Garrison Keillor's Podcast

It's the birthday of activist and folk singer Odetta (1930), who inspired other folk singers such as Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan.

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Astronomer Edwin Hubble announced the discovery of other galaxies on this date in 1924. At the time, people thought the Milky Way constituted the entire universe.

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Today is the 60th birthday of Paula Poundstone, who said, "Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up 'cause they're looking for ideas."

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It’s the birthday of humorist Sam Levenson (1911), who said, "Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it."

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Today is the birthday of Louis Pasteur (1822) who discovered that most infectious diseases are caused by germs and that instituting sanitary conditions in hospitals could save many lives.

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Today is the birthday of David Sedaris (1956), who said, “Write every day and read everything you can get your hands on. Write every day with a pen that’s shaped like a candy cane.”

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On this day in 1956, Harper Lee’s friends gave her a large sum of money with the instruction to take a year off from working at an airline, and to start writing instead.

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Today on Christmas Eve, we feature a story called "Dancing Dan's Christmas" by Damon Runyon and the poem “A Christmas Carol” by G.K. Chesterton.

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Today is the birthday of Norman Maclean (1902), a fisherman, firefighter, scholar, and teacher, and author of the novel A River Runs Through It.

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It was on this day in 1946 that George Bernard Shaw wrote to the Reynolds News: “Christmas is for me simply a nuisance…of mendacity, gluttony, and drunkenness”

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