okay to clear my brain of academia tech world – brain rot – tunnel vision (feeling burnt out about it all again)
going to watch some great speeches
and i want to watch them in full!
a few lists i found
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_speeches
- https://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html (has the mp3, and transcript as pdf) (also a whole section dedicated to obama haha)
- https://highspark.co/famous-persuasive-speeches/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_of_Public_Speaking — My 10 Favorite Toastmasters Speeches
- https://www.commonlit.org/en/text-sets/influential-speeches — a really nice interface, but doesn’t have links to audio mp3 / video
- A list with youtube videos that goes beyond the united states (also has commencement addresses) – https://www.lifehack.org/794639/famous-speeches
- https://explorethearchive.com/famous-speeches 10 Famous Speeches That Shaped History
From the above / related, individual speeches (youtube videos mostly)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tev43VNRIc – 2018 Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking, Ramona J. Smith
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWynt87PaJ0 C-SPAN: Barack Obama Speech at 2004 DNC Convention — apparently this speech launched him into presidential career
watched
| name & url | notes | length | date-ish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greatest Recorded Speeches in American History (1933-2008) | small tidbits from many speeches | 20 min | 8 april 2023 |
| C-SPAN: Barack Obama Speech at 2004 DNC Convention | having hope! | 15 min | 8 april 2023 |
| 1851 – Ain’t I a Woman – Sojourner Truth | i remember listening to this live once (i think in speech contest). unexpectedly funny and witty :3 | 4 mins (!) | march 2023 |
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