The 4 Best It Was Said Podcast Episodes
1) RFK, A Eulogy for King
Ep 2: Robert Kennedy learns of the MLK Jr.’s assassination while in route to a campaign event in inner city Indianapolis. He breaks the news to an unsuspecting crowd, delivering a spontaneous and empa...Show More
2) Barbara Jordan, Your Keynote Speaker
Ep 7: A daughter of the segregated south, Barbara Jordan, keynotes the Democratic National Convention of 1976. It was America’s bicentennial, and Jordan was a voice born in one nation speaking to the ...Show More
3) Hillary Clinton, Women’s Rights Are Human Rights
Ep 8: In the tradition of Eleanor Roosevelt, Hillary Rodham Clinton travels to Beijing to argue that women’s rights are human rights, setting new global priorities. To learn more about listener dat...Show More
4) John F. Kennedy, A Summons To Service
Ep 10: On a bright and snowy morning a young president summons a nation and a generation to the work of history with his enduring inaugural address. To learn more about listener data and our privacy...Show More
5) Introducing About A Boy: The Story of Vladimir Putin
In 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...Show More
6) Introducing: Glitter and Might
In Glitter and Might, a new series exploring the intersection of show business and politics, bestselling author Shawn Levy unpacks the story of Lew Wasserman, the shadowy legend who lorded over Hollyw...Show More
7) Introducing: Search Engine
No question too big, no question too small. On Search Engine, host PJ Vogt answers the kinds of questions you might ask the internet when you can't sleep. If you find the world bewildering, but also s...Show More
8) Eleanor Roosevelt, and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Eleanor 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.” To ...Show More
9) FDR’s Pearl Harbor Address
Franklin 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. To learn more about listener data and ou...Show More
10) Frederick Douglass, What To The Slave Is The Fourth of July?
Frederick 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. To learn more ...Show More