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Story of Writing June 20, 2026
Season 26 Episode 620
Samuel Morse gets the patent for the telegraph, the destructive Detroit race riot of 1943 begins, and it is the birthday of Lillian Hellman - with a …
1 month ago
Story of Writing June 19, 2026
Season 26 Episode 619
The first game of baseball, Juneteenth, and JFK's civil rights legislation - with readings from Ralph Ellison and JFK, himself.
Link to the Juneteenth…
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Story of Writing June 18, 2026
Season 26 Episode 618
Napoleon Bonaparte is defeated at Waterloo, Charles Darwin learns that another naturalist is about to publish a theory of evolution nearly identical …
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Story of Writing June 17, 2026
Season 26 Episode 617
Sir Francis Drake makes a land claim on America's Pacific Coast that inspired the idea of Manifest Destiny. The Battle of Bunker Hill - the first sal…
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Story of Writing June 16, 2026
Season 26 Episode 616
The first Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is formed, Abraham Lincoln gives his "A House Divided" speech, it is Bloomsday! And it is …
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Story of Writing June 15, 2026
Season 26 Episode 515
England's King John signs the Magna Carta, Arlington National Cemetery is established, and the birthday club includes Josiah Henson and Harry Nilsson…
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Story of Writing June 14, 2026
Season 26 Episode 614
It's Flag Day in the U.S., Charles Babbage proposes his "difference engine," the Bear Flag Revolt made northern Mexico the U.S. state of California, …
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Story of Writing June 13, 2026
Season 26 Episode 613
Miranda rights become a requirement, Thurgood Marshall is nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, "The New York Times" starts publishing the Pentagon Pa…
1 month, 1 week ago
Story of Writing June 12, 2026
Season 26 Episode 612
The state of Virginia adopts George Mason's Declaration of Rights, Anne Frank is given a blank diary for her 13th birthday, and SCOTUS announces its …
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Story of Writing June 11, 2026
Season 26 Episode 611
!!Content Warning!! This episode includes descriptions of suicide, racism, and murder as a hate crime
The story of a day: this day in 1963 began with …
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