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Professional background in radio and television broadcasting as well as the music industry. Continues to work in producing and recording music and spoken word products in addition to occasional performance dates. Owns Speech Resource Company and Desert Diamond Records. Makes his home in Goodyear, Arizona.

The Democrats

The Democrats

Party leaders, officeholders, candidates, and advisors address the press and the American people. Includes the Kennedys, the Clintons, FDR, Truman, Carter, Obama, and many others explaining what the Democratic Party stands for and strategies for winning elections.

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Military Conflicts

Military Conflict

Speeches given during military conflicts made by world leaders, politicians, protesters, and military leaders. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s declaration of war entering Great Britain into World War II, the famous “Infamy” speech given to Congress by President Roosevelt the day after Japan launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, and featuring speeches about the conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, the Bay of Pigs, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, the Gulf War, and the War on Terror.

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The Candidates

The Candidates

From Herbert Hoover through Donald Trump speeches, press conferences and campaign addresses are featured from candidates running for various positions: senators and representatives, governors, mayors, state and municipal officeholders, and more. What each candidate promises and pledges to those for whom they hope to gain support.

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The Cold War

Cold War

Following World War II, through the 1990s, there existed a sense of mutual distrust between the United States and the Soviet Union. The hostile environment included American fears of a Russian plan to control the world and the USSR’s resentment over US intervention in foreign countries. The Cold War includes such speeches as JFK’s address to the nation on the arms buildup in Cuba and commending West Berliners on their dedication to democracy, Presidents Nixon and Ford on treaty talks in Helsinki, and Ronald Reagan confronting Mikhail Gorbachev at the Berlin Wall.

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Fireside Chats

Fireside Chats

Features Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats that were used to inform and build support for his presidency. From 1933 to 1945, families would gather around their living room radio to listen to the president explain everything from why he was closing banks to declaring war on Japan following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

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Inaugurations

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Every four years on January 20th the President of the United States is sworn into office.  Most often following a hard fought campaign season, the voters determine the number of electoral votes each candidate is awarded and the winner takes the oath of office given by the Chief Justice of the United States.  “The Inaugurations” is a compilation of every inauguration speech given by the newly sworn-in President, from Franklin Delano Roosevelt through Donald J. Trump.

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Political Conventions

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Featured speeches from past political conventions include candidates, Presidents, Senators and members of Congress, Mayors, Govenors, Hollywood celebrities and more.  This product includes such famous addresses as JFKs acceptance speech, Ronald Reagan and Ted Kennedy’s concession speeches, Mario Cuomo’s “Tale of Two Cities”, Clint Eastwood’s “Empty Chair” among others.

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