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Story of Writing November 30, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1130
Ann Hodges gets hit by a meteor and the birthday club includes Samuel Clemens, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Shirley Chisholm, and Allan Sherman - with a rea…
1 year, 7 months ago
Story of Writing November 29, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1129
The Beatles release "I Wanna Hold Your Hand," Atari releases Pong, and happy birthdays to Louisa May Alcott, C. S. Lewis, and Madeleine L'Engle - wit…
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing November 28, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1128
The Times of London switches to steam-powered presses, and happy birthdays to Berry Gordy and Rita Mae Brown - with a reading from Sarah Orne Jewett'…
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing November 27, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1127
The American Statistical Association is founded, "Also Sprach Zarathustra" premiers, and happy birthdays to Charles A. Beard and Gail Sheehy - with a…
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing November 26, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1126
The Hull note is presented to Japanese officials on the same day a Japanese strike force sets off to attack Pearl Harbor and happy birthdays to Sarah…
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing November 25, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1125
Albert Einstein presents his theory of general relativity, The Hollywood Ten are blacklisted by movie studios, and the Reagan Administration is found…
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing November 24, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1124
"Black Beauty" is published, and the birthday club includes Frances Hodgson Burnett and Arundhati Roy - with a reading from Hodgson Burnett's "The Se…
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing November 23, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1123
John Milton publishes the proclamation defending freedom of the press "Areopagitica," the U.S. bars prescriptions of beer, Hubble publishes his proof…
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing November 22, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1122
The birthday club includes George Eliot, Hoagy Carmichael, Rodney Dangerfield, and Terry Gilliam - with a reading from Eliot's "Mill on the Floss."
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing November 21, 2024
Ole Romer presents his calculations on the speed of light, and happy birthdays to Voltaire and Elizabeth George Speare - with a reading from Voltaire…
1 year, 8 months ago