The Speech Guys

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.

This episode is rated PG-13 for language and discussion of sexuality.

Anne Marie rejoins as guest host to discuss the good, true, and maybe not so universally accurate observations of women and men in Gloria's speech to lift Barbie out of the existential doldrums.

Thumbnail image comes from people.com/read-the-powerful-b…to-50-times-7565806

Merry Christmas from the Speech Guys! Talk, think, and laugh about your favorite holiday fare... fruitcakes, George and Mary Bailey, and the real life Hallmark tradition that took place each season at Johnson's Market.

Read the November 2019 article on Ross's family grocery business from the New York Times here:

www.nytimes.com/2019/11/05/us/rur…-farm-market.html

Episode note: the nature of Santa Claus' existence is discussed.

In 1986, author and Holocaust-survivor, Elie Wiesel, was awarded for his humanitarian work on behalf of the Jewish community and other historically-oppressed groups. The Speech Guys discuss the legacy of those words, particularly in light of heightened tensions between Israel, Hamas, and Palestinians.

Special thanks to a listener who pointed out that the principal reason for Mr. Wiesel's receiving the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize was on account of his work in liberating Jews in the Soviet. You can learn about one Soviet Jew's experience here:

lithub.com/on-the-liberation-s…-soviet-refuseniks/

The thumbnail image of Mr. Wiesel is used from www.hmd.org.uk/resource/elie-wiesel-hmd-2017/.

The speech audio comes from youtu.be/tu-63eViNPo?si=YC8X0vA8b53enMxc.

Apollo Creed helped Balboa get his body ready for the Heavyweight title against Clubber Lang. But his wife and partner, Adrian (Talia Shire), had to retrain his heart. "I'm afraid alright! For the first time in my life, I'm afraid."

Bonus content: Matt's Brooklyn-styled Rocky impression