Heard About

Heard About episodes

January 17, 2021 #3.1: Dr. Clarence Jones, "I Have A Dream" co-writer
To celebrate MLK weekend, the first part of a two-part conversation with Dr. Clarence Jones, Dr. Martin Luther King's personal counsel, friend, advisor, and speechwriter who wrote the first seven and a half paragraphs of the "I Have A Dream" speech. We discuss growing up as a child of household domestic servants, attending Columbia and Boston University School of Law, meeting Dr. King, and sneaking paper in and out of the Birmingham City Jail for the Reverend to write his famous letter.
34 min
January 03, 2021 #2: Ken Spera, creator of the GEICO Gecko
A conversation with Ken Spera, creative director and inventor of the insurance company GEICO's famous spokesperson (spokeslizard?), Gecko.
35 min
January 03, 2021 #1: Mike McCurry, press secretary for Bill Clinton
A conversation with Mike McCurry, who served as White House Press Secretary under US President Bill Clinton during the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the 1998 Lewinsky scandal.
36 min
January 03, 2021 #0: Introduction
A brief intro to what Heard About is all about.
4 min

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