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Story of Writing January 8, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 108
The first U.S. State of the Union, the birthday club includes Gypsy Rose Lee and Graham Chapman - and a reading from "O Pioneers!" by Willa Cather.
2 years, 4 months ago
Story of Writing January 7, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 107
Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera and happy birthdays to Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson …
2 years, 4 months ago
Story of Writing January 6, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 106
FDR delivers his "Four Freedoms" speech, and happy birthday to Charles Sumner and Alan Watts - and a reading from Watts.
2 years, 4 months ago
Story of Writing January 5, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 105
Ford switches to an eight-hour workday with a pay bump to $5 a day, "Waiting for Godot" premieres, and the birthday club includes Umberto Eco and Hay…
2 years, 4 months ago
Story of Writing January 4, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 104
Solomon Northup regains his freedom, happy birthday to Doris Kearns Goodwin - and a reading from "A Tale of Two Cities," by Charles Dickens.
2 years, 4 months ago
Story of Writing January 3, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 103
Quite the birthday club: J. R. R. Tolkien, Anna Stevenson, and Stephen Stills - and a reading from "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd," by Agatha Christie.
2 years, 4 months ago
Story of Writing January 2, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 102
The Palmer Raids sweep the U.S., happy birthday to environmentalist Robert Marshall - and a reading from the U.S. Wilderness Act of 1964.
2 years, 4 months ago
Story of Writing January 1, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 101
The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves goes into effect in the U.S., the Emancipation Proclamation also goes into effect, and the birthday club in…
2 years, 4 months ago
Story of Writing December 31, 2023
Season 1 Episode 221
Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000-year lease to brew stout beer, Thomas Edison unveils his incandescent light, President Truman proclaims the end of comb…
2 years, 4 months ago
Story of Writing December 30, 2023
Season 1 Episode 220
The birthday club includes Rudyard Kipling, Bo Diddley, Patti Smith, and Douglas Coupland - and a reading from "Sense & Sensibility," by Jane Austen.
2 years, 4 months ago