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Story of Writing April 7, 2026
Season 26 Episode 407
It's National Beer Day in the US, and the birthday club includes the internet (really), William Wordsworth, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and Billie Holl…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing April 6, 2026
Season 26 Episode 406
The birthday club includes Marion McEwen Crabbe, Leonora Carrington, Ram Dass, and Homer Aridjis - with a reading from one of Carrington's artist sta…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing April 5, 2026
Season 26 Episode 405
The Petition of Compromise was submitted to Spain - striking a blow for independence, and the American Birth Control League was incorporated by Marga…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing April 4, 2026
Season 26 Episode 404
NATO forms and the birthday club includes Muddy Waters and Maya Angelou - with a reading from Angelou's poem "Still, I Rise."
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing April 3, 2026
Season 26 Episode 403
The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his last speech, the Panama Papers are published, and it is Washington Irving's birthday. This episode inc…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing April 2, 2026
Season 26 Episode 402
The birthday club includes Giacomo Cassanova, Hans Christian Andersen, Emile Zola, and Camille Paglia - with a reading from Cassanova's memoir "The S…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing April 1, 2026
Season 26 Episode 401
T. S. Eliot's "The Wasteland" and why he called April "the cruelest month," we look at the origins of April Fool's Day, and it is Milan Kundera's bir…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing March 31, 2026
Season 26 Episode 331
The U.S. Motion Picture Production Code goes into effect, the Civilian Conservation Corps is established, and the birthday club includes Johann Sebas…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing March 30, 2026
Season 26 Episode 330
The US buys Alaska, one of the world's most all-encompassing drug treaties is signed, and the birthday club includes Anna Sewell, Carl Lutz, Lorenzo …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing March 29, 2026
Season 26 Episode 329
Canada is created, the US 23rd Amendment is ratified, and the birthday club includes Sheila Kitzinger, Eric Idle, Alec Wilkinson, Jo Ann Mapson, and …
1 month, 3 weeks ago