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Cultural Favourites from the Archives – Words that Changed The World, with Jeremy Irons and Carey Mulligan

Intelligence Squared

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King's Speech

The speech was written for Kennedy, who was fearful of the march on Washington. Some thought it was too optimistic and naive; these are still the same arguments we're fighting through today. King's speech writer Clarence Jones said that he turned to his colleague and says, "Oh shit, he's doing the dream"

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