My Hero Father Needed No Star and No Cape
Our American Stories
iHeartPodcasts
4.3 • 737 Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, Roger Latham, a regular contributor from Fort Worth, Texas, shares the story of his father, a World War II fighter pilot and his personal hero.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:04.3 | What up, y'all? |
| 0:05.2 | This your main man, Memphis Bleak right here. |
| 0:07.2 | Host the Rock Solid podcast. |
| 0:09.2 | June is Black Music Month. |
| 0:10.6 | So what better way to celebrate than listening to my exclusive conversation with my bro, Jaru? |
| 0:15.6 | The one thing they can't stop you or take away from you is knowledge. |
| 0:19.1 | So whatever I went through while I was down |
| 0:21.8 | in prison for two years, through that process, learn, learn from me. Check out this exclusive |
| 0:27.7 | episode with Jaru on Rock Solid. Open your free I Heart Radio app. Search Rock Solid and listen now. |
| 0:35.1 | I know a lot of cops. They get asked all the time. |
| 0:38.4 | Have you ever had to shoot your gun? |
| 0:40.2 | Sometimes the answer is yes. |
| 0:42.1 | But there's a company dedicated to a future |
| 0:44.8 | where the answer will always be no. |
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| 1:04.9 | Why is a soap opera Western like Yellowstone so wildly successful? |
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| 1:16.0 | So join me starting Tuesday, May 6th, where we'll delve into stories of the West |
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