Podcasts by It Was Said
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 why it’s important to never forget them.
It Was Said is an Audacy original in association with The HISTORY® Channel.
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C13Features Presents: Ghostwriter, Starring Kate Mara and Adam Scott from 2021-12-09T08:01
Welcome to Ghostwriter, a new gripping and suspenseful podcast movie listening experience from C13Features. In Ghostwriter, Kate Mara and Adam Scott star in a psychological thriller about a former ...
ListenThe Championship That Changed Everything: Texas Western’s 1966 NCAA Title from 2021-10-13T07:01
In an historic moment in college sports, Texas Western becomes the first team to start five black players in the 1966 NCAA national championship. Their defeat over the University of Kentucky marked...
ListenHenry Aaron’s Quiet Grace from 2021-10-06T11:35:36
It’s the Atlanta Braves versus the Los Angeles Dodgers on a warm spring day in 1974. One pitch changed everything when Hank Aaron’s milestone home run broke Babe Ruth’s legendary record. Major Leag...
ListenTim Tebow’s Promise from 2021-09-29T07:01
In 2008, expectations were running high for Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow. The previous year, the Heisman Trophy winner set many major SEC records and was expected to continue leading the te...
ListenBillie Jean King and the Fight for Justice from 2021-09-22T07:01
In 1973, Billie Jean King wins the Battle of the Sexes, defeating her male opponent on the tennis court. And off the court, she uses her talent to make sea changes in the broader world, opening the...
ListenMuhammad Ali and the Making of a New World from 2021-09-16T04:00
Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali was perhaps the most famous man on Earth, and not only for his epic skill in the ring. In this episode, Doc Rivers is joined by legendary sportscaster Al Michaels ...
ListenJohn F. Kennedy, A Summons To Service from 2020-10-28T07:01
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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc...
ListenJohn Lewis, We Want Our Freedom Now from 2020-10-21T07:01
Ep 9: A twenty three year old John Lewis, speaking at the March On Washington, calls a nation to moral account. He didn’t want to be patient, he said. He wanted freedom now. Learn more about your...
ListenHillary Clinton, Women’s Rights Are Human Rights from 2020-10-14T07:01
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. Learn more about your ad choice...
ListenBarbara Jordan, Your Keynote Speaker from 2020-10-07T07:01
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 t...
ListenEdward R. Murrow Fights for Free Press from 2020-09-30T07:01
Ep 6: A demagogic politician, exaggerated claims, an insatiable thirst for attention and controversy, and a national climate of fear and anxiety. How Edward R. Murrow took on Senator Joseph McCarth...
ListenRonald Reagan’s Farewell Address from 2020-09-23T07:01
Ep 5: Ronald Reagan brings his long American odyssey to a close in his presidential farewell address, an evocation of America as a shining city on a hill. A nation that builds not walls but bridges...
ListenMeghan McCain, and Her Father’s America from 2020-09-16T07:01
Ep 4: Meghan McCain delivers a provocative eulogy for her father, the war hero and senator, John McCain, at Washington National Cathedral. It was a speech at once elegiac and resonant in the age of...
ListenPresident Obama's Charleston Sermon from 2020-09-09T07:01
Ep 3: Barack Obama goes to Charleston, South Carolina in the wake of a white supremacist’s massacre of innocents at Emanuel AME Church. In word and in song the 44th President contemplates tragedy a...
ListenRFK, A Eulogy for King from 2020-09-02T07:02
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 e...
ListenMLK Jr., The Last Speech from 2020-09-02T07:01
Ep 1: In one of the most tumultuous moments in American history, Martin Luther King Jr. travels to Memphis to address the issue of racial and economic injustice. With eloquent language and brillian...
ListenWelcome to It Was Said, with Jon Meacham from 2020-08-11T14:50
Welcome to Season One of It Was Said, a documentary podcast series that looks back on 10 of the most powerful, impactful and timeless speeches in American history. Written and narrated by Pulitzer ...
ListenWelcome to It Was Said, with Jon Meacham from 2020-08-11T14:50
Welcome to Season One of It Was Said, a documentary podcast series that looks back on 10 of the most powerful, impactful and timeless speeches in American history. Written and narrated by Pulitzer ...
ListenWelcome to It Was Said, with Jon Meacham from 2020-08-11T14:50
Welcome to Season One of It Was Said, a documentary podcast series that looks back on 10 of the most powerful, impactful and timeless speeches in American history. Written and narrated by Pulitzer ...
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