The Speeches You’ve Never Heard That Would’ve Changed The World

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Dr. Phil McGraw

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🗓️ 26 July 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

How many times have people planned a certain outcome that never took place? They thought something was going to come to pass, and then it didn't. Or, what about leaders who had two different speeches written and gave one, not the other. Jeffrey Nussbaum, author and former presidential speechwriter, does an analysis of this history in his new book, Undelivered. He joins Dr. Phil to discuss never heard speeches from history. Plus, hear what he says are five elements that are found in every persuasive speech, how to get people’s attention up front, and more. New episodes drop Tuesdays. Listen and subscribe here. For more information: https://www.drphilintheblanks.com/ Interested in advertising on the show? Visit: https://www.advertisecast.com/PhilintheBlanks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It isn't always clear to these leaders. They are conflicted down to the minute they step up to the mic.
0:06.8	King didn't want to tell him about the dream. John Lewis wanted to tell him about the nightmare,
0:11.0	and if each of them had had their way, it would have been a very, very different march.
0:22.3	Well, hey, everybody. Welcome back to Fill In The Blanks. This is going to be a really interesting day
0:29.0	for you. I have to tell you, it is interesting for me, and I haven't even started yet. I'm saying that
0:34.9	because my guest today is Jeffrey Nussbaum. Now, I'm going to tell you, this guy is an interesting,
0:44.4	interesting man with an interesting, interesting history and job. He's written a book
0:50.0	called Undelivered. It talks about the never heard speeches that would have rewritten history.
0:57.8	Think about this. How many times have people planned a certain outcome that never took place?
1:06.8	They thought they were going to win an election. They thought a certain outcome was going to come
1:11.5	to pass, and then it didn't. Or they had two different speeches written. They gave one, not the other.
1:18.2	What Jeff has done is a compilation and an analysis of this whole history. Some of these things
1:30.1	are really amazing, and the story behind them is great. He's not just somebody that's collected
1:35.3	these. He is a speech writer. He was a partner at West Wing Writers, the premier strategy and
1:41.9	speech writing shop in Washington, D.C. If you didn't know, there are these kind of places,
1:46.8	just like there are for songwriters. He has worked in writing serious speeches. He's worked in
1:55.0	writing humor. He's been involved in speech writing and messaging operations for conventions
2:02.0	2008, 2012, 2016, 2020. In coming up with our presidential nominees, he's served as vice
2:12.0	president Joe Biden speech writer on the first Obama Biden campaign. He's written for Al Gore.
2:20.1	He's been a collaborator with James Carville for the best seller had enough.
2:25.2	He's worked with Senator Bob Graham. I could just go on forever and ever, but I don't want to
2:29.7	have you keep listening to me because I want to introduce you to Jeff. So Jeff, welcome to
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