Garrison Keillor's Podcast

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Garrison Keillor's Podcast episodes

May 19, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Tuesday, May 19, 2020
It's the birthday of the playwright Lorraine Hansberry (Chicago, 1930), who wrote the classic play “A Raisin in the Sun” when she was just 27 years old.

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5 min
May 18, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Monday, May 18, 2020
On this day in 1860––160 years ago––Abraham Lincoln was nominated for president at the Republican National Convention in Chicago.

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May 17, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Sunday, May 17, 2020
On this day 16 years ago, Massachusetts became the first state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

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May 16, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Saturday, May 16, 2020
“My work is for people who want to imagine and claim wider horizons and carry on about them into the night” –poet Adrienne Rich, born this day in 1929

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May 15, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Friday, May 15, 2020
Emily Dickinson died in Amherst, Massachusetts, on this date in 1886 at the age of 56. The first volume of her poems was published 4 years later.

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May 14, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, May 14, 2020
On this day in 1796, Dr. Edward Jenner inoculated a child with a smallpox vaccine, which was developed from cowpox. It was the first safe vaccine.

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May 13, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Wednesday, May 13, 2020
“You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory… for without victory, there is no survival.” – Winston Churchill to the House of Commons, May 13, 1940.

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May 12, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Tuesday, May 12, 2020
It’s the 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale, possibly the most famous nurse of all time and a tireless advocate for the rights and improved care of patients.

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May 11, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Monday, May 11, 2020
Today Glacier National Park celebrates its 110th birthday. When founded in 1910, there were at least 150 glaciers in that area of Montana. Today there are only 25.

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May 10, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Sunday, May 10, 2020
Today is Mother's Day, and also the birthday of "Mother" Maybelle Carter (1909), who made her name in country music as part of The Carter Family.

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