4.3 • 737 Ratings
🗓️ 12 June 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, he was the dashing lead in The Mark of Zorro and one of Hollywood’s biggest stars during its Golden Era. But at the height of his fame, Tyrone Power gave it all up to serve as a Marine pilot in World War II. Roger McGrath shares the story of how this silver screen icon became a real-life hero in the latest installment of our Hollywood Goes to War series.
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0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
0:04.0 | The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States. |
0:09.2 | Recipients have done the improbable, the unexpected, showing immense bravery and sacrifice in the name of something much bigger than themselves. |
0:17.8 | This medal is for the men who went down that day. |
0:21.5 | On Medal of Honor, stories of courage, you'll hear about these heroes and what their |
0:26.2 | stories tell us about the nature of bravery. |
0:29.0 | Listen to Medal of Honor on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your |
0:33.5 | podcast. |
0:34.5 | A lot of times big economic forces show up in our lives in small ways. |
0:39.7 | Four days a week, I would buy two cups of banana pudding, but the price has gone up, |
0:44.3 | so now I only buy one. |
0:46.4 | Small but important ways. |
0:48.3 | From tech billionaires to the bond market to, yeah, banana pudding. |
0:52.3 | If it's happening in business, our new podcast is on it. |
0:55.2 | I'm Max Chaston. |
0:56.5 | And I'm Stacey Vanek-Smith. |
0:58.3 | So listen to everybody's business on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
1:04.6 | I also want to address the Tonys. |
1:08.2 | On a recent episode of Checking Game with Michelle Williams, I open up about feeling snubbed by the Tony Awards. |
1:15.1 | Do I? |
1:16.2 | I was never mad. |
1:18.0 | I was disappointed because I had high hopes. |
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