Introducing: It Was Said (w Jon Meacham)

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Cadence13

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.8 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

It Was Said, a limited documentary podcast series, looks back on some of the most powerful, impactful and timeless speeches in American history. Written and narrated by Pulitzer Prize winning and best-selling author-historian Jon Meacham, and created, directed and produced by Peabody-nominated C13Originals Studios in association with HISTORY Channel, this series takes you through 10 speeches for the inaugural season. Meacham offers 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 also brings together some of the top historians, authors and journalists relevant to each respective speech and figure. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	My name is John Meacham. I invite you to listen to the entire season of It Was Said,
0:08.0	a documentary podcast giving context to some of the most powerful speeches in our history,
0:14.0	and the amplified impact they have on us in 2020.
0:18.0	I've spoken of the shining city all my political life. In my mind, it was a tall, proud city,
0:24.0	built on rocks stronger than oceans, wind swept, God blessed, and teaming with people of all kinds,
0:31.0	living in harmony and peace.
0:34.0	Never forget words matter, words shape history, history matters.
0:40.0	But I want you to know the night that we as a people will get to the promised land.
0:48.0	Let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help.
0:55.0	But knowing that here on earth, God's work must truly be our own.
1:04.0	Binge the entire documentary podcast season of It Was Said,
1:08.0	from C-13 original studios in association with the History Channel.
1:13.0	Available now on Apple Podcasts and wherever you listen.

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