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Story of Writing May 16, 2025
Season 25 Episode 516
The Sedition Act goes into effect, the first Academy Award ceremony takes place, the U.S. Surgeon General warns that cigarettes are as addictive as S…
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 15, 2025
Season 25 Episode 515
Robespierre's "Self-Denying Ordinance" goes into effect, Standard Oil is ruled an unreasonable monopoly, and the birthday club includes L. Frank Baum…
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 14, 2025
Season 25 Episode 514
Quite a birthday club, including George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, Christine Brennan, Raphael Saadiq, and Mark Zuckerberg - with a reading from George O…
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 13, 2025
Season 25 Episode 513
The UK declares its neutrality in the U.S. Civil War, the MOVE bombing, and a reading from Armistead Maupin's "Logical Family: A Memoir."
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 12, 2025
Season 25 Episode 512
The birthday club includes Albert Murray, Burt Bacharach, Farley Mowat, and George Carlin - with a reading from Mowat's "Never Cry Wolf."
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 11, 2025
Season 25 Episode 511
The first book is published and the birthday club includes Harriet Quimby and Irving Berlin, with a reading of Rose Islander's "Love 6."
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 10, 2025
Season 25 Episode 510
Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman to run for U.S. President, Winston Churchill becomes UK Prime Minister, and Marvel publishes the first issu…
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 9, 2025
Season 25 Episode 509
The oldest treaty - that is still in effect - is signed and the birthday club includes J. M. Barrie and Richard Adams - with a reading from Barrie's …
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 8, 2025
Season 25 Episode 508
It is Victory in Europe or "V-E" Day, small pox is declared eradicated, and the birthday club includes Robert Johnson and Naomi Klein - with a readin…
1 year ago
Story of Writing May 7, 2025
Season 25 Episode 507
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premiers, Germans surrender to end WWII in Europe, and the birthday club includes Ruth Prawer-Jhabvala and Angela Carter -…
1 year ago