4.3 • 737 Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, how did a bird Benjamin Franklin once called “of bad moral character” become America’s national symbol? Jack E. Davis, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Bald Eagle: The Improbable Journey of America’s Bird, shares the surprising and inspiring backstory.
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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. |
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0:33.5 | podcast. |
0:34.6 | I also want to address the Tonys. On a recent episode of Checking Game with |
0:40.6 | Michelle Williams, I open up about feeling snubbed by the Tony Awards. Do I? I was never mad. I was |
0:48.3 | disappointed because I had high hopes. To hear this and more on disappointment and protecting your peace, listen to checking in with |
0:56.3 | Michelle Williams from the Black Effect Podcast Network on the IHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, |
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1:08.6 | Have you ever had to shoot your gun? |
1:10.5 | Sometimes the answer is yes. |
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