The Speech Guys Podcast
1) "Blood Will Be Shed" Bane Dorrance | Speeches From the Straussian Moment
Landon, Ross, Mike, and Matt wander through the cultural wake that is Bane's speech outside the Gotham City Stock Exchange in the 2012 Dark Knight Rises. 1993. Institutions. Scapegoats. Predictive pro...Show More
2) "The Straussian Moment" Peter Thiel | Speeches from the Straussian Moment
The Straussian what? Huh? Put on your listening ears and thinking cap as the Speech Guys go way back and all over... the Middle Ages, the Enlightenment, the American Revolution, 9/11, and everything t...Show More
3) Last Words of the First Nations, Black Hawk | Speeches from the Old West
The Speech Guys go back to the beginning with words by the first westerners--in this case, Black Hawk, after the Sauk and Meskawi lost possession of land in northern Illinois and Wisconsin in 1832.Fac...Show More
4) "Fill Your Hands, You Son of a..." & Other Western Quips, Rooster Cogburn | Speeches from the Old West
It's the whole Speech Guys gang on call to discuss "Fill Your Hands, You Son of a B****" (Rooster Cogburn, True Grit), "I'm Your Huckleberry" (Doc Holliday, Tombstone), and a couple more questionable ...Show More
5) "If You Do Not Succeed..." John Paul the Great | A Biking for Babies Special
Biking for Babies Executive Director, Nikki Biese, joins Kevin, Mike, and Jimmy to discuss John Paul the Great's 1993 World Youth Day address in Denver.Thumbnail comes from https://www.wordonfire.org/...Show More
6) "My Thirty-First Year..." Captain Meriwether Lewis | Speeches from the Old West
Mid life comes a little later now since Meriwether Lewis' day. The whole Speech Guys crew chat about Lewis' August 18th, 1805 journal entry from the Corps of Discovery expedition when he turned 31. Se...Show More
7) "If You Want Equal Justice..." John Paul the Great | A Biking for Babies Special
Kevin sits in for Sarah Wiese to get prepped for his MC role at the 2025 finishing event at Saint Joseph's parish in Manchester, Missouri on Saturday, July 19th. Jimmy and Mike sit alongside as they r...Show More
8) "And We're About To Do This" | A Biking for Babies Special
(Most of) the Speech Guys take a break this episode. They lend their platform to Biking for Babies--a mission-oriented bicycled ride that Mike Schaefer and Jimmy Becker started with John Paul Deddens ...Show More
9) Pope Leo XIV(!) & "The Fastest Nun in the West" Sister Blandina Segale | Speeches from the Old West
Sister Blandina Segale (1850 - 1941) was a missionary Sister of Charity who built the first school district in Colorado, served such legends of the West as Billy the Kid (really!), Native Americans, a...Show More
10) "The Fulfillment of This Scripture Is Today" Jesus of Nazareth | Speeches at the Start of Something
It's Landon and Mike discussing Jesus' entry onto the Christianity scene when he reads the prophet Isaiah, as described in Luke 4, and portrayed by Jonathon Roumie in season 3, episode 3 of The Chosen...Show More