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Story of Writing July 5, 2025
Season 25 Episode 705
Isaac Newton publishes "Principia," Frederick Douglass delivers his speech "What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July," FDR establishes the Labor Rel…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing July 4, 2025
Season 25 Episode 704
The Second Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, written mostly by Thomas Jefferson. This episode includes a reading of a lett…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing July 3, 2025
Season 25 Episode 703
General George Washington is named leader of the Continental Army, the U.S. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg is won by Union forces, and it is the birt…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing July 2, 2025
Season 25 Episode 702
The U.S. Continental Congress resolves to sever ties with England, Africans take control of the ship "Amistad," and President Lyndon B. Johnson signs…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing July 1, 2025
Season 25 Episode 701
The U.S. Civil War Battle of Gettysburg begins, Canada is formed as a nation, and the WWI Battle of the Somme begins. It is the birthday of George Sa…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing June 30, 2025
Season 25 Episode 630
Oxford hosts the Great Debate over evolution, Pres. Lincoln signs the Yosemite Valley Grant Act, Einstein publishes his paper on the electrodynamics …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing June 29, 2025
Season 25 Episode 629
The Globe Theater in London burns down and the birthday club includes Giacomo Leopardi, Celia Thaxter, and Antoine St. Exupery - with a reading of Th…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Story of Writing June 28, 2025
Season 25 Episode 628
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, European powers sign the Treaty of Versailles, and it is Mel Brook's birthday - with a look at his writing …
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Story of Writing June 27, 2025
Season 25 Episode 627
On their birthdays, a look at the writing of Emma Goldman, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Helen Keller, and Grace Lee Boggs - with a reading from Boggs' book …
11 months ago
Story of Writing June 26, 2025
Season 25 Episode 626
War-weary allies sign the United Nations Charter, and Shirley Jackson publishes "The Lottery," and J. K. Rowling publishes "Harry Potter and the Sorc…
11 months ago