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Story of Writing September 6, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 906
The Pilgrims set sail on the Mayflower, Louisa Ann Swain becomes the first American woman to legally cast a ballot, and the birthday club includes Is…
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing September 5, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 905
Russia imposes a tax on beards, the UK declares war on China, and U.S. forces arrest "Tokyo Rose." Happy birthday to Jonathan Kozol - with a reading …
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing September 4, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 904
Los Angeles is founded, Kodak is registered as a trademark, and Evelyn Waugh publishes "A Handful of Dust." The birthday club includes Richard Wright…
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing September 3, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 903
The British Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell dies, the Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolutionary War, and Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery…
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing September 2, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 902
For the first time, Theodore Roosevelt says "Walk softly and carry a big stick," the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, and the birthda…
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing September 1, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 901
The first female switchboard operator begins working, and the birthday club includes Johann Pachelbel, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Harriet Shaw Weaver, Liz…
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing August 31, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 831
Union forces attack Atlanta, Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his "navigable balloon," Russian and the UK carve up Persia, the U.S. asserts its neutral…
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing August 30, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 830
Ernest Shackleton rescues every crew member who served on his doomed expedition on the Endurance. The birthday club includes Mary Shelley, Virginia L…
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing August 29, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 829
The Beatles play their last (paid) concert and the birthday club includes John Locke, Charlie Parker, and Temple Grandin - with a reading from Locke'…
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing August 28, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 828
The oldest magazine continuously published in the U.S. puts out its first issue, and Pepsi-Cola is named. The infamous anniversary of the murder of E…
1 year, 9 months ago