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On this short, daily podcast, host Jon Brown talks about the writers and written work that made history on this day. Each episode includes a reading of prose or poetry.... more
FAQs about The Story of Writing:How many episodes does The Story of Writing have?The podcast currently has 783 episodes available.
December 29, 2023Story of Writing December 29, 2023Vaclav Havel is elected President of Czechoslovakia, the language Akkala Sami goes extinct, and the birthday club includes Rick Danko, Marianne Faithfull, and Paula Poundstone - and a reading from "Around the World in 80 Days," by Jules Verne....more4minPlay
December 28, 2023Story of Writing December 28, 2023Discovery of X-ray radiation, the U.S. Endangered Species Act, and happy birthdays to Catharine Maria Sedgwick and Charlie Pierce - and a reading from "The Importance of Being Earnest," by Oscar Wilde....more4minPlay
December 27, 2023Story of Writing December 27, 2023The Flushing Remonstrance, Charles Darwin sets sail on the HMS Beagle, the play "Show Boat" premiers, and happy birthdays to Cokie Roberts and Sarah Vowell - and a reading from J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan."...more5minPlay
December 26, 2023Story of Writing December 26, 2023Beatlemania begins, the first Kwanzaa, dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the birthday club includes Mary Somerville, Henry Miller, and David Sedaris - and a reading from "A Vindication of the Rights of Women," by Mary Wollstonecraft....more5minPlay
December 25, 2023Story of Writing December 25, 2023Happy birthday to Sir Isaac Newton and Carlos Castaneda - and a reading from The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett....more4minPlay
December 24, 2023Story of Writing December 24, 2023"A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement Clarke Moore...more4minPlay
December 23, 2023Story of Writing December 23, 2023Jane Austen publishes "Emma," the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act, and happy birthdays to Norman Maclean and Jorma Kaukonen - and a reading from Maclean's "A River Runs Through It."...more5minPlay
December 22, 2023Story of Writing December 22, 2023Beethoven performs the greatest concert of his career, U.S. President Harry Truman issues an executive order that gave WW2 refugees precedence in U.S. visa applications, China’s communist-party chairman Mao Zedong forcibly relocates millions of teenagers, Doctors Without Borders is founded, Berlin's Brandenburg Gate reopens, Lech Walesa is elected Poland's President - with a reading from Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment."...more5minPlay
December 21, 2023Story of Writing December 21, 2023Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" premiers, the first crossword, and happy birthdays to Maria Cadilla and Frank Zappa - with a reading from Henrik Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People."...more4minPlay
December 20, 2023Story of Writing December 20, 2023South Carolina secedes from the United States, Captain America makes his first appearance, and the film "It's a Wonderful Life" premieres - with a reading from Eugene Debs' statement to the court....more6minPlay
FAQs about The Story of Writing:How many episodes does The Story of Writing have?The podcast currently has 783 episodes available.