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Story of Writing January 7, 2026
Season 26 Episode 107
Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Comic-book founder Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson and…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing January 6, 2026
Season 26 Episode 106
The birthday club includes Charles Sumner, Alan Watts, E. L. Doctorow, and Elizabeth Strout - with a reading from Doctorow's novel "Ragtime."
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing January 5, 2026
Season 26 Episode 105
Henry Ford announces a big raise and shorter work day for car builders, Samuel Beckett's play "Waiting for Godot" premieres, and the birthday club in…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing January 4, 2026
Season 26 Episode 104
Solomon Northup regains his freedom after being enslaved for 12 years. This episode includes a reading from Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities."
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing January 3, 2026
Season 26 Episode 103
Today's birthday club includes J. R. R. Tolkien, Anne Stephenson, and Stephen Stills - with a reading from Agatha Christie's "The Murder of Roger Ack…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing January 2, 2026
Season 26 Episode 102
The second Palmer Raid sweeps up American citizens who were immigrants and it's the birthday of a giant in wilderness conservation Robert Marshall - …
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing January 1, 2026
Season 26 Episode 101
The U.S. bans importation of slaves, the Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect, and the birthday club includes Maria Edgeworth, E. M. Forster, a…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing December 31, 2025
Arthur Guiness signs a 9,000 year lease for a brewery, Thomas Edison unveils his incandescent light, and U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces the…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing December 30, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1230
Today's birthday club includes Rudyard Kipling, Bo Diddley, and Douglas Coupland - with a reading from Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility."
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing December 29, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1229
Czech writer Vaclav Havel becomes President of Czechoslovakia, the language Akkala Sami dies, and the birthday club includes Rick Danko, Marianne Fai…
4 months, 4 weeks ago