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It Was Said

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It Was Said, the 2021 Webby Award winner for Best Podcast Series, takes a look back on some of the most powerful and timeless speeches in history. Written and narrated by Pulitzer Prize winning and best-selling historian Jon Meacham, this documentary podcast takes you through 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 reflect on...

Episodes (23)

Introducing About A Boy: The Story of Vladimir Putin

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Eleanor Roosevelt, and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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FDR’s Pearl Harbor Address

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Episodes (23)

Introducing About A Boy: The Story of Vladimir Putin

Eleanor Roosevelt, and The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

FDR’s Pearl Harbor Address

Frederick Douglass, What To The Slave Is The Fourth of July?

Margaret Chase Smith’s Declaration of Conscience

Ronald Reagan's D-Day Commemoration

Nelson Mandela, I Am Prepared To Die

Margaret Thatcher, The Lady’s Not For Turning

Theodore Roosevelt, Man In The Arena

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

Winston Churchill, The Finest Hour

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

John F. Kennedy, A Summons To Service

John Lewis, We Want Our Freedom Now

Hillary Clinton, Women’s Rights Are Human Rights

Barbara Jordan, Your Keynote Speaker

Edward R. Murrow Fights for Free Press

Ronald Reagan’s Farewell Address

Meghan McCain, and Her Father’s America

President Obama's Charleston Sermon

RFK, A Eulogy for King

MLK Jr., The Last Speech

Welcome to It Was Said, with Jon Meacham