Great Speeches in History
By LearnOutLoud.com
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Podcast Description
Great Speeches in History is a podcast devoted to the great thinkers, statesman and other public orators that have graced us throughout history with their words. Each week LearnOutLoud.com will offer up a new speech in audio format. Please visit www.learnoutloud.com for more educational audio and video.
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The King's Speech | Each week LearnOutLoud.com will offer up a new speech in audio format. | 7/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2 |
A Time for Choosing | Each week LearnOutLoud.com will offer up a new speech in audio format. | 2/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3 |
Washington's Farewell Address | Each week LearnOutLoud.com will offer up a new speech in audio format. | 5/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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4 |
The Ballot or the Bullet | Each week LearnOutLoud.com will offer up a new speech in audio format. | 3/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Beyond Vietnam | Each week LearnOutLoud.com will offer up a new speech in audio format. | 1/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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America's Thanksgiving | Each week LearnOutLoud.com will offer up a new speech in audio format. | 11/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eulogy for Robert Francis Kennedy | Each week LearnOutLoud.com will offer up a new speech in audio format. | 8/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Gettysburg Address | Each week LearnOutLoud.com will offer up a new speech in audio format. | 7/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Duty, Honor, Country | Each week LearnOutLoud.com will offer up a new speech in audio format. | 6/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ronald Reagan's Inaugural Address | Each week LearnOutLoud.com will offer up a new speech in audio format. | 3/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Robert F. Kennedy marks the Death of Martin Luther King | Each week LearnOutLoud.com will offer up a new speech in audio format. | 2/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Obama 2004 DNC Keynote Address | Each week LearnOutLoud.com will offer up a new speech in audio format. | 1/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Eisenhower Farewell Address | Each week LearnOutLoud.com will offer up a new speech in audio format. | 12/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Daniel Webster Plymouth Oration | Each week LearnOutLoud.com will offer up a new speech in audio format. | 11/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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JFK Accepts the Democratic Nomination for President | Each week LearnOutLoud.com will offer up a new speech in audio format. | 8/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 15 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
AWESOME YET DISSAPPOINTING
Listening to MLK share his dream was moving beyond belief and yet in stark contrast the narrator for the other speeches is not the right person for the job. The complete lack of emotion and pacing left these speeches dry and uninspiring. I'd bet you could get some "A" level actors to do these readings and hit a home run with it.
Excellent idea, adequate delivery
Although these speeches are delivered in clear, rich voices, they often sound a bit recited -- lacking the natural feeling or passion that must have ignited the originals. Also, the translation of Catiline ‘s address seems too formal for the occasion. Was he trying to rouse a mob of English professors? The rest of us, then or now, would be too busy looking up words to know when to cheer. Contrast this with the style of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered by King himelf, possibly one of the most gifted political orators since Lincoln.
Some are definitely better than others
The original recording of "I have a Dream" has to be one of the most powerful speeches ever given. I was very moved by it.
