Garrison Keillor's Podcast

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Garrison Keillor's Podcast episodes

June 18, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, June 18, 2020
On this day in 1983, Dr. Sally Ride became the first American woman in space. She said, “I’m sure it was the most fun I’ll ever have in my life.”

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6 min
June 17, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Today is the birthday of poet, essayist, and translator Ron Padgett (1942), whose poetry has been featured many times on the Almanac.

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5 min
June 16, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Tuesday, June 16, 2020
It’s the birthday of the Apache leader Geronimo (1829), who died in 1909 as a prisoner of war in a military hospital in Oklahoma City.

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5 min
June 15, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Monday, June 15, 2020
100 years ago today, three young black men were lynched in Duluth, Minnesota after being wrongfully accused of raping a white woman.

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5 min
June 14, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Sunday, June 14, 2020
It’s the birthday of photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White (1904), who broke gender barriers and who was nicknamed “Maggie the Indestructible” at Life magazine.

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5 min
June 13, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Saturday, June 13, 2020
On this day in 1966, the historic Miranda v. Arizona case was decided, giving rise to the requirement for police to read suspects their “Miranda rights” when arresting them.

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5 min
June 12, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Friday, June 12, 2020
On this day in 1963, civil rights leader and World War Two veteran Medgar Evers was murdered by a Ku Klux Klan member. The KKK member was found guilty 31 years later.

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5 min
June 11, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, June 11, 2020
It’s the birthday of playwright Ben Jonson (1572), a contemporary of Shakespeare whose mischievous writings and behaviors nearly got him executed multiple times.

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5 min
June 10, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Wednesday, June 10, 2020
It’s the birthday of Saul Bellow (1915), who grew up in Chicago as an undocumented immigrant and who said, "in expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries."

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June 09, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Tuesday, June 9, 2020
It’s the birthday of Cole Porter (1891), who wrote hundreds of songs for movies, television, and Broadway shows including the song "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love.”

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5 min