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Story of Writing July 25, 2025
Season 25 Episode 725
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart finishes his masterpiece 40th Symphony: the Great G-Minor, Jack London sails from San Francisco for gold in the Yukon, and US…
10 months ago
Story of Writing July 24, 2025
Season 25 Episode 724
O. Henry is released from prison, the world's major powers sign a pact to not use war to settle disputes (almost 10 years before the start of WWII), …
10 months ago
Story of Writing July 23, 2025
Season 25 Episode 723
Ford Motor Company sells its first car, the Chinese Communist Party is founded, and Philippe Petain is put on trial for being a Nazi puppet and turni…
10 months ago
Story of Writing July 22, 2025
Season 25 Episode 722
Katherine Lee Bates starts writing "America the Beautiful" and it is the birthday of Emma Lazarus - with a reading of her poem "The New Colossus."
10 months ago
Story of Writing July 21, 2025
Season 25 Episode 721
The first showdown in America's "Wild West," the dramatic conclusion of the Scopes Monkey Trial, and recording Earth's coldest temperature - with a r…
10 months ago
Story of Writing July 20, 2025
Season 25 Episode 720
Apollo 11 lands and humans walk on the moon for the first time and the birthday club includes Gregor Mendel, Tom Crean, and Edmund Hillary - with a r…
10 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing July 19, 2025
Season 25 Episode 719
The first women’s rights convention in the U.S. begins in Seneca Falls, New York and it is the birthday of Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson - with a reading…
10 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing July 18, 2025
Season 25 Episode 718
The Hough Riots convulse Cleveland and the birthday club includes William Makepeace Thackary, Nelson Mandela, and Hunter S. Thompson - with a reading…
10 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing July 17, 2025
Season 25 Episode 717
Spain sells Florida to the US, Willis Carrier designs the air conditioner, the International Criminal Court is established in The Hague, and it is th…
10 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing July 16, 2025
Season 25 Episode 716
J. D. Salinger publishes "The Catcher in the Rye" and it is the birthday of Ida B. Wells - with a reading from Wells' speech "Lynch Law in America."
10 months, 1 week ago