Garrison Keillor's Podcast

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Garrison Keillor's Podcast episodes

April 14, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Today is the birthday of Anne Sullivan (1866), who was the governess to Hellen Keller, teaching her to communicate.

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5 min
April 13, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Tuesday, April 13, 2021
One hundred fifteen years ago today the author Samuel Becket was born. His play Waiting for Godot changed the theatrical landscape.

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April 12, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Monday, April 12, 2021
Today we remember Beverly Cleary on what would have been her 105th birthday. She died just 18 days ago. Her legacy, bringing children books about regular kids, just like them.

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April 11, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Sunday, April 11, 2021
Marguerite de Navarre was born in 1492. A writer of verse, prayers, plays, and religious meditations, she promoted the reformation from a privileged place, as sister to King François I of France.

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April 10, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Saturday, April 10, 2021
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic “The Great Gatsby” was published on this day in 1925. This year it entered the public domain, joining Fitzgeralds' works “This Side of Paradise” and “The Beautiful and the Damned”.

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April 09, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Friday, April 9, 2021
It’s the birthday of scientist Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903). He co-invented the first oral contraceptive pill with Dr. Min-Chueh Chang, work supported by activist Margaret Sanger.

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April 08, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, April 8, 2021
“I’m not a risk-taker in life, generally speaking, but as a writer I definitely choose the fast car, the impossible rock face, the free fall.”—Barbara Kingsolver, born this day in 1955.

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April 07, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Poet William Wordsworth was born on this day in England, 1770. We feature his poem “I Have Thoughts that Are Fed by the Sun” for his birthday.

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April 06, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Tuesday, April 6, 2021
Today is the birthday of musician Merle Haggard (1937) who gave the world 250 original songs, including “Mama Tried,” “Hungry Eyes,” and “Workin’ Man Blues.”

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April 05, 2021 The Writer's Almanac - Monday, April 5, 2021
Dr. Hattie Alexander was born in Baltimore (1901). An American pediatrician and microbiologist who developed the vaccine, known as Hib, to prevent influenzal meningitis.

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