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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Bite the Bullet to Bless You: The Wonderful Origins of Everyday Expressions
The Greatest Tank Duel of World War II
On this episode of Our American Stories, the Nazi war machine was attacking St. Vith, Belgium to support their last-ditch offensive - The Battle of the Bulge. Would the Americans and allies hold out long enough to ultimately defeat the offensive? Moments of professionalism, courage, and initiative like this one, between an American armored car and a German Tiger tank, would make the difference.
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Brett Favre on His Miraculous Monday Night Game after His Father Died (Pt. 3)
On this episode of Our American Stories, legendary NFL Quarterback Brett Favre gets very personal about his miraculous Monday Night Football game immediately following his father’s passing.
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A 12-Year-Old Girl's 8-Hour Car Chase to Get Elvis's Photo at a Gas Station
On this episode of Our American Stories, a listener from Colorado tells her remarkable Elvis story about the time she met the King not once, but twice, in an 8-hour period!
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The Superhero - An American Invention
On this episode of Our American Stories, the comic book superhero is an American invention. Here to tell the story is WWII historian Jeffrey Johnson, the author of Super-History: Comic Book Superheroes and American Society.
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From Hangtime to Primetime
On this episode of Our American Stories, in the 50s and 60s, the NBA was barely a professional league. Today it is a powerhouse worth billions. Here is the story of how that happened with author Pete Croatto.
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How George Washington's Bible Survived 9/11: 100 Bible Verses That Made America
On this episode of Our American Stories, George Washington’s Bible was on loan to a famous Revolutionary War tavern just blocks from the World Trade Center on 9/11. Just as the search for bodies ended, the search for the Bible began…
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How The City of Boston Embraced the Booth Brothers Following Lincoln’s Assassination
On this episode of Our American Stories, 26-year-old actor John Wilkes Booth was killed just 12 days after assassinating Abraham Lincoln. Here’s Christopher Klein with the story of how the city of Boston embraced the Booth brothers.
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The Story of How Chick-fil-A Borrowed “My Pleasure” from a Luxury Hotel
On this episode of Our American Stories, the origins of Chick-fil-A’s “my pleasure” catchphrase began in 2001. Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy’s version of the story begins with him visiting a Ritz-Carlton luxury hotel—a hotel his friend Horst Schulze co-founded. Here's Horst with the story.
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Big Nose Kate, More than Doc Holliday's Woman
On this episode of Our American Stories, she is remembered in history as Doc Holliday’s on-and-off girlfriend-turned wife. But Big Nose Kate was much more than that. Here's the History Guy with the story.
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