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'Let them walk out with you tonight'

Watch now (3 min) | Australian Ange Postecoglou has been appointed to what some regard as the poisoned chalice of Premier League managerial posts…

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'Goodbye my dear, dear world of a father'

Were the eulogies by Ewan, Kendall and Shiv Roy the best run of speeches in the history of scripted television?

May 31 •

NEW PODCAST EPISODE #48 — 'Winning together', Brendan Gale and the speech that changed Richmond

On 2 March 2010, Richmond FC's newly appointed CEO Brendan Gale boldly predicted three premierships in ten years. In 2020 his team delivered. A great…

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Australian dream, Twitter nightmare

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'Blow your mummas a kiss!' Footy Mum Julie McCreery's magnificent pre-game address

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'I thank you for not moving' —Oprah's eulogy for Rosa Parks

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'Ta-ra girl, I'll see you on life's highway' — Paul O'Grady's eulogy for Cilla Black

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Australian dream, Twitter nightmare

Former CNN journalist Stan Grant has stepped away from ABC presenting duties because of persistent racist trolling online. He was a terrific guest on…

May 20 •

'Make the stuff you want to make now!'

This American Life's Ira Glass delivered this brilliant commencement speech to journalism students at Columbia University five years ago today.

May 17 •

'Blow your mummas a kiss!' Footy Mum Julie McCreery's magnificent pre-game address

This is a BEAUTIFUL video and almost melts my cold, Collingwood hating heart.

May 15 •

Margaret Edson's masterpiece for teachers — Happy National Teachers Day

Is this the greatest speech about classroom teaching ever delivered? I think so. Margaret Edson delivered this commencement at Smith College in 2008…

May 9 •

Colin Hay's flawless acceptance speech and Sydney Olympics story, APRA Awards, 2023

Men at Work's Colin Hay accepted the Ted Albert at the APRA Awards this week. His speech is truly magnificent, an early contender for best speech of…

May 2 •

[ARCHIVE] 'He is all of them, and he is one of us' — Paul Keating's Eulogy to the Unknown Soldier, 1993

It's ANZAC Day in Australia and a chance to revisit a favourite podcast episode in which speechwriter Don Watson talks about co-writing Prime Minister…

Apr 24

The Dame is dead

Australia's greatest ever comedian, Barry Humphries, has died, aged 89.

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