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Story of Writing June 25, 2025
Season 25 Episode 625
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer is killed in combat and sparks one of the more intriguing studies in public relations. On his birthday, a look at th…
11 months ago
Story of Writing June 24, 2025
Season 25 Episode 624
John Cabot lands in the New World and the Great Siege of Gibraltar begins. On their birthdays, a look at the writing life of Ambrose Bierce and a rea…
11 months ago
Story of Writing June 23, 2025
Season 25 Episode 623
The typewriter is patented, the Rocky Mountains Park Act becomes law in Canada, the Antarctic Treaty System goes into effect, Title IX is amended, an…
11 months ago
Story of Writing June 22, 2025
Season 25 Episode 622
Galileo is tried by the Roman Catholic Church and the U.S. Department of Justice is established. This episode also includes a reading from Frederick …
11 months ago
Story of Writing June 21, 2025
Season 25 Episode 621
Marie-Joseph Angélique is condemned to death for burning Montreal, Chinese Empress Cixi declares war on the Western Powers, and this is the day of th…
11 months ago
Story of Writing June 20, 2025
Season 25 Episode 620
Samuel Morse gets the patent for the telegraph, the three-day, 1943 Detroit race riot begins, and it is the birthday of playwright Lillian Hellman - …
11 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing June 19, 2025
Season 25 Episode 619
The first baseball game is played, enslaved people in Texas are told they are finally free, and President John F. Kennedy submits his Civil Rights Ac…
11 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing June 18, 2025
Season 25 Episode 618
Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo, Charles Darwin learns that another naturist was about to publish a theory of evolution nearly identical to Darwin's…
11 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing June 17, 2025
Season 25 Episode 617
Explorer Sir Francis Drake claims land on America's West Coast and sends a geopolitical ripple across 300 years of American history. American colonis…
11 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing June 16, 2025
Season 25 Episode 616
Abraham Lincoln delivers his speech not known as "A House Divided," and it is Bloomsday. It is also the birthday of Joyce Carol Oates - with a readin…
11 months, 1 week ago