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Story of Writing August 10, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 810
Quite the birthday club: Era Bell Thompson, Leo Fender, Dolores Alexander, Suzanne Collins, and Rachel Simmons - with a reading from Willa Cather's "…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing August 9, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 809
Henry David Thoreau publishes "Walden," Smokey the Bear appears for the first time, and the U.S. drops its second atomic bomb on Japan. Today's readi…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing August 8, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 808
Confederate General Robert E. Lee tries to resign his command after losing nearly 30,000 soldiers in the battle of Gettysburg. The Allies sign the Lo…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing August 7, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 807
U.S. President George Washington crushes the Whiskey Rebellion, Thor Heyerdahl's ship, the "Kon Tiki," reaches the Tuamotu Islands in the South Pacif…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing August 6, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 806
The U.S. drops the first atomic bomb used in warfare on Hiroshima, Japan, the U.S. Voting Rights Act becomes law, and "www" appears as a service for …
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing August 5, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 805
Some 40 years before the American Revolution, freedom of the press goes on trial in the colonies and the U.S. levies its first income tax. The birthd…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing August 4, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 804
Dom Perignon changes sparkling wine, "The Saturday Evening Post" publishes its first edition, and the Fairness Doctrine is ended in the U.S. Happy bi…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing August 3, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 803
Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain, the first letter is sent from the Americas to England, and happy birthdays to Ernie Pyle and Leon Uris - w…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing August 2, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 802
Albert Einstein co-signs a letter to President Roosevelt urging him to develop a nuclear weapon. And it is the birthday of James Baldwin - with a rea…
1 year, 11 months ago
Story of Writing August 1, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 801
The UK abolishes slavery, shredded wheat is patented, Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman in the U.S. to get her pilot's license, and happy birthd…
1 year, 11 months ago