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Story of Writing March 8, 2026
Season 26 Episode 308
A Philadelphia newspaper publishes one of the first pieces in the American colonies that called for freeing all slaves and ending slavery. And the bi…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing March 7, 2026
Season 26 Episode 307
Bloody Sunday, and the birthday club includes Luther Burbank, Maurice Ravel, Erika Mitchell (aka E. L. James), and Bret Easton Ellis - with a reading…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing March 6, 2026
Season 26 Episode 306
The Dred Scott decision is handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court and the birthday club includes Cyrano de Bergerac, Ring Lardner, and Gabriel Garcia …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Story of Writing March , 2026
Season 26 Episode 305
John Cabot sets sail for the New World - with startling consequences, the Catholic Church bans the writing of Nicolaus Copernicus, and it's the birth…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing March 4, 2026
Season 26 Episode 304
The first woman to serve as a cabinet member of a U.S. President is sworn and the birthday club includes Antonio Vivaldi, Barbara Newhall Follett, an…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing March 3, 2026
Season 26 Episode 303
The U.S. passes the Missouri Compromise and the Comstock Act, the U.S. also creates the first National Forest, the Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing March 2, 2026
Season 26 Episode 302
The U.S. prohibits the importation of slaves and the birthday club includes Sholem Aleichem, Kurt Weill, and Theodore Geisel - with a reading from Sh…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing March 1, 2026
Season 26 Episode 301
The world's first national park is created and the birthday club includes Ralph Ellison and Harry Belafonte - with a reading from Ellison's landmark …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Story of Writing February 28, 2026
Season 26 Episode 228
The birthday club includes Michel de Montaigne, Ben Hecht, Betty Brings, and Lemony Snicket (or Daniel Handler), with a reading from Mountaigne's "Es…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Story of Writing February 27, 2026
Season 26 Episode 227
British lawmakers vote to stop fighting American colonists, the U.S. Congress takes control of Washington D.C., Abraham Lincoln gives one of the most…
2 months, 4 weeks ago