Greatest of all time Speeches and Journals Podcast
1) Pericles’ funeral oration
At the beginning of the Peloponnesian war Pericles’ gives his famous funeral oration.
2) Jesus of Nazareth - Sermon on the mount
The sermon of the mount is one of the most quoted passages in modern culture. Why was this sermon so influential?
3) Patrick Henry - Give me Liberty or give me death!
Patrick Henry was known to be a powerful speaker and was a key instrument in galvanizing the colonies against the British crown.
4) Georges Danton - Let France be free!
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 ex...Show More
5) Bernard of Clairvaux - The second Crusade
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 ...Show More
6) Frederick Douglass - Oration in memory of Abraham Lincoln
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 woul...Show More
7) Hannibal - Speech to his soldiers
Hannibal, One of the greatest military tacticians in history, addresses his soldiers during the long campaign prior to further battle and conflict.
8) Carl Sagan - Pale blue dot
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 an...Show More
9) Clarence Darrow - A plea for mercy
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 co...Show More
10) Antonio Vieira opposes slavery
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.