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Story of Writing June 9, 2025
Season 25 Episode 609
France and China sign the Treaty of Tientsin and the birthday club includes Cole Porter, Robert McNamara, and Jackie Wilson - with a reading from Por…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing June 8, 2025
Season 25 Episode 608
The U.S. Bill of Rights takes shape, the Antiquities Act is passed, George Orwell's "1984" is published and it is the birthday of comedian Joan River…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing June 7, 2025
Season 25 Episode 607
Spain and Portugal carve up the New World in the Treaty of Tordesillas, the Petition of Right is passed in England, and American colonists say they s…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing June 6, 2025
Season 25 Episode 606
The Battle of Midway and D-Day are both tied to June 6th and we celebrate the birthdays of Alexander Pushkin, Angelo Moriando, and Thomas Mann - with…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing June 5, 2025
Season 25 Episode 605
Harriet Beecher Stowe's landmark novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is first published, Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated, and "Tank Man" steps into history. …
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing June 4, 2025
Season 25 Episode 604
The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment, the U.S. refuses to allow refugees fleeing the Nazis to enter the country, the evacuation of Dunkirk e…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing June 3, 2025
Season 25 Episode 603
DeSoto claims Florida, the Dutch West India Company is established, and it's the birthday of Memphis Minnie, Allen Ginsberg, Larry McMurtry, and Curt…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing June 2, 2025
Season 25 Episode 602
England enrages American colonists by expanding the Quartering Act and the birthday club includes Thomas Hardy, Dorothy West, and Norton Juster - wit…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing June 1, 2025
Season 25 Episode 601
Scotch Whisky first appears in print, Charles Baudelaire publishes his landmark book "Les fleur du mal" or "Flowers of Evil," Margaret Chase Smith de…
1 year, 1 month ago
Story of Writing May 31, 2025
Season 25 Episode 531
The birthday club includes Walt Whitman, Fred Allen, Al Young, Svetlana Alexievich - with a reading from Whitman's "I Sing the Body Electric."
1 year, 1 month ago