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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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months ago
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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months ago