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Story of Writing June 17, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 617
Sir Francis Drake claims "New Albion," which we now call Northern California, and American colonists lost the Battle of Bunker Hill - but they learne…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 16, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 616
Abraham Lincoln delivers his speech "A House Divided" and it is Bloomsday. Happy birthday to Joyce Carol Oates - with a reading from her novel "Foxfi…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 15, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 615
King John of England agrees to the Magna Carta, Benjamin Franklin publishes his thoughts on proving that lightning is electricity, and Arlington Nati…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 14, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 614
Happy Flag Day (in the U.S.), Charles Babbage presents his "difference engine," and it's the anniversary of the "Bear Flag Revolt." Happy birthday to…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 13, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 613
The birthday club includes George Weller, Marcia Brown, and Cameron Crowe. Today's reading is the poem "Miracles," written by Jean Blewett.
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 12, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 612
Virginia adopts the Declaration of Rights written by George Mason, Anne Frank is given a blank diary, and the U.S. Supreme Court rules interracial co…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 11, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 611
A day of civil rights in 1963: Thích Quảng Đức set himself on fire in Saigon to protest a ban on Buddhist religious practice, Alabama Governor George…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 10, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 610
Bridget Bishop becomes the first person to be executed in the Salem Witch Trials and the group Alcoholics Anonymous is founded. Happy birthdays to Ho…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 9, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 609
China and France sign the Treaty of Tientsin, and the birthday club includes Cole Porter, Robert McNamara, and Jackie Wilson - with a reading from Po…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing June 8, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 608
James Madison proposes 12 Constitutional amendments, Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquity Act into law, and George Orwell's novel "1984" is publish…
1 year, 11 months ago