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Story of Writing June 26, 2023
Season 1 Episode 33
The Charter of the United Nations, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery," Harry Potter, Pearl S. Buck, and Violette Bushell Szabo - with a reading of "Sonn…
2 years, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 25, 2023
Season 1 Episode 32
George Armstrong Custer's reputation is a study in public relations, it's George Orwell's birthday - with a reading of “won’t you celebrate with me” …
2 years, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 24, 2023
Season 1 Episode 31
John Cabot lands in northern North America, Samuel de Champlain finds fresh water for Acadia, the Great Siege of Gibraltar began, and it's Ambrose Bi…
2 years, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 23, 2023
Season 1 Episode 30
Christopher Latham Sholes gets the U.S. patent for the "Type-Writer," Banff becomes Canada's first national park, the Antarctic Treaty System goes in…
2 years, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 22, 2023
Season 1 Episode 29
Galileo is forced by the Roman Catholic Church to recant his observation that the Earth revolved around the sun, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant appr…
2 years, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 21, 2023
Season 1 Episode 28
Marie-Joseph Angélique - because even the city she allegedly burned thinks she should be remembered, Chinese Empress Cixi, Mississippi Burning, and J…
2 years, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 20, 2023
Season 1 Episode 27
Samuel Morse receives a patent for the telegraph, Alexander Graham Bell's father uses his son's tech to set up the first telephone exchange, the Detr…
2 years, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 19, 2023
Season 1 Episode 26
The Nicene Creed, the first officially recorded and organized baseball game, Juneteenth, and the Civil Rights Act of 1963 and 1964 - with a reading f…
2 years, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 18, 2023
Season 1 Episode 25
The Battle of Waterloo, Charles Darwin learns that fellow naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace has developed a theory of evolution almost identical to Da…
2 years, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 17, 2023
Season 1 Episode 24
Sir Francis Drake puts his mark on the New World, the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor, Watergate, Juneteenth,…
2 years, 11 months ago