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January 24, 2025 56 mins

Presidential words = action, because presidents have power.

In this interview, we talk about the following:

►Why Trump's 2nd inaugural address was more like aState of the Union Address.

►How does Trump's 2nd inaugural address compare toother presidents?

►How did the indoors' inauguration setting affectthe cadence of Trump's speech? Its echo?

►What was the overarching tension in Trump'sinaugural address?

►How does Trump's speaking style compare toReagan? 

►Why do presidents give inaugural speeches?

►Which president set the stage for all futureinaugural speeches?

►How did Jefferson and Wilson change the State ofthe Union Address?

►Which presidents are ranked as the most effectivespeakers?

►Why did Lincoln limit the number of his speeches?

►In addition to Trump, which president gave the mostextemporaneous speeches?

►What factors make a presidential speech mostmemorable?

►What is Bushism?

►Do presidential speaking styles and speech-makingaffect our values? Our behaviors?

 

🚩About My Guest:

Dr. David Zarefsky is a Professor Emeritus of Argumentation and Debate and also Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies at Northwestern University. He has published extensively, including the following books:

Public Speaking: Strategies for Success The Practice of Argumentation: Effective Reasoning in Communication President Johnson's War On Poverty: Rhetoric and History Lyndon Johnson, Vietnam, and the Presidency: The Speech of March 31, 1968

 

🚩Other related interview:

▶️Celevand & Trump - a comparisonby Prof. Michael Gerhardt

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