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Story of Writing April 11, 2025
Season 25 Episode 411
LBJ signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and the birthday club includes Ellen Goodman, Hattie Gossett, and Marta Breen - with a reading from Frances El…
1 year, 3 months ago
Story of Writing April 10, 2025
Season 25 Episode 410
F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes "The Great Gatsby," Alcoholics Anonymous or "The Big Book" is published, and The Good Friday agreement is signed. The b…
1 year, 3 months ago
Story of Writing April 9, 2025
Season 25 Episode 409
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders and the birthday club includes Charles Baudelaire, Paulina Marshall, and Sam Harris - with a reading fro…
1 year, 3 months ago
Story of Writing April 8, 2025
Season 25 Episode 408
A wage freeze goes into effect in the U.S. and effects how we get health insurance today, the computer language COBOL is born, and it is Barbara King…
1 year, 3 months ago
Story of Writing April 7, 2025
Season 25 Episode 407
The Teapot Dome scandal steams up, it's National Beer Day in the US, it's the internet's birthday, and other members of the birthday club include Vic…
1 year, 3 months ago
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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months ago