EP251: Growing Up Rural: A Tale About Stinky Boots, The Bigger the Bureaucracy, the Smaller the Customer and The Tone Deaf, Bad Poet Who Wrote The National Anthem
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2022
⏱️ 53 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, Scott Jones, author of Growing Up Rural: Lessons Learned For a Lifetime, tells the story of the time he stunk up his classroom with hog manure covered boots...and how a gracious teacher really helped him out. Mike Leven shares his story as past President and Chief Operating Officer of Las Vegas Sands Corp. One of the great hoteliers of all time—a legend in his business. Marc Leepson, author of What So Proudly We Hailed: Francis Scott Key, A Life, brings us the story of Francis “Frank” Scott Key and how he came to write the National Anthem of the United States of America.
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00:00 - Growing Up Rural: A Tale About Stinky Boots
10:00 - The Bigger the Bureaucracy, the Smaller the Customer
23:00 - The Tone Deaf, Bad Poet Who Wrote The National Anthem
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