Garrison Keillor's Podcast

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Garrison Keillor's Podcast episodes

May 09, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Saturday, May 9, 2020
It’s the birthday of poet Ellen Bryant Voigt (1943), who said, “Resist any temptation to use the poem to make its readers like you, or admire you, or forgive you."

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May 08, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Friday, May 8, 2020
Today is believed to be the birthday of former slave Phillis Wheatley (1753), who was the first African-American woman to publish a book of poetry.

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May 07, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, May 7, 2020
"Woman has the right to mount the scaffold; she must equally have the right to mount the rostrum." —Olympe de Gouges (born this day 1748), who died by the guillotine

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May 06, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Wednesday, May 6, 2020
It was on this day in 1994 that the Channel Tunnel (or the "Chunnel") opened, making it possible to travel from London to Paris in less than three hours.

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May 05, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Today is Cinco de Mayo, which commemorates the Mexican victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla in 1862.

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May 04, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Monday, May 4, 2020
“May the Fourth be with you!” Today is known as Star Wars Day, even though the anniversary of the first film’s release is actually May 25th.

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May 03, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Sunday, May 3, 2020
"One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being." –the late poet May Sarton, born this day in 1912

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May 02, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Saturday, May 2, 2020
It’s the birthday of Dr. Benjamin Spock (New Haven, 1903), who wrote the parenting bible for all the post-war moms and dads raising the baby boomer generation.

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May 01, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Friday, May 1, 2020
“I'm out of it, but not too far out. I figure somewhere between 12 to 18 inches.” –Louis Jenkins (1942-2019), from today’s featured poem

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April 30, 2020 The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, April 30, 2020
Charles Dickens' “A Tale of Two Cities” was first published in serial form on this date in 1859. The weekly journal it appeared in sold 125,000 copies.

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