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Story of Writing September 6, 2025
Season 25 Episode 906
The Mayflower sets sail, women in Wyoming start voting in 1870, and the birthday club includes Isabella Leonarda, Jane Addams, and Robert Pirsig - wi…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing September 5, 2025
Season 25 Episode 905
The Czar puts a tax on beards, the UK declares war on China - over opium, the WWII propagandist "Tokyo Rose" is arrested, and it is the birthday of J…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing September 4, 2025
Season 25 Episode 904
Los Angeles is founded, Kodak is registered, Evelyn Waugh publishes "A Handful of Dust," and the birthday club includes Richard Wright and Beyonce - …
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing September 3, 2025
Season 25 Episode 903
English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell dies, UK and U.S. officials sign the Treaty of Paris - ending the American Revolutionary War, and Frederick Do…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing September 2, 2025
Season 25 Episode 902
Theodore Roosevelt says - for the first time - "Speak softly and carry a big stick," and Japan surrenders to end combat in WWII, and the birthday clu…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing September 1, 2025
Season 25 Episode 901
The first female phone operator takes the reins, Germany invades Poland to start WWII, and the birthday club includes Johann Pachelbel, Edgar Rice Bu…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing August 31, 2025
Season 25 Episode 831
Union Gen. William T. Sherman attacks Atlanta, Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon, Russian and the UK carve up Persia, and the U.S.…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing August 30, 2025
Season 25 Episode 830
Ernest Shackleton rescues every member of his crew on the "Endurance," and the birthday club includes Mary Shelley, Virginia Lee Burton, Kitty Wells,…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing August 29, 2025
Season 25 Episode 829
The Beatles play their last paid concert, and the birthday club includes John Locke, Charlie "Bird" Parker, and Temple Grandin - with a reading from …
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Story of Writing August 28, 2025
Season 25 Episode 828
Scientific American Magazine publishes its first issue, Caleb Bradham changes the name of his "Brad's Drink," Emmet Till is murdered and the Reverend…
10 months, 4 weeks ago