HeyJaredThe Story of Writing
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.
- Indexed episodes, last 90 days
- 73
- Latest publication
- Sep 13, 2026
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- Earliest in this view
- Jul 4, 2026
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Story of Writing September 13, 2026 (opens the original)
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Henry Hudson reaches the river that would be named after him, "Je me souviens," Francis Scott Key watches the British attack Baltimore, and it's the birthday of Mildred D. Taylor - with a reading from Key's "Defense of Fort M'Henry."
Story of Writing September 12, 2026 (opens the original)
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Elizabeth Barrett marries Robert Browning, Pres. John F. Kennedy delivers his speech "We choose to go to the moon," and the birthday club includes H. L. Mencken, Nellie Wong, and Michael Ondaatje - with a reading from Mencken's diary.
Story of Writing September 11, 2026 (opens the original)
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Charles Lindbergh voices his anti-Semitism to a national audience and the birthday club includes O. Henry and D. H. Lawrence - with a reading from Lawrence's "Lady Chatterley's Lover."
Story of Writing September 10, 2026 (opens the original)
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John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown Colony, Elias Howe gets the patent for a sewing machine, and the birthday club includes Hanna Webster Foster, Mary Oliver, and Stephen Jay Gould - with a reading from Gould's "Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History."
Story of Writing September 9, 2026 (opens the original)
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The Compromise of 1850, "debugging," and the birthday club includes Leo Tolstoy, Kimberly Willis Holt, and Adam Sandler - with a reading from Holt's " When Zachary Beaver Came to Town."
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