All Episodes

The Art of Listening

A Speech in Memory of Dr Max Atkinson

In Praise of Populism

The Demagogic Genius of Donald Trump

The Language of Evil

Does European Speechwriting have a Future?

Brian Jenner on AI (BBC World Service)

Obama speechwriter, Sarada Peri, in conversation with Jess Cunniffe

John Zimmer, Why native speakers can't speak English!

Professor Alan Finlayson leads the Speechwriters’ Anthem

Justine Bashford, The Point of Speeches

Sindre Weber, The pen and the sword: speechwriting in the Norwegian Ministry of Defence

Tessa van Beest, From pen to podium: mastering speech writing in an age of populism

Alan Barker welcomes delegates to Sidney Sussex

Rodger Evans, What the Samaritans can teach us about Speechwriting

Jim Holtje - The End of the World is just Beginning

Devin van den Berg - AI Speechwriting

Antti Mustakallio - Sanna Marin's Rhetoric

Kevin Toolis - The Genius of Donald Trump

Hanneke Kulik - The Value of Commemorative Speeches

Abele Kamminga - Writing for an Atypical Mayor

David Murray - What Only Speeches Can Do

Jess Cunniffe - Memoirs

Åse Thomassen - Rhetoric About Climate: Greta Thunberg Speeches

Lawrence McEnerney - The Gettysburg Address

Marie Algoud - Writing for Cartoon Characters

James McCabe - Speech into Story

Matt Greenough - ‘How do you say?’ Writing for Worldwide Audiences

Anita Furu & Caspar Strand - How to Save a Country with a Speech

Renée Broekmeulen - Writing in the Shadows

Letshwiti Tutwane - Speechwriting in Botswana

Patrick Maloney - An Update on Speechwriting in Germany

Angel Gurria-Quintana - Speechwriting and Translation

Q&A with Terry Szuplat and Neringa Bliūdžiūtė – Lessons from the Obama White House

Jens Kjeldsen – The Rhetoric of Eulogies

Bjorn Berge – The Norwegian King’s Speech

Marianna Pascal - The Audience Journey

Alan Finlayson - Protest Songs and Speeches

Anne Pédron-Moinard

Lieke Hagebeuk – The Dutch Corona Experience

Nick Hawton - Virtual Speechwriting

Speechwriting in the Time of Covid

How to sell like a market trader

Quentin Skinner and the history of speechwriting

How can I train my sons to get to the top of politics?

The Immoral Techniques of Dr Max Atkinson

Melanie Dunn - Hiding pride and packing a punch - the privilege and paradox of being a speechwriter

Kevin Toolis - Princess Diana and the 'catastrophe' speech

Antonia Fleischmann - Why do central bankers give speeches, and how do I try to write them?

Pauline Genee - What works for your novel, works for your speech.. Or does it?

Tom Moylan - Why the Irish are better at English than the English

Jennifer Migan - The (un)natural transition of a tennis player to speechwrtiting

Lucie Robin - Rule number 1: know your enemy, speaking to a French audience

Edward Mortimer - England, that was wont to conquer others, hath made a shameful conquest of itself

Henk Boon - Speech, image and impact

Mallika Lecoeur - Writing her life: a father-daughter relationship through public speaking

Amélie Blanckaert - What is the future of speechwriting?

Kevin Toolis – The Confessions of Gordon Brown

Natasha Bertaud - Communicating in Crisis

Lewis Iwu – Purpose-driven speeches

Richard Newman – You were born to speak - How to ensure your speaker performs at their best in front of an audience

Dr Max Atkinson – Which Oxford Prime Minister was the best speaker?

Kresse Wesling - Elvis & Kresse - Our story and why we tell it the way we do

Sarah Hurwitz and Jess Cunniffe - Behind the scenes with Michelle Obama’s former speechwriter

Chair’s introduction - Mari K Niemi

Dan Sobovitz

Alison Reid

Thomas Hart

Alexander Stubb

Alexei Kapterev

Closing Keynote – Anthony Lichi

A Young Person's Guide to Speechwriting

Jessica Cunniffe - Do Speeches Still Matter?

Anders Thor - ...’But they will never forget how you made them feel’ – how to recognise and respect the main emotions in a crisis

Kelly Agathos – What speechwriters can learn from improvisational theatre

Jan Walravens – Confessions of a Speechwriter

Rabbi Shais Taub - The Spiritual Art of Speechwriting

Mette Pedersen – How to train your dragon

Pacelle van Goethem - The logic of charisma: Cracking the magical code, tactics of world leaders, Santa Claus and our children

Professor Alan Finlayson – Rhetoric and the politics of the future

Jeremy Gardner - EU English, Lingua Franca or Double- Dutch

Stephen Krupin - Closing Keynote

Lindsay Hayes - A Speech about Writing to Writers

Hélène Faure - Speechwriting & Screenwriting

Dr Brian Murphy - The day I walked George Bush's dog

Patrick Stephenson - Alliance on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown: NATO, Ukraine, and the Failure to Communicate

Drs Lodewijk van Wedel de Joode - Failing to prepare is preparing to fail: speeches after a terrorist attack

Lech Mintowt-Czyz - What the British tabloid press can teach the European speechwriter

Nathalie Milio - From well-hidden odd man out to would-be daredevil: meet the Belgian speechwriter!

Mike Long - It's Not as Bad as You Think: The Lighter Side of American Rhetoric 2017

Dr Geoffrey Stevenson - The Embodied Word

Alexander Drechsel - How interpreters can help you get your message across language barriers

Mari K. Niemi - How populism speaks to us - and why it works

Michel Reinders - A man of letters in a world of numbers

Geoffrey Mamdani - Good writing is good thinking

Sarah O'Reilly - How can speechwriters help experts make themselves heard?

David Vigar - Baseball and Speechwriting

Leonoor Russell - Chair's Introduction

Closing Keynote - Barton Swaim - How to Avoid Becoming a Former Speechwriter

Peter Scally - Did not our hearts burn within us?