"History is for human self-knowledge ... the only clue to what man can do is what man has done. The value of history, then, is that it teaches us what man has done and thus what man is."
R. G. Collingwood
The HistorySpeaks Podcast features audio and video clips from significant moments from history, including speeches, teachings, broadcasts, and more. This podcast is meant to allow our listeners to hear the important moments of the past and understand the corresponding insights.
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'You've got to find what you love,' said Steve Jobs.
Steven Paul Jobs was an American business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor. He was the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and co-founder of Apple Inc., the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar, a member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar. Jobs is widely recognized as a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
In his 2005 Commencement Speech, Steve Jobs gives the graduating Standard University students three personal stories with the following messages:
1) Connecting the Dots
2) Love and Loss
3) Depth
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21 Jul 2020
John F. Kennedy's "We Choose To Go To The Moon" (1962)
"We choose to go to the Moon", officially titled as the Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort, is a speech delivered by United States President John F. Kennedy about the effort to reach the Moon to a large crowd gathered at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, on September 12, 1962. The speech, largely written by Kennedy advisor and speechwriter Ted Sorensen, was intended to persuade the American people to support the Apollo program, the national effort to land a man on the Moon.
In his speech, Kennedy characterized space as a new frontier, invoking the pioneer spirit that dominated American folklore. He infused the speech with a sense of urgency and destiny and emphasized the freedom enjoyed by Americans to choose their destiny rather than have it chosen for them. Although he called for competition with the Soviet Union, Kennedy also proposed making the Moon landing a joint project.
The speech resonated widely and is still remembered, although at the time there was disquiet about the cost and value of the Moon-landing effort. Kennedy's goal was realized, in July 1969, with the successful Apollo 11 mission.
3 Jul 2020
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream"
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/us/politics/martin-luther-king-protest-blm.html) during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.
Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C (https://washington.org/dc-guide-to/lincoln-memorial)., the speech was a defining moment of the civil rights movement and among the most iconic speeches (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s) in American history.
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