more. His son Bob carried the legacy – and Bob’s daughters did the same. Here is the Brumley family story.
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How One Man's Faith Moved Him to Fight for A Wrongly Imprisoned Man
On this episode of Our American Stories, Jim McCloskey grew up in church, but as he got older, he wanted nothing to do with his childhood faith. After a successful business career, Jim found himself feeling empty. He decided to return to church, and—to his surprise—began considering seminary, which would lead him to a jail cell with an innocent man in it.
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Yogi Berra: An American Success Story (by George Will)
On this episode of Our American Stories, George Will's volume on baseball is one of the most acclaimed sports books ever written. Here he is to tell the story of Yankee's star, Yogi Berra.
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Otter Box’s CEO: One of Our Employees Got More Applause Than Peyton Manning
On this episode of Our American Stories, and that’s not a knock-on Peyton. It’s a testament to ethics being lived out heroically at this great American company.
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Basketball Legend "Pistol Pete" Maravich Shares His Life Story... Just Days Before His Death
On this episode of Our American Stories, just days before his death, the 40-year-old Maravich shared his story to a small audience about his life pursuing success and fame—until that pursuit brought him to his knees. This is the story of him coming to Christ.
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The Man Who Was a Founder AND Mascot: KFC's Colonel Sanders
On this episode of Our American Stories, Colonel Sanders did something no other restaurant founder dared to do — he became his company’s mascot and brand ambassador! Here to share the story of KFC and a little about who Colonel Sanders was is Adam Chandler, author of Drive Thru Dreams.
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A Museum Dedicated To...Mustard?
On this episode of Our American Stories, find out how Barry Levinson went from arguing cases in front of the Supreme Court to operating the largest museum dedicated to mustard in the world.
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I Was Detached About My Family's Holocaust Story....Until I Went to Buchenwald
On this episode of Our American Stories, Dana Mitch tells the story of her trip to Buchenwald, the largest concentration camp on German soil, and how she reconnected with her family because of it.
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A Marine Mourns the Death of His Tough-as-Nails Marine Father
On this episode of Our American Stories, in this episode of the Mclalan Files, Bob brings us the story of his father’s death.
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