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Story of Writing April 6, 2025
Season 25 Episode 406
The birthday club includes Leonora Carrington, Ram Dass, Merle Haggard, and Homero Aridjis - with a reading from Carrington's artist notes.
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 5, 2025
Season 25 Episode 405
The Petition of Compromise is sent to Spain and sparks the 80 Years War, Margaret Sanger establishes the American Birth Control League, and the birth…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 4, 2025
Season 25 Episode 404
NATO forms and it is the birthdays of Muddy Waters and Maya Angelou - with a reading from Angelou's "Still, I Rise."
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 3, 2025
Season 25 Episode 403
The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. demonstrates with striking workers in Memphis, TN. The Panama Papers are published and the birthday club includes Wa…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 2, 2025
Season 25 Episode 402
The birthday club includes Giacomo Casanova, Hans Christian Andersen, Emile Zola, and Camille Paglia - with a reading from Casanova's "The Story of M…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing April 1, 2025
Season 25 Episode 401
It is what T. S. Eliot called "the cruelest month," and April Fool's Day, so we look at the Day's possible origins. Sergei Rachmaninoff and Milan Kun…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing March 31, 2025
Season 25 Episode 331
The Motion Picture Production Code goes into effect in the US, the Civilian Conservation Corps is established, and the birthday club includes Johann …
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing March 30, 2025
Season 25 Episode 330
The US buys Alaska from Russia and the birthday club includes Anna Sewell, Carl Lutz, Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, Shahla Sherkat, Marie-Christine Koundja,…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing March 29, 2025
Season 25 Episode 329
Queen Victoria establishes the nation of Canada and Queen Elizabeth II ends the British Parliament's ability to make or amend laws in Canada. The bir…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing March 28, 2025
Season 25 Episode 328
The birthday club includes Maxim Gorky, Nelson Algren, Iris Chang, and Jennifer Weiner - with a reading from Algren's "Chicago: City on the Make."
1 year, 2 months ago