The Writer's Almanac show

The Writer's Almanac

Summary: The Writer's Almanac is a daily podcast of poetry and historical interest pieces, usually of literary significance, hosted by Garrison Keillor.

Podcasts:

 The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, October 18, 2018 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:33

It was on this day in 1851 that Moby-Dick was first published, in beautiful bindings decorated with paintings of the wrong type of whale.

 The Writer's Almanac - Wednesday, October 17, 2018 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:47

It's the birthday of Shinichi Suzuki (1898), who developed a way of teaching very young children to play classical music by listening and imitating.

 The Writer's Almanac - Tuesday, October 16, 2018 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:02

It’s the birthday of Oscar Wilde (Dublin, 1854), who said, “The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it." 

 The Writer's Almanac - Monday, October 15, 2018 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:36

It's the birthday of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), who said both "God is dead" and "[W]e should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once." 

 The Writer's Almanac - Sunday, October 14, 2018 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:48

It's the birthday of poet E.E. Cummings (1894), who spent his adulthood painting in the afternoons and writing in the evenings.

 The Writer's Almanac - Saturday, October 13, 2018 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:56

It's the birthday of singer-songwriter Paul Simon (1941), who played the last show of his farewell tour last month in his hometown of Queens, New York.

 The Writer's Almanac - Friday, October 12, 2018 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:52

"Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave, and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way." –Alice Childress, born this day in 1916

 The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, October 11, 2018 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:40

It's the birthday of French novelist François Mauriac (1885), who regularly engaged in celebrity feuds with the likes of Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, and others. 

 The Writer's Almanac - Wednesday, October 10, 2018 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:38

Today we celebrate the birthdays of composers Thelonious Monk (1917), Vernon Duke (1903), and Giuseppe Verdi (1813).

 The Writer's Almanac - Tuesday, October 9, 2018 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:15

It was on this day in 1635 that Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for spreading "newe and dangerous opinions." He left and founded Providence, Rhode Island.

 The Writer's Almanac - Monday, October 8, 2018 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:06:56

It's the birthday of the science fiction author Frank Herbert (1920), who wrote the Dune series.

 The Writer's Almanac - Sunday, October 7, 2018 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:46

It's the birthday of Diane Ackerman, whose books blend science, history, and literature. She even has a molecule named after her: dianeackerone.

 The Writer's Almanac - Saturday, October 6, 2018 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:32

On this date in 1927, the release of The Jazz Singer marked the beginning of the end for silent movies. It wasn't the first movie with sound, but it was the first to include talking along with the musical numbers.

 The Writer's Almanac - Friday, October 5, 2018 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:00

It was on this day in 1970 that the Public Broadcasting Service was founded in America "for instructional, educational, and cultural purposes."

 The Writer's Almanac - Thursday, October 4, 2018 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:05:32

Today is the birthday of Edward L. Stratemeyer, one of the first American writers to capitalize on universal primary education by writing children's adventure series such as the Hardy Boys.

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