The Story of Writing

By: Jon Brown
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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.
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Episodes
  • Story of Writing December 22, 2024

    Story of Writing December 22, 2024
    Dec 22 2024

    Beethoven gives the performance of his career, Mao sends China's urban teenagers to be educated by rural poverty, and Doctors Without Borders is founded - with a reading from Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment."
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    4 mins
  • Story of Writing December 21, 2024

    Story of Writing December 21, 2024
    Dec 21 2024

    Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" premiers, the crossword first appears, and happy birthdays to Maria Cadilla and Frank Zappa - with a reading from Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People."
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    3 mins
  • Story of Writing December 20, 2024

    Story of Writing December 20, 2024
    Dec 20 2024

    South Carolina is the first to secede from the Union, Captain America appears for the first time, and the film "It's a Wonderful Life" premiers - with a reading from Eugene Debs' statement to the court when he was convicted of sedition.
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    5 mins

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