Podcast
It Was Said
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It Was Said, the 2021 Webby Award winner for Best Podcast Series, takes a look back on some of the most powerful and timeless speeches in history. Written and narrated by Pulitzer Prize winning and best-selling historian Jon Meacham, this documentary podcast takes you through generation-defining speeches. Meacham, along with top historians, authors and journalists, offers expert insight and analysis into the origins, the orator, and the context of the times each speech was given, and reflect on why it’s important to never forget them. It Was Said is an Audacy original in association with The HISTORY® Channel.
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Introducing About A Boy: The Story of Vladimir Putin
Oct 18, 202300:03:15Tap to summarizeIn the West, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is always seen as one of two things: KGB spy or judo master. But to anyone who’s ever lived in the Soviet Union, Putin is something else entirely: a street kid. Join journalist Julia Ioffe as she explores how Putin’s childhood taught him lessons that shape his thinking and actions to this day.
Transcribe →Eleanor Roosevelt, and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Nov 23, 202200:27:23Tap to summarizeEleanor Roosevelt champions the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a foundational document proclaiming that “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”
Transcribe →FDR’s Pearl Harbor Address
Nov 16, 202200:28:54Tap to summarizeFranklin D. Roosevelt asks Congress for a declaration of war against Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor – a date, he says, which will live in infamy.
Transcribe →Frederick Douglass, What To The Slave Is The Fourth of July?
Nov 9, 202200:32:10Tap to summarizeFrederick Douglass delivers a searing speech on the Fourth of July, summoning the nation to remedy the contradiction between slavery and the founding principles of the United States.
Transcribe →Margaret Chase Smith’s Declaration of Conscience
Nov 2, 202200:26:07Tap to summarizeRepublican Senator Margaret Chase Smith breaks with partisan orthodoxy to take a stand against the demagoguery of Joseph McCarthy.
Transcribe →Ronald Reagan's D-Day Commemoration
Oct 26, 202200:32:30Tap to summarizeRonald Reagan commemorates the 40th anniversary of D-day. Linking past and present, he harks back to the landing in Normandy to revive a sense of American greatness and strength.
Transcribe →Nelson Mandela, I Am Prepared To Die
Oct 19, 202200:26:28Tap to summarizeNelson Mandela stands trial for challenging the apartheid regime in South Africa. Speaking from the defendant’s dock at Pretoria, he defiantly declares that he is prepared to die to achieve a democratic and free society.
Transcribe →Margaret Thatcher, The Lady’s Not For Turning
Oct 12, 202200:25:04Tap to summarizeMargaret Thatcher resolves not to change course despite mounting criticism of her economic policy in Britain. The lady's not for turning, she said.
Transcribe →Theodore Roosevelt, Man In The Arena
Oct 5, 202200:28:40Tap to summarizeTheodore Roosevelt, speaking at the Sorbonne in Paris, outlines the vital role and responsibility of the ordinary citizen in a republic.
Transcribe →John F. Kennedy, We Choose To Go To The Moon
Sep 28, 202200:26:57Tap to summarizeJohn F. Kennedy delivers a historic speech at Rice University on his daring and uncertain mission to land a man on the moon before the end of the decade.
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