'So stop you if you can ‘cos you’re the England man!'

Before Carpool Karaoke, there was James Cordon singing badly by himself in a car.

Jun 9 • Tony Wilson

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'All right you sons of bitches' — military inspiration before D-Day

Did General Patton deliver his famous speech? He certainly did, but it was more a series of four to six speeches, and it wasn't identical each time — he…

Jun 3 • Tony Wilson

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May 2026

'People like me come and go' — RIP Neale Daniher

They don't though. The great Neale Daniher has died, as the footy world has long feared he might. For years he held off MND. He's a true hero to so many…

May 25 • Tony Wilson

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The perfect imperfect voice of Shirley Chisholm

One of the joys of starting Speakola was learning about Shirley Chisholm —Congresswoman, activist, and presidential candidate, and one of the great…

May 21 • Tony Wilson

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April 2026

Dream a little dream of Mum

My mum died a year ago. My eulogy to her is ep 58 of the podcast. I love sharing eulogies for loved ones on Speakola. Send me yours if you feel like it…

Apr 21 • Tony Wilson

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'We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland' — Easter Uprising, 1916

Padraic Pearse's proclamation on the 23rd of March 1916 outside the GPO in Dublin is surely one of the most courageous and self sacrificial speeches in…

Apr 1 • Tony Wilson

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March 2026

'I am the greatest of all time!' — Billy Crystal's 15 Rounds — a tribute to Muhammad Ali

Local 3AW host Tony Moclair asked me this week who I'd pay to see speak. One I did pay to see was Billy Crystal, architect of the incredible '15 Rounds…

Mar 17 • Tony Wilson

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'In Dubai, it's Abu Dhabi, or as we say in Perth, Abu Derby'— RIP Dennis Cometti

Dennis Cometti has died. Overseas readers won't know him, but for Australians he was our Red Barber, our Jim Nantz, our Peter Drury.

Mar 4 • Tony Wilson

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February 2026

NEW PODCAST EPISODE #61 — 'Singing for me is sweet relief', Meg Washington's TEDx talk, 2014

My guest on the podcast is singer-songwriter-screenwriter Meg Washington, whose TED talk on stuttering and the power of singing has had three million…

Feb 20 • Tony Wilson

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'I am somebody' — RIP Reverend Jesse Jackson (1941-2026)

A civil rights titan and one of the greatest speakers of all time has died, aged 84. .

Feb 18 • Tony Wilson

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'That's my stick' — Rob Carlton's story about a meaningful object

Ten years ago today, Australian Silver Logie winning actor Rob Carlton participated in my Wheeler Centre night called 'Show and Tell for Grown Ups'. He…

Feb 17 • Tony Wilson

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'I esteem foreigners no better than other people, not any worse' — Abraham Lincoln, Ohio, 1861

On this day in 1861, America's greatest Republican president, America's greatest president, spoke to a German immigrant crowd in Cincinnati, Ohio. He…

Feb 13 • Tony Wilson

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