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It Was Said podcast

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It Was Said

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It Was Said, the 2021 Webby Award winner for Best Podcast Series, returns with a new season to look back on some of the most powerful, impactful, and timeless speeches in history. Written and narrated by Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author-historian Jon Meacham, this documentary podcast series takes you through another season of ten generation-defining speeches. Meacham, along with top historians, authors and journalists, offers expert insight and analysis into the origins, the orator, and the context of the times each speech was given, and they reflect on why it’s important to never forget them. It Was Said is a creation and production of Peabody-nominated C13Originals, in association with The HISTORY® Channel.

It Was Said, the 2021 Webby Award winner for Best Podcast Series, returns with a new season to look back on some of the most powerful, impactful, and timeless speeches in history. Written and narrated by Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author-historian Jon Meacham, this documentary podcast series takes you through another season of ten generation-defining speeches. Meacham, along with top historians, authors and journalists, offers expert insight and analysis into the origins, the orator, and the context of the times each speech was given, and they reflect on why it’s important to never forget them. It Was Said is a creation and production of Peabody-nominated C13Originals, in association with The HISTORY® Channel.

 

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#23

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 ... more

18 Oct 2023

03 MINS

03:15

18 Oct 2023

#22

Eleanor Roosevelt, and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Eleanor Roosevelt champions the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a f... more

23 Nov 2022

32 MINS

32:08

23 Nov 2022

#21

FDR’s Pearl Harbor Address

Franklin D. Roosevelt asks Congress for a declaration of war against Japan following the a... more

16 Nov 2022

33 MINS

33:39

16 Nov 2022

#20

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 t... more

09 Nov 2022

36 MINS

36:55

09 Nov 2022

#19

Margaret Chase Smith’s Declaration of Conscience

Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith breaks with partisan orthodoxy to take a stand aga... more

02 Nov 2022

30 MINS

30:52

02 Nov 2022

#18

Ronald Reagan's D-Day Commemoration

Ronald Reagan commemorates the 40th anniversary of D-day. Linking past and present, he har... more

26 Oct 2022

37 MINS

37:15

26 Oct 2022

#17

Nelson Mandela, I Am Prepared To Die

Nelson Mandela stands trial for challenging the apartheid regime in South Africa. Speaking... more

19 Oct 2022

31 MINS

31:13

19 Oct 2022

#16

Margaret Thatcher, The Lady’s Not For Turning

Margaret Thatcher resolves not to change course despite mounting criticism of her economic... more

12 Oct 2022

29 MINS

29:49

12 Oct 2022

#15

Theodore Roosevelt, Man In The Arena

Theodore Roosevelt, speaking at the Sorbonne in Paris, outlines the vital role and respons... more

05 Oct 2022

33 MINS

33:25

05 Oct 2022

#14

John F. Kennedy, We Choose To Go To The Moon

John F. Kennedy delivers a historic speech at Rice University on his daring and uncertain ... more

28 Sep 2022

31 MINS

31:42

28 Sep 2022

#13

Winston Churchill, The Finest Hour

Confronted with the impending threat of Nazi invasion, Winston Churchill outlines the stak... more

28 Sep 2022

30 MINS

30:38

28 Sep 2022

#12

Welcome to It Was Said, Season 2, with Jon Meacham

Welcome to Season Two of It Was Said, a documentary podcast series that looks back on 10 o... more

22 Sep 2022

02 MINS

02:35

22 Sep 2022

#11

John F. Kennedy, A Summons To Service

Ep 10: On a bright and snowy morning a young president summons a nation and a generation t... more

28 Oct 2020

36 MINS

36:14

28 Oct 2020

#10

John Lewis, We Want Our Freedom Now

Ep 9: A twenty three year old John Lewis, speaking at the March On Washington, calls a nat... more

21 Oct 2020

41 MINS

41:12

21 Oct 2020

#9

Hillary Clinton, Women’s Rights Are Human Rights

Ep 8: In the tradition of Eleanor Roosevelt, Hillary Rodham Clinton travels to Beijing to ... more

14 Oct 2020

29 MINS

29:03

14 Oct 2020

#8

Barbara Jordan, Your Keynote Speaker

Ep 7: A daughter of the segregated south, Barbara Jordan, keynotes the Democratic National... more

07 Oct 2020

33 MINS

33:43

07 Oct 2020

#7

Edward R. Murrow Fights for Free Press

Ep 6: A demagogic politician, exaggerated claims, an insatiable thirst for attention and c... more

30 Sep 2020

47 MINS

47:00

30 Sep 2020

#6

Ronald Reagan’s Farewell Address

Ep 5: Ronald Reagan brings his long American odyssey to a close in his presidential farewe... more

23 Sep 2020

47 MINS

47:22

23 Sep 2020

#5

Meghan McCain, and Her Father’s America

Ep 4: Meghan McCain delivers a provocative eulogy for her father, the war hero and senator... more

16 Sep 2020

39 MINS

39:26

16 Sep 2020

#4

President Obama's Charleston Sermon

Ep 3: Barack Obama goes to Charleston, South Carolina in the wake of a white supremacist’s... more

09 Sep 2020

44 MINS

44:03

09 Sep 2020

#3

RFK, A Eulogy for King

Ep 2: Robert Kennedy learns of the MLK Jr.’s assassination while in route to a campaign ev... more

02 Sep 2020

39 MINS

39:38

02 Sep 2020

#2

MLK Jr., The Last Speech

Ep 1: In one of the most tumultuous moments in American history, Martin Luther King Jr. tr... more

02 Sep 2020

45 MINS

45:42

02 Sep 2020

#1

Welcome to It Was Said, with Jon Meacham

Welcome to Season One of It Was Said, a documentary podcast series that looks back on 10 o... more

11 Aug 2020

04 MINS

04:13

11 Aug 2020