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Story of Writing August 15, 2023
Season 1 Episode 83
"The Wizard of Oz" hits the silver screen, Japan's Emperor Hirohito declares surrender, India gains its independence, the Beatles play Shea Stadium, …
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writing August 14, 2023
Season 1 Episode 82
A big birthday club today: the U.S. Social Security Act, Ernest Thompson Seton, Ernest Thayer, David Crosby, Steve Martin, Danielle Steel, and Gary L…
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writing August 13, 2023
Season 1 Episode 81
French King Louis XVI gets arrested, it's a big day for the phone booth, the first woman enlists in the U.S. Marine Corps, "Barbed Wire Sunday" in Be…
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writing August 12, 2023
Season 1 Episode 80
Isaac Singer gets a patent for his sewing machine, Sue Hendrickson discovers the largest, most complete, and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex skeleto…
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writings August 11, 2023
Season 1 Episode 79
Hedy Lamarr and frequency hopping, happy birthdays to Angus Wilson and Alex Haley - with a reading from Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice."
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writing August 10, 2023
Season 1 Episode 78
A special episode: a reading of Kate Chopin's short story, "The Story of an Hour," in its entirety.
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writing August 9, 2023
Season 1 Episode 77
The U.S. and Canada sign a treaty to firm up the border and share water rights to the Great Lakes, Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden," Smokey Bea…
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writing August 8, 2023
Season 1 Episode 76
Robert E. Lee tries to quit, Andrew Johnson freed his slaves, Edison gets a patent for the mimeograph, WWII Allies sign the London Charter: the param…
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writing August 7, 2023
Season 1 Episode 75
President George Washington puts down the Whiskey Rebellion, Thor Heyerdahl crashes his raft, the Kon Tiki, to prove a point, Pharmacologist Frances …
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writing August 6, 2023
Season 1 Episode 74
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima, the U.S. Voting Rights Act, the first appearance of "www," and today's birthday club includes Alfred, Lord Tennyson …
2 years, 9 months ago