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Story of Writing January 11, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 111
Louis B. Mayer announces the creation of the American Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the U.S. Surgeon General publishes the report …
2 years, 6 months ago
Story of Writing January 10, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 110
Thomas Paine publishes "Common Sense," "The New England Journal of Medicine" publishes "Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics," the birth…
2 years, 6 months ago
Story of Writing January 9, 2024
Season 2024 Episode 109
The iPhone is introduced to the world, the birthday club includes Simone de Beauvoir, Judith Krantz, and Joan Baez - and a reading from de Beauvoir's…
2 years, 6 months ago
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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 months ago