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Story of Writing September 12, 2025
Season 912 Episode 912
U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivers his speech "We Choose to Go to the Moon," and the birthday club includes H. L. Mencken, Nellie Wong, and Mich…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing September 11, 2025
Season 25 Episode 911
Charles Lindbergh reveals his thinking on WWII, and the birthday club includes O. Henry and D. H. Lawrence - with a reading from Lawrence's "Lady Cha…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing September 10, 2025
Season 25 Episode 910
John Smith becomes one of the first elected leaders from Europe in North America, Elias Howe gets the patent for his sewing machine, and the birthday…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing September 9, 2025
Season 25 Episode 909
The Compromise of 1850 changes the US, "debugging" becomes real, and the birthday club includes Leo Tolstoy, Kimberly Willis Holt, and Adam Sandler -…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing September 8, 2025
Season 25 Episode 908
Michelangelo unveils his sculpture "David," the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance is published - possibly for the first time, the first episode of Star Trek …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing September 7, 2025
Season 25 Episode 907
Union General William T. Sherman orders the evacuation of Atlanta, and the birthday club includes C. J. Dennis, Elinor Wylie, Edith Sitwell, Dorothy …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing September 6, 2025
Season 25 Episode 906
The Mayflower sets sail, women in Wyoming start voting in 1870, and the birthday club includes Isabella Leonarda, Jane Addams, and Robert Pirsig - wi…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing September 5, 2025
Season 25 Episode 905
The Czar puts a tax on beards, the UK declares war on China - over opium, the WWII propagandist "Tokyo Rose" is arrested, and it is the birthday of J…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing September 4, 2025
Season 25 Episode 904
Los Angeles is founded, Kodak is registered, Evelyn Waugh publishes "A Handful of Dust," and the birthday club includes Richard Wright and Beyonce - …
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing September 3, 2025
Season 25 Episode 903
English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell dies, UK and U.S. officials sign the Treaty of Paris - ending the American Revolutionary War, and Frederick Do…
8 months, 3 weeks ago