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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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 3 months 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, 4 months 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, 4 months ago
Story of Writing March 27, 2025
Season 25 Episode 327
Congress overrides a veto of civil rights legislation and the birthday club includes Jane Colden, Charles Mackay, and Jelena Dimitrijević - with a re…
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing March 26, 2025
Season 25 Episode 326
The Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty is signed and the birthday club includes Julie-Victoire Daubie, Robert Frost, Joseph Campbell, Viktor Frankl, and Tenne…
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing March 25, 2025
Season 25 Episode 325
Percy Bysshe Shelley is expelled from Oxford, the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr speaks of the death of segregation, and the birthday club includes …
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing March 24, 2025
Season 25 Episode 324
The Quartering Act enrages American colonists, tuberculosis is identified, and the birthday club includes Matilda Joslyn Gage, Lawrence Ferlinghetti,…
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing March 23, 2025
Season 25 Episode 323
Patrick Henry speaks out during the Second Revolutionary convention, Archbishop Oscar Romero pleads for peace in El Salvador, and the birthday club i…
1 year, 4 months ago