EP203: The Time When The ACLU and NRA Agreed, When the Game Show “Press Your Luck” Didn’t Require Much Luck, Growing Up Rural: Dangling Feet and When Shooting Weddings And Chasing Storms Collide
Our American Stories
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4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, learn how the ACLU and NRA have been fighting for our shared constitutional rights. Matt Parker, a comedian and mathematician from Australia, tells the story of the time Michael Larson was shockingly good at the game show "Press Your Luck," and gives a look into why computers can’t be random. Scott Jones, the author of Growing Up Rural, tells a story from his book about a very chilling experience that happened to him in his youth...and the lesson he learned from it. Arizona-based photographer, Mike Olbinski, shares how his passions for taking family photos, shooting weddings and also... chases storms collided.
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00:00 - The Time When The ACLU and NRA Agreed
10:00 - When the Game Show “Press Your Luck” Didn’t Require Much Luck
23:00 - Growing Up Rural: Dangling Feet
35:00 - When Shooting Weddings And Chasing Storms Collide
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