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Story of Writing October 10, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1010
U.S. VP Spiro Agnew resigns and the birthday club includes: Louise Mack, Harold Pinter, Lily Tuck, and John Prine - with a reading from Mack's "A Wom…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing October 9, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1009
A Boston court banishes Roger Williams from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the French abolish capital punishment, and "The Phantom of the Opera" opens…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing October 8, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1008
The first hospital opens in North America, "Der Spiegel" is accused of treason for its reporting, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is awarded the Nobel Prize f…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing October 7, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1007
King George III unknowingly helps indigenous people, the "McCollum Memo" is issued, JFK signs the partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and the birthday c…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing October 6, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1006
The first known opera is performed, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is formed, the movie "The Jazz Singer" premiers, and Annie Ernaux is awarded the Nobel Priz…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing October 5, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1005
PBS TV becomes reality and the birthday club includes Louise Fitzhugh and Neil deGrasse Tyson - with a reading from Jane Austen's "Persuasion."
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing October 4, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1004
Willie Gillis makes his first appearance on the cover of "The Saturday Evening Post," and the birthday club includes Edward Stratemeyer, Donald Sobol…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing October 3, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1003
U.S. President George Washington declares a day of thanksgiving, President Abraham Lincoln makes nearly the same declaration on the same day more tha…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing October 2, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1002
Thurgood Marshall becomes the first Black person to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court and the birthday club includes Graham Greene, Don McLean, Sting, an…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing October 1, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1001
Isabella Beeton publishes her book on domesticity, Yosemite becomes preserved and protected national land, and "in god we trust" first appears on U.S…
7 months, 3 weeks ago