Welcome to It Was Said, a 10-episode limited documentary series looking back on some of the most powerful, impactful and timeless speeches in American history. Join Pulitzer Prize winning and best-selling author-historian, Jon Meacham, Peabody-nominated C13Originals Studios and HISTORY, as we take you through 10 speeches. Season One of It Was Said draws on a selection of speeches from powerful figures in history like Martin Luther King, Jr., Ronald Reagan, JFK, RFK, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John Lewis, Edward R. Murrow, and Barbara Jordan. Meacham will offer expert insight and analysis into their origins, the orator, the context of the times they were given, why they are still relevant today, and the importance of never forgetting them. Each episode of this documentary podcast series will also bring together some of the top historians, authors and journalists relevant to each respective speech and figure.
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The Collapse of Afghanistan
Pugnacious Pols & Bipartisan Bills (with Paul Begala)
Mixed Messages (with Mark McKinnon)
U.S. House of Horrors (with Jackie Calmes)
Baseball Bats and Ghirardelli (with Steve Israel)
Texas Hold ‘Em (with Al Franken)
A Tale of Two Tracks (with Bill Kristol)
Rocky Road (with Stephanie Cutter)
Tyranny of the Minority (with Amy Walter)
Biden Takes the World Stage (with Howard Wolfson)
Infra-STUCK-ure (with Charlie Sykes)
Building Bridges (with Jonathan Martin)
Infrastructure Week? (with Rahm Emanuel)
Inconvenient Truths (with Barbara Comstock)
Weather Vanes & Freedom Fights (with Mark Mellman)
The Davos of Bipartisanship (with Karl Rove)
Welcome to Fate of Fact
America on the Move
Yoda and the Lessons of Power (with Susan Page)
The Ants Go Marching (with Mark McKinnon)
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