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Story of Writing January 2, 2025
Season 2025 Episode 102
The Palmer Raids sweep up thousands of foreign-born U.S. citizens and it is the birthday of Robert Marshall - with a reading from the 1964 Wilderness…
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing January 1, 2025
Season 2025 Episode 101
The U.S. bans importation of enslaved people and - nearly 60 years later - enacts the Emancipation Proclamation. The birthday club includes Maria Edg…
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing December 31, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1231
Thomas Edison unveils his incandescent light and the birthday club includes Simon Wiesenthal and John Denver - with a reading from "The Liberty Of Ma…
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing December 30, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1230
The birthday club includes Rudyard Kipling, Bo Diddley, Patti Smith, and Douglas Coupland - with a reading from Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility."
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing December 29, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1229
Vaclav Havel is elected President of Czechoslovakia and the language Akkala Sami is considered extinct. The birthday club includes Rick Danko, Marian…
1 year, 4 months ago
Story of Writing December 28, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1228
The U.S. Endangered Species Act is signed into law and happy birthdays to Catharine Maria Sedgwick and Charlie Pierce - with a reading from Oscar Wil…
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 27, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1227
The Flushing Remonstrance, Charles Darwin sets sail on the ship HMS Beagle, and the musical play "Show Boat" premiers on Broadway. Happy birthdays to…
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 26, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1226
Kwanzaa is celebrated for the first time, the Supreme Soviet votes to dissolve itself and the Soviet Union, and happy birthdays to Mary Somerville, H…
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 25, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1225
Happy birthdays to Sir Isaac Newton and Carlos Castaneda - with a reading from The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 24, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1224
A reading of “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” written by Clement Clarke Moore.
1 year, 5 months ago