Greatest of all time Speeches and Journals

Mar 19 2024 29 ep. 15 mins 50
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Hear from history's greatest ever speeches and written journals. What would it be like to hear William Wallace stand defiantly against power or hear George Washington speak of the constitution? Which Kings and Queens would you love to converse with?

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Pericles’ funeral oration

Mar 19 2024 23 mins  
At the beginning of the Peloponnesian war Pericles’ gives his famous funeral oration.

Jesus of Nazareth - Sermon on the mount

Mar 11 2024 26 mins  
The sermon of the mount is one of the most quoted passages in modern culture. Why was this sermon so influential?

Patrick Henry - Give me Liberty or give me death!

Mar 04 2024 26 mins  
Patrick Henry was known to be a powerful speaker and was a key instrument in galvanizing the colonies against the British crown.

Georges Danton - Let France be free!

Mar 10 2021 13 mins  
Georges Danton experienced much in his young life. A lion of a communicator Danton was a leader amongst the people advocating for the revolution. His own message eventually was the cause of his own execution. His words still reverberate around the world today all these centuries later. 

Bernard of Clairvaux - The second Crusade

Mar 03 2021 9 mins  
In response to lost territory from the first crusade, a second crusade was prepared. The people, however, were not enthusiastic to go to war again. It was the responsibility of St Bernard to gain the enthusiasm of the people to launch the second crusade. This speech created a complete change in attitude of the people and became the launching pad of the second crusade. 

Frederick Douglass - Oration in memory of Abraham Lincoln

Feb 24 2021 33 mins  
Frederick Douglass's story is one of greatest triumph but also one of terrible sorrow. Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass were both connected in the cause of freedom and liberty for all. What would it have been like to sit with Douglass as the emancipation of the slaves was announced? What lessons can we learn today? 

Hannibal - Speech to his soldiers

Feb 17 2021 11 mins  
Hannibal, One of the greatest military tacticians in history, addresses his soldiers during the long campaign prior to further battle and conflict. 

Carl Sagan - Pale blue dot

Feb 11 2021 12 mins  
What lessons do we learn from the universe? How does knowing that we live on a suspended tiny dot in the galaxy effect the way we behave? Carl Sagan's pale blue dot helps facilitate this discussion and more.

Clarence Darrow - A plea for mercy

Jun 18 2020 55 mins  
Dubbed the trial of the century, Clarence Darrow pleads to have the death penalty removed for two stone cold killers in Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold after the murder of Little Bobby Franks. What could possibly be said in such a horrific case? 

Antonio Vieira opposes slavery

Jun 11 2020 18 mins  
The great orator of his time, who visited the world sharing his message of freedom. It was Maranhao Brasil where he had his final stand opposing slavery.