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Story of Writing August 23, 2025
Season 25 Episode 823
King George III issues a proclamation to quash the American rebellion, the 'Salad Bowl Strike' begins in California, and the World Wide Web becomes a…
9 months ago
Story of Writing August 22, 2025
Season 25 Episode 822
The Siege of Leningrad begins and the birthday club includes Claude Debussy, Dorothy Parker, Ray Bradbury, and Annie Proulx - with a reading of Parke…
9 months ago
Story of Writing August 21, 2025
Season 25 Episode 821
Nat Turner leads a slave rebellion, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas begin their famous debates, and a reading from Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's…
9 months ago
Story of Writing August 20, 2025
Season 25 Episode 820
Darwin rushes to publish his theory of evolution, U.S. Pres. Andrew Johnson declares the Civil War is over (but northerners didn't believe him), and …
9 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing August 19, 2025
Season 25 Episode 819
The gold rush fuels California genocide, the liberation of Paris begins, and on Ogden Nash's birthday, a look at his writing and a reading of his poe…
9 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing August 18, 2025
Season 25 Episode 818
Spanish gets grammar, U.S. women win the right to vote, Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Lolita" is published in the U.S., and anti-Apartheid activist Steph…
9 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing August 17, 2025
Season 25 Episode 817
Sir Walter Raleigh tries to colonize Roanoke, the world's first commercial steamboat service begins on the Hudson River, George Orwell publishes his …
9 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing August 16, 2025
Season 25 Episode 816
The birthday club includes T. E. Lawrence, Georgette Heyer, Wallace Thurman, William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., Charles Bukowski, and Diana Wynne Jones - …
9 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing August 15, 2025
Season 25 Episode 815
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz premiers, Japan surrenders to end the Second World War and the birthday club includes Walter Scott, Oscar Peterson, Stanle…
9 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing August 14, 2025
Season 25 Episode 814
The U.S. Social Security program is established and the birthday club includes Ernest Thompson Seton, Ernest Thayer, David Crosby, Steve Martin, Dani…
9 months, 1 week ago