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Story of Writing October 13, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1013
The birthday club includes Mary Kingsley, Arna Bontemps, and Paul Simon - with a reading from Bontemps' "A Black Man Talks of Reaping."
9 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing October 12, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1012
The Governor of Massachusetts Bay ends the Salem Witch Trials, the first asylum for the mentally ill opens in the U.S., Desmond Doss becomes the only…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing October 11, 2025
Season 25 Episode 1011
The San Francisco school board tells Japanese students they can no longer attend public schools, the AIDS quilt is first displayed, and the birthday …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
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…
9 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…
9 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…
9 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…
9 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…
9 months, 2 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."
9 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…
9 months, 3 weeks ago