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Story of Writing July 15, 2025
Season 25 Episode 715
The Rosetta Stone is found, the Spanish Inquisition ends after 350 years, Alzheimer's is named, and the birthday club includes Clement Clark Moore an…
10 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing July 14, 2025
Season 25 Episode 714
Storming the Bastille, US Pres. John Adams signs the Sedition Act, the second catastrophic fire in Chicago burns nearly 50 acres of the city, and the…
10 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing July 13, 2025
Season 25 Episode 713
The birthday club includes George Weller, Marcia Brown, and Cameron Crowe - with a reading of Jean Blewett's "Miracles."
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing July 12, 2025
Season 25 Episode 712
It's Thoreau-Neruda Day! Henry David Thoreau and Pablo Neruda were born on this day. Doris Grumbach, too. This episode includes a reading from Thorea…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing July 11, 2025
Season 25 Episode 711
Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton face each other in a duel, "To Kill A Mockingbird" is published, and the birthday club includes E. B. White and Jhu…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing July 10, 2025
Season 25 Episode 710
The French declare war on England - diverting English forces from crushing the American Revolution, Mackenzie crosses the North American continent, F…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing July 9, 2025
Season 25 Episode 709
In the U.S., the 14th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, the Russell-Einstein Manifesto is released, and the birthday club includes Elias How…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing July 8, 2025
Season 25 Episode 708
The Wall Street Journal publishes its first edition, the Dow-Jones Industrial Average closes at its lowest level of the 20th Century, and Pres. Richa…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing July 7, 2025
Season 25 Episode 707
The New York City race riots of 1834 begin, the US begins its first military draft, Alaska becomes a state, the Ziegfeld Follies premiers its first s…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing July 6, 2025
Season 25 Episode 706
Louis Pasteur tests his rabies vaccine, Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, John Lennon and Paul McCartney meet, and it is the birt…
10 months, 3 weeks ago