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Story of Writing May 10, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 510
Victoria Woodhull becomes the first woman nominated to run for U.S. President, Winston Churchill becomes English Prime Minister, and the birthday clu…
2 years, 2 months ago
Story of Writing May 9, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 509
The English and Portuguese sign the Treaty of Windsor, and happy birthdays to J. M. Barrie and Richard Adams - with a reading from Barrie's "Peter Pa…
2 years, 2 months ago
Story of Writing May 8, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 508
Victory in Europe Day, smallpox is declared eradicated, and happy birthdays to Robert Johnson and Naomi Klein - with a reading from Klein's "This Cha…
2 years, 2 months ago
Story of Writing May 7, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 507
Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premiers in Vienna, Germany surrenders to end its involvement in the Second World War, and the birthday club in…
2 years, 2 months ago
The Story of Writing May 6, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 506
The Works Progress Administration is created in the U.S., and the birthday club includes Orson Welles, Bob Seger, and Martha Nussbaum - with a readin…
2 years, 2 months ago
Story of Writing May 5, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 505
The birthday club includes Soren Kierkegaard, Karl Marx, Tammy Wynette, and Michael Palin - with a reading from Kierkegaard's "Either/Or."
2 years, 2 months ago
Story of Writing May 4, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 504
The March 4th Movement in Beijing, the Freedom Riders get rolling, and Ohio National Guard troops shoot and kill four students at Kent State - with a…
2 years, 2 months ago
Story of Writing May 3, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 503
The U.S. Supreme Court rules against race-based "covenants" that prevented selling homes to people of color. Happy birthdays to Septima Poinsette Cla…
2 years, 2 months ago
Story of Writing May 2, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 502
The all-Japanese-American 552nd Artillery Group rescues forced marchers from a Nazi death camp. And it is the birthday of Dr. Benjamin Spock - with a…
2 years, 2 months ago
Story of Writing May 1, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 501
The Kingdom of Great Britain comes to be, Carl Linnaeus publishes "Species Plantarum," the Memphis Massacre, workers' rallies and the Haymarket affai…
2 years, 2 months ago