Speeches
‘A Barking Dog’ vs ‘The School Teacher’: Trump vs Trudeau at the UN
Same podium, different speeches.
Highlights from Trump's Long, Strange Journey to Denouncing Nazis
The president's staunchly anti-Nazi speech this week was a departure from his usual take on antisemitism: getting defensive, and saying he knows a lot of Jews.
If You Hate Public Speaking, Learn to Fake Confidence
When being yourself brings you close to wetting yourself, try being an actor.
Why Barack Obama's Speeches Will Outlive His Presidency
Whatever happens to the president's policy legacy, we'll always have his words.
Trump Can't Believe He Hasn't Insulted George Stephanopoulos on Twitter Yet
The Republican nominee was surprised the former Clinton advisor didn't fall on the list of people, places, and things he's insulted on Twitter over the course of the election.
The Best and Worst Celebrity Speeches of the DNC’s First Night
In typical award show fashion, the Dems trotted out all their star power last night with performances by Demi Lovato and Paul Simon and speeches by Sarah Silverman and Michelle Obama. But not everyone was a winner.
Celebrating 76 Years of Weird Oscar Acceptance Speeches
Do people know you can just say "thank you" and then leave the stage?
Here's Kanye West's Speech at the VMAs: "I Have Decided in 2020 to Run for President"
"Sometimes I feel like I died for the artist's opinion."
Big Data Shows How American Politics Have(n’t) Changed
Text analysis of every State of the Union address ever pegs the start of the modern era at the end of World War I.
Here's What Happens When You Ask a Neural Network to Write Presidential Speeches
Obama-RNN offers machine-generated inspiration.
We Asked Someone Who Hates America Whether Obama Loves America
Rudy Giuliani's comment that President Obama doesn't love America sparked an uproar last week. But do people who really hate America think Obama is one of their own?
Scouring Ed Miliband's Big Speech Audience for Traces of Hope
His Labour Party Conference speech didn't seem particularly convincing.