🎙️ Unscripted America

🎙️ Unscripted America

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🎙️ Unscripted America episodes

  • Texas Western 1966: The Championship That Changed College Basketball
    On March 19, 1966, five Texas Western starters walk onto the court for the NCAA championship game. Inside this episode: - The Team From El Paso - A Quick Basketball Map - College Basketball'S Racial Barriers - The Tournament Road - The Five Starters Sources include the references linked below. Sources and further reading: - [Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, 1966 Texas Western](https://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/1966-texas-western) This episode is an original historical summary based on the sources listed in the show notes. It contains no licensed game audio or betting advice. Follow Great American Sports Stories for another game whose meaning continued after the final score.

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    15 min
  • Miracle on Ice: The Game Before the Gold Medal
    The scoreboard at Lake Placid shows United States 4, Soviet Union 3. Inside this episode: - A Tournament, Not One Final - A Quick Hockey Map - The Soviet Standard - The Young American Team - Lake Placid Sources include the references linked below. Sources and further reading: - [Team USA Hall of Fame, 1980 U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team](https://www.teamusa.com/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-members/1980-us-olympic-mens-ice-hockey-team) This episode is an original historical summary based on the sources listed in the show notes. It contains no licensed game audio or betting advice. Follow Great American Sports Stories for another game whose meaning continued after the final score.

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    15 min
  • Wally Amos: The Real Man Behind Famous Amos Cookies
    On this episode of Our American Stories, Wally Amos was a talent agent who worked with some of the biggest names in show business before a chocolate chip cookie changed his life. In 1975, with backing from friends including Marvin Gaye and Helen Reddy, Amos opened a cookie shop on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. His Famous Amos cookies soon became a national sensation.

    His daughter, Sarah Amos, shares the remarkable and complicated story of her father, from his childhood in segregated Tallahassee, Florida, to building one of America's most recognizable brands, losing control of the company that bore his name, and finding purpose beyond it. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)Support the show: https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    39 min
  • Ten Cent Beer Night: When Cheap Beer Sparked Chaos in MLB
    On this episode of Our American Stories, on June 4, 1974, the Cleveland Indians hosted the Texas Rangers in what began as a regular MLB game and ended as one of the most infamous promotions in baseball history. Known as “Ten Cent Beer Night,” the evening promised cheap drinks to boost attendance. What followed was a riot on the field, a forfeit, and a chapter of baseball history that still stuns fans today.

    The History Guy recounts the unbelievable story of the night chaos replaced baseball in Cleveland. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)Support the show: https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    11 min
  • When a Bathroom Drug Deal Was Interrupted by Jesus
    On this episode of Our American Stories, it started in a bathroom, where a man trapped in addiction waited to make another bad decision. Pastor Greg Laurie didn’t know what he was walking into—only that something told him to go. Inside, he found a man on the edge: tired, angry, and ready to give up. Instead of turning away, Greg spoke about grace, and in that small, stained room, something began to shift.

    The encounter led to a renewed faith and a brand-new life rebuilt from the ruins of substance abuse. Pastor Greg joins us to tell the story. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)Support the show: https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    10 min
  • My Father’s Escape from Castro’s Cuba
    On this episode of Our American Stories, Cuba’s 1959 revolution brought Fidel Castro to power and forced countless families to make an impossible choice: stay under a communist regime or flee their homeland. Mike Gonzalez’s father once called Castro a friend, but soon discovered the price of living under his rule. With freedoms stripped away and fear taking hold, escape became the only option.

    Mike shares his family’s story of exile, revealing what Cuba was like before Castro and how the revolution changed everything. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)Support the show: https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    18 min
  • Rest, Refuel, Rise!
    What do we do when we’re mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually exhausted? Allow God to restore you instead of pushing yourself past your limits. But rest isn’t meant to become an excuse to stay comfortable—once God has refueled you, we have to rise up and stay strong! This is going to be just what you need this week!

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    1 hr 18 min
  • Dwayne Johnson’s Heartfelt Goodbye to His Father, Rocky “Soulman” Johnson
    On this episode of Our American Stories, Rocky “Soulman” Johnson spent his life fighting for a place in professional wrestling. As a Black wrestler performing before largely white audiences in the 1960s and ’70s, he faced racism inside and outside the ring, but kept winning over crowds with his charisma and athleticism. Years later, when his son Dwayne decided to become a wrestler himself, Rocky became his trainer, pushing him through grueling workouts and passing down the lessons that had carried him through his own career.

    After Rocky's death in 2020, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson paid tribute to the man behind the wrestler. He remembers the sacrifices his father made, the complicated relationship they shared, and the lessons about hard work, discipline, perseverance, and family that stayed with him. To the wrestling world, Rocky Johnson was a trailblazer. To Dwayne, he was Dad. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)Support the show: https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    11 min
  • What It Means to Be the Only Lawyer in Town
    On this episode of Our American Stories, Bill Bryk may be the only practicing lawyer in his small New Hampshire town, so when a 17-year-old neighbor got a speeding ticket, her family knew who to call. The problem was that she had already paid the fine, assuming that would be the end of it. Instead, she'd unknowingly put her driver's license at risk. Bill agreed to help her fight to keep it.

    Regular contributor Bill Bryk shares what happened when a seemingly ordinary speeding ticket ended up before a judge and why he left the courtroom with a reminder of one of the simplest lessons in practicing law: prepare your case, trust your client, and when the judge rules in your favor, stop talking. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)Support the show: https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    10 min
  • How the USPS Stamped Itself onto American History
    On this episode of Our American Stories, The Founders knew firsthand that a postal system could be used as a tool of government surveillance. Before the Revolution, British officials had opened and inspected colonial mail, giving Americans good reason to distrust putting their letters in government hands. But the new nation faced a different problem. Its people were scattered across vast distances, and a republic could hardly function if they couldn't remain connected.

    Daniel Piazza of the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum shares how the American postal system helped solve that problem, allowing Americans to truly settle their new nation. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)Support the show: https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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    18 min

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UNSCRIPTED AMERICA – Real People. Real Lives. No Perfect Story.

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