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Story of Writing September 21, 2025
Season 25 Episode 921
Benedict Arnold betrays George Washington and the American colonists fighting the Revolutionary War. The birthday club includes H. G. Wells, Allen La…
8 months ago
Story of Writing September 20, 2025
Season 25 Episode 920
Magellan sets sail to circumnavigate the world, the Battle of the Sexes is decided in a tennis match, and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" ends. The birthday …
8 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing September 19, 2025
Season 25 Episode 919
U.S. President George Washington publishes his farewell address, and the birthday club includes Sadie Delany, Rachel Field, and William Golding - wit…
8 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing September 18, 2025
Season 25 Episode 918
The New York Times publishes its first edition and Booker T. Washington delivers his Atlanta Exposition Speech on Race Relations. This episode includ…
8 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing September 17, 2025
Season 25 Episode 917
The U.S. Constitution is approved, the Battle of Antietam changes the course of the U.S. Civil War, and the birthday club includes William Carlos Wil…
8 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing - remembering Robert Redford
Season 25 Episode 9162
Robert Redford was somebody to everybody.
A remembrance - with a reading from Norman Maclean's "A River Runs Through It."
Please consider making a cont…
8 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing September 16, 2025
Season 25 Episode 916
The world signs the Montreal Protocol and the birthday club includes Francis Parkman and H. A. Rey - with a reading from Parkman's "The Oregon Trail."
8 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing September 15, 2025
Season 25 Episode 915
Charles Darwin reaches the Galápagos Islands, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama is bombed by the KKK, and it is the birthday of C…
8 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing September 14, 2025
Season 25 Episode 914
Handel's "Messiah" is written and the birthday club includes William H. Armstrong, Kate Millett, Bernard MacLaverty, and Bonnie Jo Campbell - with a …
8 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing September 13, 2025
Season 25 Episode 913
Henry Hudson sees the north coast of North America, the Battle of Quebec City decides European claims of Quebec, the bombardment of Baltimore in the …
8 months, 2 weeks ago