EP27: 100-Year Old Skydiver, Therapy through Dungeons & Dragons, and A History of NYC
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
On the episode of the Our American Stories podcast, we bring you Ronald Mason, a WWII pilot with a heck of a story; also, the story of Adam Davis and Adam John who have been using table-top games as a therapy tool; and finally, Bill Bryk makes the familiar fascinating and briefly recounts how New York City became the city it is today, as well as his love for its past.
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| 0:00.0 | From the small towns to the big cities. |
| 0:04.7 | We bring you the stories that matter. |
| 0:08.0 | This is. |
| 0:08.8 | This is. |
| 0:09.8 | This is the Our American Stories podcast. |
| 0:30.3 | We can't wait to bring you these fantastic stories from our team. |
| 0:34.1 | They work hard day in and day out to bring you stories from everyday life and from |
| 0:38.9 | everyday Americans. We tell the stories about this great country that may not be perfect, |
| 0:43.7 | but sure is beautiful. If you'd like to support us and all that we do here, visit our |
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| 0:56.7 | We're a nonprofit, |
| 0:57.9 | and we appreciate both one-time gifts |
| 1:00.0 | and monthly donations. |
| 1:02.2 | It's for you and through you |
| 1:04.1 | that we tell these stories. |
| 1:10.4 | And now, we have a story of a group of guys that use Dungeons and Dragons as a therapy tool. |
| 1:17.0 | Also, Bill Bright's short history lesson of New York City. |
| 1:21.4 | But first, here's the story of an Iowa man who went skydiving at 100 years of age. |
| 1:29.5 | Ronald Mason was born in 1919 in Pennsylvania. |
| 1:34.1 | At the time I interviewed him, Ronald was 102 years old. |
| 1:38.5 | He's in better shape than most people at the retirement home he lives in, including those |
| 1:43.3 | far younger than him. They call him |
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