The Leonard Lopate Show: Speeches of Inaugurations Past

Speeches of Inaugurations Past

Before Calvin Coolidge’s 1925 inaugural speech was broadcast via radio, inaugurals were usually only read in the newspaper. We look at inaugural speeches of the past, how they’ve evolved, and what tends to make a speech successful or not. Jill Lepore’s article in the Jan. 12, 2009 New Yorker"The Speech."

Guests:

Jill Lepore

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Shahin Khalisdar from NYC

The world always deceit by eloquent speaches. When Musa left his people for fourty days, after returning from his journey, he saw his people were deceit by a eloquent speaker. I think, we should carefully pay attention with present situations instead of speaches. I know, ignorant love hear a good speach and wise like to see the appropriate actions.

Jan. 17 2009 11:36 AM

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