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Story of Writing December 18, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1218
"The Nutcracker" premiers in Russia and happy birthdays to Saki and Joel Hirschhorn - with a reading from Saki's "The Chronicles of Clovis."
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 17, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1217
"Vogue" publishes its first issue and happy birthdays to Ford Madox Ford and William Safire - with a reading from Ford's "The Good Soldier."
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 16, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1216
Happy birthday to Jane Austen - with a reading from her masterpiece "Pride and Prejudice."
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 15, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1215
Italo Marchiony gets the patent for an ice cream cone maker, the film "Gone With the Wind" premiers, and psychiatrists declare that homosexuality is …
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 14, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1214
The first trans-Pacific cables were run from California to Hawaii and UNESCO adopts the Convention against Discrimination in Education. Happy birthda…
1 year, 5 months ago
A message from podcast host Jon Brown
Season 2024 Episode 1232
I can't tell you how many times I've answered calls and people asked if I was real or a machine. So, I just wanted to clarify that I'm real. Really.
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 13, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1213
The atrocities of Nanjing begin and the birthday club includes Jean Gerson and Taylor Swift - with a reading from Jane Austen's "Persuasion."
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 12, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1212
The Paris Agreement on climate change and happy birthday to Gustave Flaubert - with a reading from his "Madame Bovary."
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 11, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1211
Germany and Italy declare war on the U.S., and happy birthdays to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Jim Harrison - with a reading from Solzhenitsyn's "The G…
1 year, 5 months ago
Story of Writing December 10, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1210
Encyclopedia Brittanica publishes its first edition and the birthday club includes William Lloyd Garrison, Emily Dickinson, and Melvil Dewey - with a…
1 year, 6 months ago