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Story of Writing August 5, 2023
Season 1 Episode 73
Freedom of the press in the American colonies, the U.S. levies its first income tax, and quite a birthday club: Guy de Maupassant, Mary Ritter Beard,…
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writing August 4, 2023
Season 1 Episode 72
Dom Perignon, The Saturday Evening Post, the Fairness Doctrine, inventing the pencil, and celebrating birthdays today: Percy Bysshe Shelley and Rober…
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writing August 3, 2023
Season 1 Episode 71
Columbus sets sail, the first letter from N America is sent to Europe, and today is the birthday of Ernie Pyle and Leon Uris - with a reading from "H…
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writing August 2, 2023
Season 1 Episode 70
Signing day for the U.S. Declaration of Independence, first U.S. census, chain reactions, and James Baldwin's birthday - with a reading from Zora Nea…
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writing August 1, 2023
Season 1 Episode 69
The British Empire abolishes slavery, Henry Perky patents shredded wheat, Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman in the U.S. to earn her pilot’s lice…
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writing July 31, 2023
Season 1 Episode 68
Daniel Defoe gets locked in a pillory, English sailors mourn the loss of their rum ration, and we mark the birthdays of Cuban pianist and composer Ig…
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writing July 30, 2023
Season 1 Episode 67
Samuel de Champlain starts the French-Iroquois War, Walt Disney releases the first of many, many Oscar-winning productions, U.S. President Lyndon B. …
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writing July 29, 2023
Season 1 Episode 66
Light becomes a wave, too, The Hague Convention, and birthdays of Alexis de Tocqueville, Charlie Christian, Mary Lee Settle - with a reading from Toc…
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writing July 28, 2023
Season 1 Episode 65
Lavinia Ream sculpts a statue for the ages, the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is ratified, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, the U.S.…
2 years, 9 months ago
Story of Writing July 27, 2023
Season 1 Episode 64
The actual Macbeth, King of Scotland, loses an important battle, Robespierre is arrested, researchers in Toronto prove the hormone insulin regulates …
2 years, 9 months ago