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Tony Wilson's twice weekly newsletter that celebrates the spoken word, and shares snippets, stories, tips and analysis from the great history of human oratory.
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‘This is the nation we know’ — George W Bush (opens the original)
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‘Sometimes, we must put our bodies where our beliefs are’ — RIP Gloria Steinem (opens the original)
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She became famous in June 1963 by penning one of the most audacious gonzo journalist pieces of all time, ‘A Bunny’s Tale’ for Show Magazine, about her 11 days undercover in the New York Playboy Club. She exposed the fact that for $200-300 a week, bunnies were subjected to numerous indignities, including near-compulsory bra stuffing and physical examinations. She recalled the lechery of customers, the derogatory summoning calls like, ‘here, bunny, bunny, bunny!’ The article became something of a
It’s I Have a Dream day at Speakola (opens the original)
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I did a podcast episode about the I Have a Dream speech a few years ago with Dr Clayborne Carson of the King Center, who travelled from New Mexico to Washington to be there in person in 1963, and the experience sparked a lifetime of studying Dr King’s letters and writings. In the episode he discusses the ‘bad cheque’ metaphor, and the experience speech co-writer Clarence Jones had with the Rockefellers and a $250,000 promissory note. He discusses the legend of Mahalia Jackson and the ‘tell them
'I misled people, including even my wife' (opens the original)
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On 17 August 1998 Bill Clinton delivered this address to the nation, that for many came to define the second term of his presidency. Clinton was and is electrifying speaker, his feats with a microphone are legendary, but this is a different kind of speech — the speech of the wrongdoer, the apologiser, the under siege, the repentant. My own view is that it’s a good mea culpa speech, although speaking well is almost counterproductive when the public perception is one of being too slick, or slipper
Do Meet Your Heroes — Jack's new podcast & Maddie's amazing speech (opens the original)
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Jack now has a podcast, because in the terrible lottery that is a CP diagnosis, he has lucked out with his communication skills. He enjoys talking, and listening, and people generally enjoy talking and listening to Jack. He’s a lover of people, and of life (I hope), and Do Meet Your Heroes is his attempt to create a show and practice his interviewing and media skills — although it’s possible he really does just want to meet his heroes, despite the warning the old saying imparts. <a href="https:/
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