It's the final episode of the fourth season of the SGs and they discuss the dialogues performed by John Steinbeck's characters from the 1952 novel, "East of Eden", along with the Genesis story of Cain and Abel that informs them.

Primary content comes from chapters 22 and 24 of the book.

This episode is rated PG-13 for a "graphic" clip from the film Calvary (2014) which contains one bleeped out instance of f**k, gun violence, and reference to clerical sexual abuse. The clip is approximately four minutes and begins at approximately the 50 minute mark.

Landon, Ross, Matt, and Mike discuss Father Mike's 2019 SEEK Conference talk entitled "Share" and how his recognition of his own indifference challenges us to rise above our own.

The thumbnail comes from bulldogcatholic.org/about-contact-u…r-mike-schmitz/.

The speech audio comes from youtu.be/9CF7GpW8rNQ?si=u6czK3DWt0J3Wyee.

Doug Johnson introduces the cast and recalls, with Ross, the (micro)speech he gave to his son before his first football game in the twilight of the 20th century in Springfield, Illinois. Ross and Doug might not remember if he scored, but they remember the speech. And now, you will too.

Thumbnail image comes from www.pinterest.com/pin/father-son-p…604192944860833/.

Landon, Mike, Ross, and Matt close out the "Speeches That Got Someone Killed" quad. Some political candidates might be a threat to America's democracy, but this episode isn't--unless you think a Speech Guys oligarchy could make American great again.

Full text of speeches discussed can be accessed here:

alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution…ary-terror-1794/

AND here:

alphahistory.com/frenchrevolution…tue-terror-1794/

Our country's national debt was discussed. Review current value here: fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-fina…ational-debt/

The episode thumbnail comes from here: www.historyskills.com/classroom/year…ution-reading/

Mike, Landon, Ross, and Matt consider how John Lennon's interview in March 1966 with London's Evening Standard influenced Mark David Chapman and the legacy of Christianity, the Beatles, and musical counterculture that persists today.

The speech can be read here:

www.the-paulmccartney-project.com/1966/03/…sus-now/

A blog by Mr. Robert Rosen was discussed and can be accessed here concerning the significance of "Chapter 27" in The Catcher in the Rye:

robertrosen.blogspot.com/2006/01/root…chapter.html

Thumbnail comes from here:

www.businessinsider.com/john-lennon-f…-he-was-24-10

Lennon's song, "God" comes from here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCNkPpq1giU

Fact Check:

Landon references a comment made by Former Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, that "eight trillion dollars was lost track of", and speculates that the attack on the Pentagon was to obviate the federal government of responsibility toward that amount. See this addressed here: www.reuters.com/fact-check/rumsfe…e-911-2023-09-14/

Mike referenced a podcast hosted by Catholic apologist, Jimmy Akin, that comments on popular 9/11 conspiracies. Listen to that podcast here:

sqpn.com/2021/09/the-9-11-att…eptember-11-attacks/

Thumbnail image used from www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/arti…nse-to-911-attacks/.

Speech audio comes from www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA8-KEnfWbQ

How does the Sermon on the Mount help the Speech Guys pursue a worthy spiritual frontier? Listen in as Ross, Matt, and Mike cheer for the arrival of Faye Frye and consider what might set Jesus of Nazareth a story worth believing in.

Does art inspire life or life inspire art? Landon, Ross, Matt, and Mike team up for Orson Welles' 1941 campaign "to rid the politics of this State of the evil domination of Boss Jim Gettys".

The thumbnail image comes from theasc.com/articles/realism-for-citizen-kane.

Listener discretion: "a**" is used several times throughout the episode

Is paying for runs really what America's baseball heart beats for? The Speech Guys and special guest, Theus Brown (BAJ and BROWN Podcast), discuss the contemporary consequences of the "moneyball" model via the dramatized speech by Boston Red Sox owner, John Henry, in the 2011 Oscar-nominated film, Moneyball.

"You think I know the first thing about being an orphan because I read Oliver Twist?"... Dr. Sean Maguire (Robin Williams) begins to tear down the intellectual and academic walls that Sean (Matt Damon) built up around himself in this famous speech from the 1997 Oscar-nominated film, "Good Will Hunting". Ross, Landon, and Mike contemplate their own walls they've had to and need to break down to have real knowledge from life experiences.