Audio clipped from Vox's today explained podcast: https://www.vox.com/today-explained, https://rss.art19.com/today-explainedthe last 2 minutes from March 14, 2018By Jack Reichert

On August 28, 1963Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave one of the mostpowerful speeches of all time.I know I cannot do this speech justice. But to be honest, I’m not doing any of these speeches justice. I’m studying and I’m practicing.I’m studying history, and what makes a great speech.and I’m practicing my oratory. I’m doing so with the words of master…

On April 8, 1933, the Main Office for Press and Propaganda of the German Student Union proclaimed a nationwide "Action against the Un-German Spirit", which was to climax in a literary purge or "cleansing" by fire.On May 10, 1933, Nazi Germany staged an event unseen since the middle agesyoung German students from universities, which formerly had bee…

ON June 14, 1946The Baruch plan was proposed during it’s first meeting of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.Less than a year after the US dropped fat man and little boy it was time to put in motion a plan to make sure that such destruction could be preventedfrom ever happening again.Hi, I’m Jack Reichert,I decided to practice my oratory s…

On May 10th 1940 Germany invaded Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands; Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom upon the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. The United Kingdom invaded Iceland and Belgium declared a state of emergency. As the new prime minister, Churchill was called on to form a wartime coalition gove…

I wrote this next piece about a year ago while pondering the trend that was emerging to ensure that everyone has a “safe space” to protect them from ideas they don’t like.Hi I’m jack.I decided to flex my oratory muscles by recording myself speaking out loud. And since I”m doing that, I decided to put it out there.You’ll find on this podcast essays …

On September 12 1962 John F. Kennedy gave a speech at Rice University where he declared his plan to send man to the moon within the decade.I chose this as the first speech I would practice because it serves as a constant source of inspiration to me. This speech gives me chills each time I hear or read it, and it is the prime example, for me, of the…

I don’t consider myself any more special than any of you. As far as I’m concerned, what makes my ideas special here is that I’m sharing them. That’s all.HI I’m Jack.I don’t care if anyone listens. I’m doing this for me. To practice speaking aloud. But since I’m doing it, I thought I might as well put it out there in case someone else would like to …