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Story of Writing September 25, 2025
Season 25 Episode 925
The U.S. adopts the Bill of Rights, Columbia's graduate school of journalism is established, the Little Rock Nine integrates their Arkansas high scho…
10 months ago
Story of Writing September 24, 2025
Season 25 Episode 924
Gold panic gripped the U.S., the LDS church bans polygamy, a race riot convulses Atlanta, Devil's Tower is designated a national monument, and it is …
10 months ago
Story of Writing September 23, 2025
Season 25 Episode 923
Norway and Sweden dissolve the bonds that made them one country and the birthday club includes John Lomax, Ray Charles, Bruce Springsteen, and Ani Di…
10 months ago
Story of Writing September 22, 2025
Season 25 Episode 922
The last victims of the Salem Witch Trials are executed, US Pres. Abraham Lincoln issues his Emancipation Proclamation, and the birthday club include…
10 months ago
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…
10 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 …
10 months 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…
10 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…
10 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…
10 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."
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10 months, 1 week ago