Podcast Episodes

Story of Writing May 7, 2026

Season 26 Episode 507

Beethoven premiers his 9th Symphony, Geoffrey Dummer publishes his idea of an integrated circuit, and the birthday club includes David Hume, Ruth Pra…

2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Story of Writing May 6, 2026

Season 26 Episode 506

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the Works Progress Administration and the birthday club includes Orson Welles, Bob Seger, and Martha Nus…

2 weeks, 6 days ago

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Story of Writing May 5, 2026

Season 26 Episode 505

The birthday club includes Soren Kierkegaard, Karl Marx, Tammy Wynette, and Michael Palin - with a reading from Kierkegaard's book "Either/Or."

3 weeks ago

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Story of Writing May 4, 2026

Season 26 Episode 504

The May 4th Movement in China and the Kent State shootings in Ohio - with a reading from Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea."

3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Story of Writing May 3, 2026

Season 26 Episode 503

SCOTUS rules against race-based real-estate agreements and the birthday club includes Septima Poinsette Clark and Pete Seeger - with a reading from C…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

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Story of Writing May 2, 2026

Season 26 Episode 502

The 522nd Artillery Group stops a WWII forced march and saved hundreds and it's the birthday of pediatrician Dr. Benjamin Spock - and a reading from …

3 weeks, 3 days ago

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Story of Writing May 1, 2026

Season 26 Episode 501

England and Scotland form Great Britain, Carl Linnaeus publishes 'Species Plantarum,' which began the use of the two Latin names that identify specie…

3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Story of Writing April 30, 2026

Season 26 Episode 430

The birthday club includes John Crow Ransom, Annie Dillard, and Jane Campion - with a reading from Dillard's master work "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek."

3 weeks, 5 days ago

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Story of Writing April 29, 2026

Season 26 Episode 429

On her birthday, a look back at the writing and other creative work of Amy Krouse Rosenthal - with a reading from her "Modern Love" essay in The New …

3 weeks, 6 days ago

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Story of Writing April 28, 2026

Season 26 Episode 428

Muhammad Ali refuses to be drafted to fight in the Vietnam War and the birthday club includes Harper Lee and Terry Pratchett - with a reading from Le…

4 weeks ago

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