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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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 2 months ago
Story of Writing May 6, 2025
Season 25 Episode 506
The Works Progress Administration is created and the birthday club includes Orson Welles, Bob Seger, and Martha Nussbaum - with a reading from Nussba…
1 year, 2 months ago
Story of Writing May 5, 2025
Season 25 Episode 505
The birthday club includes Soren Kierkegaard, Karl Marx, Tammy Wynette, and Michael Palin - with a reading from Kierkegaard's "Either / Or."
1 year, 2 months ago
Story of Writing May 4, 2025
Season 25 Episode 504
The May Fourth Movement begins in Beijing, Ernest Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" is awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Freedom Riders set out on …
1 year, 2 months ago
Story of Writing May 3, 2025
Season 25 Episode 503
SCOTUS rules against neighborhood covenants that restrict home sales to people of color and Septima Poinsette Clark and Pete Seeger were born on this…
1 year, 2 months ago
Story of Writing May 2, 2025
Season 25 Episode 502
Japanese-American soldiers rescue hundreds of European Jews during a forced march from the Nazi's Dachau death camp. Dr. Benjamin Spock and Charlotte…
1 year, 2 months ago
Story of Writing May 1, 2025
Season 25 Episode 501
Carl Linnaeus begins using the two, Latin names to classify every living thing, the Memphis Massacre begins, and the workers' rallies marking "The Gr…
1 year, 2 months ago