I'm John Meacham, author and historian. I'm proud to present a brand new

limited podcast documentary series called It Was Said. In this new series that I've

written and narrated with my Peabody nominated partners at C-13 original

studios, also in association with history. I guide you through ten of the most

historic, impactful, and timeless speeches in American history. Please take a

listen and enjoy this trailer of It Was Said, which is now available for free

on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Radio.com, and wherever you listen to podcasts.

Some is happening and meant for something is happening in our world. And you know

if I was standing at the beginning of time with the possibility of taking

a kind of general and panoramic view of the whole of human history up to now,

and they all might have said to me, Ma'amalooza King, which age would you like to live in?

History is vast, complex, and often contradictory. But in many ways the

trajectory of humanity has been shaped by moments in which a single person

approached a crowd with something important to say.

But there is something different about tonight. There is something special about

tonight. What is different? What is special? I, Barbara Jordan, am a keynote speaker.

When visionary leaders capture the imagination of a nation, let the word go forth from this

time and place to friend and foe alike. Let the torch has been passed to a new generation

of Americans. When discipline communicators speak truth to power.

But I have attempted to pursue the truth with some diligence and to report it, even though

as in this case I had been warned in advance that I would be subjected to the attentions

of Senator McCarthy. When compassionate brethren embrace the pain of the grief's

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