Garrison Keillor's Podcast

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Garrison Keillor's Podcast episodes

July 18, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Saturday, July 18, 2020
On this day in 1877, inventor Thomas Edison recorded the human voice for the first time at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

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July 17, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Friday, July 17, 2020
It was on this day in 1936 that the Spanish Civil War began with an attempted coup by right-wing forces (Nationalists) against the government (Republicans).

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July 16, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, July 16, 2020
J.D. Salinger's “The Catcher in the Rye” was published on this date in 1951. It was turned down by publisher Harcourt, Brace and landed at Little, Brown instead.

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July 15, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Wednesday, July 15, 2020
It's the birthday of novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), who won the Booker Prize in 1978 for “The Sea, the Sea.”

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July 14, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Tuesday, July 14, 2020
On this date in 1881, Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett in New Mexico Territory. He was 22 years old.

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July 13, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Monday, July 13, 2020
"The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.” –Nigerian playwright Wole Soynika, born this day in 1934

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July 12, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Sunday, July 12, 2020
“All paths lead to the same goal: to convey to others what we are." –poet & diplomat Pablo Neruda, born this day in 1904

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July 11, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Saturday, July 11, 2020
“To Kill a Mockingbird” was published on this date 60 years ago. Harper Lee said, “I was hoping for a quick and merciful death at the hands of the reviewers.”

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July 10, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Friday, July 10, 2020
It's the birthday of inventor Nikola Tesla (Austria-Hungary, 1856), who sailed to America with four cents, plans for a flying machine, and a few of his poems.

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July 09, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, July 9, 2020
It’s the birthday of Oliver Sacks (1933-2015), who explored phenomena of the brain in books like “Musicophilia” and “Seeing Voices.”

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