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Story of Writing May 26, 2025
Season 25 Episode 526
The US House Un-American Activities Committee holds its first meeting and the birthday club includes Miles Davis, Jack Kevorkian, Levon Helm, Stevie …
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 25, 2025
Season 25 Episode 525
The US Constitutional Convention begins, JFK calls for putting a man on the moon, and "Star Wars" hits movie screens. The birthday club includes Ralp…
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 24, 2025
Season 25 Episode 524
The Judgement of Paris puts Napa Valley wines on the oenophile map and the birthday club includes Bob Dylan, Michael Chabon, and Lorella Cedroni - wi…
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 23, 2025
Season 25 Episode 523
The birthday club includes Margaret Fuller, Isabella Ford, Par Lagerkvist, Scott O'Dell, Margaret Wise Brown, and Mitch Albom - with a reading from F…
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 22, 2025
Season 25 Episode 522
Lewis and Clark start their exploration of the American West, the Associated Press gets its start, and Verdi premiers "Requiem." The birthday club in…
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 21, 2025
Season 25 Episode 521
"Bleeding Kansas" begins, Clara Barton establishes the American Red Cross, and the birthday club includes Alexander Pope, "Fats" Waller, and Harold R…
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 20, 2025
Season 25 Episode 520
William Shakespeare's sonnets are published, Levi Strauss gets the patent for denim blue jeans (with copper rivets that held the jeans together), and…
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 19, 2025
Season 25 Episode 519
Centigrade fixes Celsius, Ohio is chartered, the world's first national park service is established, and the birthday club includes Jim Lehrer and Jo…
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 18, 2025
Season 25 Episode 518
Rhode Island bans slavery and the birthday club includes Omar Khayyam, Frank Capra, and Tina Fey - with a reading from Khayyam's "The Rubaiyat."
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 17, 2025
Season 25 Episode 517
The Buttonwood Agreement, Brown v. Board of Education, and it is Dorothy Richardson's birthday - with a reading from her book "Pointed Roofs."
1 year ago