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Story of Writing October 30, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1030
Slave rebellion leader Nat Turner is arrested, the October Manifesto gives Russia a parliamentary monarchy, Orson Welles broadcasts H. G. Well's "The…
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing October 29, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1029
The opera Don Giovanni premiers, the International Red Cross is established, and this is Black Tuesday. Happy birthday to David Remnick - with a read…
1 year, 8 months ago
Story of Writing October 28, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1028
Columbus lands in what is now Cuba, but he thought he was in Japan. Some of the first institutions of higher ed in new world are established. Jonatha…
1 year, 9 months ago
Story of Writing October 27, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1027
Missouri's Governor issues the Extermination Order targeting Mormons, Vasily Arkhipov refuses to launch a Soviet nuclear weapon and spares humanity, …
1 year, 9 months ago
Story of Writing October 26, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1026
Wyatt Earp is caught up in the gunfight that made Tombstone, Arizona famous and Ida B. Wells publishes her pamphlet "Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in A…
1 year, 9 months ago
Story of Writing October 25, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1025
The Charge of the Light Brigade, the Zinoviev letter, and happy birthdays to Carolyn Sherwin Bailey, Anne Tyler, Zadie Smith, and Katy Perry - with a…
1 year, 9 months ago
Story of Writing October 24, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1026
The U.S. transcontinental telegraph line goes live, the first time someone goes over Niagara Falls and survives, and Iceland's women go on strike. An…
1 year, 9 months ago
Story of Writing October 23, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1023
The first national convention on Women’s Rights begins and happy birthdays to Ellie Greenwich and Michael Crichton - with a reading from Crichton's "…
1 year, 9 months ago
Story of Writing October 22, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1022
The Cuban Missile Crisis begins and the birthday club includes Dorris Lessing, Timothy Leary, and Julie Dash - with a reading from Robert Louis Steve…
1 year, 9 months ago
Story of Writing October 21, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 1021
Thomas Edison applies for his patent for the incandescent lightbulb and Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises" is published. The birthday club inclu…
1 year, 9 months ago