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Story of Writing February 28, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 228
Quite the birthday club: Michel de Montaigne, Ben Hecht, Ketti Frings, and Daniel Handler - with a reading from Montaigne's "Essays."
2 years, 3 months ago
Story of Writing February 27, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 227
England's House of Commons votes to stop fighting American revolutionaries, Washington D.C. is moved under the jurisdiction of Congress, Abraham Linc…
2 years, 3 months ago
Story of Writing February 26, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 226
Both the Grand Canyon and Grand Teton National Parks are established, and the birthday club includes Victor Hugo, Levi Strauss, Fats Domino, and John…
2 years, 3 months ago
Story of Writing February 25, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 225
Samuel Colt gets the patent for the revolver, Hiram Revels becomes the first Black man to serve in the U.S. Congress, and the birthday club includes …
2 years, 3 months ago
Story of Writing February 24, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 224
Andrew Johnson becomes the first U.S. President to be impeached, the Zimmerman telegram promises to return Texas to Mexico, and happy birthday to Jud…
2 years, 3 months ago
Story of Writing February 23, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 223
The Gutenberg Bible is first printed, Werner Heisenberg writes about uncertainty in theoretical physics, Joe Rosenthal took the iconic picture of U.S…
2 years, 3 months ago
Story of Writing February 22, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 222
The "Long Telegram" is sent from Moscow to Washington, "Moose Murders" opens - and closes - on Broadway, and (instead of "happy") an epistemological …
2 years, 3 months ago
Story of Writing February 21, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 221
"The Communist Manifesto" is published, so is the first issue of The New Yorker magazine, and happy birthdays to Erma Bombeck and Nina Simone - with …
2 years, 3 months ago
Story of Writing February 20, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 220
The U.S. Post Office Department is founded, Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville" and Tchaikovsky's ballet "Swan Lake" premiere, "The Futurist Mani…
2 years, 3 months ago
Story of Writing February 19, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 219
New Amsterdam becomes New York (again), "The Feminine Mystique" is published, and the birthday club includes Kay Boyle, Carson McCullers, Smokey Robi…
2 years, 3 months ago