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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 781 episodes available.
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
December 19, 2023Story of Writing December 19, 2023Thomas Paine publishes his first pamphlet titled "American Crisis," and happy birthdays to Carter Woodson and Edith Piaf - with a reading from Woodson's "The Mis-Education of the Negro."...more4minPlay
December 18, 2023Story of Writing December 18, 2023"The Nutcracker" premiers in St. Petersburg, Russia, and happy birthdays to Hector Hugh Munro and Joel Hirschhorn - with a reading from Munro's "The Chronicles of Clovis."...more4minPlay
FAQs about The Story of Writing:How many episodes does The Story of Writing have?The podcast currently has 781 episodes available.