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Story of Writing August 7, 2025
Season 25 Episode 807
U.S. Pres. George Washington quashes the Whiskey Rebellion, Thor Heyerdahl's hand-made raft arrives in the South Pacific Islands, and Frances Kelsey …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing August 6, 2025
Season 25 Episode 806
The U.S. drops the first atomic bomb used in a military attack, U.S. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law, and "www" appears …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing August 5, 2025
Freedom of the press becomes a big deal in the American colonies, and the Union levies its first income tax, and the birthday club includes Guy de Ma…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing August 4, 2025
The U.S. Fairness Doctrine is rescinded and the birthday club includes Nicolas-Jacque Conte, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Robert Hayden. This episode al…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing August 3, 2025
Christopher Columbus sets sail for Asia, and the birthday club includes Ernie Pyle and Leon Uris - with a reading from Pyle's "Here is Your War."
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing August 2, 2025
US Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt receives the letter from Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard and it is the birthday of James Baldwin - with a reading from…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing August 1, 2025
Season 25 Episode 801
England abolishes slavery, Henry Perky patents shredded wheat, Harriet Quimby gets her pilot's license, and Frank Herbert's novel "Dune" is published…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing July 31, 2025
Season 25 Episode 731
Daniel Defoe is locked in a pillory, it is "Black Tot" Day, and the birthday club includes Ignacio Cervantes, Primo Levi, and Ahmet Ertegun - with a …
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing July 30, 2025
Season 25 Episode 730
Explorer Samuel de Champlain unwittingly starts a nearly a century of war, Walt Disney releases his first Oscar winner, and US Pres. Lyndon B. Johnso…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing July 29, 2025
Season 25 Episode 729
Physicist Augusten Fresnel publishes "Memoir on the Diffraction of Light," the world's major powers sign a treaty defining war crimes, and the birthd…
11 months, 4 weeks ago