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Story of Writing August 27, 2025
Season 25 Episode 827
The Famous Five pose the "persons" question, the Kellogg-Briand Pact is signed by the world's major powers, and the birthday club includes George Wil…
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Story of Writing August 26, 2025
Season 25 Episode 826
The French approve the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, Quebec declares French it's Provincial language, and the birthday club in…
11 months ago
Story of Writing August 25, 2025
Season 25 Episode 825
The Great Moon Hoax begins, the U.S. National Park Service is established, and the birthday club includes Walt Kelly and Leonard Bernstein - with a r…
11 months ago
Story of Writing August 24, 2025
Season 25 Episode 824
The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the Treaty of Cordoba is signed, and the Panic of 1857 begins in the U.S. The birthday club includes Howard Zinn, Paulo …
11 months ago
Story of Writing August 23, 2025
Season 25 Episode 823
King George III issues a proclamation to quash the American rebellion, the 'Salad Bowl Strike' begins in California, and the World Wide Web becomes a…
11 months ago
Story of Writing August 22, 2025
Season 25 Episode 822
The Siege of Leningrad begins and the birthday club includes Claude Debussy, Dorothy Parker, Ray Bradbury, and Annie Proulx - with a reading of Parke…
11 months ago
Story of Writing August 21, 2025
Season 25 Episode 821
Nat Turner leads a slave rebellion, Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas begin their famous debates, and a reading from Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's…
11 months ago
Story of Writing August 20, 2025
Season 25 Episode 820
Darwin rushes to publish his theory of evolution, U.S. Pres. Andrew Johnson declares the Civil War is over (but northerners didn't believe him), and …
11 months ago
Story of Writing August 19, 2025
Season 25 Episode 819
The gold rush fuels California genocide, the liberation of Paris begins, and on Ogden Nash's birthday, a look at his writing and a reading of his poe…
11 months, 1 week ago
Story of Writing August 18, 2025
Season 25 Episode 818
Spanish gets grammar, U.S. women win the right to vote, Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Lolita" is published in the U.S., and anti-Apartheid activist Steph…
11 months, 1 week ago